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CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE AGAIN! Ain’t been round since… last year. It’s Episode 12 of our Solo Beatles project & we’ve rounded up their seasonal tunes for this episode! Let us know your faves, please share/review and we’ll see you in 2023. Ho ho ho!
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This week’s special episode of the podcast features an interview with best selling author Cass Sunstein, who come over to Liverpool University to talk about the Beatles as one of the contributors to the journal of Beatles studies launched as part of the first Beatles Studies MA. We were honoured to be asked along to do a ‘desert island discs’ style interview with him to drill down into his top 5 Paul McCartney songs, so our intrepid reporter, Paul Abbott represented the podcast live in front of an audience at Liverpool University. Hope you enjoy this special, and we will be back next week with our Christmas episode! Thanks!
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I’ve been terribly neglectful of letting people who follow me on here know that Series 3 of the Big Beatles podcast has begun in earnest, and as of publishing this article, we are 10 episodes in.
For series 3 we are looking at all the songs released as singles and B sides by the former Beatles in the decade following their breakup (with a few additions and exceptions). Once again, we are giving them the lyrics, music and production scoring treatment to find my favourites!
The big difference for both of us this series, is we are not as familiar with the material, so it is a voyage of musical discovery with some real highs and lows along the way!
Anyway, 10 episodes are available to listen to right now, with more on the way!
Enjoy!
Series 2 continues with the last of our Movie Specials – Let It Be. Was this the tale of impending doom and misery everyone remembers?
https://anchor.fm/garry-abbott/episodes/Episode-60-Movie-Special-5—Let-It-Be-e1h58nm
This is our last episode for a couple of weeks as we relax over Easter. Will be back oon with a few bonuses to round off series 2!
I also have a new single out – you can hear it here on Spotify or Apple!
Thanks as always.
Garry
Series 2 continues with our third Movie Special – Magical Mystery Tour! Let’s see where this surreal TV special lands in the listings of Beatles movies!
Episode 58 – Magical Mystery Tour
Sorry for the delay on this one! Both Paul and I have had Covid so we had to miss a week or two! Both feeling a lot better now though, so should be back next week with the final Movie episode – ‘Let It Be’.
I also have a new single out – you can hear it here on Spotify or Apple!
Thanks as always.
Garry
We have a bonus for you this week to fill the gap while we are still working on the Magical Mystery Tour Episode – a look at the live footage of the Japanese tour show at the Budokan! We hope you enjoy.
Not sure yet if we will be back next week as Paul is ill, so please keep an eye on our social for updates (@Big_Sort on Twitter and Instagram).
I also have a new single out – you can hear it here on Spotify or Apple!
Thanks as always.
Garry
Series 2 continues with our second Movie Special – HELP! See how it stacks up against last week’s look at A Hard Days Night – which will come out on top?
It is very likely that we won’t be back next week with Magical Mystery Tour due to the extra time it is taking to write and record these episodes, so please keep an eye on our socials for the next episode (@Big_Sort on Twitter and Instagram).
I also have a new single out – you can hear it here on Spotify or Apple!
Thanks as always.
Garry
Hello! I am pleased to announce the release of my latest song in my song-a-month-athon for 2022: ‘Lost In Each Other’!
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I am very happy with this one. It again features my new Faith 12 string, along with my Takamine G Series 6 string, cajon, percussion, bass and vocals. I’m particularity happy with the phased backing vocal harmonies in the bridges.
These are perhaps some of the most interesting chord sequences I’ve found and worked up in a long time – they just seemed to suggest themselves as I was composing it, a natural progression but with lots of augmentations and suspensions.
Lyrically, it’s quite a straight forward love song, but why not, eh?
I hope you enjoy and take a listen. If you do, please share on your socials and in the real world. This song is one that I will hopefully soon be playing live again with a friend, so one day you may actually be able to watch me perform!
Thanks
Garry
Series 2 continues with our first Movie Special – A Hard Day’s Night! Once again we have a new rating system, just for this short run of episodes!
Episode 56 – A Hard Day’s Night Movie
We should hopefully be back next week with Help! Though these episodes take a little longer to write, record and Edit, so may be in a fortnight – check our socials (@Big_Sort on Twitter and Instagram) for updates.
I also have a new single out – you can hear it here on Spotify or Apple!
Thanks as always.
Garry
Garry Abbott. Writer & Musician 