Jesse Colin Young, the singer of the Youngbloods who died this week, was also behind Raccoon Records, home to some of music's ...
the Beatles were already fleeing armies of fans in London. But while other record labels were reluctant to bring the Beatles’ music stateside, Swan Records jumped at the opportunity. However ...
The Beatles released their last No. 1 hit as a band in May 1970. But before that, it was almost a Tom Jones single.
The album is rare due to legal issues between Vee Jay and the Beatles’ record label, which resulted in the album being quickly pulled from shelves. A copy of the album in excellent condition can ...
Shortly before The Beatles’ history-making Stateside visit, Capitol Records secured exclusive U.S. rights to release the band’s recordings in a deal with EMI. The storied, already iconic record label ...
When The Beatles were just starting out, a recording company told them no. Decca Recording studios, who had recorded 15 songs with the group, said "we don't like their sound, and guitar music is ...
He was the last remaining core member of a group that was both propelled and pigeonholed in the 1970s by its close ...
But record label EMI estimates that, including sales of compilations and live albums, The Beatles can claim album sales of more than a billion units worldwide: the most of any act in history.
With the 1972 album Straight Up, Badfinger, if ever so briefly, delivered an album that matched their copious skills. That they managed this in the midst of several stops and starts while making the ...
This magazine presents insightful new writing on every Beatles record in order of its appearance ... But observing their label’s initial lack of interest, and their haste to try and catch ...