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1966 Murph Squire 12 String Electric Guitar | eBay You are bidding on a beautiful 1966 Murph Squire 12 string electric guitar in good working condition. Has some scratches but typical for a guitar this age. Happy to answer any questions, please ask qu...

MURPH ALERT!
A 1966 12-string Murph electric now on eBay. These are very rare guitars from a SoCal company started by a WWII Navy pilot in the 60's. (I'm not the seller nor recommending you purchase)
#MurphGuitar #PatrickMurphy
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Jet Written by: McCartney Recorded: August-November 1973 Producer: Paul McCartney Released: 30 November 1973 (UK), 3 December 1973 (US) Available on: Band On The Run Wings Over America Tripping The Live F...

18 February 1974:

Paul McCartney and Wings’ single Jet is released in the UK.

McCartney: "If I’m asked to analyse it I can’t really explain what it is. ‘Suffragette’ was crazy enough to work. It sounded silly, so I liked it."

Read all about Jet:

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1 year ago 54 4 1 0

Jet Written by: McCartney Recorded: August-November 1973 Producer: Paul McCartney Released: 30 November 1973 (UK), 3 December 1973 (US) Available on: Band On The Run Wings Over America Tripping The Live F...

28 January 1974:

Paul McCartney and Wings’ single Jet is released in the USA.

"I was deliberately trying to make Wings sound different to the Beatles, but the tricks of the trade still applied, so when it came to Jet I had loads of tricks I could use."

www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...

1 year ago 56 6 0 1

Meet The Beatles! Recorded: 11 February; 30 July; 11, 12 September; 3, 17, 23 October 1963 Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith Released: 20 January 1964 Personnel John Lennon: vocals, electric guitar, acoust...

20 January 1964:

The Beatles' first Capitol album, Meet The Beatles!, is released in the USA.

It tops the Billboard Top LPs chart for 11 consecutive weeks from 15 February 1964, until it is replaced by The Beatles' Second Album.

Read all about it:

www.beatlesbible.com/albums/meet-...

1 year ago 46 5 3 0

#WWII Lead Belly had no less than 4 regularly scheduled programs on WNYC in the 1940s in addition to appearing periodically on 4 other shows!

George Harrison once remarked, "No Lead Belly, No Beatles." @wnyc.org

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1 year ago 4 2 1 0

What is the Bakersfield Sound? - Tone Gems How did a gritty farm town just 100 miles north of the Los Angeles music scene forever Country music in Nashville, and popular music in general?

What is the Bakersfield Sound? What's an Okey? How are The Beatles connected? This little article intros the story.
#BakersfieldSound #BuckOwens #MerleHaggard #TheBeatles
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1 year ago 4 1 0 0

Another Murph Guitar Alert - Tone Gems As sighted on eBay today, a rare Murph electric guitar.

Check it out, another sighting of a rare Murph electric guitar on eBay!
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#Murph #Guitar #PatrickMurphy #WWII

1 year ago 2 0 0 0

Paul McCartney 2024 UK 1oz Silver Proof Colour Coin | The Royal Mint A Limited Edition Presentation of only 5000 coins. Struck in 999 fine silver and finished to Proof standard

The Royal Mint launches an official Paul McCartney coin. The coin features Paul’s iconic Magic Piano as well as piano notes personally chosen by Paul, a Höfner Violin Bass guitar and the Wings logo.
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1 year ago 2 1 0 0

Band On The Run Recorded: August-November 1973 Producer: Paul McCartney Released: 30 November 1973 (UK), 3 December 1973 (US) Personnel Paul McCartney: vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums Linda McCartney: v...

3 December 1973:

Wings’ third album, Band On The Run, is released in the USA.

Paul McCartney: "The idea to go to Lagos was originally just to have some fun, because I didn't fancy recording in London…"

Read all about Band On The Run here:

www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...