Beatles News Briefs
by Steve Marinucci
The latest Beatles news and thought-provoking talk from veteran pioneer Beatles reporter Steve Marinucci, the founder of Abbeyrd’s Beatles Page, the first true Beatles news website online in 1995. Our show is not like other shows but generally focuses on topical Beatles subjects and news that fans are talking about. A frequent guest on our show is distinguished author Candy Leonard, the author of ”Beatleness: How The Beatles and their Fans Remade the World,” an acclaimed book on Beatle history and fandom. Join our pages on Facebook -- Beatles News And Information and Beatles News Briefs - The Podcast. Send your comments, suggestions and questions for the show to [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you. Be seeing you.
Episodes
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#130: LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST! - May Pang on John Lennon, "The Lost Weekend: A Love Story" and her iconic photographs
The legendary May Pang opens up about her life with John Lennon, the “Lost Weekend,” the making of The Lost Weekend: A Love Story," and the iconic photographs that reshaped how fans understand Lennon’s most surprising creative period and that she is showing in local exhibitions around the…
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#129 : "An Inside Look at Liverpool's International Beatles Week From Three Fans Attending"
Each year, International Beatles Week brings fans from around the world together for live music, rare talks, tributes, and unforgettable moments. Here, we present a report from some fans attending this annual Liverpool festival on what this year's event is like. If you love Beatles history, live...
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#128 - Count Five's Kenn Ellner on ‘Psychotic Reaction’ & Music Life in a Beatles-Ruled World
Beatles News Briefs #128 dives into garage‑rock history as Kenn Ellner of the legendary Count Five recounts the making of their iconic 1966 hit “Psychotic Reaction” — a song that helped define the psychedelic‑garage sound and still inspires musicians today. Kenn shares vivid stories about the...
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Beatles News Briefs #127 - Urgent podcast - Breakdown of the new ’Rubber Soul’ sets coming Oct. 2
Dive into this urgent Beatles News Briefs episode as Steve Marinucci unpacks every detail of the newly announced Rubber Soul box sets coming October 2. Get a clear rundown of what's included and where you'll hear the fresh Giles Martin/Sam Okell stereo and Dolby Atmos mixes, the mono album and…
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#126 - Beatles Author Philip Norman: New Revelations About Brian Epstein & Beatlemania
In this in‑depth interview with Beatles News Briefs host Steve Marinucci, acclaimed Beatles biographer Philip Norman, author of "Shout!" and the new book "Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and The Making of the Beatles," shares powerful insights into the life of Brian Epstein, the manager who...
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#125 - A deep dive into Beatles videos with author Bill Last
Beatles video history, rare releases, and collectibles take center stage in this episode featuring special guest Bill Last, author of The Collected Beatles Videography – A Guide to Collecting Group and Solo Video, 1962–2024.Bill’s comprehensive research into Beatles and solo video releases makes...
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#124 - Exclusive!: Gary C. Bourgeois on new Dolby Atmos remix for Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night"!
In this exclusive interview, legendary re-recording mixer Gary C. Bourgeois, who has done past work for The Beatles, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, and many others, breaks down his brand‑new 2026 Dolby Atmos remix of the Beatles film A Hard Day’s Night, sharing...
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#123 Faith Cohen, whose idea for Global Beatles Day is becoming a reality
Beatles News Briefs host Steve Marinucci talks to Global Beatles Day founder Faith Cohen about the idea she had in 2009 to celebrate Global Beatles Day on June 25 (the date on which the Beatles' worldwide premiere and global broadcast of "All You Need Is Love" took place back in 1967), which has...
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#122 - Unseen Beatles Candlestick Park Photos Revealed In New Jim Marshall book
This week’s episode takes a deep dive into The Beatles by Jim Marshall – Candlestick Park Live, the newly released book showcasing a remarkable collection of never‑before‑seen photos from The Beatles’ final ticketed concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on August 29, 1966. The book also...
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#121 - Special: The Beatles - The Prisoner Connection
Dive into a one‑of‑a‑kind conversation connecting The Beatles, the iconic 1960s TV series The Prisoner, and the legendary Welsh village of Portmeirion. In this special episode, Beatles News Briefs host and veteran Beatles reporter Steve Marinucci is joined by renowned archivist Keith Badman and...
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#120 - Beatlemania gone wild - Author Dave Schwensen to expand "The Beatles in Cleveland"
Our guest this week is author Dave Schwensen,, whose book "The Beatles In Cleveland," is the authoritative work on the two Beatles concerts in that city that were stopped by the police because of riotous fans. Schwensen announces here he's releasing an expanded edition of that book and he tells…
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#119 - Beatles Anthology insider and archivist Keith Badman on digging for music treasures, upcoming book
Welcome back, everyone! I’m your host, Steve Marinucci — and today’s episode is a big one. We’re joined by someone who was inside one of the most ambitious Beatles projects ever created: Keith Badman, who worked on the original Beatles Anthology and is a veteran of major pop‑music deep‑dives.…
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#118 - Spencer Leigh on Liverpool landmarks, plus McCartney listening session, more
UK author and broadcaster Spencer Leigh joins Steve Marinucci to discuss the fight to save Liverpool’s music landmarks and shares revealing Beatles stories about Brian Epstein and the firing of Pete Best. We also talk with Luis Lopez, one of the “Lucky 39” invited to the secret Paul McCartney...
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#117 Women's History of the Beatles/new Peter Asher documentary
In the first part of the show, we feature four female Beatles scholars, including author Christine Feldman-Barrett talking about her book "A Women's History of the Beatles." In part two, we feature an exclusive interview with Don Geller and Dayna Goldfine, the co-producers of the new documentary...
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#116 Seeing The Beatles!! -- Fan accounts and exclusive interview with DJ legend Johnny Holliday, who co-emceed the Beatles' final show.
In a special two-segment show, Beatles News Briefs presents "Seeing the Beatles" with fan accounts of seeing the Beatles (as a group) in concert at several U.S. concerts and, in the second half of the show, an exclusive interview with disc jockey legend Johnny Holliday, who co-emceed the Beatles'...
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Announcement of new Paul McCartney album. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can binge listen to all of our episodes free at Podbean, on YouTube or on our...
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#115 - Inside "The McCartney Legacy" with Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair
This week, we take a deep dive into "The McCartney Legacy" with Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair, the co-authors of an incredible series of encyclopedic volumes (two down, one coming and more to go) that probe the McCartney mystique as it's never been done before. This is also special for me with...
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#114 - Mark Lewisohn on "Evolver '62," "Tune In," and more
Esteemed Beatles researcher and historian Mark Lewisohn talks with veteran Beatles reporter Steve Marinucci about his recently released film of his lecture "'Evolver '62" and the reason 1962 was such a pivotal year for The Beatles, his progress on his monumental Beatles history trilogy "Tune In",...
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#113 - Debbie Greenberg, author of "Cavern Club: The Inside Story," on seeing The Beatles at the Cavern
Debbie Greenberg, author of "Cavern Club: The Inside Story," whose father owned the Cavern Club for several years, talks about what it was like seeing The Beatles there, knowing the families of the band and what it was like just being in the Cavern in those wild and crazy days. Also, we have some...
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#112 - Author Madeline Bocaro reviews Yoko Ono's life and her legacy for her 93rd birthday
Author Madeline Bocaro, author of the Yoko Ono biography "In My Mind: The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono," talks with veteran Beatles reporter Steve Marinucci as they celebrate Yoko's 93rd birthday on Feb. 18, 2026, and discuss what, despite the criticism and negative press she has received in the...
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#111 - Imagining All the People - An interview with author and poet Marcus Benjamin Ray Bradley
Imagine if the people in the Beatles' songs were real? That's what author Marcus Benjamin Ray Bradley's new book, "Imagining All the People" is all about -- a poetic re-telling of the people imagined in the lyrics of the Beatles in their songs. Bradley discusses the idea behind the book, the...
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#110 - Piers Hemmingsen on the new ”The Beatles in Canada (Blue Book)” and Beatlemania in Canada
Canadian Beatles history authority Piers Hemmingsen and host Steve Marinucci discuss the recently published Blue Book volume of his "The Beatles In Canada" series and some of the ways that Beatlemania in Canada differed from America. We also talk about the unreleased Beatles '65 Toronto…
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#109 - Looking back at our 2025 shows with Ringo Starr and help from many friends!
On this special show, we take a look back at some memorable moments from the shows we did in 2025. You'll hear from Joey Molland, Bruce Spizer, Piers Hemmingsen, Jude Southerland Kessler, Cha-Chi Loprete, Chris O'Dell, Gary Von Scyoc, Candy Leonard, Michele Wood Marotta, Al Sussman, Madeline...
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#108 - "Borrowed Time, Part 2": Journalist Alan Weiss, the first to report the news about John Lennon on 12/8/80
On Dec. 8, 1980, journalist Alan Weiss, a local TV news producer on WABC-TV in New York City, headed out on his motorcycle into the night. A crash with a taxi landed him in Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, where, lying on a gurney, he thought he heard a conversation that indicated that John...
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#107 "Borrowed Time, Part 1": Writer-director Alan G Parker on his new documentary "Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade"
In the first of two shows on the new documentary "Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade," which debuts in the U.S. Dec. 8, we talk to its writer-director Alan G. Parker, who takes us behind the scenes of the making of the film that includes previously unseen and unheard details of a lavish tour...
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#106 - George Harrison was here! Photos of his 1970 Florida visit are revealed!
In 1970, George Harrison and Pattie Boyd visited Florida to see relatives. While locals had passed on stories of the trip, no photos had emerged until recently. Jeff Fisk of the Deerfield Historical Society, along with photographer Tom Craig who prepared the photos for display, Margot Winick of…
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#105 - Charles Rosenay and Chachi Loprete talk about their Beatle-themed bash on Sunday
Charles Rosenay!!! and Chachi Loprete, two well-known figures in the world of Beatles fandom, discuss their upcoming salute to Beatlemania taking place this Sunday, Nov. 16, in Arlington, Mass. featuring The Cyrkle, special guest Billy J. Kramer (both managed by legendary Beatles manager Brian...
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#104 - Author Andru Reeve on why the 'Paul Is Dead' story still lives
If you think the whole "Paul Is Dead" tale is past history, you may be surprised to find out that there are people who not only still believe in it but also new clues have been added to the mix just recently. Andru Reeve, author of "Turn Me On Dead Man," (Amazon link), the most comprehensive book...
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#103 - John & Yoko "Power To the People" box - Gary Van Scyoc of Elephant's Memory, Author Candy Leonard
A deep discussion into the new John Lennon & Yoko Ono box set "Power To the People" as Steve Marinucci talks first with author Candy Leonard ("Beatleness"), who looks back at the era in which the "Some Time In New York City" album was originally released and the difficulties Lennon and Ono faced...
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#102 - Decca Tapes Part III - Rob Frith's true story of handing Paul McCartney a lost Decca Tapes reel
When we interviewed record dealer Rob Frith in show #91 in March, he told us about the Beatles Decca tape he had found in a collection he bought. After there were indications this wasn't just an ordinary tape, he said that if Paul McCartney wanted the tape, Frith would give it to him for free if…
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#100-#101 - Simon Weitzman on new film "A Love Letter To the Beatles"; Ringo Starr talks to the press
On this show, veteran Beatles news reporter Steve Marinucci interviews filmmaker Simon Weitzman ("Miss O'Dell"), director of the new film "A Love Letter To the Beatles," which will come out the first week of October. The cast includes Pete Best, The Quarrymen, Laurence Juber and Billy J. Kramer....
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99 - News and Reviews: Beatles Anthology 4, Power To the People box set news, Borrowed Time Blu-ray review
A compact show filled with Beatles news and information (getting a plug in for my Facebook Beatles group .... come join us!) We start off with the news about the Beatles Anthology 4 set, then discuss the upcoming release of the John Lennon/Yoko Ono "Power To the People" box set and end it with a...
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98 - "Miss O'Dell": Inside the book, the movie and her life with the Beatles
A revealing look at the film and the book "Miss O'Dell" with the book's author, Chris O'Dell, and the director of the film, Simon Weitzman. In the first part of the show, we go one-to-one with "Miss O'Dell" as she talks candidly about her adventurous life working for the Beatles at Apple and what...
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#97- Author, radio star Laurie Kaye on talking to Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, more (with clips)!
In her years of radio work, Laurie Kaye has talked to such rock luminaries as Paul McCartney (with wife Linda), George Harrison, Beatles producer George Martin, Little Richard, Mick Jagger, Bob Weir, The Ramones, Talking Heads and more. But it was her interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono on…
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#96 - A revealing portrait of Yoko Ono from author Madeline Bocaro and Yoko herself!
An in-depth look at Yoko Ono the person with insights from author Madeline Bocaro ("In Your Mind: The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono") plus a revealing interview with Yoko Ono herself done in October, 1987, in which she talks candidly about meeting John Lennon, the Beatles' breakup (and chances of…
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95 - Songs, Pictures, Stories and Secrets Of The Fabulous Beatles on Vee-Jay Records With Bruce Spizer and Michele Wood Marotta
On this episode, we feature a very (very!) entertaining and lively discussion about the history of The Beatles on Vee-Jay Records with Beatles historian and author Bruce Spizer ("The Beatles On Vee-Jay Records") and Michele Marotta, daughter of Randy Wood, who was head of Vee-Jay Records at the...
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#94 - Our review of "One To One: John & Yoko" film
On this show, we review the new film "One To One: John & Yoko" heading to theaters on April 11 before being streamed on MAX later on. We also cover a breaking news story from the last few days. If you like us, please follow us and subscribe. Send questions or comments to...
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#93 - Jude Southerland Kessler on her new John Lennon book and more on the Canada Decca tapes discovery
We have two great guests for you in our latest Beatles News Briefs podcast. First is a talk with distinguished author Jude Southerland Kessler on her new John Lennon Series book, "Some Forever: Shades Of Life, Volume 2," about the momentous year of 1965 for Lennon and the Beatles, including the...
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#92 - Susan Ryan Live From Day 3 of The Fest For Beatles Fans in Jersey City
Beatles News Briefs EXTRA SPECIAL - We talk to Susan Ryan LIVE from day 3 (Sunday) of The Fest For Beatles Fans NY Metro Fest 2025 at the Hyatt Regency in Jersey City, N.J. Susan, the owner of Fab4 NYC Walking Tours (website: Fab4NYCtours.weebly.com), is a devoted attendee of both the New York…
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#91 - The Beatles In Canada II - The Decca Tapes Mystery Examined
The news that a high quality copy of the Beatles 1/1/62 Decca Tapes Audition had surfaced in Canada started a lot of commentary and speculation among fans, social media and radio DJs on just what had been discovered. This episode of Beatles News Briefs does a deep dive and investigates this story...
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#90 - The Beatles In Canada - Featuring interviews with John Brower and Piers Hemmingsen
A very entertaining and informative look back at the history of The Beatles In Canada with two superb interviews. The first is with John Brower, co-promoter of the 1969 Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival that featured John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band, plus veteran rockers Little Richard,...
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#89 - Tribute to Joey Molland with previously unreleased interview, tributes
A special tribute to Joey Molland. Listen to a wonderful previously unheard interview that we did with Joey in 2017 in which he talks about recording the "Straight Up" album with producers George Harrison and Todd Rundgren, and also working with Billy Preston. We also feature interviews with…
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#88 - Authors Fred Velez (The Monkees) and Luca Perasi (his books on the solo Beatles)
Today we have two guests. First is author Fred Velez, who has written two books on The Monkees, and we discuss, on Peter Tork's birthday, how The Monkees were big fans of The Beatles with Fred revealing some of his personal encounters with them. We also have author Luca Perasi, who talks about…
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#87 - McCartney Bowery Ballroom Shows Part II -- EXCLUSIVE -- Bob Gannon with his thoughts on seeing Paul McCartney at the Bowery Ballroom
The second of two shows we've done this week on the Paul McCartney Bowery Ballroom shows, which were at a much tinier venue than the type McCartney usually plays. Here, Bob Gannon, who also attended the Wednesday Feb. 12th show, gives details on the Bowery Ballroom show he attended, but also...
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#86 - EXCLUSIVE! PJ Maclen's eyewitness account of the 2nd Paul McCartney Bowery Ballroom concert on 2/12/25
PJ Maclen, one of the lucky Paul McCartney fans who attended his surprise Bowery Ballroom concerts this week in New York City talks about how he got tickets, what it was like in the show in this incredibly small venue, the celebrities who attended, the merchandise there, and his memories of the...
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#85 - Beatles authors Candy Leonard and Al Sussman discuss how The Beatles made America fab in 1964
Listen to distinguished Beatles authors Candy Leonard ("Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade The World") and Al Sussman ("Changin' Times: 101 Days That Shaped a Generation") and Beatles News Briefs host Steve Marinucci in a great deep dive roundtable discussion on what the world was...
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84 - Highlights of Ringo press conference 1-15-25 EXPANDED VERSION
This is an expanded version of podcast #84 with additional highlights of Ringo's press conference from January 15, 2025. From the stage of Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, Ringo and T-Bone Burnett discuss Ringo’s just released album “Look Up.”...
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84 - Ringo press conference highlights 1-15-25 Ryman Auditorium Nashville
Some highlights of the press conference by Ringo Starr and T-Bone Burnett to promote Ringo's new "Look Up" album. The press conference took place at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville....
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83 - New solo Beatles releases by Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and John Lennon
We review three recent releases by Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Enjoy!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can binge listen to all of our...
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#82 - Don Dannemann of The Cyrkle on their career, Brian Epstein and touring with the Beatles
On this episode, we welcome Don Dannemann of The Cyrkle, the group whose Top 20 hits "Red Rubber Ball" (written by Paul Simon) and "Turn-Down Day" were familiar to AM audiences during 1966. But The Cyrkle's history also includes a huge Beatles connection, since they were managed by Brian Epstein...
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The latest Beatles news and thought-provoking talk from veteran pioneer Beatles reporter Steve Marinucci, the founder of Abbeyrd’s Beatles Page, the first true Beatles news website online in 1995. Our show is not like other shows but generally focuses on topical Beatles subjects and news that fans are talking about. A frequent guest on our show is distinguished author Candy Leonard, the author of ”Beatleness: How The Beatles and their Fans Remade the World,” an acclaimed book on Beatle history and fandom. Join our pages on Facebook -- Beatles News And Information and Beatles News Briefs - The Podcast. Send your comments, suggestions and questions for the show to [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you. Be seeing you.
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