The Beatles’ Last Audition
At the end of the Beatles last ever live performance (on a London rooftop) John Lennon jokingly said “I hope we passed the audition”. Well, there was actually a time when the band […]
George Martin
The Beatles in 1967
Buy Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Buy Magical Mystery Tour There has never been (nor probably will ever be) a year in which a single band produced so much quality material as […]
The Beatles 1st Session
At the very end of The Beatles’ very last live performance, an improvised concert on the roof of a building in January 1969, John Lennon jokingly stated, “I’d like to say thank you […]
The Album
Classic Rock Review is built around the concept of the “album”, which we define as a collection of professionally recorded songs by a single artist published together usually through a single source of […]
Tug Of War by Paul McCartney
Buy Tug of War The naive belief that one could end war by political correctness at a time when no major wars were occurring in the Western world may be the best way […]
The Beatles
Buy The Beatles In 1968, The Beatles released their only double studio album, an eponymous release commonly referred to as The White Album. Despite the official title which emphasized group identity, the actual […]
Revolver by The Beatles
Buy Revolver As many times as I’ve heard someone say they love The Beatles, I have heard someone else say they think they are overrated. To a generation of listeners raised in the […]
Holiday by America
Buy Holiday One of the most interesting things about doing all these classic rock album reviews are the little tidbits of information you learn along the way, some of which completely shatter your […]
Abbey Road by The Beatles
Buy Abbey Road Short of careers cut short by tragedy, there are very few times in rock history where a band or artist finished with their greatest work. Abbey Road, the eleventh and […]