When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

Mar 23 2025 225 ep. 64 mins 1.8k
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Beatling About. Anything about the Beatles, solo and related, past, present and future.

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2025.12 George Harrison, Gary Wright and Billy Preston!

Mar 23 2025 71 mins  
George was quite busy between "All Things Must Pass" and "The Concert for Bangladesh". However, many of the things he played on were not under his own name! We look at two projects where George was a significant contributer: Gary Wright's "Footprint", and Billy Preston's "I Wrote a Simple Song". Excellent playing, and a link between George's Beatles guitar-playing, his work on "All

2025.11 Ringo at the Ryman on CBS

Mar 16 2025 77 mins  
Lonnie and I chat about the CBS version of "Ringo and Friends at the Ryman" which aired on Monday, March 10, 2025. Jack White, Sheryl Crow, and even Larkin Poe honor the man, the music, the COUNTRY legend that is Ringo Starr.

2025.10 Spot the Looney - The Ultimate Cash Grab (Disc One)

Mar 09 2025 66 mins  
Marv and I sit down to talk the first disc of the new 2024 edition of the Internet favorite "Spot the Looney". Ever wondered where you could find those rarities George Harrison played on that are not readily available from Apple (records or Music)? Try this box. Harry, Derek and the Dominoes, the Remo Four, the Silkie, Bobby Whitlock, Ashton Gardner & Dyke and MORE can be found

2025.09 FAMSF - Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm (Sally Martin Katz)

Mar 02 2025 67 mins  
Kit O'Toole and I are honored to speak with Sally Martin Katz, the Photo Curator for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco as Paul McCartney's "Eyes of the Storm" photo exhibition comes to the deYoung museum in the Bay Area. We talk about the exhibition, the photos, and the role photography and photographers weave around the life story of Paul McCartney.

2025.08 The Beatles years through the lens of George Harrison's Birthday!

Feb 23 2025 70 mins  
What ties Studio Two, the Casbah Coffee Club, the Bahamas, Rishikesh, and an airplane returning to London with the Beatles? George Harrison's birthday! After the news (where Kit once again drops in her mellifluous tones), we consider the changes in George and the Beatles as he moved from his nineteenth birthday to his twenty-second.

2025.07 McCartney 1979 "Back to the Egg" Interview

Feb 16 2025 82 mins  
Sam Whiles joins for some chat about "Back To The Egg", but primarily one of the few interviews Paul did for "Back to the Egg". James McCartney was not quite two years old, Wings was settling into the outfit that would become the final iteration, and Paul was toying around with tunes that would become "McCartney II". Also found in this episode is news that is slightly out of date (

2025.06 Key Songs and Songwriting

Feb 09 2025 77 mins  
Marv and I sit down with Kenyon Rosewall of the "Note by Note" podcast. We each compile some of our "key" Beatles songs written during the Beatles "first act". Before there was "Help!" or "Rain", there was "Do You Want to Know a Secret", "No Reply", and even a couple of Elvis-inspired three-chord raveups!

2025.05 There's Only One Paul McCartney (BBC 2002 review/overview)

Feb 02 2025 79 mins  
2022. Sir Paul McCartney was recovering from the passing of Linda, preparing for a tour backing his "Driving Rain" album, and celebrating fifty years of Queen Elizabeth II. The BBC gathered together a number of interesting and important figures (including Astrid Kirchherr, Jurgen Vollmer, Arthur Kelly and Kermit the Frog?) in advance of his appearance at the Jubilee (and a little t

2025.04 Beatles '64 Review

Jan 26 2025 72 mins  
The past is gone, but something might be found to take it's place. However, sometimes, the past is only a few weeks ago. Ethan Alexanian joins Martin and I to review "Beatles '64" - the good, the bad, and the questionable.

2025.03 Look Up Review and Overview

Jan 19 2025 65 mins  
The definition of a "hit record" in 2025 is fairly difficult to determine, but by the "old fashioned" metrics, Ringo certainly has one with his country album "Look Up." Lonnie Pena and I go through the album, track-by-track and talk about the songs, guests, and the directions the career of Ringo Starr might head in. We close the show discussing the (mostly positive) reviews, where