Season Three
…ran from October to December 2020.
Season One • Season Two • Season Three • Season Four • Season Five • Season Six • Season Seven • Season Eight • Interviews • Specials
Episode 1 & Bonus
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
In December 1969 John Lennon was feted as one of the men of the decade. One year later in December 1970, he released John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, his stark and confrontational solo debut. How did he get through those 12 months and how did this album Come Together? Well Well Well Hold On because Steven & Jason Found Out.
Bonus Episode - Everything Is Real: The Yoko Ono Podcast, Episode 1: Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band
In December 1970, the first of Yoko Ono began a run of remarkable albums by releasing Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band. Mostly recorded on one evening in October, it’s an album that remains out of time. Live on a cloud from Dublin & Belfast, Everything Is Real. yes
Episodes 2 & 3
Revolution - Part One
In 1968 the world was in a tumultuous state while The Beatles remained the biggest band in the world What would they have to say about it all? In the Indian foothills, John Lennon crafted a response. The only problem is how to present the song to the world.
Revolution - Part Two
Once the Beatles had recorded the song that would become known as Revolution 1, they were only getting started. While Paul’s away Revolution 9 is crafted from in-studio jamming and with the usual need for a single looming, John sets out to record the song again from scratch.
Episode 4
The Anthology at 25 - Part 3 - The Aftermath
In November 1995 The Beatles Anthology was born into the world in record stores and on tv screens. In the aftermath of its release were the Beatles back together again, or had they spilt up again, or something in between?
Episode 5
The Kevin Godley Interview
Kevin Godley left art school in 1968 and headed straight to the Beatles’ Apple Corp to pitch a musical with his partner Lol Creme. So began a career that would often overlap with the Beatles, culminating with being chosen to direct the Real Love video in 1995. In 2020 he’s as creative as ever, and is about to release his debut solo album, Muscle Memory.
Episode 6
McCartney
McCartney, the debut album from Paul McCartney came out in April 1970 on the day the headlines announced that he had quit The Beatles. At what point did this album become a solo declaration of intent? At what point did it even become an album? What does Elaine Paige have to do with anything?
Episode 7
The Films of Ringo Starr, or, Ringo Movie Starr
After the Beatles first film, A Hard Day’s Night, came out in 1964, the general consensus was that Ringo was destined to be a movie star. Between 1968 and 1981 he made a collection of movies that managed to prove that everyone was right and also wrong.
Episodes 8, 9 & 10
All Things Must Pass at 50 Part 1 : The Road to ATMP
In May 1970, George Harrison succumbed to the inevitable and started putting together his debut solo album. He started by recording demos of the songs he had been stockpiling as a Beatle. What was the path that took him from his first composition, Don’t Bother Me in 1963, to this point?
All Things Must Pass at 50 Part 2 : My Sweet Lord
At the end of 1970 the debut single from George Harrison announced a very different world from the colourful 1960s that the Beatles had soundtracked. Its popularity and influence was immense, and defined how the All Things Must Pass album was received. However, after the song left the charts, it spent the rest of the decade in the courts.
All Things Must Pass at 50 Part 3 : The Album
On 27th November 1970, George Harrison released All Things Must Pass, the final solo Beatles debut of 1970. Three records, 23 tracks and 106 minutes of music, it was a full stop on a pivotal Beatles year, and also possibly on the Beatles themselves. What stories lurk inside that 12 inch box? Steven and Jason break it down, track-by-track.
Bonus Episode
McCartney III
On the day that Paul McCartney releases McCartney III, the album that’s been “Made in Rockdown”, Steven & Jason have stayed up till 3am (*cough*) to reveal their initial impressions of the album and walk through it, track by track.
Episodes 11 & 12
The Beatles at Christmas: The 1970s - Part One
The first Christmas of the seventies had the world dealing with its first post-Beatles Season. Going through this solo decade, each Christmas provides a snapshot of how things evolved. This first part goes from 1970, when All Things Must Pass is number one, to 1973 when an album called Band on the Run appears.
The Beatles at Christmas: The 1970s - Part Two
By Christmas 1974, Band on the Run has given Paul a new impetus, but will George’s Christmas single steal his thunder? (Spoiler: No) As the decade progresses, Paul establishes himself as a Christmas perennial, but will there be an end-of-decade Fabs reunion? (Spoiler: No)
Episode 13
The Nothing Is Real Review of 2020
Steven and Jason close out 2020 with a review of all Beatle activity from the year which began with everyone expecting one thing (the Get Back movie) but ended up with everyone getting something else entirely (the McCartney III album). Plus Producer Ado is back with listener Q&As.