For their “last single” Now and Then, the remaining 2023 Beatles kept John Lennon’s chorus, but changed where it fell. This necessary “repair” meant losing some of Lennon’s most touching passages.
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This new last Beatles song, enabled in part by AI, demonstrates the importance of the profound and lasting connections between the four musicians.
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Unbridled ambition and bruised egos created an irreparable fissure.
As the album celebrates its 50th anniversary, an expert in sound recording details how the band deployed stereo and synthesizers to put a unique artistic stamp on this iconic album.
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