When The Beatles broke up in 1970, some fans still held out hope they would someday record new songs. For example, some fans thought songs by a completely different band were secretly by The Beatles.

Forty years ago, an interesting rumor had taken hold of the music world. Had The Beatlessecretly reunited after their contentious breakup to release a new album under a completely different name?

They were actually three Canadian musicians who had just recorded an accomplished debut album that contained lyrical flights of fancy, swooping melodicism, and progressive production touches. But, for ...