In 1963, The Beatles made a short holiday recording for their fans: the first Beatles Christmas single: a 7” flexi-disc (a ...

The Beatles released a Christmas record each year from 1963 to 1969, offering a fascinating insight into the Fab Four's state each time.

For fans of The Beatles, Christmas has always come with a little extra audio wrapping. In the days before boxed sets, deluxe reissues or surprise digital drops, the band marked the season with ...

From 1963 to 1969, The Beatles recorded their now-rare Christmas singles, which gave the lucky members of their fan club a ...

From 1963 to 1969, it was a holiday tradition of the Beatles to gift members of their official fan club Christmas records. The exclusive Flexi-disc records they sent out didn’t contain the poetics of ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. We're celebrating Christmas Eve in our archive. Let's go back to 1992, when our rock historian, the late Ed Ward, did this great piece about the private Christmas ...

Per Rolling Stone, between 1963 and 1969, the Beatles sent limited-edition Christmas singles to their fan club members every year. These singles were unlike anything fans had ever heard from the Fab ...

Paul McCartney released Wonderful Christmastime, a solo holiday hit that became one of the most enduring Christmas songs.

Given the backdrop and background, the two most appropriate seasonal selections were “Wonderful Christmastime,” a McCartney ...

Ward, who died May 3, 2021, spoke in 1992 about a series of Christmas singles the Beatles made in the '60s. If you were a member of their fan club, you got one each year. This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. We're celebrating Christmas Eve in our archive. Let's go back to 1992, when our rock historian, the late Ed Ward, did this great piece about the private Christmas ...