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When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell

Talk, more talk, chat, more chat - We’re happy to do it for you (Beatles)

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59:24

2021.r30 Let It Be SDE - Disc 2 (Apple Sessions)

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2021/11/08

Week 3 of the WTWF look at the "Let It Be" SDE box. This week, Apple Sessions. Chat and sessions from January 1969. The Beatles are working on their next project with the start date on filming for "The Magic Christian" looming. Jams, recording sessions on EMI's portable in the basement and more!

57:46

2021.r29 Let It Be SDE - Disc 4 (Glyn Johns Mix)

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2021/11/01

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".

58:09

2021.r28 Let It Be SDE - Discs 1 and 5 (The EP)

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2021/10/24

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.

42:20

2021.c08 The Beatles, Vaudeville and George Formby...

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2021/10/24

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.

01:00:42

2021.r27 Get Back Trailer analysis and breakdown.

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2021/10/17

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!

01:01:24

2021.r26 Around a Hard Day‘s Night

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2021/10/11

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!"

57:25

2021.r25 Change the World and ”Ringo‘s Rock and Roll”

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2021/10/04

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.

58:07

2021.r24 Apple Singles Pt.2 - The Iveys/Badfinger,...

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2021/09/27

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!

58:07

2021.r23 Thingumybob -- Rutgers University Brass Band

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2021/09/20

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.

56:03

2021.r22 All Things Must Pass part 5 (Sessions and Jams)

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2021/09/13

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".

52:13

2021.r21 All Things Must Pass part 4 (Day 1 Demos) —...

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2021/09/06

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!

58:42

2021.r20 All Things Must Pass part 3 (LP2 and Apple...

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2021/08/30

We continue our graze through the "All Things Must Pass" box, and this time the wheel stops on LP2 and side 6 (aka "Apple Jam side 2"). We ponder the nature of life, the universe, "Jam Piece", fidelity (as used in both audio and marital terms) and the passing of one of the few remaining fifties rock legends.

56:43

2021.r19 All Things Must Pass part 2 (LP1 and Apple...

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2021/08/23

Week two of our look at "All Things Must Pass". This week, the first LP and side one of the "Apple Jams" box. George, Eric, Bobby Whitlock and Friends galore. What was George doing in 1970, and how did it end up as a three record set?

55:33

2021.r18 All Things Must Pass part 1 (disc 4)

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2021/08/16

On August 6, 2021 UMe and George Harrison presented the fiftieth anniversay remix of "All Things Must Pass" in multiple versions. This week, we look at disc four (better known as "Day 2" or "Beware of ABKCO") from the streaming, 5CD, 8LP and Uber editions of this set. Nearly an hour of George Harrison, occsionally a bass player and Phil Spector listening in the booth.

01:03:06

2021.r17 McCartney 3 2 1 parts 5 and 6

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2021/08/09

Jon and I finish our review of the first series of McCartney 3 2 1. You know the routine. Paul, Rick Rubin, isolated tracks, stories both new and old - while we talk about their discussions, what they missed out on and where exactly the "Paperback Writer" bit from the trailer went!

45:23

2021.r16b You Know My Name (UCLA) + McCartney 3 2 1...

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2021/08/02

Kit O'Toole tunes up for the B-side, as we present our review of episode 4 of McCartney 3 2 1

53:54

2021.r16a Find My Way video and McCartney 3 2 1 pt.3...

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2021/08/02

Kit O'Toole guests this week as we look at the "Find My Way" video from Paul and Beck, and review pt.3 of "McCartney 3 2 1". Don't stop here though, as Kit also joined us for our review of pt.4, which can be found in the "B-side" of this show.

43:46

2021.c07 Let It Down (2020) -- Andrew Harrison, Sam...

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2021/07/30

Part two of Sam Whiles' "classic" visit to When They Was Fab. Further discussion of the Beatles in 1970, and how the lives of John, Paul, George and Ringo continued to intertwine through their early solo efforts.

01:03:21

2021.r15 McCartney 321 parts 1 and 2.

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2021/07/26

"These Things Bring You Together" and "The Notes That like each Other". This week we look at the first two episodes of Paul McCartney x Rick Rubin, also known as "McCartney 321". We go through the tracks and the stories. Is it possible top find new revelations, even among old stories from "The act we've known for all these years?"

43:51

2021.c06 It Don't Come Eary (2020) — Afterfab, Sam...

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2021/07/25

"Classic" When They Was Fab. Sam Whiles joined us in 2020 to discuss the Beatles in 1970, and how the lives of John, Paul, George and Ringo continued to intertwine through their early solo efforts. Pt.2 will be posted shortly!

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