Podcasts by Beatles City
Welcome to Beatles City, the podcast that brings you the story of the band that shook the world from the place where it all began. Join us on a journey along the sandstone-lined streets of John Lennon’s childhood Woolton, into the Kensington living room-turned-recording studio where the Quarrymen cut their first record and down the steep steps into the Cavern’s cellar nightclub. This podcast is brought to you by the Liverpool Echo. Hosts Ellen Kirwin and Laura Davis.
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Ringo Starr from 2021-03-22T05:00:20
In this special bonus episode taken from his press conference, Ringo Starr shares the experience of making his new EP Zoom In during lockdown, reminisces about his Hamburg days and says playing wit...
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Happy birthday John from 2020-10-09T04:00:16
Today, we mark what should have been John Lennon's 80th birthday with a celebration of his life in the words of the people who knew him.They include his sister Julia Baird, 'Fifth Beatle' Pete Best...
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Beatles myths and conspiracy theories from 2020-10-05T04:00:17
This week we hear from Cavern Club tour guide Dale Roberts, whose job it is to dispel some of the wacky stories surrounding the band.He tells us the truth behind some of the myths and that famous c...
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The Beatles' musical influences with Peter Hooton from 2020-09-28T04:00:14
Peter Hooton, of the Liverpool band The Farm and chair of the city’s Beatles Legacy Group, is this week's guest.He is determined to give credit to the musicians who inspired the group, including Bl...
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Mal Evans' missing archive from 2020-09-21T04:00:18
Mal Evans was a part time bouncer at the Cavern Club when Beatles manager Brian Epstein asked him to become the band’s roadie.He travelled with them on tour and even appeared in some of their films...
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Fab 4 Taxi Tours from 2020-09-14T04:00:15
This week we’re taking a tour of some of The Beatles’ haunts in Liverpool city centre - as well as places that are key to the story of the band.Our guide is Phil Gerrard, one of the drivers for Fab...
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The Argentine John Lennon from 2020-09-07T04:00:03
Javier Parisi, known as the Argentine John Lennon, is so like him that even John’s and family friends find it uncanny.Presenters: Ellen Kirwin&Laura Davis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
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Brian Epstein's stolen briefcase from 2020-08-31T04:00:10
We get a sneak preview of some of the fascinating new items of memorabilia about to go on display at the Beatles Story attraction in Liverpool. They include Brian Epstein's stolen briefcase and T-s...
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Stuart Sutcliffe from 2020-08-24T04:00:04
Stuart Sutcliffe met John Lennon at art school and was talked into joining his band and going on the road to Hamburg.But his passion for art quickly overtook his interest in music and he decided to...
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Craig Brown - One Two Three Four from 2020-08-17T04:00:08
Our guest this week is satirist and writer Craig Brown, perhaps best known for his weekly Private Eye column and biography of Princess Margaret. He tells us about his new book One Two Three Four: T...
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Linda McCartney's photos from 2020-08-10T04:00:09
Linda McCartney discovered photography almost by accident, accompanying a friend to a class in Arizona that would inspire a lifelong passion.She met her husband, who we all know is the Beatle Paul ...
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Pete Price from 2020-01-20T00:05
Liverpool radio presenter and comedian Pete Price can fondly remember the rise of The Beatles in the city and was even responsible for a protest outside the Cavern when Pete Best was sacked from th...
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Helen Anderson from 2020-01-13T00:01
Helen Anderson studied at Liverpool College of Art at the same time as John Lennon and his future wife Cynthia Powell - and counted them both as friends for the rest of their lives.She was lucky en...
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St Peter's Church Fete from 2020-01-06T00:05
July 6, 1967 is etched in musical history as the day John Lennon was introduced to Paul McCartney by their mutual friend Ivan Vaughan.The moment of their meeting would have gone unremembered had it...
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Stories behind Liverpool's Beatles statues from 2019-12-30T00:01
From Eleanor Rigby to Hamburg-era John Lennon, there are many statues here in Liverpool that are inspired by The Beatles and their songs - including quite a few that even most Scousers may not know...
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Anton Mullan from 2019-12-23T00:01
Our guest this week has forgotten more encounters with fame than most people have ever had.Anton Mullan was a rising star of Liverpool’s music scene in the 1960s with his band The Trilogy - and eve...
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Giles Martin at Abbey Road from 2019-12-16T05:00
We’re journeying out of Liverpool for this week’s episode - to Abbey Road Studios - to speak to the son of legendary Beatles producer George Martin.As well as being a hugely successful music produc...
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Is Liverpool making the most of The Beatles? from 2019-12-09T05:00
Liverpool is famous all around the world as the birthplace of The Beatles - but it’s something the city hasn’t always taken advantage of.While there are plenty of places where fans can indulge thei...
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The Liver Birds from 2019-12-02T00:01
When John Lennon met this week’s guests backstage at The Cavern he had a message for them: “Girls don’t play guitars.”But that only made The Liver Birds even more determined to become the world’s f...
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Julia Baird from 2019-11-25T00:01
Julia Baird is one of John Lennon’s younger sisters. She was there when he learned to play music with their mother, and she had to try to cope with his death in private as the whole world mourned.S...
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Series 3 trailer from 2019-11-18T00:01
Beatles City returns from Liverpool for a third series - here are some of the highlights you can look forward to. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more ab...
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Bonus - Abbey Road 50th anniversary with Kenneth Womack from 2019-09-23T02:00
This week marks the 50th anniversary of Abbey Road being released andwe’re marking the occasion with a special bonus episode of BeatlesCity podcast.Our guest is Beatles expert Kenneth Womack, whose...
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Gavin Pring - Emmy-winning George Harrison tribute act from 2019-09-01T23:01
Our final guest of this season is the Emmy Award-winning George Harrison tribute artist Gavin Pring.The Liverpool-born musician now lives in America, where he has a huge list of Beatles-related acc...
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Strawberry Field from 2019-08-25T23:01
When John Lennon wrote Strawberry Fields Forever it was inspired by a real place - a Salvation Army children’s home with a wooded garden where he used to play.In the decades since it was released a...
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Geoff Rhind and Vladislav Ginzburg - Beatles photographers from 2019-08-18T23:00
There are certain Beatles photographs that stick in the mind - from the chance snap of The Quarrymen playing together on the day John Lennon met Paul McCartney to Astrid Kirchherr’s carefully posed...
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Pete Wylie and Anton Eager - ‘The Beatles Effect’ from 2019-08-11T23:00
This week we’re looking at ‘The Beatles effect’ on young musicians growing up in Liverpool.What’s it like to know that no matter how successful you become, you will never be the biggest band from y...
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1960s Cavern DJ Billy Butler relives his time with the Beatles from 2019-07-28T23:00
Liverpool legend Billy Butler is known across Merseyside for his famous BBC radio show Hold Your Plums but was also known for his time being a DJ in the Cavern during the 1960s.In this episode Laur...
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Step inside Paul McCartney's and John Lennon's childhood homes from 2019-07-22T02:00:28
Colin and Sylvia Hall probably know the childhood homes of Paul McCartney and John Lennon better than than their own.In fact they even spent several years living inside Mendips, the house on Menlov...
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Mark Lewisohn - one of the world's leading authorities on The Beatles from 2019-07-15T08:26:47
This week's guest is responsible for piecing together one of the most detailed books in Beatles' history.Dubbed the world's foremost authority on The Beatles, Mark Lewisohn spent 10 years writing a...
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Behind the Scenes at a Beatles Auction from 2019-07-07T23:01:46
We eavesdropped as New York-based memorabilia experts Julian’s Auctions spent a day at the Beatles Story here in Liverpool, evaluating the scraps of paper, old photographs and other intriguing find...
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Chas Newby - The man who was a Beatle for two weeks from 2019-07-01T01:00:01
The Fab Four may be one of the many nicknames that fans call The Beatles, but in reality the band had a number of different members before the final, famous line-up.Chas Newby was a Beatle for two ...
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We're back! Danny Boyle, Richard Curtis and Himesh Patel on new Beatles film Yesterday from 2019-06-25T02:00:56
We're back! This is the first episode in our brand new series of Beatles City and this week we start with a special episode.Can you imagine a world where The Beatles never existed? Or, even more bi...
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Sir Paul McCartney from 2019-01-13T03:00
Imagine stepping inside your childhood home 50 years after you had last left it - and finding it almost completely unchanged.This was the surreal experience Paul McCartney had when he took part in ...
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David Bedford from 2019-01-07T03:00
This week’s guest is author, David Bedford. Since being diagnosed with a chronic illness, David talks about how his doctor prescribed him the Beatles. David’s research and writing has led to severa...
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Inside the mind of Beatles promoter Sid Bernstein from 2018-12-31T03:00
This week we meet the woman who was closest to the man who launched the Beatles’ global fame in the USA.Merle Frimark was a close friend and colleague of Sid Bernstein, who booked Fab Four for thei...
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Reliving the moment the Quarrymen cut their first record from 2018-12-24T03:00
This week's episode follows on from our trip to Woolton with the Quarrymen and we look back to July 12, 1958, the day John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lowe cut their first reco...
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Quarrymen take us to the place John and Paul first met from 2018-12-17T03:00
Original Quarrymen member Rod Davis takes us to the place where Paul McCartney and John Lennon first met - St Peter's Church in Woolton.He's joined with his brother Bernie Davis and the pair exclus...
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Kenneth Womack from 2018-12-10T03:00
Beatles Myths. There are so many it's incredibly hard to tell truth from Fiction. This is where Kenneth Womack comes in. He is a world-renowned authority on the Beatles and their enduring cultural ...
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Pete Best (Part two) from 2018-12-03T03:00
It was one of the most shocking moments in Merseybeat history and a memory that will live with Pete Best for the rest of his life.This is the second part of our intimate interview with former Beatl...
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Freda Kelly from 2018-11-26T03:00
She was known by The Beatles as a honorary family member but for millions of fans she was the person who offered a connection to the band.Freda Kelly was secretary to Brian Epstein and The Beatles ...
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Inside the Cavern Club from 2018-11-26T03:00
Join us in our first episode of Beatles City as we step inside the 'most famous club in the world' - here in the heart of Liverpool.Cavern director Jon Keats takes us on a tour of the music venue t...
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Pete Best (part one) from 2018-11-26T03:00
It may be more than half his lifetime ago, but when Pete Best recalls the moment he was sacked by The Beatles his voice still cracks.This is the first part of a deeply personal interview with the f...
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Beatles City Trailer - Series One from 2018-11-15T11:54:11
Beatles City, a new podcast that takes you on a journey through the band's early years as told by the people who were there.Listen to your hosts Laura and Ellen as they give a flavour of what you c...
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