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Beatles60
by The Beatles60 Project
Walking in the Beatles’ boots sixty years ago every month. Pod hosts Andy and Larry trace the Fabs' experiences in real time. Our study group (across social media) is unofficial and independent. Contact https://beatles60.group/contact
Episodes
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Inside Beatles60: Why the Podcast Is on Hold
This episode is an audio version of a video overview, so some parts refer to charts and visuals you can’t see here. We apologize if this causes any confusion or frustration. By the way, we’re putting the podcast on hold indefinitely. See explanation here: https://youtu.be/KMYVXSpRS-I Now, all the...
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How the Beatles almost didn't happen
Before the stadiums, the screaming fans, and the American invasion, there was a much shakier story. How the Beatles almost didn’t happen looks back at the uncertain early years — 1960 to 1963 — when the band nearly fell apart more than once.Through conversation and storytelling, we trace the…
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Beatles For Sale (Beatles '65), late 1964
This episode explores Beatles ’65 and Beatles for Sale, two albums that captured a pivotal moment in The Beatles’ journey. These recordings showcase their creative growth, the challenges of Beatlemania, and the ways record companies shaped the music people heard. https://beatles60.group/ We…
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Bluesky's ahead!
Connect with us on Bluesky: Beatles60 https://bsky.app/profile/beatles60.bsky.social Synthesizing The Beatles https://bsky.app/profile/synthbeatles.bsky.social About Bluesky https://youtu.be/gibMpahhHOI
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Beatles60 1960-1964
The Beatles’ rise to fame (1962-63): The podcast covers their signing to EMI, recording their first single, and early TV appearances. https://youtu.be/Go4X-3aZDv0 Context matters: Early 1960s Britain shaped The Beatles’ development, with the podcast highlighting the social and cultural factors at...
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Deep Dive's 'I Call Your Name' episode
In this episode, we take a deep dive into The Beatles' lesser-known track "I Call Your Name" and explore its fascinating backstory. From its roots as an early John Lennon composition to its surprising ska influence, we uncover the hidden layers of this song. Along the way, we delve into the…
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Beatles60 on Facebook (and some added weirdness... no, a LOT of added weirdness)
Prepare yourself for this. The exposition is neither sequential nor linear. BUT FUN! (we hope.) This was compiled for the audio podcast from material that had only appeared on YouTube previously. Join us on Facebook: https://beatles60.group/hidden Follow the Beatles60 podcast:...
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Little Children
Beatles60 https://beatles60.group/hidden Billy J. Kramer https://billyjkramermusic.com/ Larry https://bio.site/wrence Beatledrama https://beatledrama.com/ https://beatles60.group/blog/little-children In an unusual departure from our usual format, this episode of the Beatles60 Project, titled...
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Nothing Is Real, I Am The EggPod, Early 1964
This special mini-episode previews the upcoming Beatles60 podcast series: Early 1964. Also, a fond farewell to the informative and witty podcasts ‘Nothing Is Real’ and ‘I Am The Eggpod.’ Their archives remain evergreen, and will be there to enrich our 60s knowledge as our timeline progresses. The...
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Getting on Ed Sullivan
The Beatles got on the Ed Sullivan Show through the efforts of Peter Prichard, a London-based journalist and friend of Brian Epstein. Prichard, who had a connection with Ed Sullivan's talent scout Jack Babb, suggested to Epstein that he could get the Beatles on the show. Despite some initial…
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Mal Evans, episode 1 of 3
In this episode of Beatle60 Live, our guest interviewer — historiographer Rob Geurtsen — and guest expert, Dr. Kenneth Womack discuss Ken’s upcoming book Living The Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans. Available for pre-order now, it’s scheduled for release on Tuesday. This discussion...
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We'll be back!
New season starts in October. Meanwhile: https://beatles60.group/
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Surprise guest (big one!) and some academic mumbo jumbo clarified
He phones in. We never expected that Beatles60 would have this kind of reach. Very surprising. And Andy interrogates Larry about research terminology -- longitudinal, phenomenological, historiographic... Fun ensues!! Hey, this is just half an hour. Give it a listen. There's a surprise ending....
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Beatles’ first LP fails brilliantly
This episode is only on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/lawrence-laferla/beatles-first-lp-fails-brilliantly/
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The Beatles 1963 author Dafydd Rees, LiVE talk, Sunday 5 February
This Sunday Larry will be interviewing Dafydd Rees, author of THE BEATLES 1963. Anyone and everyone is welcome to listen to the live stream. Full event information is now up, here: https://beatles60.group/live/february-talk We ask members to register a name and email so that we can notify you…
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[Double Episode] From Indra to Ed: early Beatles' development from 1960 to the end of 1963
1962 was clearly an important year for the Beatles. They got signed, finalized their line-up, and even released their first single. But it was still prologue. 1963 would be the year that UK Beatlemania would explode. The Beatles would tour, get significant radio and TV exposure, and reach #1 on…
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The beats of different drummers
In this episode we talk about some of the confident eccentrics who influenced the Beatles, fellow travelers who marched to the beats of different drummers. The Beatles were quite busy in the winter of 1962/63, as we’ve talked about before. A Pair of two-week stints in Hamburg, radio and…
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Hustling for national visibility
At the end of 1962 we look ahead to an historic winter freeze that immobilized most Britons for three months. But it was a great time to be the Beatles. ‘Love Me Do’ had been released on 5 October 1962. It had quite a ride on the UK Singles Chart, moving up and down and ultimately topping out at...
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17 with a bullet
Before the Beatles' rise to national and then international fame, just how cool was the UK? There was The Goon Show, Hammer Horror, and others (tell us what you remember!). But did it come close to reaching the level of cool in the US? Didn’t the cooler UK musicians strive to be more like…
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Towards a first single
It’s September 1962. Ringo had been put in place as the final member in the Beatles’ lineup. Recording sessions had been done and the first single had been chosen. Before long, George Martin was to become very happy with the progress made by his funny-named band from the north. Welcome to Season…
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New Worlds (Summer 1962)
The Casbah Coffee Club was closed. Pete was leaving the group. It was like the end of the introduction of the book of The Beatles. Stress was coming from Parlophone and George Martin, who had not yet accepted that The Beatles should be recording originals. He wanted “How Do You Do It?”, written…
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Deep Beatle Archaeology
How did everything come together to make the Beatles not just so popular, but so influential? You’ve read some of the books, you’ve seen some of the movies. Now Eric Howell’s audio drama, “A Day in THEIR Life,” at Beatledrama.com, takes you through the Beatles’ story. Like Beatles60, it’s a...
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Secret special B60 guest
Our members page has the details to listen live on August 7th. Denise gives full details. Very easy signup. Beatles60.group Contact Andy Follow on Apple Follow on Spotify Podcasts 101: What’s a podcast, where to find them, & how to start listening today How Do I Listen to Podcasts? HOW People...
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Songwriting, charisma, serendipity (June 1962)
We’ve talked before about the circumstances surrounding the signing of The Beatles. But what is even more important is how their relationship with George Martin blossomed. Martin cared little about The Beatles and didn’t care that much for their music. He was happy to pass on the responsibility…
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EMI (grudgingly) signs the Beatles [May 1962]
One of the earliest told stories of the signing of The Beatles to EMI’s Parlophone Records division in May of 1962 goes like this: While Brian Epstein was having the Decca audition tapes transferred to acetate for easier distribution to labels, the songs were heard by Sid Colman, who ran EMI’s...
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New: Beatles60 Live
Be part of our first live online audience. Start here---> https://beatles60.group/ If you have trouble, contact Andy https://barmybeatleblog.com/
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The death of Stuart Sutcliffe
Members of The Beatles, John and Paul especially, had experienced loss in their young lives. Both had lost their mothers while they were teenagers. John had also lost his Uncle George, who was more like a father to him than his actual father. But as a unit, The Beatles had never had to deal with...
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Paul calls us
NOTE! We give you a nice long list of links for each episode. The links are almost as interesting as the podcast! See: https://beatles60.group/blog
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Beatles rejected, Stu lives, Ringo returns: March 1962
Decca Records famously rejected The Beatles a few weeks after their January 1, 1962 audition. Dick Rowe, the head of the company, reportedly told Brian Epstein that “groups of guitarists are on their way out.” Rowe would deny that he ever said that, but nevertheless, Decca did not end up signing...
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Truth and Method: how we understand the past
Small scale history such as that of a pop group is inevitably filled with incredible coincidences, randomness, quirks, strangeness and charm. To revisit the lifeworlds of young adults in 1962 as they climbed their way to the toppermost is by nature a kind of hermeneutical study. Sounds fancy?…
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The Beatles in Manchester
The Beatles first played at the Oasis Club on February 2, 1962. Six days later they were at The Playhouse Theatre to audition for a BBC radio performance. They passed the audition, so on March 7 they were back at the same theatre to record three songs for the BBC radio show, “Teenager’s Turn –…
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The Mind of Brian: late January 1962
January of 1962 was the beginning of Brian Epstein managing The Beatles. He got to work right away. He started by convincing Deutsche Grammophon’s Polydor Records division to release 'My Bonnie,' the song that they had recorded in Hamburg in June of 1961 backing Tony Sheridan, as a single in the...
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Mother Mersey: early January 1962
2022 is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac, as was 1962. And that year was a huge one for The Beatles. It started with an audition with Decca Records, on New Year’s Day. Four days later they would technically have their first UK single release, when Germany’s Polydor Records released the...
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Calling London: late December 1961
In December of 1961, Sam Leach tried to get The Beatles a show in London. The results were disastrous. Meanwhile, Brian Epstein was setting up an official photo session for December 17 arranging an audition for The Beatles with Decca Records for January 1. We talk about it all in this week’s...
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Waiting for the bliss: early December 1961
The Beatles met with Brian Epstein once or twice around the end of November or beginning of December of 1961. Brian hoped to convince the group that he should become their manager, despite his lack of experience in that type of position. The meetings may have come just in time. The Beatles had...
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Meanwhile, at Parlophone
We all have an idea of the importance of George Martin to the history of The Beatles. But he didn’t just come out of nowhere. At age 24, he got a job with EMI. In 1955, at the age of 29, he became the head of Parlophone Records and found a great deal of success, especially with comedy records,...
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Epstein meets the Beatles
We’ve heard the story for years. A young Beatles fan named Raymond Jones walked into the record department at Brian Epstein’s store, Nems (North End Music Store). He asked for “My Bonnie” by The Beatles. As the disc was a German release, Nems had no copies. But Epstein had a policy to find any…
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Walking in the Beatles’ boots sixty years ago every month. Pod hosts Andy and Larry trace the Fabs' experiences in real time. Our study group (across social media) is unofficial and independent. Contact https://beatles60.group/contact
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