The Best... Non-Standard Instrument
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1y ago
We're back... again!  This week: The Best Use of Non-Standard Instrument. Forget your guitars and drums and pianos - this is all about the beautiful, the obscure or the downright odd instruments that have turned up in Beatles tracks.  And yes, the recorder gets a mention.  ..read more
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The Best... Ringo-centric Song
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1y ago
Don't pass this one by! It's all about Ringo this week, as we work out which Ringo-centric Beatles song is the best of all. We'll act naturally as we dive into a strange bouquet of deeply sonorous musical oddities, but which one will we drum up support for?... Yup, that's all we got.  ..read more
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The Best... Album Cover
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1y ago
Our Best of specials continue this week with a deep dive into the best Beatles album cover of all time. From photos to drawings, collages to single shots, psychedelia to..  well... nothing! 12 to choose from,  only one can win... unless of course two do, as let's face it, Jono and Rob’s favourites rarely align!  ..read more
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The Best... Opening Track
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1y ago
We're back! After an epic 51 heats, and a wee lie down for a few months, Jono & Rob are back with a special series celebrating the best of the best of the Beatles.  This week, the best opening track of a Beatles album.  From I Saw Her Standing There to Two of Us and all the bangers in between, we put our patented ranking system into action to work out the winner.  Best start listening!  ..read more
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The Redemption Episode
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1y ago
64 Beatles tracks are through to the knockout rounds of The Beatles World Cup ... but there's just time for a quick revisit of our choices, and the opportunity to right some wrongs and wrong some rights. Rob & Jono each pick a song to bring back, but also a song currently on the list to consign to the dustbin. And in true Power to the People, listeners get to as well! Do we redeem ourselves and atone for past sins? Find out over 17 minutes!  ..read more
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Heat 51 - The End Of The Beginning
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1y ago
It's here - the final heat of The Beatles World Cup, where we find the final of our 64 tracks that will be going through to the next round. And it's a doozy, as Let It Be and Hey Jude go head to head. It gets deep, it gets emotional, but we remember to talk about Please Mr Postman too. Plus all the news about what happens next, and how you can help us pick a winner ..read more
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Heat 50 - We'll Never Walk Down Lime Street Anymore
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1y ago
It's our 50th heat and the penultimate one, as we race towards the end of the epic first round of The Beatles World Cup. This week, three very random tracks are on the block: All I've Got to Do, Matchbox and Maggie Mae. And if those don't excite you, just wait till you hear what we draw out at the end ..read more
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Heat 49 - Train Ticket to Ryde
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1y ago
You go for weeks without many real Beatles classics coming along, and then three turn up at once! It's getting tougher towards the end, as this week I Want To Hold Your Hand, Ticket to Ride and I Saw Her Standing There are put forward. Two must fall, so that one may live. Pray for us.  ..read more
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Heat 42 - Rob & Jono Split Up
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1y ago
It had to happen really... 42 episodes in and we've found the mix of 4 random Beatles songs that will rock our hitherto peaceful and tolerant co-hosting to the core. But which threatens to shatter the peace? Lovely Rita, I Wanna Be Your Man, Ask Me Why or Please Please Me? Or all of them ..read more
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Heat 39 - There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Lyrics
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We're firmly back in middle of the road territory this week, as four more random tracks make their case. Which will rise like cream to the top of the breakfast bowl? Good Morning Good Morning, I Need You, Mother Nature's Son or Yes It Is?  No animal noises were harmed in the recording of this episode.  ..read more
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