Your Own Personal Beatles

Legendary rock photographer Tom Sheehan joins us on the pod this week to talk about his personal relationship with the Beatles, his favourite Fab fotos, rowing a boat at John and Ringo's old house, and what makes an iconic rock and roll portrait. We also take a deep dive into That Mean's A Lot, a discarded track from the Help! sessions which was released on Anthology 2. 

This week's guest sharing their Personal Beatles is the fantastically talented singer-songwriter, Lavinia Blackwall and her partner in music and life, Marco Rea. Lavinia and Marco join us from Scotland to talk about the influence of Ram and George Harrison on her brilliant new album, The Making.For our subscribers, we delve into the early Beatles catalogue for an in-depth look at There's a Place from Please Please Me in this week's Pick a Song. 

Friend of the show, the inimitable Johnny White Really-Really returns for a third edition of the Beatles cover challenge. As has become customary, Jack, Robin and Johnny pick three songs to cover, beaver away over many months, and return to discuss the results.We are back for the second batch of Series 4, with new regular episodes along with bonus bits and Pick A Song, dropping from next week. KBO!

Stand-up comedian and comedy writer, Phil Wang joins us on the podcast to discuss his relationship with The Beatles. Phil tells us of his memories growing up listening to the band in a Beatles-obsessed household in Borneo, his unusual teenage music tastes, and taking his Dad to see Macca at the O2. This week's subscriber-only feature Pick A Song sees us dive into The White Album's Sexy Sadie. Get access by subscribing on Patreon or Apple Podcasts. Links of Note:Wang in There, Baby: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81720942Patreon: https://patreon.com/personalbeatles

Playwright, Elly Tindall joins us this week for an in-depth discussion around one of her favourite films, A Hard Days Night. This is very much a spoiler-filled chat, you can watch the film on YouTube here!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MYcKnL-9E4This week's Pick A Song features a deep dive into 'I'll Be Back', John's brilliant closer to the Hard Day's Night Album, available to subscribers. You can subscribe to the extended, ad-free version of the show on Apple Podcasts or Patreon: patreon.com/personalbeatles.

This week's guests is the very, very funny writer and internet comedy sensation, Ruth Husko, who joins us for a wonderful, and quite blue, chat all about Ringo. We take a look at Pretty Little Head from Paul's 1986 album, Press to Play in this week's Pick a Song for subscribers.WARNING: Blue content ahead!Links of note:Peter Doggett blogpost:https://peterdoggettbeatles.blogspot.com/2011/01/miss-odell-and-final-beatles-meeting.htmlJoin the Patreon: http://patreon.com/personalbeatlesRandy Newman on You Can Leave Your Hat On: https://youtu.be/3RR8A-x0l_Q?si=zQB704GXPoyetYu_&t=106 Pretty Little Head music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd_Mt0938Bs