How the Beatles brushed away repression

The remastered Fab Four albums are more than a musical experience – they are a key to the past After my grandmother died in 1955 a lot of old gramophone records moved from her house to ours. They had old labels – Regal and Zonophone – and delicate brown paper sleeves to protect their black shellac. By adjusting the stylus and the speed of our portable record player – from 33rpm for LPs to 78rpm for singles – we could listen to them, and often did. The technology itself hadn't changed much; the first...