Another Kind of Mind: A Different Kind of Beatles Podcast

SUMMARY: In our final episode of Fine Tuning, we summarize our conclusions, respond to listener feedback, issue corrections, share our hopes and fears for future books and offer our thoughts and predictions on the future of Beatles scholarship.

PLAYLIST Everyday BUDDY HOLLY Honey Hush BIG JOE TURNER I Fall to Pieces PATSY CLINE Problems THE EVERLY BROTHERS P.S. I Love You THE BEATLES Whispering Bells THE DELL-VIKINGS Que Sera, Sera DORIS DAY Johnny Angel SHELLEY FABARES Hit the Road, Jack RAY CHARLES Crying ROY ORBISON I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES

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MARK LEWISOHN INTERVIEW LINKS:

Interview with Jean Louis-Polard, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ3Cb0c-tnI&t=1s

Fabcast podcast, 2017 013 MARK LEWISOHN https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/013-lewisohn/id1108129093?i=1000383307889

Humans in Love podcast, 2018 #1 (Part One) Beatles Authority Mark Lewisohn (YouTube) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-part-one-beatles-authority-mark-lewisohn-on-travel/id1386766806?i=1000412043887

Fab4Cast podcast, 2019 Talking to Mark Lewisohn: #1 Writing The Beatles' History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkrFSnGnriQ and #2 Spring 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ-BMzJyGGA&t=17s

Nothing Is Real podcast, 2019 The Mark Lewisohn Interview #14 Part One https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nothing-is-real-episode-14-the-mark-lewisohn/id1462587848?i=1000452821367 and #15 Part Two https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nothing-is-real-episode-15-mark-lewisohn-part-2/id1462587848?i=1000453706171

Interview with Giljs Groenteman, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuettzOVmhg

I Am the EggPod podcast, 2019 The Star-Club tapes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwZy3DfdPjU&t=186s

From Me To You podcast, 2020 Mark Lewisohn In Conversation w/ Richard Courtney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPMlGfXMR_4

Let It Roll podcast, 2020 Mark Lewisohn in Conversation w/Nate Wilcox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0cbEEHXFp8

Let It Be Beatles podcast, 2020 Mark Lewisohn - The Complete 2020 Let It Be Beatles Interview Podcast (YouTube) https://soundcloud.com/user-86154098/mark-lewisohn-the-complete-2020-let-it-be-beatles-interview-podcast?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Fans on the Run podcast, 2022 Ep 73. Mark Lewisohn https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fans-on-the-run-a-podcast-made-by-for-and-about-beatles-fans/id1522056200?i=1000556606690

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Unseen Paul builds on our earlier episodes by sharing even more quotes, stories, and insights about young Paul McCartney, who deserves a nuanced and dynamic portrait in any Beatles biography.

We explore some of his more overlooked character traits: his quirks and gifts; his stressors and anxieties; his unusual interests and values. These features reveal him as a fascinatingly dualistic artist and person. SOURCES Paul McCartney: the Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz (1986) The Beatles by Bob Spitz (2005) “Portrait of Paul” Women Magazine by Mike McCartney (1965) Magical Mystery Tours: My Time with the Beatles by Tony Bramwell (2006) Many Years From Now by Barry Miles (1997) Thank U Very Much by Mike McCartney Paul McCartney on Howard Stern (2021) “A Political Paul” Interview w/ Jonathan Powers for Prospect Magazine (Jan 17, 2009) Paul McCartney interview w/ Hot Press magazine (2002) Maureen Cleave “Intelligent Beatle” “Mockers” Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9e6zHA6eOY&t=116s The Beatles Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies (1968) The Beatles diary: Volume 1 by Barry Miles (2001) BBC Interview “dyslexia” (October 4, 1997) https://www.effinghamradio.com/2023/06/15/happy-birthday-paul-mccartney-2 Angie McCartney Interview w/ Geoffrey Guiliano (1984) https://www.tumblr.com/pleasantlyinsincere/697307027602571264/angie-and-ruth-mccartney-on-saying-i-love-you-in?source=share Mike McCartney; Beatles Book Monthly Magazine (1992) Paul McCartney for New York Times Magazine (2020) THE LYRICS by Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon (2021) Icke, Evelyn Hamann und die Beatles: Eine Art Biografie by Hans “Icke” Braun (2019) A Cellar Full of Noise by Brian Epstein (1964) Allan Williams quote from Music Legends The Beatles Special Edition by The Rock Review Music Legends Library (Sept 2, 2019) https://issuu.com/codarecordsltd/docs/music_legends_beatles_special_edition Interview w/ Horst Fascher for Deutschlandfunk Kultur (2006) Astrid Kirchherr Interviewed by Colin Hall for Get Rhythm (August 2001) PLAYLIST Stairway to Paradise SARAH VAUGHAN 4 Pointers 1 TREVOR DUNCAN Fine and Mellow ETTA JONES Welcome to My World JIM REEVES El Paso MARTY ROBBINS You Go To My Head BILLIE HOLIDAY Nature Boy NAT KING COLE Black and White EARL ROBINSON My Bucket’s Got a Hole in it HANK WILLIAMS Spoonful HOWLIN WOLF Since I Don’t Have You THE SKYLINERS Perhaps DORIS DAY Lonesome Town RICKY NELSON Love to Love NINA SIMONE

SUMMARY: In our 9th episode, we tackle a handful of loose ends from Tune In and pose the question: WTF?

Why The Farting? Where's Talented Friend? Washboard To Fender Weird, Those Fruits! Women-Type Fans Whores They F*cked? Wow, That's Fabricated! Which Tune's First? Writing's Too Fancy Whose Teachers Finest? Wimpy Teetotaler Frenemie

PLAYLIST: Tutti Frutti LITTLE RICHARD Good Golly Miss Molly LITTLE RICHARD Where D’you Get Your Whiskey BOB CORT’S SKIFFLE GROUP Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean RUTH BROWN Mess Around RAY CHARLES Spanish Flea HERB ALPERT Theme from A Summer Place PERCY FAITH Please Mr Postman THE MARVELETTES School Days LOUIS JORDAN Alligator Wine SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES

SYNOPSIS: In her second appearance on AKOM, May Pang talks with Phoebe about Yoko enlisting Paul’s help during the Lost Weekend, John & Yoko’s Tittenhurst Safe Room, The (not) Malibu Dream House and Primal Therapy. The Lost Weekend: A Love Story is currently available for purchase or streaming on most major platforms. Discover more at www.maypang.com

SYNOPSIS: No Greater Buddy examines how Tune In handles the naughty behavior of its resident Bad Boy, John Lennon. This is a study of Lewisohn’s coverage of John’s bad behavior (rather than the behavior itself).

PLAYLIST Bad Boy LARRY WILLIAMS Let the Good Times Roll LOUIS JORDAN Jim Dandy LAVERN BAKER Handful of Keys FATS WALLER Undecided ELLA FITZGERALD Angel Baby ROSIE & THE ORIGINALS Night Train DAVID ROSE Devil or Angel THE CLOVERS I’ll Be on My Way THE BEATLES

SOURCES The Beatles by Hunter Davies (1968) The Other Side of John Lennon By Sandra Shevey (1990) Beatles Anthology (1995) Living in the Material World by Martin Scorcese (2011)

SYNOPSIS: Spanner in the Works shows how Paul is portrayed as uniquely difficult to manage and unjustifiably obstructive, even to the point of sabotaging the band.

We use Tune In’s reporting of the early friction between Paul and Brian Epstein as a case study to illustrate how Tune In guides the reader to distrust and second-guess Paul whenever he comes into conflict with other major players in the Beatles’ story.

PLAYLIST Maybe THE CHANTELS Oop Shoop SHIRLEY GUNTER & THE QUEENS Tequila THE CHAMPS I’m Walkin FATS DOMINO Lucille THE BEATLES Devil in His Heart THE DONAYS Baby It’s You THE SHIRELLES Slippin and Slidin LITTLE RICHARD Too Much ELVIS PRESLEY Fast Freight RITCHIE VALENS I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES

SOURCES “Portrait of Paul” Mike McCartney Woman Magazine, 1965 McCartney the Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz, 1986 John Lennon Interview w/ Jann Wenner for Rolling Stone, May 14, 1970 John Lennon Interview w/ Lisa Robinson for Hit Parader, 1975 John Lennon and Yoko Ono Interview at St Regis Hotel by Peter McCabe and Robert Schonfeld, September 5th, 1971 Lennon Remembers by Jann Wenner for Rolling Stone, 1971 In My Life by Pete Shotten, 1983 Interview w/ Pete Best in Music Legends The Beatles Special Edition by The Rock Review Music Legends Library Sept 2, 2019

SYNOPSIS: Phoebe talks with Vivek Tiwary, author of “The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story,” a graphic novel celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a new edition! https://thefifthbeatle.com/graphic-novel/

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SYNOPSIS: In A Prolonged Jealousy, we tackle one of Tune In’s main talking points: that Paul McCartney is a fundamentally jealous person whose obsessive, one-sided jealousy of and over John Lennon was brought to a boil by the presence of Stuart Sutcliffe in the band.

Is Tune In’s unforgiving portrayal of Paul’s jealousy fair? Or is it over the top? We’ll discuss! *This episode was originally posted on Nov 17, 2023 and subsequently re-uploaded on Nov 21, 2023 to add a few minutes of additional information relative to the topic. In the interest of full transparency, we haven’t edited or deleted anything from our original episode, just added the additional info to the discussion around the 1:36:45 mark.

PLAYLIST

Frenzy SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS Woo-Hoo ROCK*A*TEENS Raunchy BILL JUSTICE What’d I Say RAY CHARLES Lucille LITTLE RICHARD Flamenco Sketches MILES DAVIS Sleepwalk SANTO AND JOHNNY Let it Be Me THE EVERLY BROTHERS Just Walking in the Rain THE PRISONAIRES Go! Go! Go! ROY ORBISON Duck Tail JOE CLAY I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES

SOURCES The Beatles by Hunter Davies (1968) The Beatles by Bob Spitz (2005) “The Beatles’ Shadow: Stuart Sutcliffe” by Pauline Sutcliffe (2002) “The Lost Beatle: The Stuart Sutcliffe Story” BBC (2005) John Lennon The Life by Philip Norman (2005) Paul McCartney The Life by Philip Norman (2016) Beatles Book Monthly Magazine (May 1994) Beatles Anthology (1995)

SYNOPSIS: Phoebe Lorde and Allison Bumsted talk with Kenneth Womack about “LIVING THE BEATLES LEGEND: the Mal Evans Story.” We discuss several of the amazing topics raised in this wonderful book; Elvis, cowboys, Allen Klein being horrible, the tougher-to-write moments in the book, interpersonal relationships within the Beatles' circle, and of course the fascinating life of the incomparable Mal Evans.

SUMMARY: Leader Lennon examines Tune In's major thesis, that John Lennon was and is the leader and implicit owner of The Beatles forever.

We take a hard look at Tune In’s obvious affection for hierarchy and dominance and how this pervades its storytelling. We'll discuss the deficiencies of this framework, why it is a problem, and how it distorts the Beatles’ story.

PLAYLIST Tiger Man RUFUS THOMAS Lovin’ Machine WYNONIE HARRIS Honey Don’t CARL PERKINS Besame Mucho TRIO LOS PANCHOS Crying, Waiting, Hoping BUDDY HOLLY C’mon Everybody EDDIE COCHRAN Soldier of Love THE BEATLES Rip it Up ELVIS PRESLEY I’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES

SOURCES The Beatles by Hunter Davies (1968) Pre-Fab by Colin Hanton (2018) The Beatles by Bob Spitz (2005) John by Cynthia Lennon (2005) Alan Williams from Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle, BBC (2005) Lennon Remember Interview w/ Jann Wenner (1971)