The Beatles: Now and Then

After 2 years I feel that I need to repost the original episode of my short-lived podcast series 'The Beatles: Now & Then - The Decca Auditions'. You get facts about the January 1st, 1962 Decca Auditions and the songs that they performed. You be the judge. Were these 'The Beatles' that we know and love or was Decca correct in not signing them? Let me know in your comments! Nowhere Man (Robert Barnes) March 18, 2012

In this episode we will hear 12 John Lennon songs that are his 'I' songs. Not the eyes that John used to give us his unique view of the world around him, but his I's as in 'I Feel Fine', 'I Am The Walrus' & 'I Should Have Known Better'. Amazingly enough, 8 of these 12 songs were written and recorded in 1964 with the last 4 songs being recorded 1 per year from 1966 to 1969. John was a very personal and introspective song writer and listening to these songs gives us insight into what was going on in his head (and life) more than in his interviews. Here's the lineup: 1. If I Fell 2. I Should Have Known Better 3. I Call Your Name 4. I'll Be Back 5. I'll Cry Instead 6. I'm A Loser 7. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party 8. I Feel Fine 9. I'm Only Sleeping 10. I Am The Walrus 11. I'm So Tired 12. I Want You (She's So Heavy)

In this week's episode of The Beatles:Now & Then I bring you some songs from John Lennon's Double Fantasy Sessions from 1980. Some of the songs in todays episode have been edited (by myself) to progress from the demos through to a more familiar sounding mix that is yet different from the released versions. (My edits are not even close to what Geoff Emerick could do, but I'm on a $0 budget.) Also included is an outtake of an unreleased cover of John performing 'Dream Lover/Stay' medley live in the studio and a working version of John & Yoko's Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) without the Harlem Children's Choir and an alternate take of (Imagine). Here's the track list for this week's episode: 1. Dream Love/Stay 2. Woman 3. Dear Yoko 4. Watching The Wheels 5. Beautiful Boy 6. (Just Like) Starting Over 7. I Am The Walrus (Parody) 8. Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) 9. Imagine

This weeks podcast contains 18, yes 18, fun-filled, toe-tappin', head-shakin' Beatles tunes direct from the 1960's and delivered straight to your auditory receivers via computer enabled, music playing, non-transistorized internet signals! That's right, Beatles Friends, no clicks or pops, no scratches, no records to flip and no more adjusting that antenna to try to find the 'Sweet Spot'! This week I hand deliver 'Nowhere Man's Fave Fab Tracks', a collection of the best tracks that Nowhere Man himself deemed suitable to call 'His Favorites' after exhaustively listening to every Beatles Track on Every Beatles Album (CD) until he answered every question with 'Yeah, Yeah, Yeah'! Here's the Lineup: 1 Nowhere Man 2 Devil In Her Heart 3 Eight Day's A Week (Anthology Version) 4 Drive My Car/The Word/ What You're Doing 5 Get Back (Love Version) 6 Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey 7 If I Fell 8 What You're Doing 9 You Won't See Me 10 And Your Bird Can Sing 11 Real Love 12 Happiness Is A Warm Gun 13 I Will 14 I Should Have Known Better 15 I Feel Fine 16 It Won't Be Long 17 In My Life 18 Twist & Shout Whew!!!! I'm taking a break! Until next week my friends, Thank you!!!

This is Episode 12 of The Beatles: Now & Then Podcast and this week we take a look at the Beatles Love Troubles with 16 tracks Of girl troubles. The tracks are as follows: 1. No Reply 2. I Need You 3. I'm Looking Through You 4. Chains 5. I'm A Loser 6. I Call Your Name 7. It's only Love 8. The Night Before 9. We Can Work It Out 10. Honey Don't 11. This Boy 12. You Won't See Me 13. For No One 14. You Can't Do That 15. I'll Cry Instead 16. I'll Be Back

This week's episode of The Beatles: Now & Then is in celebration of Paul McCartney's triumphant return to the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA this last week for his 'Up & Coming Tour'. This episode features an unreleased concert of Paul's last appearance at the Hollywood Bowl on 4-16-93 almost exactly 17 years ago! The audio for this podcast comes from a cassette tape that I was given a couple of weeks after the concert by a fellow Beatles collector. The tracks are as follows: Coming Up Looking For Changes Fixing A Hole Band On The Run All My Loving We Can Work It Out Hope Of Deliverance Mother Nature's Son Blackbird Peace In The Neighborhood Off The Ground Can't Buy Me Love Magical Mystery Tour C'Mon People Live and Let Die Let It Be Hey Jude

This week's bi-weekly episode features some of the Beatles Amazing harmonies that were their trade-mark during their early years with such tunes as 'Hold Me Tight' and 'To Know Her Is To Love Her', but even on Abbey Road and Let It Be, they showed us that they could harmonize like no other group with 'Sun King', 'Because' and 'Two of Us'. Hear these songs and more in Episode 7 of 'The Beatles: Now & Then'.