Fifty-nine years ago today, The Beatles started a five-week run at the top of the US albums chart with a North American exclusive.

This iconic Beatles track almost didn't make it onto 'Abbey Road.' It was saved from the cutting room floor on 1969.

But Peel’s copy of Unfinished Music is special: it comes with a note and doodle from Lennon on its inner sleeve. “To John the Peel, love John and Yoko,” Lennon wrote. The lot also contains a 1970 ...