Something About the Beatles

Something About the Beatles

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  • 265: EMI Days with John Leckie and Friends
    Returning guest and renowned producer John Leckie is back on SATB and this time he brought his friends; colleagues from EMI with impressive credentials of their own, who also worked with The Beatles: Nick Webb and Roger Ferris.  It was a real delight to be a fly-on-the-wall as three guys who’ve known each other for decades spun stories about working … 265: EMI Days with John Leckie and Friends Read More »
    1 hr 25 min
  • 264: Harrison, Lennon: It’s Also Complicated
    As a follow-on to my last conversation with author Glenn Greenberg, we sat down to explore the Harrison-Lennon dynamic. A couple of things referenced in the show can be found below:  Here’s John’s 1974 note to George.  Here’s John’s 1976 Q&A.  Glenn Greenberg’s Making of the White Album bookazine can be found here.   “I Know It’s True” (end song) by Iamaphoney can … 264: Harrison, Lennon: It’s Also Complicated  Read More »
    1 hr 41 min
  • 263: Fab 4 On Film: The Dick Lester Films with Steve Matteo
    Journalist Steve Matteo has a new book out – Act Naturally: The Beatles on Film.  It’s an all-encompassing volume detailing and contextualizing the making of every one of their cinematic projects, including a few that didn’t actually get filmed.  For this first discussion, we focused on their first two, both directed for United Artists by Richard … 263: Fab 4 On Film: The Dick Lester Films with Steve Matteo Read More »
    1 hr 44 min
  • 262: McCartney’s Musicality; Post-Beatles with Luca Perasi

    My guest today has recently completed the first volume of an exhaustive study of Paul’s body of work in Paul McCartney: Music is Ideas 1970 – 1989. Luca Perasi is a Beatles historian who specializes in the group’s bassist, post-split. He was a consultant hired by MPL for the recent 7″ single box set, as well as the Italian translator for Paul’s The Lyrics book. For our first discussion, we focused on the broad parameters of Paul’s art, pre-Beatles through the first Wings album. Luca’s book discusses every McCartney session and the music it yielded, whether released at the time or not, for a greater context into Paul’s musical development. You can find out more at Luca’s site, and I encourage you to follow him on Twitter (@LucaPerasi ) for daily postings featuring amazing rare photos of Paul at work.

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  • 262: McCartney's Musicality; Post-Beatles with Luca Perasi
    My guest today has recently completed the first volume of an exhaustive study of Paul's body of work in Paul McCartney: Music is Ideas 1970 - 1989. Luca Perasi is a Beatles historian who specializes in the group's bassist, post-split. He was a consultant hired by MPL for the recent 7" single box set, as well as the Italian translator for Paul's The Lyrics book. 

    For our first discussion, we focused on the broad parameters of Paul's art, pre-Beatles through the first Wings album. Luca's book discusses every McCartney session and the music it yielded, whether released at the time or not, for a greater context into Paul's musical development. You can find out more at Luca's site, and I encourage you to follow him on Twitter (@LucaPerasi ) for daily postings featuring amazing rare photos of Paul at work. 
    1 hr 37 min
  • 261: Making All Things Must Pass with John Leckie

    Hired as a tape op by EMI in February 1970, Leckie quickly found himself among rock royalty when his career began with work on Ringo's Sentimental Journey, followed quickly after with McCartney.

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    1 hr 52 min
  • 260: Tastemaker Tony King

    Tony King was general manager of Apple US in the early 70s, but thereafter worked directly with John and Ringo, promoting their work from 1973 through 1975. Beyond that, he was a true British rock Zelig figure, partying with The Beatles the night before they flew to America for their 1964 Ed Sullivan Show debut; working with Andrew Oldham and the Stones during their “Satisfaction” heyday; thereafter for George Martin and AIR Studio, and then Apple. He also befriended Elton John (before he was) as well as tons of others. His story has just been published in “The Tastemaker: My Life with the Legends and Geniuses of Rock Music.” (He’s also in the May Pang doc, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story.) You can get his backstory here: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/music/article/tony-king-interview and see him as “the Queen” in this 1973 Mind Games TV ad: https://youtu.be/lx-DNpoKfVg We covered a ton of topics, including all the aforementioned plus the AIDS tragedy and his favorite music.

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    2 hr 17 min
  • 259: Sgt. Pepper Olympiad
    The series with professor/lecturer Gary Wenstrup continues as we rate tracks on each Beatles album in Olympic style: Gold – Silver – Bronze. This episode introduces a modification, adding in for consideration the singles that bookended the 1967 release: “Strawberry Fields Forever”/”Penny Lane” and “All You Need Is Love”/”Baby You’re A Rich Man.” Check out … 259: Sgt. Pepper Olympiad Read More »
    1 hr 37 min
  • 258: May the First – The Lost Weekend with May Pang
    “The Lost Weekend” was the handle John implemented (picked up by subsequent narrators) to describe the period of his separation from Yoko, during which time a romantic relationship began with his 22 year-old personal assistant, May Pang. Once the couple reconciled, May’s impact on his life was swept under the rug in all sanctioned tellings, … 258: May the First – The Lost Weekend with May Pang Read More »
    1 hr 31 min
  • 258: May the First - The Lost Weekend with May Pang
    "The Lost Weekend" was the handle John implemented (picked up by subsequent narrators) to describe the period of his separation from Yoko, during which time a romantic relationship began with his 22 year-old personal assistant, May Pang. Once the couple reconciled, May's impact on his life was swept under the rug in all sanctioned tellings, in the service of a narrative propping up the John and Yoko love story as the ultimate double fantasy: literally describing themselves as Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning incarnate. 

    Others beg to differ and among them is May herself. Her story was told twice in book form (Loving John and Instamatic Karma) but now a new documentary film chronicles their time together on the big screen, supported by other witnesses and loads of photos, footage and writings. The Lost Weekend: A Love Story is coming to theaters, while an exhibit of May's photos has already hit the road across the US.    Here's where to track the latest on May's photo exhibit and the film: https://www.maypang.com/
    1 hr 27 min

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