When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

2022.r20 The Beatles at the BBC - disc three - June 1963 - July 1963

We continue our look at the collected "Beatles at the Beeb" (Lord Reith 2021 edition) with disc three.    Shows two, three and four in the "Pop Go the Beatles" series, and a couple of other appearances from the months around Paul's birthday.    In addition to talking about the shows we chat a bit about the "Spanish Holiday", Paul's 21st and Lee Peters making Ringo older a month before his time.

2022.r19 New (The Album)

Nine years ago Sir Paul emerged from "Kisses on the Bottom" with his next studio album "New."   Paul listed his inspiration as events ranging from the early 1960's, through to the present day.    Would this album keep "Hear Music" going, and Sir Paul fans rolling into the aisles of Starbucks?

2022.r18 Dark Horse Tour -- Martin Quibell

Martin Quibell (co-host P2 Podcast Blues) joins the show this week for a look at the 1974 "Dark Horse" tour from 1974.    After an exhausting month finishing some records and rehearsing the band, George Harrison's voice was in no condition for two months of regular shows (sometimes twice daily) across the United States.  The frustrations mounted, but it wasn't all bad.     The band was invited to visit the White House (with Harry Harrison alongside), and the ache of Pattie would be replaced by newfound love Olivia Arias.

 

 

2022.17 The Magical Mystery Tour

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the "Magical Mystery Tour" Blu-Ray.    The WTWF guys look back at the film, and the "Arena" special on the making of MMT produced at the same time.     

2022.r16 The Concert For Linda

Linda McCartney passed away in Arizona on April 17, 1998.    A year later, her friends Chrissie Hynde, Carla Lane and Kevin Godley would organize a concert in her honor at the Royal Albert Hall.    We discuss that show, and a bit about Linda herself in this "very special episode" of When They Was Fab.

2022.r15 Ray Cooper plus bits and pieces.

Ray Cooper and the solo Beatles.    We look into the "Zelig" or "Forrest Gump" of the solo Beatle world, Ray Cooper!    A drummer, a percussionist, and yes, a tambourine player.      He is also a guy who survived the entirety of Handmade Films, and even tried to revive it after the debacle of Denis O'Brien.      We also talk a bit about Julian (and the announcement of his new album "Jude"), George's 2022 Grammy win, and look back on our past with "Beatlefest"/"The Fest for Beatles Fans".

 

 

2022.r14 Lennon Naked (BBC telefilm)

A wheezing grinding sound fades away as we close in on Christopher Eccleston wandering around in a moptop on the set of "A Hard Day's Night".     Perhaps it is the plot for a lost episode of "Doctor Who", but it is also early on in the telefilm "Lennon Naked".     Jon and I review the film, compare the reenacted scenes to their real-life counterparts (surprise!    It's pretty good, for the most part), continuing on from last week's look the theatrical "Nowhere Boy".

2022.r13 Nowhere Boy

The first of two weeks covering some John Lennon biopics from the 2009-2010 era.     We start with "Nowhere Boy", a deep dive into the psychology of John Lennon as viewed through the lens of his half-sister Julia Dykins.     A surprising amount of time is taken up covering the romantic relationships between older women and much younger men!      

2022.r12 McCartney assemble! Flaming Pie to McCartney IIImagined -- Judge Timbers

Jon and I get back to the last (almost) thirty years of Paul McCartney's solo career.      Pick at least song from each mainstream release, and one (or more) frp the others (live, classical and Fireman), then build a playlist.    Here are ours.  What are yours?

2022.r11 The Beatles at the BBC - disc two - April 1963 - June 1963

We continue our look at the collected "Beatles at the Beeb" (Lord Reith 2021 edition) with disc two.     It took the lads 14 months to generate a single disc worth of material, and now the BBC invites them back often enough that they can fill the second before the end of the summer.     The disc closes with the momentous event of "Pop Goes the Beatles" (they had moved all the way to the top of the BBC radio food chain), as their album appeared atop the British LP charts!