SYNOPSIS: Welcome to Fine Tuning, an Examination of Mark Lewisohn’s Tune In.

This episode presents an overview of our 11-part series including its impetus, our objectives and summaries of the upcoming installments.
PLAYLIST

Johnny B. Goode THE BEATLES

Carol THE BEATLES

Some Other Guy THE BEATLES

Too Much Monkey Business THE BEATLES

Thank You Girl THE BEATLES

Baby It’s You THE BEATLES

I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES
Lewisohn Quoted from Podcast Fab4cast Part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkrFSnGnriQ
 

Fine Tuning: Ep 1 Intro & Syllabus

Welcome to Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast.  We’re a collective of artists, musicians, and professionals who challenge established narratives about the band with irreverent commentary, educated criticism, and original, thought-provoking analysis.

Music

SUMMARY: In our final episode of Fine Tuning, we summarize our conclusions, respond to listener feedback, issue corrections, share our hopes and fears for future books and offer our thoughts and predictions on the future of Beatles scholarship. 




PLAYLIST

Everyday BUDDY HOLLY

Honey Hush BIG JOE TURNER

I Fall to Pieces PATSY CLINE

Problems THE EVERLY BROTHERS

P.S. I Love You THE BEATLES

Whispering Bells THE DELL-VIKINGS

Que Sera, Sera DORIS DAY

Johnny Angel SHELLEY FABARES

Hit the Road, Jack RAY CHARLES

Crying ROY ORBISON

I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES
Serene's Blog:

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https://www.tumblr.com/mythserene


MARK LEWISOHN INTERVIEW LINKS:
Interview with Jean Louis-Polard, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ3Cb0c-tnI&t;=1s
Fabcast podcast, 2017

013 MARK LEWISOHN

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/013-lewisohn/id1108129093?i=1000383307889
Humans in Love podcast, 2018

#1 (Part One) Beatles Authority Mark Lewisohn (YouTube)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-part-one-beatles-authority-mark-lewisohn-on-travel/id1386766806?i=1000412043887
Fab4Cast podcast, 2019 

Talking to Mark Lewisohn: #1 Writing The Beatles' History 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkrFSnGnriQ

and #2 Spring 1969 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ-BMzJyGGA&t;=17s
Nothing Is Real podcast, 2019

The Mark Lewisohn Interview #14 Part One 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nothing-is-real-episode-14-the-mark-lewisohn/id1462587848?i=1000452821367



and 

#15 Part Two 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nothing-is-real-episode-15-mark-lewisohn-part-2/id1462587848?i=1000453706171
Interview with Giljs Groenteman, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuettzOVmhg
I Am the EggPod podcast, 2019

The Star-Club tapes 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwZy3DfdPjU&t;=186s
From Me To You podcast, 2020

Mark Lewisohn In Conversation w/ Richard Courtney 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPMlGfXMR_4
Let It Roll podcast, 2020

Mark Lewisohn in Conversation w/Nate Wilcox 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0cbEEHXFp8
Let It Be Beatles podcast, 2020

Mark Lewisohn - The Complete 2020 Let It Be Beatles Interview Podcast (YouTube)

https://soundcloud.com/user-86154098/mark-lewisohn-the-complete-2020-let-it-be-beatles-interview-podcast?utm_source=clipboard&utm;_medium=text&utm;_campaign=social_sharing
Fans on the Run podcast, 2022

Ep 73. Mark Lewisohn 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fans-on-the-run-a-podcast-made-by-for-and-about-beatles-fans/id1522056200?i=1000556606690

Fine Tuning: Ep 11 Wrap Party

SUMMARY
Unseen Paul builds on our earlier episodes by sharing even more quotes, stories, and insights about young Paul McCartney, who deserves a nuanced and dynamic portrait in any Beatles biography. 




We explore some of his more overlooked character traits: his quirks and gifts; his stressors and anxieties; his unusual interests and values. These features reveal him as a fascinatingly dualistic artist and person.



SOURCES

Paul McCartney: the Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz (1986)

The Beatles by Bob Spitz (2005)

“Portrait of Paul” Women Magazine by Mike McCartney (1965)

Magical Mystery Tours: My Time with the Beatles by Tony Bramwell (2006)

Many Years From Now by Barry Miles (1997)

Thank U Very Much by Mike McCartney

Paul McCartney on Howard Stern (2021)

“A Political Paul” Interview w/ Jonathan Powers for Prospect Magazine (Jan 17, 2009)

Paul McCartney interview w/ Hot Press magazine (2002)

Maureen Cleave “Intelligent Beatle”

“Mockers” Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9e6zHA6eOY&t;=116s

The Beatles Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies (1968)

The Beatles diary: Volume 1 by Barry Miles (2001)

BBC Interview “dyslexia”  (October 4, 1997)

https://www.effinghamradio.com/2023/06/15/happy-birthday-paul-mccartney-2

Angie McCartney Interview w/ Geoffrey Guiliano (1984)

https://www.tumblr.com/pleasantlyinsincere/697307027602571264/angie-and-ruth-mccartney-on-saying-i-love-you-in?source=share

Mike McCartney; Beatles Book Monthly Magazine (1992)

Paul McCartney for New York Times Magazine (2020)

THE LYRICS by Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon (2021)

Icke, Evelyn Hamann und die Beatles: Eine Art Biografie by Hans “Icke” Braun (2019)

*ENGLISH TRANSLATION of Braun's book and further anecdotes generously provided to AKOM by @packyourromanticmind on tumblr

A Cellar Full of Noise by Brian Epstein (1964)

Allan Williams quote from Music Legends The Beatles Special Edition by The Rock Review Music Legends Library (Sept 2, 2019)

https://issuu.com/codarecordsltd/docs/music_legends_beatles_special_edition

Interview w/ Horst Fascher for Deutschlandfunk Kultur (2006)

Astrid Kirchherr Interviewed by Colin Hall for Get Rhythm (August 2001)



PLAYLIST

Stairway to Paradise SARAH VAUGHAN

4 Pointers 1 TREVOR DUNCAN

Fine and Mellow ETTA JONES

Welcome to My World JIM REEVES

El Paso MARTY ROBBINS

You Go To My Head BILLIE HOLIDAY

Nature Boy NAT KING COLE

Black and White EARL ROBINSON

My Bucket’s Got a Hole in it HANK WILLIAMS

Spoonful HOWLIN WOLF

Since I Don’t Have You THE SKYLINERS

Perhaps DORIS DAY

Lonesome Town RICKY NELSON

Love to Love NINA SIMONE





Fine Tuning: Ep 10 Unseen Paul

SUMMARY:  In our 9th episode, we tackle a handful of loose ends from Tune In and pose the question: WTF?
Why The Farting?

Where's Talented Friend?

Washboard To Fender

Weird, Those Fruits!

Women-Type Fans

Whores They F*cked?

Wow, That's Fabricated!

Which Tune's First?

Writing's Too Fancy

Whose Teachers Finest?

Wimpy Teetotaler Frenemie


PLAYLIST:

Tutti Frutti LITTLE RICHARD

Good Golly Miss Molly LITTLE RICHARD

Where D’you Get Your Whiskey BOB CORT’S SKIFFLE GROUP

Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean RUTH BROWN

Mess Around RAY CHARLES

Spanish Flea HERB ALPERT

Theme from A Summer Place PERCY FAITH

Please Mr Postman THE MARVELETTES

School Days LOUIS JORDAN

Alligator Wine SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS

I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES

Fine Tuning: Ep 9 WTF?

SYNOPSIS:  In her second appearance on AKOM, May Pang talks with Phoebe about Yoko enlisting Paul’s help during the Lost Weekend, John & Yoko’s Tittenhurst Safe Room, The (not) Malibu Dream House and Primal Therapy.



The Lost Weekend: A Love Story is currently available for purchase or streaming on most major platforms. Discover more at www.maypang.com
 

May in December: AKOM Talks w/ May Pang Pt. 2

SYNOPSIS: No Greater Buddy examines how Tune In handles the naughty behavior of its resident Bad Boy, John Lennon. This is a study of Lewisohn’s coverage of John’s bad behavior (rather than the behavior itself).


PLAYLIST

Bad Boy LARRY WILLIAMS

Let the Good Times Roll LOUIS JORDAN

Jim Dandy LAVERN BAKER

Handful of Keys FATS WALLER

Undecided ELLA FITZGERALD

Angel Baby ROSIE & THE ORIGINALS

Night Train DAVID ROSE

Devil or Angel THE CLOVERS

I’ll Be on My Way THE BEATLES
SOURCES

The Beatles by Hunter Davies (1968)

The Other Side of John Lennon By Sandra Shevey (1990)

Beatles Anthology (1995)

Living in the Material World by Martin Scorcese (2011)

Fine Tuning: Ep 1 Intro & Syllabus

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