2025.05 There's Only One Paul McCartney (BBC 2002 review/overview)
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by Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell
6d ago
2022.     Sir Paul McCartney was recovering from the passing of Linda, preparing for a tour backing his "Driving Rain" album, and celebrating fifty years of Queen Elizabeth II.     The BBC gathered together a number of interesting and important figures (including Astrid Kirchherr, Jurgen Vollmer, Arthur Kelly and Kermit the Frog?)  in advance of his appearance at the Jubilee (and a little thing at Castle Leslie in Glaslough, Ireland).     Lonnie and I look back and discuss the documentary and how well it tells (at least some of ..read more
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2025.04 Beatles '64 Review
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by Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell
1w ago
The past is gone, but something might be found to take it's place.     However, sometimes, the past is only a few weeks ago.      Ethan Alexanian joins Martin and I to review "Beatles '64" - the good, the bad, and the questionable.       ..read more
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2025.03 Look Up Review and Overview
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by Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell
2w ago
The definition of a "hit record" in 2025 is fairly difficult to determine, but by the "old fashioned" metrics, Ringo certainly has one with his country album "Look Up."     Lonnie Pena and I go through the album, track-by-track and talk about the songs, guests, and the directions the career of Ringo Starr might head in.     We close the show discussing the (mostly positive) reviews, where even the most negative reviewers can only niggle on the songwriting of T-Bone (when they could have used ALL of THAT unknown NASHVILLE TALENT!), and how Ringo is quite ..read more
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2025.02 Jon Stone's 1964 in Review
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by Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell
3w ago
Jon Stone is guided by Voices (or are voices guided by Jon Stone?)     Following on from Beatles '64, Marv and I wanted to talk actual memories of the year with the only co-host who had some.      Lots of Beatles chat, a bit of meandering (Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews, Sunday-Sunday-Sunday), and a tiny bit of off-period chat, but that's true to the documentary ;), and in this case, it does all manage to come around to almost-cohesive ..read more
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2025.01 2024 in Review (Part Two)
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by Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell
1M ago
After a news segment (update on Julian, Richard Perry), Marv and I sit down for part two of our look back at some of the happenings in the Beatles world over the last twelve months.   A passel full of Documentaries, the 'Living in the Material World" box, Ringo tour pt. 2, and the latest chapter in the "Got Back" tour.     We also chat about Ringo's plans for 2025 (country album, Nashville shows and Spring/Summer tour), the Concert for Bangladesh and some of the other things we are looking forward to ..read more
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2024.53 2024 in Review (Part One)
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by Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell
1M ago
After a news segment (Julian, Joey Molland, Ringo and Paul!), Marv and I sit down for part one of our look back at some of the happenings in the Beatles world over the last twelve months.    New music in the form of an EP from Ringo, an anniversary release from Paul for "Band on the Run", a brand new mix for "One Hand Clapping" and more ..read more
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2024.52 Living in the Material World - Disc One (Eoghan Lyng, Ken Michaels)
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by Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell
1M ago
Marv and I are joined by Eoghan Lyng and Ken Michaels to discuss the "Living in the Material World" album with an emphasis on the 50th Anniversary remix as found on the "Super Deluxe Edition".     Ken rates the record at the very top, but in general the reviews over the years have been on the positive side, but perhaps less than ecstatic.      ..read more
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2024.51 Director David Tedeschi - Beatles '64
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by Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell
1M ago
Marv, Lonnie and I sit down with Director David Tedeschi to talk Beatles '64 - the documentary newly available on Disney+ presenting 17 minutes of new Maysles Brothers footage.      The Documentary also features greatly cleaned up footage, complete with new audio stems and remixes from the 1964 Ed Sullivan shows, the Washington Coliseum, and newly restored interviews from "The Beatles Anthology".    All this and chat covering Tedsechi's entire career that goes from "The Shield" to "Vinyl" to "No Direction Home" and plenty more ..read more
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2024.50 The McCartney Legacy Volume 2, Pt.2
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by Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell
2M ago
Part Two of our discussion with Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair covering the McCartey Legacy, Volume 2.      All four of us (Lonnie, Jon, Ed and Marv) are still in on the conversation, as we pick up the McCartney story in New Orleans, visit John Lennon in the Dakota ("Live From New York, It's Saturday Night!") travely around the globe on a world tour, record on the high seas, record in a castle, complain about Pete Townshend (he wouldn't wear the suit), and end up in a Japan ..read more
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2024.49 The McCartney Legacy Volume 2, Pt.1
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by Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell
2M ago
Part One of our discussion with Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair covering the McCartey Legacy, Volume 2.      All four of us (Lonnie, Jon, Ed and Marv) are in on the conversation, as we proceed from the McGear album to Paul's time in Nashville, with stops along the way at Rembrandt, Printer's Alley and that room Jimmy McCulloch hung out while he was working with Paul in Scotland ..read more
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