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Author Archives: Tony Barrell

Full Name: Tony Barrell Website: http://www.tonybarrell.com Info: Tony Barrell is a pop historian, journalist, editor and Londoner who has spent much of his life interviewing musicians. He has written many major articles for The Sunday Times and other publications. His 2017 work The Beatles on the Roof is the first book to be published about the Fab Four’s famous 1969 rooftop concert.

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GENESIS REVELATION

The night Genesis played to ecstatic fans at the Brighton Dome

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FROM ME TO YOU

Ringo Starr reveals the postcards he received from his famous Beatle bandmates

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SAUCE CODE

'Hanky-panky' used to mean something quite different

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THE ROAD TO HELL

Driving is not only hard work: it’s dangerous

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DON’T BELIEVE A WORD

Tony Barrell wrote the infamous joke Roxy Music rejection letter

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TREASURE ISLA

I was there when Isla St Clair finally heard ‘the Isla St Clair joke’

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VANGELIS IN WONDERLAND

Famous film scores were recorded in this London street

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STARDUST MEMORIES

How David Bowie invited an old schoolfriend to travel the world

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BEATLES HISTORY UNEARTHED

A new book reveals the Beatles archives of four great photographers

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ROYAL ALBERT SQUALLS

The Royal Albert Hall's long history of controversy