Episode #26 - 'Some Other Guys – The Beatlesque Recordings'
The Beatles Naked
There have been fakers and imitators, tributes and rip-offs, but no one sounds like The Beatles on record—including the ex-Beatles. Nevertheless, some efforts have come closer than others, the most successful being those that have managed to capture the group’s essence rather than just replicate its sound while matching the standard of song material. In this episode, we dive into the good, the bad and the ugly—including those recordings which, bearing zero resemblance to the Fab Four, were promoted by bootleggers during the 1970s to fill the vacuum created by all of those unfounded Beatles-reunion rumours.
The Music- ‘Cheese and Onions’ - The Rutles
- ‘Can’t Get it Out of My Head’ – ELO
- ‘Because’ – Julian Lennon
- ‘Have You Heard the Word?’ – The Fut
- ‘Return to Pepperland’ – Paul McCartney
- ‘When We Was Fab’ – George Harrison
- ‘Lies’ – The Knickerbockers
- ‘The Girl I Love’ – The Five Shits
- ‘Pay Attention to Me’ – The Tikis
- ‘Talkin’ About the Good Times’ – Pretty Things
- ‘The L.S. Bumble Bee’ – Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
- ‘Black is Black’ – Lord Sitar
- ‘Carousel of Love’ – Peter Best
- ‘So Much in Love’ - McGough & McGear
- ‘We Are The Moles’ – The Moles
- ‘Peace of Mind’ – unknown
- ‘Frenzy and Distortion’ – Ravi Shankar
- ‘Pink Litmus Paper Shirt’ – unknown
- ‘No Matter What’ – Badfinger
- ‘Come and Get It’ – Badfinger
- ‘Sun in Her Hand’ – Blond
- ‘Coz I Luv You’ – Slade
- ‘Just a Smile’ – Pilot
- ‘Neanderthal Man’ – Hotlegs
- ‘I Must Be in Love’ – The Rutles
- ‘Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft’ – Klaatu
- ‘She Still Loves Him’ – Jellyfish
- ‘Sittin’ Here in Silence (On My Own)’ – Oasis
- ‘Costafine Town’ – Splinter
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Episode #30 – ‘It’s All Too Much - David Stark, the Beatles Zelig’
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Episode #29 – ‘Paul McCartney’s Vocal Journey’
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Episode #28 — ‘Along for the Ride - Barry Chang’s Memories of The Beatles' First Trip to Hamburg’
When, on Monday, 15th August, 1960, The Beatles left Liverpool en route to their first stint in Hamburg, West Germany, the five of...
Episode #27 – 'Post-Fab Frolics - The Beatles on TV 1967-1970'
After they transitioned from a performing group to a more experimental, studio-based band, The Beatles also changed how they utilised...
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 #31 - 'Sex, Love and Misogyny - The Beatles in Song'
The Beatles Naked
Episode #30 – ‘It’s All Too Much - David Stark, the Beatles Zelig’
The Beatles Naked
Episode #29 – ‘Paul McCartney’s Vocal Journey’
The Beatles Naked
