Best Glass Onion Beatles Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 104- John Lennon The Actor with Ross Marshall (Part 2 of 2) 1:21:42

2h ago1:21:42

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We conclude our look at John Lennon as an actor, starting from 1965’s ‘Help!’ and with particular emphasis on what was arguably his only ‘serious’ role, albeit in an anti-war satire ‘How I Won The War’. He also voices a famously sprawling Beatles TV film about a bus, and there’s a film cameo and brief comedy sketch in amongst it all as well. Antony…

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S4 E8 - Great George Martin Arrangements Pt. II - Songwriter/Arranger Robert Armes 1:05:49

2d ago1:05:49

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This is Part II of a two part episode. Host Paul Romanuk talks with multiple award winning Canadian writer and arranger of commercial music (as well as composing and performing his own music), Robert Armes, about George Martin's incredible contributions to The Beatles' work as an arranger and orchestrator. In his prime, Robert worked with the best …

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S4 E7 – Great George Martin Arrangements – Songwriter/Arranger Robert Armes 1:06:29

9d ago1:06:29

1:06:29

This is Part I of a two part episode as host Paul Romanuk talks with the multiple award winning Canadian writer and arranger of commercial music, Robert Armes, about George Martin's incredible contributions to The Beatles' work as an arranger and orchestrator. In his prime, Robert worked with the cream of Canadian session players to bring his compo…

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Episode 103: John Lennon The Actor with Ross Marshall (Part 1 of 2) 1:13:40

23h ago1:13:40

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The show keeps rolling with a look at John Lennon as an actor, both in films and TV sketches and also in his persona as Beatle John with the press and on stage. Antony is joined in this endeavour by professional actor Ross Marshall, and the conversation also looks at the craft of acting itself in terms of styles and John Lennon’s (un)suitability fo…

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S4 E6 – Great Ringo Drum Performances – Lightfoot Band drummer Barry Keane 1:19:35

1M ago1:19:35

1:19:35

Veteran Canadian session drummer, and longtime drummer with The Gordon Lightfoot Band, Barry Keane talks about some of his favourite Ringo Starr drum moments. Barry also shares some stories, with host Paul Romanuk, about what it was like to be on the drum stool behind Canadian musical giant Gordon Lightfoot for almost 50 years. Find out what The Li…

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S4 E5 – The Beatles In Canada – Beatles Historian Piers Hemmingsen 1:19:23

2M ago1:19:23

1:19:23

Canadian Beatles Historian Piers Hemmingsen talks with host Paul Romanuk about the band's Canadian history and a few of The Beatles tunes that mean the most to him. Piers also discusses his definitive account of The Beatles early days in Canada: The Beatles In Canada: The Origins of Beatlemania, and, also, his upcoming companion volume to that book…

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Bonus Episode #15- Antony interviewed by James Jarman in 2016 1:24:04

1M ago1:24:04

1:24:04

For our latest bonus episode, we offer a diversion and a trip back to the past as your humble host is interviewed about his and other people’s music by a friend in Madrid in 2016. Topics touched upon include songwriting, creativity, performance, recording and (no surprise) The Beatles and John Lennon. Preceding the interview are Antony's thoughts a…

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Episode 102- Toronto 1969 Part 2: Sweet Toronto with Dave Thurmaier 1:36:24

2M ago1:36:24

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We complete our 2-part look at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival concert of September 1969 and the ‘white-suited apostle’ John Lennon’s involvement in it with the highly flexible Plastic Ono Band. Following ‘Revival ‘69’, Antony and Dave Thurmaier turn their attention to a 1971 film that should be in every Lennon fan’s video collection, namely D.A.…

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Episode 101- Toronto 1969 Part 1: Revival '69 with Dave Thurmaier 1:36:10

3M ago1:36:10

1:36:10

And so the next century of Glass Onion begins. We’ve got another fine 2-parter for you, with Antony joined by Dave Thurmaier, the co-host of the ‘I’ve Got A Beatles Podcast’ and former guest of the show way back in 2019 and 2020. The Toronto Rock and Roll Revival concert of September 1969 yielded a live album for John & Yoko plus D.A. Pennebaker’s …

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S4 E4 – Beatles Mellotron Tracks – Drew Arnott of Strange Advance 1:11:36

4M ago1:11:36

1:11:36

In this "break from the normal format" episode, host Paul Romanuk talks with songwriter and musician Drew Arnott (of the 1980s Canadian band Strange Advance) about The Beatles' use of the Mellotron, a cutting edge instrument in the 1960s. Catch up with Drew and Strange Advance at their website: strangeadvance.com This podcast uses the following thi…

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S4 E3 – The White Album (Side Three) – Musician/Songwriter Jay Sparrow 55:14

4M ago55:14

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This is the 2nd of a two part episode with Edmonton-based music creator Jay Sparrow talking with host Paul Romanuk about a couple of sides of The Beatles‘ 1968 masterpiece The Beatles (aka The White Album). This is a two-part episode. The previous episode covered Side One. This episode covers Side Three. You can find out more about Jay Sparrow at h…

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S4 E2 – The White Album (Side One) – Musician/Songwriter Jay Sparrow 1:13:56

4M ago1:13:56

1:13:56

Series Four of The Walrus Was Paul podcast kicks off with Edmonton-based music creator Jay Sparrow talking with host Paul Romanuk about a couple of sides of The Beatles' 1968 masterpiece The Beatles (aka The White Album). This is a two-part episode. This episode covers Side One and the next episode will centre on Side Three. You can find out more a…

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S4 E1 – A Hard Day’s Night (archive) – Musician/Producer Tim Bovaconti 1:36:03

5M ago1:36:03

1:36:03

It's been 60 years since the release of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night movie and the ensuing soundtrack. It was released in the summer of 1964 and was a huge hit. Of course, the music was also a huge hit. In fact, the movie had made a profit even before it was released because United Artists (the producers of the movie and, importantly, holders of…

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Bonus Episode # 14- Revolution 9 Revisited (Antony on 'Pop Goes The 60s') 1:51:45

5M ago1:51:45

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Over 4 years on from our original episode about ‘Revolution 9’ (episode 25, in the show notes), we return to the topic with an audio version (including multiple sound clips) of a discussion that originally went out on video on Matt Williamson’s excellent you tube channel ‘Pop Goes The 60s’ back in March. We discuss our origin stories with the track…

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Episode 100b- John Lennon In The 1960s (Part 2 of 2) 1:34:35

6M ago1:34:35

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And so we complete the milestone! Scott Phipps once again joins Antony to complete their whistle-stop, greatest hits tour through John Lennon and the 1960s. Scott gives us a brief sketch of each year through a few news events (some extremely random but no less interesting) before our two intrepid heroes each pick a Beatles/Lennon talking point, thi…

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Episode 100a- John Lennon In The 1960s (Part 1 of 2) 1:15:52

6M ago1:15:52

1:15:52

What better way to mark Glass Onion’s century than with a traditional multi-parter? In the first of two shows to celebrate our milestone, Antony is joined again by Scott Phipps to take a whistle-stop, greatest hits tour through John Lennon and the decade that made him and which he helped propel into history. Scott puts on his ‘Rainbow Valley’ trous…

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Episode 99.5- Paul Is Dead 32:13

8M ago32:13

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We felt it in poor taste to add show notes at such a sad time for the world...

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Episode 99- Gimme Some (More) Truth 2:01:49

9M ago2:01:49

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In the last episode before we notch up our century, Antony flies solo to muse on and discuss various items of Lennon interest. In order, these are the 40th anniversary of the ‘Milk And Honey’ album, the cancelling and virtues of the Lennon-penned Beatles song ‘Run For Your Life’, May Pang’s 2022 documentary ‘The Lost Weekend: A Love Story’, the wor…

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S3 E27 – Favourite Beatles Vocal Performances Pt. II – Jim Cuddy & Colin Cripps of Blue Rodeo 55:32

10M ago55:32

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Jim Cuddy and Colin Cripps of Blue Rodeo join host Paul Romanuk to talk about some of their favourite Beatles vocal performances. This is Part II of a two-part episode.This is the last episode of Series 3 of The Walrus Was Paul. EPISODE NOTES: Here is Jim and Colin's virtual album of some of their favourite Beatles vocal performances: SIDE A Love M…

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S3 E26 – Favourite Beatles Vocal Performances Pt. I – Jim Cuddy & Colin Cripps of Blue Rodeo 56:39

11M ago56:39

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Jim Cuddy and Colin Cripps of Blue Rodeo join host Paul Romanuk to talk about some of their favourite Beatles vocal performances. This is Part I of a two-part episode. EPISODE NOTES: Here is Jim and Colin's virtual album of some of their favourite Beatles vocal performances: SIDE A Love Me Do This Boy Baby's In Black If I Needed Someone Happiness I…

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S3 E25 – Special Christmas Episode – Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 45:36

11M ago45:36

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In this annual Christmas Episode, host Paul Romanuk digs into a song that is well on the way (if it isn't already) to being a traditional Christmas season standard: the 1971 John Lennon/Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band song Happy Xmas (War Is Over). EPISODE NOTES: -The song was inspired by and grew out of John & Yoko's 1969 global billboard peace campaign…

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Episode 98- John Lennon And Me 1:12:01

11M ago1:12:01

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We round off Glass Onion’s 5th year with a personal episode. Antony explores further his origin story with John Lennon and the ongoing relationship and fascination with the subject of our show (yes, it’s our show). You will also hear some writing that didn’t quite culminate in a book this year, and there’s some discussion of childhood, both Antony’…

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S3 E24 – Rubber Soul (archive) Pt. 2 – Jim Cuddy and Colin Cripps of Blue Rodeo 43:21

12M ago43:21

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This is Part Two of an archive session of The Walrus Was Paul from 2020 where host Paul Romanuk talks with Blue Rodeo members Jim Cuddy and Colin Cripps about The Beatles 1965 album Rubber Soul. The episode has been re-released to mark 58 years since the original release of Rubber Soul. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analy…

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Episode 97- John Lennon in 1967 with Tony Green (Part 3 of 3) 1:54:42

12M ago1:54:42

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We conclude our 1967 odyssey by picking up from mid-June and detailing all the main Lennon and Beatles events for the rest of 1967. The Beatles are linked by satellite to hundreds of millions, they almost buy a Greek island, the Maharishi enters their lives and they make their own TV special just in time for it to be shown in black-and-white among …

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S3 E23 – Rubber Soul (archive) Pt. 1 – Jim Cuddy and Colin Cripps of Blue Rodeo 1:09:26

12M ago1:09:26

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It's 58 years this week since the release of The Beatles 1965 album Rubber Soul; so we dig back into The Walrus Was Paul archives to bring you a conversation host Paul Romanuk had with superstar Canadian singer/songwriter Jim Cuddy and Blue Rodeo bandmate Colin Cripps back in 2020 about what an influential album Rubber Soul was (and still is). EPIS…

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S3 E22 – Special Episode – Terry O’Reilly on The Beatles as marketing trendsetters 1:19:35

1y ago1:19:35

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Terry O'Reilly is an internationally recognised expert on marketing and advertising and hosts a well known podcast on the subject: Under The Influence. In this special episode, Terry speaks with host Paul Romanuk about how The Beatles changed the face of marketing and promotion in the world of pop music. EPISODE NOTES: -you can find out all about T…

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Episode 96- John Lennon in 1967 with Tony Green (Part 2 of 3) 1:41:40

1y ago1:41:40

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In this episode we start to work our merry way through the Lennon/Beatles events events of this most swinging of Beatleyears, reaching mid-June. The Fabs start off by releasing what could be their greatest single ever and then turn their full attention to creating what is surely at least their most famous album, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band…

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S3 E21 – Red Rose Speedway Part II – Singer/Songwriter Max Comeau 53:46

1y ago53:46

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Montreal singer and songwriter Max Comeau returns to talk with host Paul Romanuk about Side Two of 1973's Paul McCartney & Wings album Red Rose Speedway. Also talk about Max's latest album, a collection of jazz-influenced McCartney covers called Play McCartney. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev…

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Episode 95: John Lennon In 1967 with Tony Green (Part 1 of 3) 1:49:33

1y ago1:49:33

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1967 is a year that has gone into legend for various reasons. Was it the year of peace and love? Was there any real love in it at all? Or was it just like any other year, a heady mix of everything good and bad about the human race and society? Before looking at what was undoubtedly a ground-breaking and life-changing year for John Lennon and The Be…

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S3 E20 – Red Rose Speedway Part I – Singer/Songwriter Max Comeau 1:08:36

1y ago1:08:36

1:08:36

Montreal singer/songwriter Max Comeau talks with host Paul Romanuk about the 1973 Paul McCartney & Wings album Red Rose Speedway. EPISODE NOTES: -the best place to find info on Max is his Bandcamp page. He's pretty thorough on there, with lots of notes and factoids about many of the songs as well as lyrics. -here is a Rolling Stone magazine review …

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Episode 94- Shake It Up Baby!- The Beatles and 1963 with Ken McNab (Part 2 of 2) 1:24:10

1y ago1:24:10

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Ken McNab and I complete our discussion about his new book 'Shake It Up Baby!: The Rise of Beatlemania And The Mayhem of 1963' and the general atmosphere and events of that breathless year. This time round, we cover the second half of the year as our four intrepid musical explorers continue their furious work rate and have their first proper brushe…

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Episode 93- Shake It Up Baby!: The Beatles and 1963 with Ken McNab (Part 1 of 2) 1:07:17

1y ago1:07:17

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Following the shows on 1962, we seamlessly move to 1963 with the welcome return of Ken McNab to talk about his new book 'Shake It Up Baby!: The Rise of Beatlemania And The Mayhem of 1963'. After Ken gives some thoughts on Peter Jackson’s ‘Get Back’ (his previous appearances on Glass Onion were prior to its release), we cover the events of the first…

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S3 E19 – Abbey Road, Part II – Singer/songwriter Raquel Cole 58:41

1y ago58:41

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In the second part of a two-part conversation, country artist Raquel Cole talks with host Paul Romanuk about Side Two of The Beatles 1969 #1 album Abbey Road. Lots of talk about Raquel's songs and songwriting as well. EPISODE NOTES: -find out what Raquel is up to at her website -Raquel talks about her solo work, but also about her work with a trio,…

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S3 E18 – Abbey Road, Part I – Singer/songwriter Raquel Cole 47:11

1y ago47:11

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Country music star Raquel Cole talks with host Paul Romanuk about The Beatles' 1969 #1 album Abbey Road. Also, lots of talk about her excellent songwriting. EPISODE NOTES: -find out about all things Raquel Cole at her fine, splashy, website. -here's an article from 2020 from Raquel's hometown paper in Vernon, BC, about "hoping to make her hometown …

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Episode 92- John Lennon In 1962 with David 'Ghosty' Wills (Part 3 of 3) 1:39:39

1y ago1:39:39

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We complete our deep dive into 1962 in the outer world and in the Beatles family psychodrama, picking up from late July with Beatles events including a historic change of drummer, John Lennon’s marriage, the group’s first radio interview, their more than troublesome experience recording the simplest song in the world (Love Me Do), gigs with one of …

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S3 E17 – Yellow Submarine, Part II – Singer/Songwriter James Clark (aka James Clark Institute) 48:31

1+ y ago48:31

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Part II of host Paul Romanuk's conversation with musician and singer/songwriter James Clark (aka James Clark Institute) about The Beatles' 1969 album Yellow Submarine. EPISODE NOTES: -you can find out about James and his band, James Clark Institute right here. -Side Two of Yellow Submarine consisted of The Beatles' brilliant producer and arranger G…

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S3 E16 – Yellow Submarine, Part I – Singer/Songwriter James Clark (aka James Clark Institute) 1:17:26

1+ y ago1:17:26

1:17:26

Songwriter and singer James Clark talks with host Paul Romanuk about The Beatles' 1969 soundtrack album for the animated film Yellow Submarine. EPISODE NOTES -you can find out about James and his band, James Clark Institute, at their website -here's a good BBC article on the animated film that went with the album and how it resonates on so many dif…

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Episode 91- John Lennon In 1962 with David 'Ghosty' Wills (Part 2 of 3) 1:29:10

1+ y ago1:29:10

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In this episode, Antony and Ghosty start discussing the Beatles/Lennon events of 1962, covering January to June. Particular focus is put on the Pete Best issue and the death of Stuart Sutcliffe, not to mention John Lennon’s contentious and highly unique reaction to that death. Every year in the Beatles story from around 1960 was packed with activit…

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S3 E15 – Beatles For Sale, Part II – Singer/Songwriter Chris Picco 54:22

1+ y ago54:22

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Newfoundland based, Canadian, singer/songwriter Chris Picco talks with host Paul Romanuk about 1964's Beatles For Sale album. This is the second part of a two-part episode. SHOW NOTES: -Chris has a really good new record out called Split Down The Middle, and you can find out more about Chris and the record at his website. -we talk about a song Chri…

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S3 E14 – Beatles For Sale, Part I – Singer/Songwriter Chris Picco 56:51

1+ y ago56:51

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Newfoundland singer/songwriter Chris Picco talks with host Paul Romanuk about 1964's Beatles For Sale album. SHOW NOTES: -Chris has a great new record out, Split Down The Middle, and you can find out more about it and Chris' other work at his website. -we talk about what a manic year 1964 - the year they recorded this album - was for The Beatles. H…

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S3 E13 – The White Album, Part II – Singer/Songwriter Dan Hill 44:44

1+ y ago44:44

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Grammy and Juno Award winning singer/songwriter Dan Hill talks, with host Paul Romanuk, about some of his favourite tracks from The Beatles White Album. This is Part II of a two-part episode. EPISODE NOTES: -you can find out more about Dan and his music at his website: danhill.com -Dan's most well-known song is 1977's "Sometimes When We Touch". The…

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Episode 90- John Lennon In 1962 with David 'Ghosty' Wills (Part 1 of 3) 2:01:38

1+ y ago2:01:38

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Our latest Lennon odyssey starts with a review of the events of 1962, a tangential conversation in which Antony and guest David ‘Ghosty’ Wills freewheel into all kinds of other territory before setting the listeners up with some pre-1962 context on the Beatles’ progress on their own journey to musical and cultural world domination. 1962 was marked …

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S3 E12 – The White Album. Part I – Singer/Songwriter Dan Hill 1:06:08

1+ y ago1:06:08

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Grammy and Juno Award winning singer/songwriter Dan Hill talks, with host Paul Romanuk, about some of his favourite tracks from The Beatles White Album. EPISODE NOTES: -you can find out more about Dan and his music at his website: danhill.com -Dan's most well-known song is 1977's "Sometimes When We Touch". The song was a global hit record and has b…

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S3 E11 – Beatles Guitar Moments, Part II – Songwriter/Musician Stephen Stanley 1:03:42

1+ y ago1:03:42

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Canadian indie music icon Stephen Stanley (ex-Lowest Of The Low, Stephen Stanley Band) talks about some of his favourite "Beatles guitar moments" with host Paul Romanuk. This episode is the second of a two-part episode. You can find Part I wherever you get your podcasts. EPISODE NOTES Here's the "album" Stephen has put together of his favourite Bea…

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S3 E10 – Beatles Guitar Moments, Part I – Songwriter/Musician Stephen Stanley 1:12:42

1+ y ago1:12:42

1:12:42

Canadian indie music icon Stephen Stanley (ex-Lowest Of The Low, Stephen Stanley Band) talks about some of his favourite "Beatles guitar moments" with host Paul Romanuk. EPISODE NOTES Here's the "album" Stephen has put together of his favourite Beatles guitar moments. Side One And I Love Her (Feb 1964) A Hard Day’s Night A Hard Day’s Night (April 1…

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Episode 89- All We Are Saying: The 1980 Playboy Interviews (Part 3 of 3) 1:37:38

1+ y ago1:37:38

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We complete our latest Lennon journey with the conclusion of my analysis of some of the more telling quotes from the series of interviews conducted in September 1980 for Playboy magazine by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. This episode contains a lot of clips from the original audio of the interviews and focuses mainly on John's comments about who wrote w…

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S3 E9 – Live Peace In Toronto – Musician/Producer Tim Bovaconti 1:34:15

1+ y ago1:34:15

1:34:15

Musician and producer Tim Bovaconti talks with host Paul Romanuk about the 1970 album by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Live Peace In Toronto. The album was recorded at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Canada, and featured Lennon, Ono, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman and Alan White. EPISODE NOTES: -The performance was part of the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival…

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S3 E8 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Part II)- Classical Pianist Andrew Burashko 59:46

1+ y ago59:46

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Part Two of classical pianist and artistic director of The Art Of Time Ensemble, Andrew Burashko's conversation with host Paul Romanuk about The Beatles' 1967 classic, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Andrew and Paul also talk about The Art Of Time Ensemble's reinterpretation of the album in a series of concerts in 2012. EPISODE NOTES More in…

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Episode 88- All We Are Saying: The 1980 Playboy Interviews (Part 2 of 3) 1:42:36

1+ y ago1:42:36

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This episode starts with a ‘short intro’ of around 45 minutes, with yet more Coleman vs Goldman material, before continuing our in-depth look at John Lennon’s series of interviews for Playboy magazine in September 1980, which also included Yoko Ono. The interviews offer a fascinating and multi-layered study of a highly eccentric artist and also for…

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S3 E7 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – Classical Pianist Andrew Burashko 1:13:03

1+ y ago1:13:03

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In this episode, classical pianist and artistic director of The Art Of Time Ensemble, Andrew Burashko, talks with host Paul Romanuk about The Beatles genre bending 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Andrew and Paul also discuss The Art Of Time Ensemble's reinterpretation of the album in a series of concerts in 2012. EPISODE NOTES You…

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