Something About the Beatles

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 Dec 21, 2021

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Hosted by award-winning author Robert Rodriguez, Something About The Beatles is an intelligent but entertaining examination of The Beatles' music and career. Smart, funny and surprising - just like the Fab Four.

Episode Date
291: December 8, 1980 with David Whelan
Oct 10, 2024
290: "Hey Jude" Reconstructed
Sep 24, 2024
289: A Hard Day's Night At 60
Sep 13, 2024
288: Band On The Run (Hand Clapping) with Luca Perasi
Aug 31, 2024
287: The Historian and Get Back with Erin Weber
Aug 10, 2024
286: Nowhere Man '24 with Robert Rosen
Aug 08, 2024
285: Sixty Years Ago in America with Lee Abrams, Dennis Diken, and Elliot Easton
Jul 21, 2024
284: Sixty Years On with Ivor Davis
Jul 12, 2024
283: Giles on Trial - The Reissues Critiqued with John Leckie and Jerry Hammack
Jun 05, 2024
We Didn't Start The Fire - British Beatlemania with Mark Lewisohn (Part I)
May 31, 2024
282: The Women’s Revolution (Or: The Beatles’ Effect)
May 10, 2024
281: The Beatles and The Cars with Elliot Easton
Apr 28, 2024
280: All You Need is the Love You Make with Steven Gaines
Apr 26, 2024
279: The Mal Evans Project Part One with Ken Womack
Apr 25, 2024
278: An Hour With Pattie Boyd
Mar 17, 2024
277: "Mike Tree" in Nutopia with Michael Meideros
Mar 10, 2024
276 Filmtrack Olympiad: Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine
Feb 25, 2024
275: Anomalies in the Assassination of John Lennon with David Whelan
Feb 09, 2024
274: George, The Reluctant Beatle with Philip Norman
Jan 25, 2024
273: My Private Lennon with Sibbie O'Sullivan
Jan 09, 2024
272: Born At The Right Time with Ray Connolly
Dec 25, 2023
271 Here and Now with "Now and Then": a SATB Special
Dec 08, 2023
270: Top Ten Most Important/Influential Beatles Sources with Erin Weber
Nov 16, 2023
269: George Harrison in the 70s with Eoghan Lyng
Nov 01, 2023
268: Buddy Holly and The Beatles with Luther Russell
Oct 20, 2023
267: Sgt. Pepper's Guitars
Sep 21, 2023
266: Nowhere Man '23 with Robert Rosen
Sep 17, 2023
265: EMI Days with John Leckie and Friends
Sep 02, 2023
264: Harrison, Lennon: It's Also Complicated
Aug 10, 2023
263: Fab 4 On Film: The Dick Lester Films with Steve Matteo
Jul 31, 2023
262: McCartney's Musicality; Post-Beatles with Luca Perasi
Jun 10, 2023
261: Making All Things Must Pass with John Leckie
May 28, 2023
260: Tastemaker Tony King
May 10, 2023
259: Sgt. Pepper Olympiad
May 02, 2023
258: May the First - The Lost Weekend with May Pang
Apr 08, 2023
257: Questions From Listeners
Mar 21, 2023
256: The Making of Ringo (and Goodnight Vienna) with Bill Schnee
Mar 05, 2023
255: Peter Jackson's Get Back with Doug Sulpy and Dan Rivkin
Feb 19, 2023
254: McCartney, Harrison - It's Complicated
Jan 28, 2023
253: Something About The Yardbirds & Jeff Beck with Jim McCarty
Jan 18, 2023
252: The Inner Light
Jan 10, 2023
251 Revolver: Art and Music
Dec 25, 2022
250: Something About The Beatles' Christmas Messages
Dec 14, 2022
249: Ray Connolly's Lennon
Dec 04, 2022
248: Hey Jude Deconstructed with James Campion and Jeff Martin
Nov 24, 2022
247: Critiquing The Critics II - This Time It's Personal with Bill Wyman
Nov 16, 2022
246: The Rooftop Reunion
Oct 28, 2022
245: Catch and Kill - Controlling The Narrative with Robert Rosen
Oct 08, 2022
244: Double Fantasy Revisited part two
Sep 25, 2022
243: Double Fantasy Revisited part one
Sep 19, 2022
242: Beatles Olympiad '66 part two
Sep 09, 2022
241: Beatles Olympiad '66 part one
Aug 26, 2022
240: The Beatles on Drugs: Riding So High
Aug 16, 2022
239: Get Back to Kevin Harrington
Aug 06, 2022
238: Remembering the 70s with Chris O'Dell and Nancy Lee Andrews
Jul 29, 2022
237: The Dream is Over with Dan Richter
Jul 17, 2022
236: The Beatles' Bag of Tricks
Jul 02, 2022
235: Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson at 80
Jun 29, 2022
234: Paul McCartney at 80 - The Lyrics
Jun 16, 2022
233: The Brits' Get Back with John Leckie, Ian McNabb and Derek Forbes
May 31, 2022
232: Sam Brown and the Concert for George
May 21, 2022
231B Beatles Olympiad: Help! & Rubber Soul + part 2
May 13, 2022
231 Beatles Olympiad: Help! & Rubber Soul +
May 06, 2022
230: Erin Weber Q&A
Apr 16, 2022
228B: A Woman's History of The Beatles part two
Mar 27, 2022
229: Something Deconstructed
Mar 23, 2022
228A: A Woman's History of The Beatles part one
Mar 14, 2022
227B The Girls' Get Back part two
Feb 19, 2022
227A: The Girls' Get Back part one
Feb 13, 2022
226C The Musician's Get Back part three
Jan 30, 2022
226B: The Musician's Get Back part two
Jan 22, 2022
226A: The Musician's Get Back part one
Jan 15, 2022
225B: Beatles Olympiad II
Jan 01, 2022
225A: Beatles Olympiad
Dec 25, 2021
224C The Making of Get Back part three with Peter Jackson
Dec 20, 2021
224B: The Making of Get Back part two with Peter Jackson
Dec 13, 2021
224A: The Making of Get Back
Dec 02, 2021
223: The Beatles 1971 - 1973
Nov 15, 2021
222: On Pepper
Oct 03, 2021
221: Lennon in Montreal
Aug 29, 2021
220: Get Back to Peter Jackson
Aug 02, 2021
219: John - George - Eric & Layla
Jul 17, 2021
218: Beatles on Guitar
Jul 03, 2021
217: It's All In The Mind
Jun 25, 2021
216: Dear Friend
Jun 05, 2021
215: Four Sides of a Square
May 04, 2021
214: Beatle Production
Apr 25, 2021
213: John Lennon's 1980 Playlist
Mar 31, 2021
212: Countdown To Break-Up II
Mar 12, 2021
211: Meeting Paul Saltzman in India
Feb 02, 2021
210: The Beatles 1962 - 1970
Jan 24, 2021
209: The Wish List
Dec 22, 2020
208: The Beatles As Guitarists with Mike Pachelli
Dec 07, 2020
207: John Leckie/Plastic Ono Bands
Nov 24, 2020
206: Performing The Beatles
Nov 10, 2020
SATB Special Announcement
Nov 10, 2020
205: Countdown to Break-Up
Oct 30, 2020
204: The Guest List Part 2
Oct 21, 2020
203: In The Studio 1968 with Jerry Hammack part two
Oct 05, 2020
SATB Bonus show: JEM Records Celebrates John Lennon
Sep 28, 2020
202: Sylvie Simmons
Sep 25, 2020
201: The Break-Up and "John vs Paul" with Erin Weber
Sep 19, 2020
200: A Conversation with Ethan Russell (part two)
Sep 11, 2020
199: Credit Where Due with Luther Russell
Aug 20, 2020
198: Chip Madinger/Plastic Ono Band
Aug 13, 2020
197: Collecting The Beatles Part Three
Jul 27, 2020
196: In The Studio 1968 w/ Jerry Hammack Part One
Jul 11, 2020
195: Little Richard Remembered
Jun 07, 2020
194: The Guest List Part 1
May 25, 2020
193: On The Beat with Spencer Leigh
May 07, 2020
192B: Ringo Forensics Part Two
Apr 18, 2020
192 Part One: Ringo Forensics
Apr 17, 2020
191: Jenny Boyd
Mar 20, 2020
190B: Memo To Peter Jackson Part Two
Mar 08, 2020
190A: Memo To Peter Jackson Part One
Mar 08, 2020
189: A Conversation with Robert Rosen
Feb 20, 2020
188: HandMade Redux
Feb 14, 2020
187: 1973
Jan 29, 2020
186: Fly on the Wall Two: Holiday Edition
Dec 25, 2019
185: Ringo's White Album
Dec 21, 2019
184: "Yesterday" and the Myth of Meritocracy
Dec 07, 2019
183: McGear with Mike McCartney
Nov 27, 2019
182: Here We Go Again (1)
Nov 16, 2019
181: Erin Weber and The Beatles
Nov 04, 2019
165: The Beatles as Performers on the White Album
Oct 29, 2019
180: "...I Buried Paul..."
Oct 20, 2019
179: You Made Me Such A Big Star (A Conversation with Those Pretty Wrongs)
Oct 17, 2019
178: Chris Carter
Oct 08, 2019
177: Being Ray Connolly 2 - Beatles '69
Sep 23, 2019
176B: Critiquing The Critics - A Case Study with Wings
Sep 13, 2019
176A: Critiquing The Critics - A Case Study with Wings
Sep 13, 2019
175 Beatle Jazz with Ramsey Lewis
Aug 26, 2019
174: Once Upon A Time with Ivor Davis
Aug 18, 2019
173: Being Ray Connolly
Aug 06, 2019
172: Collecting The Beatles Part Two with Terry Crain
Aug 02, 2019
171: An Accidental Studio - George's HandMade Films
Jul 17, 2019
170: The Maharishi and The Beatles
Jul 01, 2019
169: In The Studio; 1967 part two, plus
Jun 22, 2019
168: Mary Hopkin
May 31, 2019
167: Apple Jam
May 25, 2019
166: The Magic of Collaboration Part One
May 17, 2019
164: George Martin's Sound Pictures with Ken Womack
Apr 08, 2019
163: Fly On The Wall Moments with Jeff Martin
Apr 02, 2019
162: A Conversation with Ethan Russell (part one)
Mar 27, 2019
161: January 1969 part two – Into the Nitty-Gritty with Dan Rivkin
Mar 22, 2019
160: The Redhead on the Roof
Mar 09, 2019
159: Eight Arms To Hold You Revisited
Feb 24, 2019
158: January 1969 part one – An Overview with Doug Sulpy
Feb 12, 2019
05: Fifty Years of US Releases
Feb 06, 2019
157: In the Studio; 1967 (The Ben and Jerry Show)
Jan 24, 2019
156: A Conversation with Vic Flick
Jan 13, 2019
155: 1968 with Candy Leonard
Jan 04, 2019
154: IT’S CHRIS ThoMAS TIME!
Dec 25, 2018
153: Lon Looks Back (And Forward)
Dec 24, 2018
152: Best of SATB 2018
Dec 08, 2018
151: On The Roof with Ken Mansfield
Nov 30, 2018
150: Behind The Esher Demos
Nov 22, 2018
149: No Obvious Title – A Conversation with Vinnie Zummo
Nov 05, 2018
148: Nothing But Today – A Conversation with the Mona Lisa Twins
Oct 25, 2018
147: The ‘Perfect’ Beatles Album – A Hard Day’s Night vs. Sgt. Pepper
Oct 18, 2018
146: Fab 4 Mania with Carol Tyler
Oct 09, 2018
145: Something About The Rolling Stones (and The Beatles)
Sep 29, 2018
144: Seeing The Beatles
Sep 05, 2018
143: Yellow Submarine at 50
Aug 09, 2018
142: Truth and Beauty…and Keyboards (with Jeff Martin)
Jul 20, 2018
141: The Historian and The Beatles
Jul 09, 2018
140: John Lennon: The Boy Who Became A Legend with Michael Hill
Jun 19, 2018
139: As Time Goes By with Derek Taylor
Jun 08, 2018
138: A Is For Apple
May 22, 2018
137: With Billy Preston
May 10, 2018
136: The Beatles in the Studio with Jerry Hammack (part 2)
May 03, 2018
135: Ranking The Beatles
Apr 28, 2018
134: The Beatles in the Studio with Jerry Hammack (part 1)
Apr 21, 2018
133: Rutles I – A Conversation with Director Gary Weis
Apr 05, 2018
132: John and Paul – Truth and Beauty
Mar 27, 2018
131: The Beatles and Randy Bachman, By George!
Mar 09, 2018
130: The Beatles and Charles Manson
Feb 23, 2018
129B: “Acoustic Beatles” with Dave Mirkin 2 (This Time It’s Personal)
Jan 15, 2018
129A: “Acoustic Beatles” with Dave Mirkin
Jan 12, 2018
128: The Beatles, Paul McCartney (and added Attraction)
Dec 20, 2017
127: John Lennon, “Invisible Guitarist”
Dec 04, 2017
126: 70s Beatle Fandom, etc…
Nov 24, 2017
125: Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and the Traveling Wilburys
Nov 02, 2017
124: Finding The Fourth Beatle with David Bedford
Oct 22, 2017
123: All About That Bassist
Oct 07, 2017
122: Simpsons Stories
Sep 28, 2017
121: New York Stories
Sep 17, 2017
120: Hey Jude / Revolution
Sep 05, 2017
119: Skiffle, The Beatles, and Billy Bragg
Aug 29, 2017
118: London Stories; ’67 – ’68
Aug 21, 2017
117: George Martin – Maximum Volume
Aug 12, 2017
116: The Beatles and the Historians
Aug 07, 2017
115: Collecting The Beatles
Jul 31, 2017
114: A Week In The Life – July 1969
Jul 22, 2017
113: Liverpool Stories
Jul 16, 2017
112 77 on 7-7: Ringo Starr and The Beatles Beat
Jul 06, 2017
111: It Was 60 Years Ago Today
Jun 30, 2017
110: Take Me To The Bridge – Beatles Middle 8s Examined
Jun 26, 2017
109: Desert Island Solo Discs
Jun 20, 2017
108: The Beatles and Ed Sullivan
Jun 10, 2017
107: Sgt. Pepper at 50 – A Conversation
Jun 02, 2017
106: Deconstructing The Beatles – Revolution 9
May 30, 2017
105: Marshall Crenshaw, The Beatles and Power Pop
May 22, 2017
104: Paperback Writer / Rain
May 13, 2017
103: Solo Beatle Covers
May 06, 2017
102: Compiling The Beatles
Apr 29, 2017
101: Beatle Guest Stars
Apr 20, 2017
100: Something About The Beatles’ Humour
Apr 14, 2017
99: Autumn ’74 – Walls and Bridges and Dark Horse
Apr 04, 2017
98: I’ve Seen That Road Before – Beatle Influencers and Inspirations
Mar 25, 2017
97: Chuck Berry and The Beatles
Mar 20, 2017
96: Ex-Beatles Helping Ex-Beatles (in the studio)
Mar 12, 2017
95: Heart’s Ann Wilson Talks Beatles
Mar 03, 2017
94: The Man Who Gave The Beatles Away – Allan Williams Remembered
Feb 22, 2017
93: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane At 50
Feb 17, 2017
92: The Beatles – A Day In Their Lives
Feb 11, 2017
91: The Beatles’ Live Reunion
Feb 04, 2017
90: George and Paul
Jan 27, 2017
89: Post-Beatles Albums That Never Were
Jan 21, 2017
88: Compiling McCartney
Jan 14, 2017
87: The Beatles’ Decca Audition
Jan 06, 2017
86: 2016 In Review
Dec 31, 2016
85: Magical Mystery Tour – The Film
Dec 20, 2016
83: John Lennon Memorialized
Dec 08, 2016
82: Our Favorite Solo George Songs
Dec 01, 2016
81: SATB’s Beatles Live Anthology
Nov 25, 2016
80: Blueprinting The Beatles’ White Album
Nov 17, 2016
78: Beatles ’78
Nov 14, 2016
79: Beatle Politics
Nov 04, 2016
77: Death and The Beatles
Oct 27, 2016
76: Solo-Beatle Collaborations Deconstructed with Anthony Robustelli
Oct 21, 2016
75: Favorite Covers BY The Beatles
Oct 14, 2016
74: Lennonology with Chip Madinger: The Interview
Oct 07, 2016
73: The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl
Sep 30, 2016
72: Ron Howard’s Beatles – Eight Days A Week
Sep 24, 2016
70: Late 1970
Sep 09, 2016
69: Sgt. Revolver – Two Landmark Beatle Albums Compared
Aug 31, 2016
68: Beatle George, Guitarist – Our Favorite Moments
Aug 24, 2016
67: Questions For The Beatles
Aug 19, 2016
66: Revolver at 50
Aug 13, 2016
65: The Beatles of August
Aug 04, 2016
64: Questions From Listeners #2
Jul 29, 2016
63: The Beatles on the Telly
Jul 22, 2016
62: The Music and Artistry of Beatle Paul
Jul 14, 2016
61: The Beatles and The Monkees – It Goes Like This
Jul 09, 2016
60: You Say You Want An Evolution: The Beatles’ Left Turns and Re-thinks
Jul 01, 2016
59: Beatles Punk and Grunge
Jun 24, 2016
58: Beatle Mal – The “Gentle Giant”
Jun 16, 2016
57: Their Biggest Mistakes
Jun 10, 2016
56: Beatles ’74
Jun 02, 2016
55: The Beatles On Drugs
May 26, 2016
54: Philip Norman’s McCartney
May 20, 2016
53: The Beatle Films That Never Were
May 12, 2016
52: Second Guessing The Beatles #2
May 05, 2016
51: A “Cardboard Tombstone”? – The Beatles’ Epitaph
Apr 28, 2016
50: “Another Lennon-McCartney Original” – John and Paul as Songwriters
Apr 21, 2016
49: George and Ringo
Apr 13, 2016
48: Something About The Threetles
Apr 07, 2016
47: The Life of Cyn
Apr 01, 2016
46: “Winter of Our Discontent” Part Two – Savile Row
Mar 24, 2016
45: Rock Devil Roll – John and Paul Get Back
Mar 15, 2016
44: “Oh Yoko!” (Or: All I Want Is The Truth)
Mar 08, 2016
43: The Beatles Called Him “Normal”
Mar 03, 2016
42: Words of “Love”
Feb 18, 2016
41: A Beatles Salute to Black History Month (or do you say “R & Beatles”?)
Feb 12, 2016
40: “Winter of Our Discontent” Part One – Twickenham
Feb 04, 2016
39: The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix
Jan 27, 2016
38: Beatles Myths
Jan 20, 2016
37: Bowie and The Beatles
Jan 12, 2016
36: George Martin and The Beatles
Jan 07, 2016
35: A Collection of SATB Oldies
Dec 20, 2015
34: John Lennon – Vocalist
Dec 11, 2015
33: Rubber Soul at 50
Dec 03, 2015
32: Beatles’ Turkeys
Nov 24, 2015
31: The Beatles 1+
Nov 21, 2015
30: The EARLY Beatles
Nov 14, 2015
29: Desert Island Beatle Discs
Nov 03, 2015
28: Early 1970
Oct 22, 2015
27: The Beatles’ Southern Roots
Oct 22, 2015
26: Some Fun Tonight – The Beatles’ American Tours
Sep 18, 2015
25: The Solo Creative Peaks of Lennon and McCartney
Sep 02, 2015
23: The Beatles as Instrumentalists
Aug 05, 2015
22: Questions From Listeners #1
Jul 11, 2015
21: Second Guessing The Beatles #1
Jun 28, 2015
20: 1968 – Triumph of Chaos?
Jun 17, 2015
19: Ramagine – A Musical Dialogue
Jun 03, 2015
18: 1965
May 19, 2015
17: The Fifth Beatle – Brian Epstein
Apr 21, 2015
16: “Dutch Imports”
Mar 17, 2015
15: George and John
Feb 25, 2015
14: New York City
Feb 08, 2015
13: The Beatles and Pete Best
Jan 24, 2015
11: The Fab Faux
Dec 10, 2014
10: Beatles Gear with Andy Babiuk
Nov 06, 2014
09: Was Sgt. Pepper The Beatles’ Creative Peak?
Sep 02, 2014
08: The Songs Lennon & McCartney (and Harrison) Gave Away
Jun 27, 2014
07: The Beatles as Singers
May 22, 2014
06: The Beatles Live!
Mar 31, 2014
04: And When I Touch You: some mono/stereo variations
Dec 25, 2013
03: With The Beatles Live at the BBC 2
Nov 27, 2013
01: The Storm Before the Storm
Nov 05, 2013
02: Mark Lewisohn Tunes In
Nov 02, 2013