Everyone of us has all we need!     Please welcome Mr. Jon Stone to the pocast as the good ship WTWF relaunches for real this time!

WTWF classic 01.     Danny Kristensen of Beatles (and 60's) tribute band "The Fab 5".      (https://thefab5.net/).     Originally released 2021.

Welcome to a (somewhat delayed) relaunch of "When They Was Fab".    We are back!    Anything happen in our absence?

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Congratulations to Sir Paul McCartney on the debut of Egypt Station at the top of the Billboard album charts in the United States.     To keep the celebration going, WTWF reviews the first vinyl disc (Opening Station through Hand in Hand.)    Next week: Vinyl disc 2 and the two bonus tracks!

The second part of the WTWF look at John Lennon's "Imagine" album.     We talk about nine of the songs on the album (check out the previous show for the title track), listen to some demos and covers, then consider both changing the track order, and possibly even trading a tune to another LP!     

Happy Labor Day to those in the United States!     This week Lonnie and I anticipate the re-release of Imagine by returning to the original package.    Tune in for background on the sessions and players (both known and unknown), and the A-side of the single (also the album's title track).   Continues in a week, when you can tune in for part two as we cover the other nine tracks and "rate a record!"

Guest host Kit O'Toole and Monmouth University Dean Ken Womack, join WTWF for part two of our visit.   This week, we continue our discussion of his biography of Sir George Martin "Sound Pictures".    Among the topics discussed: George Martin's relationship with Paul McCartney and George Harrison post-Beatles, AIR Studios (London, Montserrat and Lyndhurst) and some of the acts GM chose to work with during those years, including his archive releases and swan song disc "In My Life"

Kenneth Womack, Dean of the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences and author of the two volume George Martin biography Maximum Volume and the forthcoming Sound Pictures joins the show (including special guest host Kit O'Toole) for a discussion of George Martin, his work with the Beatles, the studios they worked in and more.  The story continues next week as we take a deeper look at what lay beyond the Beatles years, and how all leads eventually lead back to the Fab Four.

Part one of the WTWF look at Paul McCartney's playing, how he came to the role of bass player in the Beatles, and his visit to Hamburg's Steinway Musichaus in 1961.      Joining us again are Joe Baiardi and Jamie Ashby, long-time skilled practitioners of the McCartney arts.       The pair discuss and demonstrate the nuances of Paul's bass playing from "Ain't She Sweet" to "From Me to You" all the way through "Help!".     Along the way many of the finer points of bass-playing in general, and Paul's style in particular are touched upon along the way.