When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

2021.r13 It's Only Love (2021) --Alejandro J. Sarmiento

This week: The Beatles take drugs!     No, nothing surprising about that revelation, so we spend the rest of the hour talking about how the substances changed their mindset (and subsequently songwriting, recording and production).    We also examine the different ways substances altered Lennon, McCartney and Harrison - and how each spoke of their drug use without being overtly encouraging (usually).

2021.b01 Ringo's Birthday Bash 2021.

Have fun, cue this episode up and hit start 5 minutes to noon local time (7/7/21).    Peace and Love everybody, and the happiest of Birthdays to Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sir Richard Starkey.   Peace and Love everybody!

2021.r12 Ringo and Alternate All Starrs -- Mindi Abair

Jon and I consider an alternate set of All Starrs.   In the thirty plus years of the band, Ringo has only had one female member.     Should Ringo choose to go a different route, what would it look like?    Which musicians might fit well in the band - providing and performing "songs you know and love".

2021.r11 Falling In Love Again -- Hamburg Beat

Thorsten Knublauch's new book ("The Beatles Mach Schau in Hamburg") and a deep dive into Lord Reith's "Executive Version") of Live at the Star Club inspired this week's topic - a look at the Beatles trips to Hamburg, We trip through the highlights of 1960, 1961 and 1962 and each of the trips John Paul George (and variously Pete, Stu and Ringo) would make along with figures including Bruno Koschmider, Peter Eckhorn and Horst Fascher.

2021.r10 Apple of My Eye (2021) -- The Hullabaloos

Jon and I spend this week talking about Apple Corps Limited.     Publishing, Records, Retail, Manufacturing, Schools, Electronics and maybe even an island off the coast of Greece.    They even managed a Recording Studio at 3 Savile Row.      Even though the results were questionably successful, many of pieces would be resurrected in the form of Dark Horse Records, Handmade Films, LIPA and even to a certain extent MPL.

2021.r9 Love (Piano) - Balladial.

Jon and I move through the highlights of the remaining discs.     Out-Takes, Elements and raw studio mixes for each.    We talk through some of our favorite tracks, discuss the more (or less) significant items, and consider what we might have done different.      We then close with thoughts on what's coming next - quite possibly Sometime in NYC, and a mention of Dhani and All Things Must Pass.

2021.c05 Nowhere to Go (2020) -- Beware of ABKCO review.

The George Harrison Estate has announced the fiftieth anniversary edition of "All Things Must Pass", which includes the contents of the beloved "Beware of ABKCO" unofficial release.    This classic episode from 2020 features Lonnie Pena and myself reviewing that very disc.    Squint, and it might even sound like something from the future (if you ignore the McCartney III and Taylor Swift chat!)

 

2021.c04 Darin Murphy (2018) - Ringo's Drumming Style

A classic WTWF that has always been among the favorites of Lonnie Pena and myself.     Darin Murphy sat down behind a drum kit and demonstrated some of Ringo Starr's drum stylings and how Ringo's playing evolved through the years.

2021.r8 Working Class Hero (Darin Murphy)

Part two of our visit with friend of the show Darin Murphy covering the Demos and Evolution documentaries from the John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band Ultimate Collection.    More of the three of us wandering around Beatles topics, while managing to talk about the business of demoing new songs for friends and family, and then turning those demos into the finished recordings we are all familiar with?    How well is that process represented in this box?   

2021.c03 Darin Murphy (2018)

The second part of Darin Murphy's first visit with WTWF from 2018.       New episode coming on schedule!