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The making of The Stars of Sergeant Pepper
What are Mae West and Diana Dors doing on the cover of Sergeant Pepper’ Lonely Hearts Club band? If you feel you’ve heard too much already about the 50th anniversary of the record, then fear not. Producer Luke Doran (who … Continue reading
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Tagged 60s, beatles, culture, Hollywood, media, music, Sergeant Pepper
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In Hulme: a stately Hippodrome decree’d
There is a grand Victorian theatre house where Laurel and Hardy once performed, Nina Simone sang and the Beatles made their first radio recording. If it were in Stratford-Upon-Avon or central London, the rich paintwork and red plush seats and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Design, Politics, Theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged beatles, cinema, culture, kitchen sink drama, music hall, politics, shakespeare, Victorian
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Why I’m a Cover Girl.
Listening to R2’s ‘Sounds of the 60s” this morning, I realised to my shame that I had no memory of ever before hearing the original Beach Boys’ version of “Break Away.” Why? Because in the mid 80s I discovered the … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s, beach boys, beatles, brill building, cover versions, culture, harvey and the wallbangers, music, spanish harlem, zombies
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