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Live At The Roundhouse - Part Two from 2023-12-13T00:01:37

Live at the Roundhouse - Part Two


In December 1968, Michael Lindsay-Hogg directed a TV special where the kings of British rock gathered to play their new material. 

Unfortun...

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George Harrison - Gig In Japan from 2023-11-29T00:03:29

In 1991, when so many acts from the 60s were lucratively touring, George Harrison decided to dip his toes in the water.

Why? Money. Where? Japan. Who? Clapton. What…could possibly go wrong...

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Bigger Than Jesus - Part One from 2023-10-03T23:01:51

Bigger Than Jesus - Part One


John Lennon never actually said that the Beatles were “bigger than Jesus”, but that wasn’t the point.

When you’re free-associating to a trusted journ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 7 Episode 11 - Stuart Sutcliffe Part 1 from 2023-03-15T00:01:13

Stuart Sutcliffe - Part One


Stuart Sutcliffe was the star pupil at the Liverpool College of Art, and also John Lennon’s flatmate.

By becoming a Beatle, he demonstrated that the b...

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Nothing Is Real - BONUS EPISODE - Get Back: The IMAX Report from 2022-02-02T13:01:28

Season 5 BONUS - Get Back: The IMAX Report


On the 53rd anniversary of the Beatles Rooftop performance, Peter Jackson’s Get Back rooftop sequence debuted on IMAX with a Q&A from the...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 16 - Review of 2021 from 2021-12-25T15:00:58

Review of 2021: That Was The Year That Was


As the rest of the family wrestle for control of the TV remote, pour yourself another drink and find a quiet spot to join Steven, Jason, and ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 15 - Rubber Soul, Part 3 from 2021-12-22T08:21:02

 Rubber Soul - Part Three


To get Rubber Soul finished The Beatles pull an all-nighter and raid the Abbey Road cupboard for leftover tracks. Then the album needs a name, a cov...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 14 - Rubber Soul, Part 2 from 2021-12-15T00:01

Rubber Soul - Part Two


With an album due on shop shelves in six weeks, and less than of it recorded, it makes total sense for The Beatles to take part in a TV variety special.  Listen

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 13 - Rubber Soul - Part One from 2021-12-08T00:14:33

Rubber Soul - Part One


It’s October 1965 and the Beatles have 14 sessions to record a new album - plus an extra day for the single. The album is due in the shops on December 3rd. That ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 12 - You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) from 2021-12-03T13:00

S05E12: You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) 


In 1988 when asked for his favorite Beatles song, Paul McCartney offered up You Know My Name (Look Up The Number). Released in 1970 ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 11 - LIVE - The Beatles In Ireland from 2021-12-01T00:01:02

S05E11: Nothing Is Real LIVE - The Beatles In Ireland 


Two years on from NIR’s live debut, Steven & Jason are once again in front of an audience at the 2021 Dublin Beatles Fes...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Bonus - The Night Before from 2021-11-24T00:01:01

The Beatles Get Back - The Night Before


The wait is nearly over. With only 24 hours to go before the world gets to see Peter Jackson’s The Beatles Get Back, Steven& Jason gather th...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 9 - You Can’t Catch Me: Come Together Part Two from 2021-11-17T00:01

You Can’t Catch Me: Come Together Part Two


As 1972 rolled into 1973, so did the litigation relating to the inspiration John Lennon had when writing Come Together. The knock-on effects ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 8 - You Can’t Catch Me: Come Together Part One from 2021-11-10T00:01

You Can’t Catch Me: Come Together Part One


Having been sidelined by a car accident, John Lennon reappeared at the Abbey Road sessions with a gem: Come Together. Although a gr...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 7 - Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Movie from 2021-11-03T00:01

Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Movie


This 1978 movie, a BeeGees-Frampton vehicle is a rightly derided folly. The bigger question is: Why does this even exist at all? Follow...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 6 - The Laurence Juber Interview: Part Two from 2021-10-28T23:00

The Laurence Juber Interview: Part Two


As a member of Wings, Laurence Juber is sent off on promotional duties for the mighty Back To The Egg album and the new line-up hits the road for...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 5 - The Laurence Juber Interview: Part One from 2021-10-26T23:01

05E06: The Laurence Juber Interview: Part One


Before he joined Wings in 1978, Laurence Juber was already a musician’s musician. In this first part, he recounts how he brought his forma...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 4 - The Concert for Bangladesh: Part Two from 2021-10-19T23:01

The Concert for Bangladesh: Part Two


It’s Monday, July 26th, 1971 and rehearsals start for the George Harrison& Friends gig due to happen the following Sunday. Will Eric get on a p...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 3 - The Concert for Bangladesh: Part One from 2021-10-12T23:01

05E03: The Concert for Bangladesh: Part One


In March 1971, the people of what was known as East Pakistan declared their independence as Bangladesh, triggering a liberation war and a hu...

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White Album Offcuts from 2021-10-08T07:00

Bonus Episode


White Album Offcuts


The question is not “should The White Album have been a single record” but rather “why is it not a triple?” Steven & Jason look at The ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 2 - Side Two of The White Album Part Two from 2021-10-05T23:01

S05E02: Side Two of the White Album: Part Two


Steven & Jason set off on part two of their ascent of the mountain that is the second side of The White Album, starting at the Rocky R...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 2 - Side Two of The White Album Part Two from 2021-10-05T23:01

S05E02: Side Two of the White Album: Part Two


Steven& Jason set off on part two of their ascent of the mountain that is the second side of The White Album, starting at the Rocky Ra...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 5 Episode 1 - Side Two of the White Album: Part One from 2021-09-28T23:01

S05E01: Side Two of the White Album: Part One


The White Album is a behemoth, where do you start? How about with side two: The shortest side with the most songs. And when you think abou...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 4 Episode 20 - The Great 2021 Let It Be Super Deluxe Edition Reveal from 2021-08-25T23:00

S04 Bonus9: The Great 2021 Let It Be Super Deluxe Edition Reveal


Is Get Back/Let It Be jinxed? Shifting tracklists, various producers, repeatedly delayed, we now finally have eyes...

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Nothing Is Real - Season Episode 12 - A Hard Day’s Night - The Album: Part Two from 2021-06-01T23:01

S04E12: A Hard Day’s Night - The Album: Part Two


At the start of April 1964, The Beatles are halfway through a movie and an album without a title. By the end of the month, with A Hard ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 4 Episode 11 - A Hard Day’s Night - The Album: Part One from 2021-05-25T23:01

S04E11: A Hard Day’s Night - The Album: Part One


In December 1963 The Beatles knew that they would be making a movie with a soundtrack in 1964. What they didn’t know was that it w...

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Nothing Is Real - Season Episode 10 -Paul&Linda McCartney’s RAM - Part Two from 2021-05-18T23:01

S04E10: Paul& Linda McCartney’s RAM - Part Two


On 31st December 1970, midway through recording RAM, Paul McCartney issues proceedings against John, George& Ringo to legally dis...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 4 Bonus Episode - Ram On Interview with Fernando Perdomo&Denny Seiwell from 2021-05-13T23:10:58

S04 Bonus: Ram On Interview with Fernando Perdomo& Denny Seiwell


May 2021 is the 50th anniversary of RAM and to celebrate, original RAM drummer Denny Seiwell and multi-instrumental...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 4 Episode 9 - Paul&Linda McCartney’s RAM - Part One from 2021-05-11T22:46:13

S04E09: Paul& Linda McCartney’s RAM - Part One


It’s October 1970: John& George are in the U.K. is making Plastic Ono Band& All Things Must Pass. Against the tide, Mr&a...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 4 Episode 8 - The Traveling Wilburys - Part Three from 2021-05-04T23:01

S04E08: The Traveling Wilburys - Part Three*


Handle With Care was the proof of concept, so the obvious next step was a whole album from the Traveling Wilburys. After its huge succ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 4 - Episode 7 - The Traveling Wilburys - Part One from 2021-04-27T23:01

S04E07: The Traveling Wilburys - Part One


In 1988 an album appeared from the super-est of supergroups. The legend is that the group happened by accident. The truth is that its resident...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 4 Episode 6 - Harry Nilsson&The Beatles from 2021-04-20T23:00

S04E06: Harry Nilsson& The Beatles 


Harry Nilsson was unique. An American singer and songwriter whose talent and love of the Beatles brought him directly into their universe. ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 4 Episode 5 - The Ballad of The Ballad of John&Yoko - Part Two from 2021-04-13T23:01:24

S04E05: The Ballad of The Ballad of John& Yoko, Part Two


John& Yoko caught the early plane back to London at the end of their honeymoon, but they were still explaining themselv...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 4 Episode 4 - The Ballad of The Ballad of John&Yoko, Part One from 2021-04-06T23:01

S04E04: The Ballad of The Ballad of John& Yoko, Part One


In March 1969 John& Yoko were standing at the dock in Southampton about to set off on a life-changing odyssey. Whe...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 4 - Episode 3 - From Me To You from 2021-03-30T23:01

In February 1963 The Beatles were ascendant: their second single enters the top ten, they have an album ready to come out, and they are touring in a bus with Helen Shapiro& Kenny Lynch. ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 4 Episode 2 - The Ed Sullivan Shows - Part Two from 2021-03-24T00:01

S04E02: The Ed Sullivan Shows - Part Two


The Beatles landed in New York on 7th February, with 3,000 fans at the airport and a single at number one in the US charts. They were abou...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 4 Episode 1 - The Ed Sullivan Shows - Part One from 2021-03-17T00:01

S04E01: The Ed Sullivan Shows - Part One


On February 9th 1964, The Beatles took to the stage of CBS Studio 50 as the headliners of that week’s Ed Sullivan Show. The legend of that...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 3 Episode 13 - Review of 2020 from 2020-12-25T15:00

S03E13: The Nothing Is Real Review of 2020


Steven and Jason closeout 2020 with a review of all Beatle activity from the year which began with everyone expecting one thing (the Get Back...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 3 Episode 12 - The Beatles at Christmas: The 1970's - Part 2 from 2020-12-23T01:01

S03E12: 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:...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 3 Bonus Episode - McCartney III from 2020-12-18T03:33

S03 Bonus Episode: McCartney III


Today is the day that Paul McCartney releases McCartney III the album that’s been “Made in Rockdown”. Steven& Jason have stayed up late to rev...

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Nothing is Real - Season 3 Episode 11 - The Beatles at Christmas: The 1970s - Part One from 2020-12-16T00:01

S03E11: The Beatles at Christmas: The 1970s - Part One


The first Christmas of the seventies had the world dealing with its first post-Beatles festive season. Going through this solo de...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 3 Episode 10 - All Things Must Pass at 50 Part 3: The Album from 2020-12-09T00:01

S03E10: All Things Must Pass at 50 Part 3 : The Album


On 27th November 1970, George Harrison released All Things Must Pass: Three records, 23 tracks and 106 minutes of music, it was a ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 3 Episode 9 - All Things Must Pass at 50 Part 2 : My Sweet Lord from 2020-12-02T00:01

S03E09: 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 Be...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 3 Episode 8 - All Things Must Pass at 50 Part 1 : The Road to ATMP from 2020-11-25T00:01

S03E08: 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...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 3 Episode 7 - The Films of Ringo Starr, or, Ringo Movie Starr from 2020-11-18T00:01

S03E07: 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 for the si...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 3 Episode 6 - McCartney from 2020-11-11T00:01

McCartney, the debut album from Paul McCartney, came out in April 1970 just as the headlines announced that he had quit The Beatles. At what point did this album become a solo declaration o...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 3 Episode 5 - The Kevin Godley Interview from 2020-11-04T00:01

S03E05: 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 ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 3 Episode 4 - Anthology Part 3 from 2020-10-28T00:00

S03E04: 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 ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 3 Episode 3 - Revolution, Part 2 from 2020-10-20T23:01

S03E03: Revolution - Part Two


Once the Beatles had recorded the song that would become known as Revolution 1, they were only getting started. Revolution 9 is crafted from in-studio jam...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 3 Episode 2 - Revolution, Part One from 2020-10-13T23:01:27

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...

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Everything Is Real - Bonus Episode: Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band from 2020-10-07T17:00

S03 Bonus Episode: Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band


In December 1970, Yoko Ono began a run of remarkable albums by releasing Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band. Mostly recorded on one evening in O...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 3 Episode 1 - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band from 2020-10-06T23:01

S03E01: 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...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 2 Episode 12 - Beatles For Sale from 2020-08-25T23:01

S02E12: Beatles For Sale


The Beatles fourth album from December 1964 didn’t even get a proper release in the USA, and for the longest time has been treated as the runt of the litter.&n...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 2 Episode 11 - The Beatles Anthology at 25 - The Making Of, 1992-1995 from 2020-08-18T23:01

S02E11: The Beatles Anthology at 25 - The Making Of, 1992-1995


After 25 year long& winding road of The Long& Winding Road documentary, The Beatles Anthology starts to beco...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 2 Episode 10 - 1974 Part 2 from 2020-08-11T23:01

S02E10: 1974 - Part Two


The second half of 1974 and it’s all go for the Fab Four: George starts a label, Ringo starts a label, John sees a UFO, and Paul’s drummer breaks his foot pract...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 2 Episode 9 - 1974 Part 1 from 2020-08-04T23:01

S02E09: 1974 - Part One


At the end of 1973, the stage was set for a year of Beatle activity. The Ringo album had shown a way for the Fab Four to work together, and a little record call...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 2 Episode 8 - Fifth Beatles from 2020-07-28T23:01

S02E08: Fifth Beatles


There have been many claims to the title of Fifth Beatle since the phrase first appeared in 1964. Is it possible to define what it means and who is the most dese...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 2 - Episode 7 - Sgt Pepper Part 2 from 2020-07-21T23:01

S02E07: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - Part Two


Once the Beatles had Sgt Pepper recorded, the album still had to be delivered to the outside world. The album appeared all over ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 2 Episode 6 - Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Part 1 from 2020-07-14T23:01

S02E06: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - Part One


When the Beatles put out their eighth album in May 1967, the consensus was that nobody needed to release any more records ever -...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 2 Episode 5 - Ringo: The Album from 2020-07-07T23:01

S02E05: Ringo: The Album


In 1973, Ringo gave the people what they wanted: an album that featured the Fab Four, just not all necessarily playing on the same song at the same time. Ring...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 2 Episode 4 - The Robyn Hitchcock Interview from 2020-06-30T23:01

S02E04: The Robyn Hitchcock Interview


Robyn Hitchcock is an acclaimed English singer-songwriter whose work demonstrates a singular talent which is infused with influences, including ou...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 2 Episode 3 - Paperback Writers 2: More Beatle Books from 2020-06-23T23:01

S02E03: Paperback Writers 2: More Beatle Books


It’s been a year since we looked at books about the Beatles, and still there’s a lot more to talk about. What’s new; what’s coming soon; ...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 2 Episode 2 - Early 1968 from 2020-06-17T06:00

Only seven weeks separated the television premiere of Magical Mystery Tour on Boxing Day 1967 and the Beatles decamping to India in February 1968. In those weeks we got to see the group work one...

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Nothing Is Real - Season 2 Episode 1 - The Road to Anthology from 2020-06-10T06:00:50

By the time The Beatles Anthology finally appeared in 1995, it had taken over 25 years to produce. To celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2020, Nothing Is Real will have a few episodes scattered t...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 22 - The Nothing Is Real Review of 2019 from 2019-12-25T00:21:19

Episode 22 - The Nothing Is Real Review of 2019

The last Nothing Is Real for 2019 gives yours hosts Steven&Jason a chance to look back on all the Beatle activity from the previous 12 month...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 21- The Beatles at Christmas, Part Two from 2019-12-17T22:38:01

Episode 21 - The Beatles at Christmas: Part Two

In the second and final part, Steven and Jason look at the fortunes of the Fab Four at Christmas from 1965 to 1969: Reaching new highs befor...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 20 - The Beatles at Christmas Part 1 from 2019-12-11T05:01

Episode 20 - The Beatles at Christmas: Part One

Christmas is often a time for looking back. Steven and Jason examine the fortunes of the Fab Four at every Christmas in the sixties starting...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 19 - The Double A-Sides from 2019-12-03T23:20:31

Episode 19 - The Double A-Sides

The Beatles invented a lot of things, including the Double A-Side single. Out of the original canon of Beatles singles, four of them were Double A-Sides. Ea...

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Nothing is Real LIVE - Episode 18 Paul v George from 2019-11-19T17:21:01

“Nothing Is Real is filmed before a live studio audience”

As part of the 2019 Dublin Beatles Festival, Steven&Jason tackle *the* burning question: Paul vs. George. Over six rounds, with a ...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 17 - 1980 Part Two from 2019-11-05T21:24:52

1980 was the year that everything changed. In the second of two parts, Steven and Jason look at how the rest of 1980 unfolded. In May, John Lennon is listening to the radio, semi-retired and wit...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 16 - 1980 Part One from 2019-10-29T23:15:13

There were many revolutionary years in the Beatles’ history, but no one year changed everything as much as 1980. In the first of two parts, Steven and Jason look at the state of affairs of the B...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 15 - Mark Lewisohn Part 2 from 2019-10-16T08:54:58

Episode 15 - The Mark Lewisohn Interview, Part Two.

Mark Lewisohn is the world’s leading Beatles historian and writer. As every Beatles fan knows, he is also in the middle of the “30 year ...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 14 - The Mark Lewisohn Interview, Part 1 from 2019-10-08T11:19:55

Mark Lewisohn is the world’s leading Beatles historian and writer. He is currently touring Hornsey Road, an in-depth 2-hour presentation about the Abbey Road album. As every Beatles fan knows, h...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 13 - Please Please Me from 2019-09-24T21:51:02

Episode 13 - Please Please Me: The Album

The Beatles debut album, Please Please Me, came out in March 1963. Producer George Martin wanted to build on two successful singles, and he needed ...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 12 - Other People's Songs About The Beatles from 2019-09-10T22:24:29

Episode 12 - Other People’s Songs About The Beatles In 1963

The Beatles very quickly became a cultural phenomenon, and if you’re part of the culture you will be referenced in print, on the...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 11 - Beatle Compilations from 2019-08-27T20:49:22

In December 1966, faced with the prospect of no new Beatles record for Christmas, EMI put out A Collection Of Beatles Oldies, the first Beatles compilation. For many Beatles fans, a compilation ...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 10 - Abbey Roadtrip from 2019-08-13T23:27:11

Episode 10 - Abbey Roadtrip

This episode was recorded inside the legendary Abbey Road Studio, and also outside the studio, in the area known as London.

For 10 days, Abbey Road have o...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 9 - I Want To Hold Your Hand from 2019-08-06T21:29:34

The Beatles were busy in 1963, and their speciality was not putting a foot wrong. Every stride was greater than the one before, and as the months rolled by they evolv...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 8 - 1971-73 , Part II Red Rose Speedway from 2019-07-31T00:01:10

1972 was the first year in his career that Paul McCartney didn’t put out an album. That doesn’t mean he wasn’t busy: Wings became a live band with tours in the U.K. and Europe; they re...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 7 - Wings 1971-73 Part I from 2019-07-23T20:50:49

In 1971, Paul McCartney decided his third post-Beatles album would be as a band, and the band was called Wings. He was 29. Through Wings he would live the fantasy he had suggested to T...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 6 - Songs The Beatles Wrote About Each Other Part II from 2019-07-09T22:10:30

In the second and final part, Steven and Jason look at more songs The Beatles wrote about each other. Starting at the end of 1971, Paul McCartney’s Dear Friend was the first musical pe...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 5 - Songs The Beatles Wrote About Each Other Part I from 2019-06-25T18:58:52

As the years went by, and there seemed like there were no worlds left to conquer, The Beatles started to create songs about the subject they knew best: Themselves. Over the years these songs we...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 4 - The Paperback Writers from 2019-06-18T21:23:28

Books about the Beatles are a genre onto themselves. In this bonus episode, Nothing Is Real hosts Steven Cockcroft and Jason Carty are here to offer an introductory overview, and maybe help you ...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 3 - 1970 from 2019-06-11T23:12:04

On the first weekend of 1970, Paul, George and Ringo went to Abbey Road Studio Two and, with George Martin behind the production desk, cut a new Beatles song: I Me Mine.  The last one.  Then they f...

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Nothing Is Real - Episode 2 - Magical Mystery Tour from 2019-05-28T23:05:37

At the end of 1967, the Magical Mystery Tour came to town, presented by The Beatles as a TV special and novel double EP.  In the USA, the six-song EP was turned into an 11-track album.  Nowadays...

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Nothing is Real - Episode 1 - Help from 2019-05-14T23:07:06

Episode 1 - Help Me If You Can Why is the Beatles Help! album, the home of Yesterday and Ticket to Ride, never spoken about with the same hushed tones as Rubber Soul or Abbey Road? Hosts Jason C...

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Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast from 2019-05-05T17:51:41

50 years on, the world is still in love with The Beatles. Join Nothing Is Real hosts Jason Carty&Steven Cockroft as they continue the never-ending conversation about the greatest band...

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