Discography and reference pages

  • The Rec.Music.Beatles Home Page
    Superb writings by saki, Alan W. Pollack's outstanding "Notes On" series that takes an in-depth look at individual songs, plus lots of links and useful information.
  • Joe Brennan's Beatles Page
    Links to Brennan's superb library of Beatle research, plus articles by saki and others.
  • The Usenet Guide to Beatle Recording Variations
    Brennan's exhaustive study, loaded with details. And it's been revised to include the Anthology releases. An outstanding and exceptionally important work, a must for any serious Beatle scholars.
  • Some Articles From saki Collected Over the Ages
    A collection of a wide range of saki's commentaries on the Fabs from the past, plus a link to an Alta Vista search of her more recent writings, all of which are an absolute joy to read.
  • Across the Universe (Frank's Meagre Beatles Page)
    More excellent Beatle research by Frank Daniels (EgwEimi@aol.com), concentrating on the history of releases by Capitol and Apple.
  • A Beatles Recording Timeline
    Outstanding and detailed chronological listing of studio sessions and live appearances. Superbly done.
  • Dave Dermon III Beatles Singles Pages
    Absolutely astonishing site with an incredible amount of information on Beatles singles. Includes numerous scans, many of which come from Frank Daniels (see link to Across the Universe: Frank's Meagre Beatles Page above). Outstanding, stunning, fascinating -- you pick a superlative...they all apply.
  • The Beatles Archives
    Detailed site listing recording sessions, TV and concert appearances, interviews and demos, for the group, plus sections of solo listings for each Beatle..
  • The Beatles Ultimate Experience
    Very beautifully designed historical site that tells the Beatles' story in pictures and quotes..
  • Beathoven
    The type of Beatle site we see far too little of: In-depth analyses of Beatle music. .
  • Dave Haber's Internet Beatles Album
    Picture and sound files...a fun place to explore with tons of basic info about the Fabs. Recently relocated to Liverpool.
  • Harald Gernhardt's Beatles Page (U.S. server) or Harald Gernhardt's Beatles Page (German server)
    Harald's site is, without question, one of the best on the 'net. An outstanding and extensive source of information on both legit and unreleased material (see other link below in Unreleased Recordings section). Harald also has a Paul McCartney site (linked in the McCartney section) that is also superb.
  • Mike Markowski's Beatles Page
    Lots of links and interesting information in one nicely designed place.
  • Troni's Beatles Page
    Very informative site. Contains the Beatles Legacy Listings, a comprehensive effort to document every Beatles appearance, information and excerpts from the German magazine Beatlemania, including an outstanding essay on the Harrison-Dylan recording sessions, plus information on the Anthology and more.
  • Rock Talk -- Richard Lush
    Questions answered by the former Beatles engineer (including one submitted by yours truly).
  • Beatles Index
    Victor Munoz's site is filled with great information that you can search through. Plus, his site has an exclusive ongoing collection of recollections of Francie Schwartz, whose relationship with Paul was detailed in her book "Body Count." Her contributions to the website contain a lot of details about recording sessions she witnessed.
  • The Beatles at about.com
    Essays on the Fabs, news and a calendar of events among the features of this developing site.
  • The Story of the Beatles Butcher Cover
    A well assembled history of the Butcher cover complete with text, sound and pictures.
  • The Beatles' Discography
    Extremely detailed site with information sorted by each U.S. record released. .
  • Alternate "Yesterday and Today" Album Covers
    Ever seen the alternate purple trunk cover??
  • Beatles Discography (Sweden)
    Swedish page listing more than 3,000 Beatle related releases from that country and elsewhere. .
  • Paul Is Dead?
    An in-depth examination of the "Paul Is Dead" rumors that a few people actually believe. So I guess we should blame "Silly Love Songs" on William Campbell.
  • KCRW Real Audio Beatles Page
    Real Audio files with interviews and music. Requires Real Audio player software.
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Page
    A very nice informative page about the album. Most of the material seems to come from Lewisohn, but it's presented in an organized manner.
  • Rockmine Archives/Beatles
    This site, with a wealth of historic and interesting material, has a great section on the Beatles. Included is Allen Klein's ABKCO contract with the group, the full text of Klein's affidavit to the court during the case of McCartney vs Lennon, Harrison, Starkey and Apple Corps, a look at Ringo's brief career as a furniture designer in the '70s with Ringo or Robin Furniture, an examination of the Beatles' companies (currently in the new section) and more, lots of it still under construction. It's a bit slow accessing it on this side of the Atlantic, but the material is quite fascinating.
  • Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Beatles (Presented by Ticket To Ryde Ltd.)
    This very nice site from Ticket To Ryde features rare pics and information about the Fabs. They also offer some items for sale.
  • Beatle Money
    A look at Beatle financial matters, from a planned book..
  • Beatles Released and Unreleased Songs List
    Huge (over a meg!) list of tracks both released and unreleased from a variety of sources. Mario Giannella is to be highly commended for the time and effort he put into this work. Another great resource.
  • Beatles USA
    Neatly designed site discussing all aspects of Beatledom.
  • Smoking Gun: Report on Beatles Japan trip
    In this memo from the British national archives, a U.K. ambassador reports on the Beatles' wild 1966 trip to Japan. ..
  • Smoking Gun: The Lennon FBI Files
    Scans of pages from the files..
  • Smoking Gun: Paul's "Pepper" Lyrics Pinched
    Scans of correspondence in which Paul tries to recover a stolen lyric sheet..
  • Smoking Gun: John's killer's first parole hearing
    Scans of the transcript, plus Yoko's letter to the board requesting parole be denied..