Expert: Elizabeth - 11/21/2007

Question
Hi,

I am a long time fan who owns the anthology book & DVD, several movies, and have read some of the most popular beatle bios.  But, I'm looking looking to an expert to tell me what are the best, most interesting, obscure, and/or detailed accounts and information resources for a low-level beatles expert like myself.  Mostly, I'd like an expert to tell me the best websites to check out, there are SO many beatles websites and most of them are extremely low-budget webpages that rehash the same old trivia, pictures, and information.  What I'd like to find out is the sites that experts visit for new info, rare photos, obscure info, free beatlegs, and  forums of knowledgable beatles fans.  Where do you go for new or more detailed info and chats with other experts?

Answer
I don't really have a go-to place for new info on the Beatles.  I just keep open eyes and ears.  Eventually something has to be new to me.  Sorry if this isn't what you want to hear, but if you ask any trivia buff, they say they learn everything they know by a lifetime of paying attention.

Anyway, the best place to go to used to be about.com's Beatles site, but that was shut down a few years ago.  The classic rock site acquired their treasure trove of links, but I can't even find that anymore.  Here's what they have now:

http://classicrock.about.com/od/bandsandartists/p/beatles.htm

Some other links I still have bookmarked I my computer, in case you haven't seen them yet:

Alan W.Pollack's analysis on each Beatles song: http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/awp-alphabet.shtml

Transcriptions of many Beatles interviews, press conferences, and studio sessions:
http://members.aol.com/dinsdalep/interdex.html

The Beatles Anomalies list:
http://www.pootle.demon.co.uk/wgo.htm

Current Beatles news:
http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

Thanks for taking your time to ask me a question.