NME Originals: The Beatles
So much has been written about The Beatles that you'd be forgiven for thinking that there's probably nothing much new to add. I hope this magazine will make you think again!
Unlike other magazines, 'Originals' doesn't attempt to take a critical look back at the band from today's perspective, nor does it seek to employ any prejudices or opinions formed with the benefit of hindsight. Rather, 'Originals' tells the authentic story of The Beatles as it really unfolded, week by week, through the pages of the New Musical Express.
In this respect, 'Originals' is unique. NME is the world's longest running and best-selling weekly music newspaper and 'Originals' - launched to celebrate the paper's 50th birthday - is born of its extraordinary archive.
The pages of this magazine are packed with exactly what its title suggests - hundreds of original reports, reviews, interviews, photographs, readers' letters and adverts, newly reprinted for the first time ever.
One hundred per cent the genuine article, 'Originals' is your passport back to the 1960s where you can literally relive the emergence of the greatest pop band ever from their humble beginnings as one of a pack of hungry young beat groups through their culture-changing influence on a generation to their muddled and messy demise.
During this time, NME worked in close relationship with John, Paul, George and Ringo, enjoying the sort of free access to each member which would be unimaginable today. NME writers travelled with them all around the world, reporting back from the frontline as the band triumphed in America and created teen mayhem at home, capturing every word, thought and action. NME even found time to introduce them to Elvis along the way!
NME will publish a new 'Original' every couple of months as of now.
Watch out for 'Punk' on 24 April 2002.
And don't miss the hardest Beatles quiz ever... in the specials section.
The results of the 'Originals' Greatest Beatles album vote:
1 Revolver: 35.3%
2 Abbey Road: 21.1%
3 White Album: 19.2%
4 Sgt. Pepper: 8.3%
5 Rubber Soul: 7.5%
6 A Hard Day's Night: 1.9%
7 Help: 1.5%
8 Magical Mystery Tour: 1.5%
9 Yellow Submarine: 1.1%
10 Please Please Me: 0.8%
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