A curiosity I’ve seldom seen noted in all the rich lore of the Beatles generally: they recorded their entire catalogue of studio albums over just slightly more

A curiosity I’ve seldom seen noted in all the rich lore of the Beatles generally: they recorded their entire catalogue of studio albums over just slightly more than seven years. From their first album release, only a bit more than 2.5 years passed while they released four more albums, two of which were soundtracks for iconic films released in tandem. The fifth album is the one many fans mark as their creative breakout. It was only a year and a half til Sgt Pepper with another creative breakout milestone in between, then only a year and a half til the White Album, then less than a year til Abbey Road (which I personally find preposterous because I sincerely believe it’s objectively the best album by any artist ever), and just over half a year til their final full studio release Let It Be. Oh and Yellow Submarine was in there too, of course. I don’t know how much Paul’s “freakish” memory made that possible. I do know that it astonishes me every time I remember the fact that the whole Beatles recording career lasted about as long as the time I had a locker in grade school.