When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

2024.28 Welcome to Soundcheck! (McCartney, Birmingham 2015 and more)

Marv and I talk the Birmingham, UK Soundcheck (2015, "Out There" tour).      Soundcheck is 40-60 minutes of Paul doing (mostly) songs not part of the main show.     This week we talk "Celebration", "Miss Ann",  "It's so Squeazy", "I'll Follow the Sun", and a bit about how the show has changed since Out There (two encores compressed to one!    No "Yesterday").    As they say in "Midnight Special" (another soundcheck favorite of Paul's) "If you ever go to Houston, you better act right!"

 

 

2024.27 The Lonnie Pena Scrapbook

The Last Houston storm resulted in Lonnie Pena uncovering his Seventies Beatles scrapbook.     Festival Seating in the Houston Summit!     Ringo, "I Dream of" Jeannie, Jim Backus and one of the hippest looking sexagenarians captured in a photograph.     Also, more "Got Back 2024" dates, preparations for the "Mind Games" box, and the wonder of AI "Get Back Sessions".

2024.b01 Peace and Love 2024

The annual "Peace and Love" bonus episode of Fab.      Fire it up precisely at 11:45 local time on Sunday July 7, and join our shows in wishing Ringo "All the Best" and the world "Peace and Love" as we celebrate Richard, Richie, "Ringo-Starrtime" Starkey.

2024.26 One Hand Clapping (Disc Two + Vinyl EP Review - Overview)

Marv and I review the second disc of the "One Hand Clapping' set, and the contents of the vinyl EP.    It is becoming popular for many internet types to claim that this collection is now amongst their favorite Wings albums.     That might be a bit of hyperbole, and it might be recency bias, but even so, this new mix and official release of the 1974 Paul McCartney and Wings bootleg favorite is at a minimum, quality product from Sir Macca and MPL.

2024.25 One Hand Clapping (Disc One Review - Overview)

Lonnie and I review the first disc of the "One Hand Clapping' set (available on Vinyl, Vinyl + single, CD and streaming), the new mix of the 1974 Paul McCartney and Wings Favorite.     Just how good a drummer was Geoff Britton?  

2024.24 You Are Here (Lennon Video) and more.

Lonnie and I discuss the new Mind Games-related "You Are Here" video with new footage of John and Yoko from the Robert Fraser Gallery, talking about the WWF (not the wrestling one), balloons, charity boxes and tiny badges.     We also discuss Ringo's summer 2024 tour (and Lonnie's visit to Hidalgo, TX), the McCartney 2024 tour,   the Blue plaque at 12 Arnold Grove and several other items from the news bucket.

2024.23 Life in Lyrics Season 2 - episodes 11 and 12

Marv and I finish up our review/overview of the McCartney "Life in Lyrics" podcast with episodes 11 and 12 ("Michelle" and "The End").      We then briefly overview the series to date, and talk about some of the things we noticed (both positive and negative) through the twenty-four episodes.    No full episode on any song after "Here Today" and the Tug of War album?     That's a shame.      Despite the long odds, our fingers are crossed for at least one more series to cover more of the post-Wings output.

2024.22 The Lewisohn Kerfuffle

This week I am joined by the host of Fans on the Run and our own Chas Newby (and the guy who made that really neat graphic of "Rocky"), Ethan Alexanian.    He joins us to discuss the Mark Lewisohn kerfuffle.   For those who don't know, here is the dictionary definition of Kerfuffle:

1. a commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views.

   "there was a kerfuffle over the chairmanship"

2024.21 The Beatles and Doctor Who - The Devil's Chord (Disney+, 2024)

WHO is talking?    You might not know, as we get a quick flyby from "Toppermost of the Poppermost" hosts "Queen of All Beatles Media" Kit O'Toole and "Yeah, he is also among the co-hosts of the show" Martin Quibell.    (In baseball terms, they are "openers").     The bulk of the show features BC the Beatles co-host Erika White, and "Writer, Occasional Troublemaker and Full-Time Whovian" Jim Ryan.      We talk the intersections of "Doctor Who" and the Beatles (who knew Brian Epstein hung with Verity Lambert), and review/discuss "The Devil's Chord", the recent episode featuring actors portraying Cilla and JPGR.

2024.20 Let It Be (Disney+, 2024)

As with practically every other Beatles podcast in the multiverse, the topic of the week is the 2024 release of "Let It Be" on Disney+.    Lonnie Pena and I sit down, discuss the VHS, Laserdisc, new streaming version and more.