There's been a lot of eyes on the Beatles lately - especially with the release of Giles Martin's 50th Anniversary Abbey Road remix.



While I frequently need to be held back from launching into a full-on dissertation on the aforementioned album (it's the best one, sorry Sgt Pepper), it's current relevance actually gives me a chance to explore something that seems to be getting less and less attention over time...



I'm talking of course about that ORIGINAL shit - the 7 or so years of innovation that inspired the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Beach Boys, only to be overshadowed almost immediately by their popularity. And to be clear - just because something is old doesn't make it good. I've tried very hard with this latest list to only include tracks that still hold up, classics and forgotten gems alike.



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