Category Archives: music

incense and permanent-press

Posted on September 26, 2009 | Leave a comment

The Raspberry Pocketwatch

Stay tuned for more of these ridiculous 1968 pants ads.

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only one year away

Posted on September 21, 2009 | Leave a comment

I know where I’ll be.

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vintage jam (in my head all day long edition)

Posted on September 17, 2009 | 2 comments

I woke up with this in my head yesterday and it stayed there all day. Nine Three shit.

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Posted in music, thank goodness for youtube and the like, vintage jams

paul on ram

Posted on September 13, 2009 | 1 comment

Paul in NYC

Paul on Ram

Ram on

Linda

on drums

Paul in Ny

Paul, Denny

McCartney records Ram. New York City. January through March 1971. (Including some pretty poor quality fan photos.)

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Posted in apple records, context, Macca, music, years after the event

sheet music

Posted on September 13, 2009 | Leave a comment

Getting Better

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western communism

Posted on September 12, 2009 | Leave a comment

Macca’s image used to sell subscriptions to a magazine called Careers Today. 1968.

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pen to paper

Posted on September 9, 2009 | 2 comments

mailbag

Letter published in August 29, 1970 issue of Melody Maker.

On August 29, 1985, Macca purchased this letter at a Sotheby’s auction for €10,000—a small consolation for having lost the Northern Songs catalog nineteen days earlier.

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Posted in apple records, context, Macca, mail bag, music, years after the event

on your sleeve

Posted on September 8, 2009 | Leave a comment

My Love

The Mess

Above: Front and rear covers of the Japanese “My Love” single. Below: A list of other McCartney/Wings releases from inside the fold-out sleeve.

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ringo directs

Posted on September 7, 2009 | Leave a comment

ringo directs

Beatlemania orchestrating T.Rextasy: Ringo filming Born to Boogie. March 1972.

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Posted in apple records, cinema, context, music, years after the event

thick and ordinary

Posted on September 6, 2009 | 1 comment

beatles burn

Beginning a week of all Beatles posts (as if that’s different from any other week) as I wait for the arrival on my doorstep of the inevitable disappointment that will be the fabs mono box.

First installment: Backlash: Burning Beatles records in Waycross, Georgia. 1966.

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Posted in context, Macca, music, years after the event