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Guide to the Recording Equipment, Songs and Instruments Featured on The Beatles' 'Revolver' Album

Posted 02/25/2013 at 9:13am | by Christopher Scapelliti

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Revolver is the album that made the Beatles recording artists in the absolute sense of the term. Their previous six albums had demonstrated John Lennon and Paul McCartney's increasingly ambitious songwriting skills and the group's competence with a range of musical styles. But the productions, while strong, were undistinguished.

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Guide to the Songs and Instruments Featured on The Beatles' 'Let It Be' Album

Posted 09/04/2012 at 10:27am | by Damian Fanelli

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Paul McCartney, who had unofficially taken up the job of lighting various fires under the band after Brian Epstein's death, had a plan to get his band mates back into the spirit of things and, more importantly, back into the studio: a "return to our roots" approach that would make little or no use of studio artifice or multiple overdubs.

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Song Facts: The Beatles — "Taxman"

Posted 04/27/2012 at 1:58pm | by Christopher Scapelliti

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George Harrison’s withering indictment of Britain’s progressive tax system was chosen to open the Beatles’ most progressive musical effort to date. Opening with a rasping cough and a droll count-in, “Taxman” kicks off Revolver in startling fashion, demonstrating both Harrison’s growing sophistication as a songwriter and Emerick’s budding talent for sculpting guitar tones.

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Guide to the Recording Equipment, Songs and Instruments Featured on The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' Album

Posted 03/26/2012 at 11:23am | by Christopher Scapelliti

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While The Beatles spent the first months of 1969 getting back to their roots with the Let It Be sessions, EMI's Abbey Road Studios was moving headlong into the future. On November 23, 1968, Studio Two's control room had been outfitted with EMI's new TG12345 mixer, the first transistorized recording console in Abbey Road.

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Interview: Guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner Discuss Judas Priest After K.K. Downing

Posted 02/15/2012 at 12:30pm | by Jon Weiderhorn

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For 40 years, the team of Tipton and band co-founder KK Downing led the heavy metal brigade, introducing a twin-guitar attack to the genre, defining a sound rooted in power chords, palm muting and back-and-forth lead breaks that inspired generations of groups, from Iron Maiden to Slayer.

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Review: Seymour Duncan Artist Signature YJM Fury STK-S10 Pickups

Posted 11/30/2011 at 8:04am | by Paul Riario

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In the following video, Guitar World's Paul Riario reviews the new Yngwie Malmsteen YJM Fury signature pickups from Seymour Duncan.

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Video: Opeth "Folklore" Guitar Lesson

Posted 11/29/2011 at 12:11pm | by Andy Aledort

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In the following video, Guitar World's Andy Aledort shows you how to play the intro to "Folklore" from Opeth's new album, Heritage.

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Video: The Beatles "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" Lesson

Posted 11/28/2011 at 4:50pm | by Andy Aledort

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As part of this month's "In Deep," Guitar World's Andy Aledort shows you the techniques employed by the Beatles on their classic song, "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds."

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Review: Vox Night Train 50 Head

Posted 11/26/2011 at 12:00am | by Paul Riario

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In the following video, Guitar World's Paul Riario reviews the Vox Night Train 50, which provides significantly more volume output and a wider variety of tones than its little brother.

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