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Cooley Hurd

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30. I'm 47. My very first Beatle memory was the breakup...

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 01:16 PM

Mar 2013

I remember bouncing on a bed with a friend (as kids bounce on beds) and remarking about the breakup. My first memory regarding their music happened 6 years later, when my sister bought the Red and Blue albums. This happened concurrently with my music teacher (in middle school) playing "Penny Lane" to teach us about time-signature. I went home, put the Blue Album on the turntable (turntable!) and was enraptured! My love for the Beatles grew from there, and hasn't waned in 37 years. I'm not an original fan, but a huge fan, nonetheless.

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50(!) years ago today. The album "Please Please Me" is released... [View all] Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 OP

Saw this posted on the Beatles FB page today. Making of video... tridim Mar 2013 #1

Twist and Shout was John's last vocal track.. Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #5

Thank you posting this. Greybnk48 Mar 2013 #24

50 years ago I bought that LP at a little shop in Oxford England in true stereo... msongs Mar 2013 #2

If you blew your right channel... Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #3

Don't remember if mine was mono or stereo. dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #36

I don't remember that one Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #4

In America, no one remembered it... Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #6

That was long before I followed the Beatles Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #7

Stace was quite prescient! Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #8

My mother was actually quite brilliant Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #9

...happens to us all. Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #10

I actually have all the albums, I think Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #11

Well that and the fact that the LP "Please Please Me" was never released in the U.S. Leslie Valley Mar 2013 #12

Actually, Unknown Beatle Mar 2013 #19

Albums, yes, but singles were played here in 1963... Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #20

I lived in Europe during this time, and we used to buy Beatles records on MADem Mar 2013 #27

Close, but not quite accurate...more complicated ... DreamGypsy Mar 2013 #29

K&R SunSeeker Mar 2013 #13

dayum..... dhill926 Mar 2013 #14

This was Mr. Tikki's first Beatles album...so cute; he bought it on lay-a-way.. Tikki Mar 2013 #15

Oh, wow! Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings? Lizzie Poppet Mar 2013 #16

Thinking back...... formercia Mar 2013 #17

oh yeah! shanti Mar 2013 #18

That WAS a great tribute. zeemike Mar 2013 #21

Well, not quite that old, 1969, but I'm listening to "From Genesis to Revelation" talkingmime Mar 2013 #22

50 years ago and 50 times better than most of the so-called music of today. edbermac Mar 2013 #23

There was certainly something... VERY special about them. Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #32

Paul's voice is as true now as it was then... undeterred Mar 2013 #34

kick In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #25

Seems like five years ago...! MADem Mar 2013 #26

I'm 47. My very first Beatle memory was the breakup... Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #30

Oh, you kid! MADem Mar 2013 #33

I'm sorry for your loss. :-( Elvis is another favorite, although Buddy Holly is REALLY the genesis.. Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #37

It was actually a happy event. MADem Mar 2013 #44

The first Beatles song I ever heard PlanetBev Mar 2013 #28

I am exceedingly envious! Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #40

K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #31

Never heard of it Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #35

I tied an onion to my belt... because that was the style at the time... Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #38

LOL Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #42

Been listening to that song for about 44 and just found out last year what it was about. 20score Mar 2013 #39

Ya know... I never thought about it until now... Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #41

kick napkinz Mar 2013 #43