Chris

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New EggPod Express online! Available anywhere you pod! This, then, is ‘musical absurdist’ Ron Geesin. Ron discusses the road to co-writing Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother via an article in the 8 March 1969 issue of Melody Maker

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28 July 1968: The Beatles' Mad Day Out, in which hundreds of photographs are taken around London, ends at Paul McCartney's house, 7 Cavendish Avenue. The final photos are inside the geodesic dome in Paul's back garden, with Martha the dog! See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/07/28/t...

28 July 1968: The Mad Day Out: location seven | The Beatles Bible

Article on The Beatles' photography session Paul McCartney's north London home, on the Beatles Bible website.

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First saw this age 14 in 1986,late night BBC1 (still got the vhs .. yep I know !),completely confused,yet after a few watches it made more sense. Watched it originally for John Lennon but the cast is so good .. Jack Mcgowran especially.He is also so good in the film ‘The Fearless Vampire Killers’

Goon Pod@goonpod.bsky.social · 3w ago

HOW I WON THE WAR (1967) pod.link/1569929507 Following last week's show with Samira Ahmed about A Hard Day's Night we continue the Richard Lester theme with a look at his comic absurdist war satire featuring Michael Crawford, Roy Kinnear and John from the Beatles. With @adamsleslie.bsky.social

Wow !! So much in this second part! Great to hear so much about ‘the village green preservation society’ by The Kinks plus so much more nuggets of info not familiar to me. The podcast just gets better and better!!! Thanks Chris and Andy!

EggPod Express@eggpod.bsky.social · 4w ago

In other news… New EggPod Express online! Available anywhere you pod! This, then, is the dramatic conclusion of @iammilliam.bsky.social discussing the 30 November 1968 issue of Melody Maker with Chris Shaw

This week, special guest Samira Ahmed talks about A Hard Day's Night and the connecting thread back to the Goons: Richard Lester. How did his early work with Sellers and Milligan shape and influence the Beatles' first feature film, and how did it help him bond with the band? pod.link/1569929507

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25 June 1967: Global Beatles Day! The Beatles perform All You Need Is Love via satellite to 400 million people. Ringo: "We were big enough to command an audience of that size, and it was for love. It was for love and bloody peace." Watch it here: www.beatlesbible.com/1967/06/25/t...

The Beatles on Our World: All You Need Is Love

With seemingly unstoppable momentum during the summer of 1967, on 18 May The Beatles signed a contract to represent the BBC, and Britain, on Our World, the world's first live television satellite link...

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