A public archive of music, photos and curiosities about The Beatles

The Beatles is one of the most memorable bands in music history. They changed pop music forever with their creative approach and daring concepts.

In this repository you can find old pics, links, full albuns or curiosities about the Beatles. (you can find a torrent file to download the whole discography in Downloads)

Feel free to contribute :)

pun intended

To contribute you can add more pictures, links, videos, etc. to the respecetive folders or you can add a brief curiosity here (README.md file).

🍓 August 20th 1969 was the last time that all four Beatles recorded together, they finished on ‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy’).

🍓 It took 129 days and 400 hours of studio time to record and complete Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. And how blessed 129 days these were.

🍓 Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band established the trend for artists to include their lyrics within the LP’s design. Trendsetter, huh?

🍓 The Beatles’ first album, Please Please Me, topped the UK charts for thirty weeks before being replaced by With The Beatles, which stayed there for 21 weeks.

🍓 The BBC banned I Am the Walrus because of the reference to ‘knickers’ in the lyrics. The BBC also banned Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Fixing a Hole and A Day in the Life because they decided they all referred to drugs.

🍓 David Bowie’s mega-hit Fame was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

🍓 The Beatles’ first album, Please Please Me, was recorded in less than 13 hours.