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The Blue Note Portal

The Beatles—Future Perfect, Part 2

by Blue Note Portal
August 31, 2026

Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Back Up Morning on the Ganges arrived with no particular hurry. The sun burned the mist off the river in layers, and by the time the four musicians had finished their breakfast of tea and flatbread on the veranda, the day was already warm enough to play. They ...

The Blue Note Portal

The Beatles—Future Perfect, Part 1

by Blue Note Portal
August 30, 2026

Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Year 1968 Late February, and the Ganges ran the color of unpolished jade beneath the Himalayan foothills. The cold rolled off the mountains at dusk, but the afternoons still held on to warmth, sunlight streaming through the sal trees, laying bars of light and shadow across the stone veranda of ...

Book Review

Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles By Philip Norman

by Doug Collette
June 16, 2026

Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles Philip Norman368 Pages ISBN: 9780306837234 Da Capo 2026 Logic would suggest Philip Norman is uniquely qualified to write the biography of the late manager of the Beatles, Brian Epstein. After all, the British-born author composed Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation (MJF Books, 1981), a best-selling chronicle of the iconic band. But the subsequent revisionism applied to the work, including Norman's ...

Book Review

The Beatles Anthology (25th Anniversary Reissue)

by Doug Collette
November 26, 2025

The Beatles Anthology 25th Anniversary Reissue The Beatles 368 Pages ISBN: # 978-1797241487 Chronicle Books 2025 Reprinted to commemorate the quarter-century since its first publication, the 2025 edition of The Beatles Anthology (25th Anniversary Reissue) book is little different from its now hard-to-find predecessor, except in the most cosmetic sense(s). Without any notation of its distinction, this milestone edition has an outer graphic design matching that of the audio companion piece ...

Album Review

The Beatles: Anthology 4

Read "Anthology 4" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
November 21, 2025

The Anthology Collection is a box set of music by the Beatles, released on CD as well as vinyl to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the original broadcast of the video documentary The Beatles Anthology. In addition to remastered versions of the previous collections--each of which focuses on a designated period of the iconic band's history--the comprehensive set now features Anthology 4, a 36-track microcosm of the Liverpudlians' canon, thirteen selections from which have never been released before.

Book Review

John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs

by Doug Collette
August 17, 2025

John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs Ian Leslie 448 Pages ISBN: # 9781250869548 Celadon Books 2025 Considering the reams of research and writing devoted to the Beatles since their monumental success in the early '60s, it seems almost implausible any writer could find a fresh perspective on the British group and their work. But Ian Leslie has done just that with John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs.

Radio & Podcasts

Interpreting the Lennon / McCartney Songbook, part 4: Abbey Road & Let It Be

by Larry Slater
July 18, 2025

In this final installment of interpretations of the John Lennon and Paul McCartney songbook, we turn to music from the last few Beatles albums... The White Album, Abbey Road and Let it Be. By the end of the '60s, the Lennon/McCartney partnership had fractured beyond repair; McCartney's superior musical skills were respected but resented by the rest of the band, who complained about his micromanagement. Lennon was addicted to heroin and he later admitted, “I was stoned all ...