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The Walrus Was Paul

Winner, "Outstanding Music Series", 2022 Canadian Podcast Awards. In this passion project of a podcast, longtime Hockey Night In Canada and TSN broadcaster (and Beatles expert!) Paul Romanuk chats with great Canadian music people about the greatest band in the history of pop music - The Beatles. Each episode will feature a different guest, who will dive into their favourite Beatles or Beatles solo album, track by track. Some of the biggest names in Canadian music tell their stories about discovering

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S4 E3 – The White Album (Side Three) –...

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2024/07/27

This is the 2nd of a two part episode with Edmonton-based music creatorJay Sparrowtalking with hostPaul Romanukabout a couple of sides ofThe Beatles‘ 1968 masterpieceThe Beatles(akaThe White Album). This is a two-part episode. The previous episode covered Side One. This episode covers Side Three.You can find out more aboutJay Sparrowat hiswebpage. He also has aYouTube channel.You can also find him on Insta and FB.Hey! Be sure to check out his great new albumHard Eight, wherever you stream your

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S4 E2 – The White Album (Side One) –...

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2024/07/20

Series Four of The Walrus Was Paul podcast kicks off with Edmonton-based music creator Jay Sparrow talking with host Paul Romanuk about a couple of sides of The Beatles' 1968 masterpiece The Beatles (aka The White Album). This is a two-part episode. This episode covers Side One and the next episode will centre on Side Three.You can find out more about Jay Sparrow at his webpage. He also has a YouTube channel.Check out his great new album Hard 8, wherever you stream your music.

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01:36:03

S4 E1 – A Hard Day’s Night (archive) –...

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2024/07/16

It's been 60 years since the release of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night movie and the ensuing soundtrack. It was released in the summer of 1964 and was a huge hit. Of course, the music was also a huge hit. In fact, the movie had made a profit even before it was released because United Artists (the producers of the movie and, importantly, holders of the soundtrack rights) had advance orders of over 2-million in the U.S. alone for the soundtrack album.In that spirit, I'm re-releasing an episode from

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S3 E27 – Favourite Beatles Vocal Performances Pt. II...

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2024/01/26

Jim Cuddy and Colin Cripps of Blue Rodeo join host Paul Romanuk to talk about some of their favourite Beatles vocal performances. This is Part II of a two-part episode.This is the last episode of Series 3 of The Walrus Was Paul.EPISODE NOTES:Here is Jim and Colin's virtual album of some of their favourite Beatles vocal performances:SIDE ALove Me DoThis BoyBaby's In BlackIf I Needed SomeoneHappiness Is A Warm GunSIDE BHelter SkelterOh! DarlingYou Never Give Me Your MoneyThe Long And Winding RoadLet

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56:39

S3 E26 – Favourite Beatles Vocal Performances Pt. I –...

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2024/01/19

Jim Cuddy and Colin Cripps of Blue Rodeo join host Paul Romanuk to talk about some of their favourite Beatles vocal performances. This is Part I of a two-part episode.EPISODE NOTES:Here is Jim and Colin's virtual album of some of their favourite Beatles vocal performances:SIDE ALove Me DoThis BoyBaby's In BlackIf I Needed SomeoneHappiness Is A Warm GunSIDE BHelter SkelterOh! DarlingYou Never Give Me Your MoneyThe Long And Winding RoadLet It BeHere is a link to the playlist on Tidal-you can find out

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S3 E25 – Special Christmas Episode – Happy Xmas (War...

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2023/12/22

In this annual Christmas Episode, host Paul Romanuk digs into a song that is well on the way (if it isn't already) to being a traditional Christmas season standard: the 1971 John Lennon/Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band song Happy Xmas (War Is Over).EPISODE NOTES:-The song was inspired by and grew out of John & Yoko's 1969 global billboard peace campaign. Here is a photo (from NYC) of one of the billboards they had put up in 12 major cities around the world.-The producer of the song, Phil Spector,

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S3 E24 – Rubber Soul (archive) Pt. 2 – Jim Cuddy and...

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2023/12/08

This is Part Two of an archive session of The Walrus Was Paul from 2020 where host Paul Romanuk talks with Blue Rodeo members Jim Cuddy and Colin Cripps about The Beatles 1965 album Rubber Soul. The episode has been re-released to mark 58 years since the original release of Rubber Soul.

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S3 E23 – Rubber Soul (archive) Pt. 1 – Jim Cuddy and...

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2023/12/05

It's 58 years this week since the release of The Beatles 1965 album Rubber Soul; so we dig back into The Walrus Was Paul archives to bring you a conversation host Paul Romanuk had with superstar Canadian singer/songwriter Jim Cuddy and Blue Rodeo bandmate Colin Cripps back in 2020 about what an influential album Rubber Soul was (and still is).EPISODE NOTES:-we'll be periodically re-releasing some classic episodes from the TWWP archive that have been hidden away for a few years. This is an episode

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01:19:35

S3 E22 – Special Episode – Terry O’Reilly on The...

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2023/11/18

Terry O'Reilly is an internationally recognised expert on marketing and advertising and hosts a well known podcast on the subject: Under The Influence. In this special episode, Terry speaks with host Paul Romanuk about how The Beatles changed the face of marketing and promotion in the world of pop music.EPISODE NOTES:-you can find out all about Terry O'Reilly and his excellent podcast on marketing and advertising, Under The Influence, at his website - terryoreilly.ca-Terry was the co-founder and

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53:46

S3 E21 – Red Rose Speedway Part II –...

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2023/10/21

Montreal singer and songwriter Max Comeau returns to talk with host Paul Romanuk about Side Two of 1973's Paul McCartney & Wings album Red Rose Speedway. Also talk about Max's latest album, a collection of jazz-influenced McCartney covers called Play McCartney.

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01:08:36

S3 E20 – Red Rose Speedway Part I – Singer/Songwriter...

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2023/10/14

Montreal singer/songwriter Max Comeau talks with host Paul Romanuk about the 1973 Paul McCartney & Wings album Red Rose Speedway.EPISODE NOTES:-the best place to find info on Max is his Bandcamp page. He's pretty thorough on there, with lots of notes and factoids about many of the songs as well as lyrics.-here is a Rolling Stone magazine review from 1973 on Red Rose Speedway. It's generally quite favourable.-an interesting discussion on the album on the excellent Steve Hoffman Music Forum-here's

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58:41

S3 E19 – Abbey Road, Part II – Singer/songwriter...

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2023/09/16

In the second part of a two-part conversation, country artist Raquel Cole talks with host Paul Romanuk about Side Two of The Beatles 1969 #1 album Abbey Road. Lots of talk about Raquel's songs and songwriting as well.EPISODE NOTES:-find out what Raquel is up to at her website-Raquel talks about her solo work, but also about her work with a trio, The Woods. Here's a link to one of their videos.-here is a 1969 review of Abbey Road from The Guardian newspaper by critic Geoffrey Cannon. In it he refers

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47:11

S3 E18 – Abbey Road, Part I – Singer/songwriter...

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2023/09/09

Country music star Raquel Cole talks with host Paul Romanuk about The Beatles' 1969 #1 album Abbey Road. Also, lots of talk about her excellent songwriting.EPISODE NOTES:-find out about all things Raquel Cole at her fine, splashy, website.-here's an article from 2020 from Raquel's hometown paper in Vernon, BC, about "hoping to make her hometown proud with some big opportunities."-Raquel, who is from Vernon, now calls Nashville her home. It is the epicentre of the country music world and she seems to

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48:31

S3 E17 – Yellow Submarine, Part II –...

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2023/08/19

Part II of host Paul Romanuk's conversation with musician and singer/songwriter James Clark (aka James Clark Institute) about The Beatles' 1969 album Yellow Submarine.EPISODE NOTES:-you can find out about James and his band, James Clark Institute right here.-Side Two of Yellow Submarine consisted of The Beatles' brilliant producer and arranger George Martin's score for the animated film. Here's a look at George Martin and his work. I also highly recommend Kenneth Womack's two outstanding books on

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01:17:26

S3 E16 – Yellow Submarine, Part I – Singer/Songwriter...

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2023/08/12

Songwriter and singer James Clark talks with host Paul Romanuk about The Beatles' 1969 soundtrack album for the animated film Yellow Submarine.EPISODE NOTES-you can find out about James and his band, James Clark Institute, at their website-here's a good BBC article on the animated film that went with the album and how it resonates on so many different levels and is, in the eyes of many, a cult classic-we talk about one of James Clark Institute's songs - Marcella Never Got The News. The song is about

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54:22

S3 E15 – Beatles For Sale, Part II –...

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2023/07/25

Newfoundland based, Canadian, singer/songwriter Chris Picco talks with host Paul Romanuk about 1964's Beatles For Sale album. This is the second part of a two-part episode.SHOW NOTES:-Chris has a really good new record out called Split Down The Middle, and you can find out more about Chris and the record at his website.-we talk about a song Chris wrote and put out on his first EP (2004's The Passenger). The song is called Wood 'N Steel. Good luck finding the EP. Here's the link to it on Discogs-we

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S3 E14 – Beatles For Sale, Part I – Singer/Songwriter...

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2023/07/15

Newfoundland singer/songwriter Chris Picco talks with host Paul Romanuk about 1964's Beatles For Sale album.SHOW NOTES:-Chris has a great new record out, Split Down The Middle, and you can find out more about it and Chris' other work at his website.-we talk about what a manic year 1964 - the year they recorded this album - was for The Beatles. Here's a month-by-month, day-by-day list of what they were up to in 1964 (from The Beatles Bible)-Chris refers to Newfoundland musical giant Ron Hynes. Here's

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S3 E13 – The White Album, Part II – Singer/Songwriter...

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2023/07/01

Grammy and Juno Award winning singer/songwriter Dan Hill talks, with host Paul Romanuk, about some of his favourite tracks from The Beatles White Album. This is Part II of a two-part episode.EPISODE NOTES:-you can find out more about Dan and his music at his website: danhill.com-Dan's most well-known song is 1977's "Sometimes When We Touch". The song was a global hit record and has been used in countless movies and TV episodes. We talk about the song in Part I of this episode, and here is a lengthy

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01:06:08

S3 E12 – The White Album. Part I – Singer/Songwriter...

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2023/06/23

Grammy and Juno Award winning singer/songwriter Dan Hill talks, with host Paul Romanuk, about some of his favourite tracks from The Beatles White Album.EPISODE NOTES:-you can find out more about Dan and his music at his website: danhill.com-Dan's most well-known song is 1977's "Sometimes When We Touch". The song was a global hit record and has been used in countless movies and TV episodes. We talk about the song in this episode, and here is a lengthy article (from CBC) where Dan talks more about his

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01:03:42

S3 E11 – Beatles Guitar Moments, Part II –...

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2023/06/16

Canadian indie music icon Stephen Stanley (ex-Lowest Of The Low, Stephen Stanley Band) talks about some of his favourite "Beatles guitar moments" with host Paul Romanuk. This episode is the second of a two-part episode. You can find Part I wherever you get your podcasts.EPISODE NOTESHere's the "album" Stephen has put together of his favourite Beatles guitar moments.Side OneAnd I Love Her(Feb 1964) A Hard Day’s NightA Hard Day’s Night(April 1964) A Hard Day’s NightYou’ve Got to Hide Your Love

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