The Beatles: An Amazing Journey Filled With Risk, Reward And Moments Of Truth

It’s easy to look at The Beatles and define their epic success as destiny. Something freakish and already mapped out from beginning to end. And why not? Their legacy appears too great for explanation, allowing us to accept it as phenomenon.

From their early days in Hamburg to their fabled walk across Abbey Road, The Beatles were more than outliers — they were pioneers. Like a space-bound rocket, every new height The Beatles reached, they’d shed their skin to soar higher and further for the unknown.

When The Beatles first entered the recording studio, they arrived with their own songs — for the most part, unheard of in 1962. Staff songwriters were the industry norm, hired to pen hit singles for Top 40 radio — the golden calf of the music business.

The Beatles broke this industry-mold. Not only did they write their own songs, but these singles became Billboard hits.

Have you ever wondered what was on the back of these records? In most cases, what executives dubbed, ‘a throwaway’. Songs never played over the radio nor included on the album, if there was one. Oftentimes the…