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A podcast by two brothers: Garry ranks Beatles recordings and beyond - Paul offers info/sighs.
Season 5: THE BIG SIXTIES BILLBOARD SORT OUT - out now!
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Big Beatles & Sixties Sort Out Podcast
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Bless you, @filmisfabulous.bsky.social !
(I'm assuming they were using an earlier recording of Wardle, who was Liverpool based, to play as an example what with him and Ted Ray being an early stage pairing, rather than this being a bespoke Percy Phillips recording for the occassion)
I had to pop out to Kensington today (blood tests, what fun), so I used the excuse to visit 38 Kensington - which it turns out is about 5 minutes from my office - the home of Percy Phillips' recording studio. I did, of course listen to the Quarrymen/Beatles recordings whilst taking the pics.
The subject of that edition of This Is Your Life was comedian Ted Ray (you might have worked out from the advert!)
It was only the third edition of the BBC television show and was broadcast from the Television Theatre, so why had Harry Wardle recorded his piano part up in Kensington in Liverpool?
Also interesting to find this 1955 advert for this tiny terraced-house recording studio having been used for making a recording featured on television!
Songs on the Beatles' juke boxes as listed in Steve Turner's Beatles '66:
Gary US Bonds, Quarter to Three (John)
Bruce Channel, Hey! Baby (John)
Shirelles, Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Ringo)
Gary US Bonds has another record on John's jukebox and the Shirelles have two more on Ringo's
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By virtue of being featured as the Plugs Theme on good ol' @cbbworld.bsky.social a few weeks ago, the attached is probably now my most widely heard composition, despite having released albums internationally!
The Early Solo McCartney inspired "Heart Of The Plugbag" is here for you.
I had to pop out to Kensington today (blood tests, what fun), so I used the excuse to visit 38 Kensington - which it turns out is about 5 minutes from my office - the home of Percy Phillips' recording studio. I did, of course listen to the Quarrymen/Beatles recordings whilst taking the pics.
In reference to a comment on this week’s episode… how many commercially released Minidiscs did you ever buy?
Big Beatles & Sixties Sort Out Podcast
Big Beatles & Sixties Sort Out Podcast
Big Beatles & Sixties Sort Out Podcast
Big Beatles & Sixties Sort Out Podcast
Some different stats up to the end of 62:
Number ones for labels that released Beatles songs in the USA
Vee-Jay: 3
Swan: 0
Capitol: 0
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