The Beatles Naked
Richard Buskin & Erik Taros
The Beatles Naked
Richard Buskin & Erik Taros
Tuesday 16 June 2020 : There have been fakers and imitators, tributes and rip-offs, but no one sounds like The Beatles on record—including the ex-Beatles....
Friday 17 April 2020 : The Fab Four’s second film, shot in vivid colour, captured a very different group demeanor to that in A Hard Day’s Night. For that first...
Tuesday 18 February 2020 : 50 years after The Beatles’ demise, Yoko Ono is still portrayed online and by the media as the quintessential witch who broke up a famous...
Wednesday 15 January 2020 : The music, the inspirations, the motivations, the performances, the reservations, the fallout... as well as the cloak-and-dagger story...
Wednesday 18 December 2019 : Physically fighting cancer and a crazed attacker while mentally preparing for his transition to the next phase of his spiritual journey, the...
Tuesday 19 November 2019 : Charming, funny, provocative, hugely talented and already seasoned stage professionals—The Beatles were perfect for television during an...
Wednesday 16 October 2019 : “I exhibited all the classic symptoms of the unemployed, the redundant man,” Paul McCartney recalled in his authorized biography Many...
Thursday 26 September 2019 : Just over a decade before his ‘Lost Weekend’ in L.A., John had a full dress rehearsal during The Beatles’ third stint in Hamburg. It...
Monday 02 September 2019 : “It's rip-roaring, infectious stuff, with the accent on beat throughout,” wrote Derek Johnson in the New Musical Express. “Beatles For...
Monday 05 August 2019 : What John Lennon described as "the most miserable sessions on earth" were recalled by George Harrison as "the low of all time". Yet, while...
Monday 01 July 2019 : Such was the growing British interest surrounding The Beatles by mid-1963 that, on 1st July, fans gathered outside the EMI Studios on Abbey...
Tuesday 07 May 2019 : How, when and where did our passion for the Fab Four first get ignited? What form did it take and how has it evolved, personally and...
Sunday 17 March 2019 : During a taped business meeting attended by three Beatles and Neil Aspinall while Ringo was away - likely in mid-September ‘69, a month...
Tuesday 25 December 2018 : At the suggestion of press officer Tony Barrow, The Beatles ended their first year of national fame by thanking the members of their UK fan...
Wednesday 21 November 2018 : This is a new phase STTS episode… Essential to the concept of the ‘International White Album Symposium’ at Monmouth University, New...
Thursday 08 November 2018 : A remixed White Album, the complete stereo Esher Demos, a wide array of high-quality, previously unheard outtakes… and the album in 5.1...
Tuesday 09 October 2018 : A tribute to the recording engineer whose in-studio innovations helped shape The Beatles’ sound—and alter the course of popular...
Wednesday 12 September 2018 : The cripple impersonations, the Nazi salutes, the MBEs (received and returned), the groupies, the ‘Butcher cover’, the ‘bigger than...
Friday 27 July 2018 : Rock-solid and understated, subtle yet ballsy, inventive and full of feel—these are just some of the descriptions that have been applied...
Sunday 17 June 2018 : The Beatles played five shows in Chicago between 1964 and 1966—more than any other American city—and there was no little drama: from the...
Thursday 03 May 2018 : Back in the 1960s, courtesy of Capitol Records executive Dave Dexter, Jr., American Beatles fans bought different records and often heard...
Monday 12 March 2018 : "I don't see too much difference between Rubber Soul and Revolver," George said in the 'Beatles Anthology' documentary. "To me, they could...
Tuesday 23 January 2018 : Pimps, drug dealers, call girls, kinky orgies involving members of the ruling class, a government minister sharing a mistress with a Russian...
Sunday 07 January 2018 : In this final installment of the STTS ‘White Album’ trilogy, Erik and Richard team up with musician Craig Bartock and musicologist Allan...
Thursday 14 December 2017 : In this second instalment of an STTS ‘White Album’ trilogy, Richard and Erik are once again joined by musician Craig Bartock and...
The Beatles Naked
Richard Buskin & Erik Taros
Episode #26 - 'Some Other Guys – The Beatlesque Recordings'
There have been fakers and imitators, tributes and rip-offs, but no one sounds like The Beatles on record—including the ex-Beatles....
Episode #25 – ‘Help! - The Beatles’ Seminal Pop/Pot Movie’
The Fab Four’s second film, shot in vivid colour, captured a very different group demeanor to that in A Hard Day’s Night. For that first...
Episode #24 – ‘Walking on Thin Ice – Did Yoko Really Help to Break Up The Beatles?’
50 years after The Beatles’ demise, Yoko Ono is still portrayed online and by the media as the quintessential witch who broke up a famous...
Episode #23 - 'Crying, Waiting, Hoping - The Beatles' Decca Audition'
The music, the inspirations, the motivations, the performances, the reservations, the fallout... as well as the cloak-and-dagger story...
Episode #22 – ‘Leaving the Material World – The Last Years of George Harrison’
Physically fighting cancer and a crazed attacker while mentally preparing for his transition to the next phase of his spiritual journey, the...
Episode #21 – ‘When They Was Fab – The Beatles on TV 1962-1966’
Charming, funny, provocative, hugely talented and already seasoned stage professionals—The Beatles were perfect for television during an...
Episode #20 – ‘Out of My Head – McCartney’s Maneuvers Through His Post-Beatles Depression’
“I exhibited all the classic symptoms of the unemployed, the redundant man,” Paul McCartney recalled in his authorized biography Many...
Episode #19 – ‘Hamburg Spring ’62 – Lennon’s Original Lost Weekend’
Just over a decade before his ‘Lost Weekend’ in L.A., John had a full dress rehearsal during The Beatles’ third stint in Hamburg. It...
Episode #18 – ‘Beatles For Sale – Close to Greatness’
“It's rip-roaring, infectious stuff, with the accent on beat throughout,” wrote Derek Johnson in the New Musical Express. “Beatles For...
Episode #17 – ‘Twickenham Mind Games – George Walks, Yoko Wants a Mic'
What John Lennon described as "the most miserable sessions on earth" were recalled by George Harrison as "the low of all time". Yet, while...
Episode #16 – ‘She Loves You—Anatomy of a Song’
Such was the growing British interest surrounding The Beatles by mid-1963 that, on 1st July, fans gathered outside the EMI Studios on Abbey...
Episode #15 – ‘Loving The Beatles’
How, when and where did our passion for the Fab Four first get ignited? What form did it take and how has it evolved, personally and...
Episode #14 – ‘Isn't It a Pity - The Beatles' Unrealized Album’.
During a taped business meeting attended by three Beatles and Neil Aspinall while Ringo was away - likely in mid-September ‘69, a month...
Episode #13 – ‘Multicoloured Mirrors – The Beatles Christmas Records’
At the suggestion of press officer Tony Barrow, The Beatles ended their first year of national fame by thanking the members of their UK fan...
Episode #12: ‘'The Lennon and McCartney White Albums' (live at Monmouth University)
This is a new phase STTS episode… Essential to the concept of the ‘International White Album Symposium’ at Monmouth University, New...
Episode #11: ‘White Heaven – Reviewing The Beatles Super Deluxe 50th Anniversary Edition’
A remixed White Album, the complete stereo Esher Demos, a wide array of high-quality, previously unheard outtakes… and the album in 5.1...
Episode #10: ‘Geoff Emerick – Channeling The Beatles’ Creativity’
A tribute to the recording engineer whose in-studio innovations helped shape The Beatles’ sound—and alter the course of popular...
Episode #9: ‘The Beatles – Politically (In)Correct’
The cripple impersonations, the Nazi salutes, the MBEs (received and returned), the groupies, the ‘Butcher cover’, the ‘bigger than...
Episode #8: ‘The Beatles’ Superstarr Drummer’
Rock-solid and understated, subtle yet ballsy, inventive and full of feel—these are just some of the descriptions that have been applied...
Episode #7: ‘Jesus and the Mob – The Beatles in the Windy City’
The Beatles played five shows in Chicago between 1964 and 1966—more than any other American city—and there was no little drama: from the...
Episode #6: 'Beatles U.S. vs. Beatles U.K.’
Back in the 1960s, courtesy of Capitol Records executive Dave Dexter, Jr., American Beatles fans bought different records and often heard...
Episode #5: 'The Trip: from Rubber Soul to Revolver - How LSD Impacted The Beatles'.
"I don't see too much difference between Rubber Soul and Revolver," George said in the 'Beatles Anthology' documentary. "To me, they could...
Episode #4: 'The Profumo Affair - Sex, Lies... and Beatlemania'
Pimps, drug dealers, call girls, kinky orgies involving members of the ruling class, a government minister sharing a mistress with a Russian...
Episode #3: ‘George & Ringo’s White Album’
In this final installment of the STTS ‘White Album’ trilogy, Erik and Richard team up with musician Craig Bartock and musicologist Allan...
Episode #2: 'Paul McCartney's White Album'
In this second instalment of an STTS ‘White Album’ trilogy, Richard and Erik are once again joined by musician Craig Bartock and...
