When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles


Latest Episodes

2024.24 You Are Here (Lennon Video) and more.
June 16, 2024

Lonnie and I discuss the new Mind Games-related "You Are Here" video with new footage of John and Yoko from the Robert Fraser Gallery, talking about the WWF (not the wrestling one), balloons, charity

2024.23 Life in Lyrics Season 2 - episodes 11 and 12
June 09, 2024

Marv and I finish up our review/overview of the McCartney "Life in Lyrics" podcast with episodes 11 and 12 ("Michelle" and "The End"). We then briefly overview the series to date, and talk about some of the things we noticed (both positive and negati

2024.22 The Lewisohn Kerfuffle
June 02, 2024

This week I am joined by the host of Fans on the Run and our own Chas Newby (and the guy who made that really neat graphic of "Rocky"), Ethan Alexanian. He joins us to discuss the Mark Lewisohn kerfuffle. For those who don't know, here is the diction

2024.21 The Beatles and Doctor Who - The Devil's Chord (Disney+, 2024)
May 26, 2024

WHO is talking? You might not know, as we get a quick flyby from "Toppermost of the Poppermost" hosts "Queen of All Beatles Media" Kit O'Toole and "Yeah, he is also among the co-hosts of the show" Martin Quibell. (In baseball terms, they are "opener

2024.20 Let It Be (Disney+, 2024)
May 19, 2024

As with practically every other Beatles podcast in the multiverse, the topic of the week is the 2024 release of "Let It Be" on Disney+. Lonnie Pena and I sit down, discuss the VHS, Laserdisc, new streaming version and more.

2024.19 Mind Games EP, McCartney Life in Lyrics 9-10
May 12, 2024

Marv, Lonnie and I talk the new Record Store Day Mind Games EP and two more episodes from the "Life In Lyrics" podcast. A nice preview of the box set coming later this summer, and we return to Paul McCartney's Life in Lyrics podcast for episodes covering

2024.18 The Lagos Tape and Crooked Boy!
May 05, 2024

A review of the Geoff Emerick Lagos tape as auctioned off last September. Two high-profile "Dutch Imports" have hit the market recently (confusingly, each coming from a different dub of the Emerick masters). The variants were classified, artifacts

2024.17 Around the Beatles
April 28, 2024

Kit O'Toole joins the show this week as we run through the voluminous Beatles news from the past week (Record Store Day, Ringo, Let It Be) and discuss the Beatles portion of "Around the Beatles." Costumes, Shakespeare, Trevor Peacock and some kicking

2024.16 Wings in Kampuchea - December 29, 1979
April 21, 2024

Lonnie Pena and I discuss Wings at the Hammersmith Odeon - the Concert(s) for the People of Kampuchea. Through circumstance, December 29, 1979 would end up being the final Wings concert ever. Got to Get You Into My Life, Coming Up, Maybe I'm Amaze

2024.15 Oops - all Ringo! (and Rob Sheffields list)
April 14, 2024

Marv and I sit down and chat about the Ringo selections on Rob Sheffield's "100 Best Solo Beatles Songs" list. As Dana Carvey might say, "isn't it conveeeeenient" that each claims one of the top fo