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Beatles ’88 pt5
Yesterday and Today - April 21, 2024 19:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt's the summer of 1988 and a fresh wave of "Lennon Fever" was sweeping its way across pop culture. In this case, however, not all of the attention on the late great John Lennon was positive - case in point the scathing, unapologetic, and often needlessly cruel biography called The Lives of John ...
Beatles ’88 pt4
Yesterday and Today - April 01, 2024 04:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAs the summer of 1988 heats up, a new super-group emerges from the primordial soup of rock'n'roll...they are The Traveling Wilburys. Born from a supplementary recording session in support of George Harrison's latest Cloud 9 single, George (aka Nelson Wilbury) was joined by fellow music legends To...
Beatles ’88 pt3
Yesterday and Today - March 09, 2024 19:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt was a busy March in 1988, with new music, releases, conventions and interviews surrounding the world of the former Beatles. First up, a first since the Beatle days with George Harrison and Ringo Starr conducting an interview together for the television program Aspel & Company. This eventful ex...
Beatles ’88 pt2
Yesterday and Today - February 19, 2024 19:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt's February 1988 and the promotional tour for George Harrison's Cloud 9 album remains in full swing. The former Beatle who often seemed the most uncomfortable with press tours was now in the thick of one, this time labeled as a "come back" story which further fried the nervous system. To cope, ...
Beatles ’88 pt1
Yesterday and Today - February 04, 2024 20:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt's 1988 and a busy year of activity in Beatle world kicks off with a wave of retrospection. On January 20th the band was inducted into the Rock'n'Roll hall of fame, a recognition of their achievements in music and their cultural impact upon the world. Unfortunately for them (and for, apparently...
Beatles ’87 pt6
Yesterday and Today - January 21, 2024 19:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt's the end of 1987 and George Harrison is riding the wave of a major comeback. With a new hit single in Got My Mind Set On You speeding up the charts, and a new LP - Cloud 9 - connecting with both fans and critics in equal measure, Harrison's resurgence in the latter half of the 80s was proof p...
Beatles ’87 pt5
Yesterday and Today - December 31, 2023 06:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsOn November 2nd 1987 Dark Horse Records releases Cloud 9 by George Harrison. While George himself would insist (and rightly so) that one cannot be in the midst of a "comeback" if one has been there the entire time, no one - not even George - could not deny the reinvigorated attention upon his mus...
Beatles ’87 pt4
Yesterday and Today - December 16, 2023 19:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsEven 17+ years after the breakup of the Beatles, solo career competition remained alive and well in the worlds of Paul McCartney and George Harrison. In October of 1987, George's first new single from a studio album release in over 5 years - Got My Mind Set On You - was blazing up the charts and ...
Beatles ’87 pt3
Yesterday and Today - December 04, 2023 03:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt’s the summer of 1987, and once again a Beatle joins the Prince's Trust stage — and this time not one but TWO! First up the heretofore reclusive George Harrison, busy preparing his latest audio album and dipping his toe back into the waters of pop star life for the first time since his musical ...
Beatles ’87 pt2
Yesterday and Today - November 19, 2023 19:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsThe next wave of Beatles compact discs arrived as spring turned to summer, 1987 - marking (handily) the 20th anniversary of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Taking the theme of "It was twenty years ago today" and running with it, Apple and their distribution arms at Capitol and EMI launched...
Beatles ’87 pt1
Yesterday and Today - November 05, 2023 18:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAnd speaking of things that are "now" and "then"... It's 1987 and another momentous chapter in the Beatles story is unfolding at break-neck pace. As Capitol/EMI plan for the launch of the first round of Beatles CDs (heralding the arrival of fab four music on compact disc for the first time), Pa...
Beatles ’86 pt6
Yesterday and Today - October 21, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAs the year 1986 draws to a close, the musical direction and legacy of the three surviving former Beatles rounds the corner on another eventful decade. With Paul McCartney still busy promoting his less-than-smash-hit LP Press to Play - Macca turns his attention to a new year that would embrace th...
Beatles ’86 pt5
Yesterday and Today - September 30, 2023 16:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAs Paul McCartney's latest studio album, Press to Play, at last reached the ears of the listening public, the modest success of its top 40 lead-off single Press must have been bittersweet for its creator. After nearly two years of gestation, Paul's failure to crack the top 20 on either side of th...
Beatles ’86 pt4
Yesterday and Today - September 10, 2023 17:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsOklahoma was never like this...it's summer of 1986 and a new Paul McCartney album is on sale worldwide! Press to Play - Paul's 5th solo studio album in nearly as many years - represented a man on a mission to capture the sounds of the day, forge a new songwriting partnership, and undo the negativ...
Beatles ’86 pt3
Yesterday and Today - August 27, 2023 03:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAs Spring turns to summer in 1986, a flurry of activity points to an early clue to the new direction for the key players in Beatle World. Julian Lennon, fresh off the release of his sophomore LP The Secret Value of Daydreaming, embarked on his second North American tour in June. Ringo Starr's chi...
Beatles ’86 pt2
Yesterday and Today - August 07, 2023 02:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsGeorge Harrison's return to the limelight was underway in the Spring of 1986, with yet another public appearance fresh off the heels of his Shanghai Surprise press tour. This time the former Beatle took to the stage for the charity concert Heartbeat '86 - and, playing alongside rock contemporarie...
Beatles ’86 pt1
Yesterday and Today - July 25, 2023 14:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt's 1986 and the latter half of the 80s is off with a bang...but not a hitch. The set of George Harrison's latest Hand Made Film's project, Shanghai Surprise, found itself rife with unwanted press attention after a skirmish between star Sean Penn (beside girlfriend and co-star Madonna) and the p...
McCartney & The Historians (A Take it Away Crossover)
Yesterday and Today - July 09, 2023 18:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsThe YESTERDAY & TODAY and TAKE IT AWAY podcasts are crossing over! In this special double-feature, double-interview episode, hosts Wayne Kaminski, Chris Mercer and Paul Kaminski join forces to discuss Paul McCartney historiography with special guest authors who have fresh releases on shelves now....
Beatles ’85 pt6
Yesterday and Today - June 25, 2023 17:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt's the end of 1985, and in many ways the end cap on a year of realignment for the former Beatles. While the successes of the Spies Like Us single and his lauded Live Aid performance kept Paul McCartney a part of the cultural conversation, Macca's critical and commercial wounds from 1984's Broad...
Beatles ’85 pt5
Yesterday and Today - June 12, 2023 02:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt's the fall of 1985 and new music from the three remaining former Beatles abounds! First up, in their first joint concert appearance together since the Concert for Bangladesh over a decade prior, George Harrison and Ringo Starr are once again singing together on stage -- this time in support of...
Beatles ’85 pt4
Yesterday and Today - May 29, 2023 18:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAs summer turned to fall in 1985, the aftermath of the LIVE AID benefit concert continued to ring in the ears of the collective musical consciousness. Paul McCartney's appearance in the show, albeit minus the rumored involvement of George and Ringo, was a welcome revitalization of Macca's profile...
Beatles ’85 pt3
Yesterday and Today - May 15, 2023 01:41 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt's July 13th, 1985 and a historic event is taking place on both sides of the Atlantic. It's LIVE AID, a worldwide televised live concert featuring the biggest acts in music -- united in support of Ethiopian famine relief. Organizer Bob Geldof, known as lead singer for the Boomtown Rats, organiz...
Beatles ’85 pt2
Yesterday and Today - May 01, 2023 01:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt's the spring of 1985 and Paul McCartney is hard at work recording a new album at his Hog Hill Mill studio. In a shift away from his prior work in the decade, Paul sought to recreate a "band" environment with co-writing partner Eric Stewart, drummer Jerry Marotta and guitarist Carlos Alomar - a...
Beatles ’85 pt1
Yesterday and Today - April 17, 2023 13:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt's 1985, and after a whirlwind prior year the three remaining former Beatles are laying relatively low in their respective corners of the globe. Unable to accept the shortfall of his first solo cinematic debut, Paul McCartney is back in the studio - specifically his newly-minted Hog Hill Mill S...
Beatles ’84 pt7
Yesterday and Today - April 03, 2023 14:32 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt's the grand finale of 1984 - a year in Beatles history full of big swings, big misses, and new beginnings for the remaining three former Beatles. Despite the musical successes of Paul's latest project, the US flop of McCartney's Give My Regards to Broadstreet film left a bitter taste in the mo...
Beatles ’84 pt6
Yesterday and Today - March 13, 2023 13:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAt last, after years of preparation, planning and hard work, Paul McCartney's Give My Regards to Broadstreet has arrived! First up in the release schedule is the soundtrack album, featuring new Macca tracks (including the successful No More Lonely Nights single) as well as incidental music and re...
Beatles ’84 pt5
Yesterday and Today - February 27, 2023 05:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt's October 1984 and Paul McCartney has begun his press tour to promote the upcoming release of GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADSTREET. Nerves were abound, as this was Macca's theatrical screenwriting debut, and initial reactions seem to be mixed at best - judged perhaps unfairly to the beloved Beatles ...
Beatles ’84 pt4
Yesterday and Today - February 13, 2023 03:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsSo far 1984 has seen the release of two new Lennon projects, starting with the posthumous Milk & Honey LP and continuing on with the Every Man Has A Woman single & compilation album. But in October another new Lennon release arrived in the form of Julian Lennon's debut solo LP Valotte. This slick...
Beatles ’84 pt3
Yesterday and Today - January 30, 2023 15:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIt's summer 1984, and to ring in the 4th of July The Beach Boys are playing to.record-shattering attendance in Washington D.C. - with some special guests. Emerging in support of his former 60s rivals was Ringo Starr, joining Mike, Carl, Bruce and Al to play some of the Beach Boys biggest hits - a...
Beatles ’84 pt2
Yesterday and Today - January 16, 2023 03:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAs winter thaws to spring in 1984, a fresh batch of singles plucked from John Lennon's posthumous Milk & Honey LP are released on Polydor Records. Stepping Out and Borrowed Time saw some diminishing returns from the previous singles and LP release, but no one could deny the cold comfort of new Jo...
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