When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About The Beatles

Week 4 of the WTWF review of the Let It Be Superdeluxeedition.     This week, Disc 3:     Rehearsals and Apple Jams.      Quite different from George Harrison's "Apple Jams".     Eric Clapton is only whispered about here, John's safety net if George doesn't return.    Have a sit, pull up a bowl of cauliflower with cheese sauce, and let us know what you think of what we thing.     All through the day....

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!

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".

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.

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.

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!

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!"

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.

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!

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.

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".

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!

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.

We continue our look at the "All Things Must Pass" 50th Anniversary Edition.    This week, the first LP of the album proper and the first side of the Apple Jams.    Cpngratulations!    It's Johnny's Birthday.     

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.

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!

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

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.

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.  

"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?"