The Vinyl Countdown # 1637

The Beatles, With The Beatles (1963)

To start with I was really only interested in The Beatles from 1965 onwards – the last few albums particularly, post-Sgt Peppers. But I was raised on the band, as much of a cheap and easy cliché as that may be – my folks were big fans, my dad had played in a band that even wore Beatle suits and Beatle boots and had th…