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  • Episode 10: She’s Leaving Home - Origins of a Masterpiece - Part 2

    Episode 10: She’s Leaving Home - Origins of a Masterpiece - Part 2
    Apr 10 2022
    Episode 10 She's Leaving Home–Origins of a Masterpiece part 2 In Part 2 of our podcast we explore what inspired Paul McCartney to write the song, “She’s Leaving Home.” We learn how John Lennon’s childhood experiences formed an important contribution to the lyrics to this song. We'll share more insights into the grand songwriting competition between Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson, of The Beach Boys, and reveal the inspiring, fateful, and tearful conclusion. Songs: She’s Leaving Home, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, and Winter You Keep Me Hangin’ On, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Because, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Mike Sugar Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Look Away (theme song for the television series, a Series of Unfortunate Events), Nick Urata and Daniel Handler; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky), Bill Conti, Carol Connors, and Ayn Robbins; performed by Mike Sugar That Day is Done, Paul McCartney and Declan MacManus; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain) California Dreamin, John Phillips, Michelle Phillips; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar God Only Knows, Brian Wilson and Tony Asher; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain) Original music score composed, performed, and produced by Mike Sugar Sources: Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company, 2016 Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York, 2006 With a Little Help from my Friends, the making of Sgt. Pepper, George Martin, with William Pearson; Little Brown and Company, 1994 I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir, Brian Wilson and Ben Greenman; Da Capo Press, 2016 All You Need Is Ears, George Martin with Jeremy Hornsby; St. Martin’s Press, 1979 The Beatles Anthology; Chronicle Books, 2000 The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press, 2003 Many Years From Now, Barry Miles; Vintage Books, Harvill Secker, 1997 Meet the Runaway Who Inspired ‘She’s Leaving Home, Jordan Runtagh; Rolling Stone, May 23, 2017 A Hard Day’s Write; The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song, Steve Turner; !T Books, 1994 Twilight of the Gods, the Music of the Beatles, Wilfrid Mellers; Schirmer/ Macmillan, 1973 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • Episode 9: She’s Leaving Home – Origins Of A Masterpiece Part 1

    Episode 9: She’s Leaving Home – Origins Of A Masterpiece Part 1
    Feb 25 2022
    Episode 9 She’s Leaving Home - Origins Of A Masterpiece Part 1 We explore the origins of Paul McCartney’s song She’s Leaving Home and John Lennon’s contributions. Our investigation uncovers the connections to Brian Wilson’s song, God Only Knows. More than this, we explore the hurling of great, songwriting thunderbolts across the Atlantic Ocean in a grand competition between Paul and Brian Wilson. Songs: She’s Leaving Home, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, and Winter Look Away (theme song for the television series, a Series of Unfortunate Events), Nick Urata and Daniel Handler; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar You Keep Me Hangin’ On, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar You Won’t See Me, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar (S)he Drives Me Crazy, Roland Gift, David Steele; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Beatlus Rubbere Soulus Gregorian chant, Mike Sugar; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Also Sprach Zarathustra, Richard Strauss; performed by Mike Sugar God Only Knows, Brian Wilson and Tony Asher; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Here, There, and Everywhere, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Frère Jacques, Unknown, traditional; unknown performer. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain) Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain) Sources: Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016 Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York; 2006 With a Little Help from my Friends, the making of Sgt. Pepper, George Martin, with William Pearson; Little Brown and Company; 1994 I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir, Brian Wilson and Ben Greenman; Da Capo Press; 2016 All You Need Is Ears, George Martin with Jeremy Hornsby; St. Martin’s Press; 1979 The Beatles Anthology, Chronicle Books; 2000 The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003 Many Years From Now, Barry Miles; Vintage Books, Harvill Secker; 1997 Meet the Runaway Who Inspired ‘She’s Leaving Home, Jordan Runtagh; Rolling Stone; May 23, 2017 A Hard Day’s Write; The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song, Steve Turner; !T Books; 1994 Twilight of the Gods, the Music of the Beatles, Wilfrid Mellers; Schirmer/Macmillan; 1973 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • Episode 8: Band on the Run – The Origin of a Hit Song - Part 2

    Episode 8: Band on the Run – The Origin of a Hit Song - Part 2
    Nov 16 2021
    Episode 8 Band on the Run – the origin of a hit song Part 2 Join us in Part 2 of our story where we investigate the challenges that Paul faced in recording his hit song Band on the Run; his life-threatening encounter, abandonment, culture shock, and using the new instruments of the 60s and 70s. We also investigate how Band on the Run is somehow connected to the song Desperado by the Eagles! So settle in for Part 2 of our narrative. You will be intrigued by a series of revelations that you will find entertaining and informative! Band on the Run, Paul and Linda McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Drama-pizza, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar Dramockumystery Tour, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar Suspenseful Stridi, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar Hotel (Theme), Henry Mancini; performed by Mike Sugar Am Be Into Background, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar Abandon The Run (interstitial rabbit hole), based on Paul and Linda McCartney's Band On the Run, rearranged and performed by Mike Sugar Goodbye, Paul McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain) Two Part Invention in D Minor, J.S. Bach; performed by Mike Sugar I Want You (She’s So Heavy), Lennon and McCartney; performed by Mike Sugar Thus Mooged MaccaThustra, Richard Strauss, Paul McCartney, Phil Medley and Bert Berns; [Twist and Shout, Band on the Run, and Also Sprach Zarathustra] mashed up and performed by Mike Sugar Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Kalider Story, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar Baroque Inn, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar Superstition, Stevie Wonder; performed by Mike Sugar She Drives Me Crazy, Roland Gift, David Steele; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Popcorn, Gershon Kingsley; performed by Mike Sugar Frankenstein; Edgar Winter: performed by Mike Sugar My Love, Paul and Linda McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Whats' My Line, Charles Fox; performed by Mike Sugar The Good the Bad and the Ugly Theme; Ennio Morricone, performed by Mike Sugar Desperado, Glenn Frey and Don Henley; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, and Mark Abbott of Stroll Down Penny Lane The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain of Stroll Down Penny Lane Sources: Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016 Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York; 2006 McCartney, Christopher Sandford; Carroll and Graf Publishers; 2006 Band on the Run, a History of Paul McCartney and Wings, Garry McGee; Taylor Trade Publishing; 2003 Fab, an intimate life of Paul McCartney; Howard Sounes; Da Capo Press; 2010 Recording the Beatles; Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew; Curvebender; 2006. Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003 The Beatles Anthology; Chronicle Books; San Francisco; 2000 Funeral takes place of former Wings guitarist Henry McCullough, David Roy; The Irish News; June 19, 2016 Paul McCartney pays tribute to 'super-talented' Wings guitarist Henry McCullough, Nick Levine; nme.com; June 15, 2016 Paul McCartney and Wings, Band on the Run; Paul McCartney Archive Collection; Deluxe Edition The Beatles play with the Moog Synthesizer, 1969; Elena the Beatles photos Band on the Run: Moog or ARP? / Fab Forum; www.beatlesbible.com Moog synthesizer; Wikipedia Minimoog; Wikipedia Fab Four FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the Beatles – and More!, Stuart Shea and Robert Rodriguez; Hal Leonard; 2007 McCartney, songwriter, Howard Elson; W.H. Allen; 1986 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 mins
  • Episode 7: Band on the Run – The Origin of a Hit Song - Part 1

    Episode 7: Band on the Run – The Origin of a Hit Song - Part 1
    Nov 16 2021
    Episode 7 Band on the Run – the origin of a hit song Part 1 Discover how a throw-away line by George Harrison provided the inspiration for the Beatles’ song, You Never Give Me Your Money – AND how three years later, this also formed the basis for Paul’s massive hit, Band on the Run. As we connect these dots, we join a 3,110-mile, transcontinental travel adventure with Paul – and we learn how he flew without his Wings. So settle in for a series of revelations that you will find entertaining and informative, for in this Episode we will connect all these dots, and more! Songs Band on the Run, Paul and Linda McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, and Mike Sugar Get Back, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott and Matt Twain) You Never Give Me Your Money, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott and Matt Twain) I've Got a Secret, performed by Mike Sugar Brain Wave Bowl and Bass, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar My Love, Paul and Linda McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Also Sprach Zarathustra, Richard Strauss; performed by Mike Sugar I've Got A [Certain] Feeling - Paul McCartney and John Lennon; performed by Mike Sugar Dra-mocku-mystery Tour I, II, and III, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar Beltin' Suspense I and II, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain) Sources: Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016 Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York; 2006 McCartney, Christopher Sandford; Carroll and Graf Publishers; 2006 Band on the Run, a History of Paul McCartney and Wings, Garry McGee; Taylor Trade Publishing; 2003 Fab, an intimate life of Paul McCartney; Howard Sounes; Da Capo Press; 2010 Recording the Beatles; Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew; Curvebender; 2006. Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003 The Beatles Anthology; Chronicle Books; San Francisco; 2000 Funeral takes place of former Wings guitarist Henry McCullough, David Roy; The Irish News; June 19, 2016 Paul McCartney pays tribute to 'super-talented' Wings guitarist Henry McCullough, Nick Levine; nme.com; June 15, 2016 Paul McCartney and Wings, Band on the Run; Paul McCartney Archive Collection; Deluxe Edition The Beatles play with the Moog Synthesizer, 1969; Elena the Beatles photos Band on the Run: Moog or ARP? on Fab Forum; www.beatlesbible.com Moog synthesizer; Wikipedia Minimoog; Wikipedia Fab Four FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the Beatles – and More!, Stuart Shea and Robert Rodriguez; Hal Leonard; 2007 McCartney, songwriter, Howard Elson; W.H. Allen; 1986 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Episode 6: Till There Was You

    Episode 6: Till There Was You
    Jul 9 2021
    Episode 6 Till There Was You – and Many More Join us in episode 6 to understand out how THIS song, Till There Was You is somehow connected to the song We Will Rock You, by the rock band, Queen! Discover how we, indeed, establish a bona-fide connection between these two songs – AND, how we connect Till There Was You to many other Beatles classics! So settle in for a series of revelations that you will find entertaining and informative! Songs Till There Was You, Meredith Willson, performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott) On Broadway, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller; performed by Mike Sugar Right Place, Wrong Time, Mac Rebennack; performed by Mike Sugar and Joe Anastasi Story Time Music; composed and performed by Mike Sugar Docu-inspiration theme; composed and performed by Mike Sugar P.S. I Love You, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott) It Won’t Be Long, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar I Saw Her Standing There, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott) Hello Goodbye, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Oh! Darling, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott) Let It Be, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Mike Sugar If I Fell, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott) You Won’t See Me, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, and Winter From Me to You, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Twist and Shout, Bert Berns and Phil Medley; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller / Richard Penniman; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott) Long, Tall Sally, Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Richard Penniman; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Thus Spake Zarathustra, Richard Wagner; performed by Mike Sugar Ferry Cross the Mersey, Gerry Marsden; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar; You’ll Never Walk Alone, Rogers and Hammerstein; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Abandon the Run Interstitial - based on Paul McCartney's Band On The Run, created and performed by Mike Sugar We Will Rock You, Brian May, performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Nothing Rhymed, “Gilbert” O’Sullivan; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain) Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney; guitar intro performed by Winter And the great Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson! Sources: The Music Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Music_Man What Songs the Beatles Sang, William Mann; The Times; December 27, 1963. Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003 Recording the Beatles; Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew; Curvebender; 2006. Anfield’s 50 years of never walking alone, Simon Hart; The Independent; October 25, 2013. Gilbert O'Sullivan – Interview; The Danny Baker Show; February, 2016 Mike Pachelli – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdYoK2klGqM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Episode 5: Yesterday

    Episode 5: Yesterday
    Apr 12 2021
    Episode 5 Yesterday – and the song that got away Songs Yesterday, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar. What’s My Line Opening Theme Song - 1968, performed by Mike Sugar Rabbit Hole Interstitial Music – Live and Let Die Melody, Paul McCartney; arranged and performed by Mike Sugar Twilight Zone Opening Theme, Marius Constant; 1962; performed by Mike Sugar Fandanguillo, Federico Moreno Torroba; performed by Mike Sugar Chances Are, Robert Allen and Al Stillman; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Rabbit Hole Interstitial Music – Eleanor Rigby Melody, Lennon and McCartney; arranged and performed by Mike Sugar The Girl from Ipanema, Antônio Carlos Jobim; Portuguese lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes; English lyrics by Norman Gimbel. Help! Lennon and McCartney; performed by performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar Fields of Gold, Gordon Sumner and Dusan Bogdanovic; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain) Sources Playboy interview; Paul McCartney; 1984 Recording the Beatles; Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew; Curvebender; 2006. Beatlesongs; William J. Dowling; Simon & Shuster, New York, 1989. Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York; 2006 Paul McCartney, Many Years from Now; Barry Miles; Secker &Warburg; 1997 McCartney, Christopher Sandford; Carroll and Graf Publishers; 2006 Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016 Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003 The Beatles; Hunter Davis; McGraw-Hill; 1968 The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions; Mark Lewisohn; Hamlyn (a division of the Octopus Publishing Group); 1988 All You Need Is Ears, George Martin, with Jeremy Hornsby; St. Martin's Griffin; 1979 This is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession; Daniel J. Levitin; Plume; 2007 “MOJO COLLECTIONS;” interview of Paul McCartney evacassidy.org The Beatles Anthology; Chronicle Books, 2000 Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Rosetta Stone; The British Museum McCartney: Yesterday and Today, Ray Coleman; Boxtree, 1996. The Beatles as Musicians. The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul, Walter Everett; Oxford University Press; 2001. A Hard Day's Write - The Stories Behind Every Beatles' Song, Steve Turner; Carbon, 1994. In Search of the Sources of ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ and ‘Yesterday,’ Ian Hammond; Journal on Media Culture; Old Sweet Songs; http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/VOLUME05/Oldsweetsongs.shtml Paul McCartney in Casual Conversation with Jarvis Cocker at LIPA; August 15, 2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • Episode 4: Michelle

    Episode 4: Michelle
    Feb 1 2021
    Episode 4 Michelle – where voodoo meets the devil! In this chapter in our podcast series we explore the creation story for this song, Michelle. We also uncover how Paul McCartney’s bass playing was transformed by his experience in the recording of Michelle. Finally, in this episode we will explore an unusual subject – the voodoo and the devil in this song, Michelle. So settle in for a story that will knock your socks off! Songs Michelle, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott) Twenty Flight Rock, Eddie Cochran, performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane Getting Closer, Paul McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane La Mer, Charles Trenet, Albert Lasry; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane La belle Vie; Sacha Distel, with French lyrics by Jean Broussolle; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane That’s Amore; Harry Warren and Jack Brooks; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane Money Honey, Jesse Stone; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane Jailhouse Rock, Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane La Vie En Rose, Édith Piaf (lyrics), Louiguy and Marguerite Monnot;; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar) Purple Haze, Jimmy Hendrix; performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane Till There Was You, Meredith Wilson; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott) I Put a Spell on You; Screamin’ Jay Hawkins; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane Another Day, Paul McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott) Patience, Guns N’ Roses; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane Moment of Truth, Bill Conti, Dennis Lambert & Peter Beckett; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner; Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwangler; Philharmonia Orchestra The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain) Sources: Recording the Beatles; Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew; Curvebender; 2006. Beatlesongs; William J. Dowling; Simon & Shuster, New York, 1989. Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York; 2006 Paul McCartney, Many Years from Now; Barry Miles; Secker &Warburg; 1997 McCartney, Christopher Sandford; Carroll and Graf Publishers; 2006 Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016 Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003 The Beatles; Hunter Davis; McGraw-Hill; 1968 The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions; Mark Lewisohn; Hamlyn (a division of the Octopus Publishing Group); 1988 All You Need Is Ears, George Martin, with Jeremy Hornsby; St. Martin's Griffin; 1979 This is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession; Daniel J. Levitin; Plume; 2007 Paul McCartney After the Beatles; Understanding Michelle; Adrian Allan; 2020 Michelle History; Beatlesbooks.com Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, Peter Guralnick, Little Brown, 1994 Careless Love, the unmaking of Elvis Presley, Peter Guralnick, Little Brown, 1999 Music Historian Peter Guralnick — Serious Jibber-Jabber with Conan O'Brien; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZY7L0p2Gj0 Screamin’ Jay Hawkins; Songfacts I Put a Spell on You, Wikipedia. Dominant seventh sharp ninth chord, Wikipedia. What is the ‘Hendrix Chord’? Fender; articles, tech-talk; Purple Reign: the ‘Hendrix Chord’ McCartney: Yesterday … and Today, Ray Coleman; Boxtree Ltd; 1998. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • Episode 3: Penny Lane

    Episode 3: Penny Lane
    Oct 30 2020
    Episode 3 Penny Lane – and the ‘other song’ to which it is inextricably linked! In this chapter in our podcast series we explore the genesis of this song and the characters that inhabit Paul McCartney’s memories of his childhood days in Liverpool. We also examine the songwriting elements that make Penny Lane so compelling – including what is called a ‘truck driver’s modulation.’ The third thread in our podcast narrative covers the ‘other song’ that is inextricably linked to Paul’s song, Penny Lane. Get ready for a surprise here! Songs Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain, and Chris Barnes) Strawberry Fields Forever, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane Twilight Zone Theme, Bernard Herrmann and Marius Constant; performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane Good Day Sunshine, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane The Dance of the Salty Sardines; Mike Sugar, performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane And I Love Her, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane Another Day, Paul McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott) Rabbit Hole Interstitial Music - Penny Lane melody, Lennon and McCartney, arranged and performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane Brandenburg Concerto Number 2 in F Major; Johann Sebastian Bach; piccolo trumpet solo, performed by Chris Barnes, of Stroll Down Penny Lane Release Me, Robert Yount, Eddie Miller and Dub Williams; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane. The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain) Sources: Rolling Stone Magazine; George Martin; interview; 2001 Recording the Beatles; Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew; Curvebender; 2006. 500 Greatest Songs of All Time; Rolling Stone’s definitive list of the 500 greatest songs of all time; by Rolling Stone; interview with Paul McCartney The Beatles Anthology; George Martin interview; John Lennon interview Beatlesongs; William J. Dowling; Simon & Shuster, New York, 1989. Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York; 2006 Paul McCartney, Many Years from Now; Barry Miles; Secker &Warburg; 1997 McCartney, Christopher Sandford; Carroll and Graf Publishers; 2006 Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016 Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003 The Beatles; Hunter Davis; McGraw-Hill; 1968 The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions; Mark Lewisohn; Hamlyn (a division of the Octopus Publishing Group); 1988 All You Need Is Ears, George Martin, with Jeremy Hornsby; St. Martin's Griffin; 1979 This is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession; Daniel J. Levitin; Plume; 2007 Engelbert Humperdinck (singer); Wikipedia Release Me (Eddie Miller song); Wikipedia Voice Actors Joe Anastasi Mike Sugar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 mins