Episodes
Monday Nov 01, 2021
2021.r29 Let It Be SDE - Disc 4 (Glyn Johns Mix)
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Continuing our look at the "Let It Be" box set. This week, a bit of recap on the history of the "Get Back" LP. Glyn Johns mixes, radio airplay, bootlegs and other artifacts from 1969. We then follow this up with a look at Disc 4. We ponder the mystery of the "Japanese mixes", and discuss how an unreleased, unmastered tape went on to become something nearly as well-known as Phil Spector's "overproduction".
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
2021.r28 Let It Be SDE - Discs 1 and 5 (The EP)
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
The "Giles Martin" Let It Be is finally here! This week Jon and I start our dive into the project with the remix of the main record (*waving fist at Phil Spector*) and the EP. More to come as we do our usual thorough job on the fun and excitement to be found within the bits of cardboard.
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
2021.c08 The Beatles, Vaudeville and George Formby (2019) -- Martin Quibell
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
A repost of our first visit with Martin Quibell from 2019. More ukuleles and banjoleles than you can shake a stick at! Remember, The ukulele is a type of lute class that is quickly becoming the primary choice of instrument for musicians everywhere.
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
2021.r27 Get Back Trailer analysis and breakdown.
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
Kit O'Toole - the Queen of All Beatles Media (Talk More Talk), and Martin Quibell (Pods Like Us) join the show this week as we go deeper in-depth on the trailer to the forthcoming Peter Jackson's "The Beatles: Get Back" than some might have thought possible. Roll on November!
Monday Oct 11, 2021
2021.r26 Around a Hard Day‘s Night
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
A peek behind the scenes of A Hard Day's Night. Richard Lester, Walter Shenson, Wilfrid Brambell, Alun Owen and many others came together at the behest of United Artists to shape a movie around the Beatles. Owen and George Martin would even be nominated for an Academy Award in their respective areas. A long way away from "Gutter Girls!"
Monday Oct 04, 2021
2021.r25 Change the World and ”Ringo‘s Rock and Roll”
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Ringo released the "Change the World" EP on September 24. This week, we dive into the songs, songwriters, and how these pieces fall together into the whole that is expected to hear next year. We continue to "Rock Around the Clock" with a playlist of some of Ringo's pre-Beatlemania favorites that he has chosen to cover over the years.
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Part two of our look at the singles of records. Hits, misses and sounds that definitely fall in-between. Would you believe Apple released a single on 78? Even Allen Klein could not stop the multiple artists that Apple presented to the world during those years. Say hello to Chris Hodge, everybody!
Monday Sep 20, 2021
2021.r23 Thingumybob -- Rutgers University Brass Band
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Week one of the "When They Was Fab" look at the singles on Apple Records. This week: Mary Hopkin, Jackie Lomax, Billy Preston, The Black Dyke Mills band and JOHNPAULGEORGE&RINGO - the foursome that started it all. We discuss Richard DiLello delivering copies of this box set to Buckingham Palace, and the unique writing style of Derek Taylor.
Monday Sep 13, 2021
2021.r22 All Things Must Pass part 5 (Sessions and Jams)
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Monday Sep 13, 2021
The fifth (and final) week of our look at the fiftieth anniversary box set of "All Things Must Pass". Sessions and jams. Who is walking down lovers lane while "Those Wedding Bells" play? Why could 2021 possibly be called "The Year of Get Back"? All this and more on this edition of "When They Was Fab".
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Week four of our look at ATMP. This week, the day one demos. Also a bit about the official announcement of the "Let It Be" box set, the songs Apple made available to the public, and Charlie Watts. Hang on, only one more week before this (box set) too shall pass and we get some other topics before the year end rush of even more new product! Om Hare Om!