"For seven years the beatles released an annual christmas record for members of the fan club. it began in 1963 as the four of them sat around a microphone in abbey road studios to record a thank you message, but by '66 they were making it a small epic, of sorts, using audio skits and new songs, and by '69 they weren't even doing it together at all, just piecemealing stuff they each recorded at home, then handing it over to kenny everett (the bbc dj) to edit for release. in december 1970, after the band broke up, apple records released all 7 christmas records on one l.p., again, only to the fan club. ...... here are the very hard to find fan club flexie disc records on mp3 download for you to put under the tree for that special santa on your list ... "
Happy christmas beatle people! says Sleepybomb in The Wreckroom.
Updated: Stefan reminds us about John Lennon Remembered Week at BBC.
First out is The Wenner Tapes (Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner's interviews with John Lennon 1970) : "The Lennon interview remains one of the most important ever done with a popular musician. Lennon himself regarded it as definitive. "
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