Episode 55 · · 26:59
Episode 54 · · 25:34
Following a series of low key tours in 1972 and 72. Wings embarked on a 13 month world tour in the autumn of 1975. A tour which would see they start by playing cinemas and theatres i...
Episode 53 · · 35:55
A couple of weeks back my daytime job took me to Wallasey, or more precisely New Brighton. Formerly the location of the Tower Ballroom, where The Beatles played 27 times during there...
Episode 52 · · 31:55
When Paul, George, Ringo and the John Lennon estate won control of the groups back catalogue in late 1989. It marked a changing point in the way The Beatles back catalogue was manage...
Episode 51 · · 29:29
The Hoffner violin bass is an iconic symbol of Paul's days with The Beatles.Sometime during the 60's, or was it the 70's Paul's original 1961 Hoffner disappeared. Lost for 50 years, ...
Episode 50 · · 35:46
In August 2024 when we published episode 1, I had no idea that 20 months later we would be publishing weekly, or that we would reach the milestone of 50 episodes! To celebrate this a...
Episode 49 · · 29:47
When you read the biographies of John, Paul, George and Ringo, it's very obvious how hard they worked to progress from 4 school boys playing music for fun, to becoming the entertainm...
Episode 48 · · 44:15
Back in episode 20 of Fixing A Hole, my co-presenter and producer Mark declared that his favourite Beatles album is Revolver. That's the UK 14 track edition, not the edited 11 song C...
Episode 47 · · 23:39
Back in the October of 2022, my good lady and I travelled into London, to see a lecture by world renowned Beatles expert Mark Lewisohn.Evolver 62 at the Bloomsbury theatre was a fasc...
Episode 46 · · 25:27
Since 1987 and the 20th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. You could be forgiven for thinking that every year their is a celebration of a Beatles anniversary.March...
Episode 45 · · 33:07
Episode 44 · · 46:11
Unthinkable as it might appear today, by January 1967 The Beatles had not released any new recordings for 5 months. Back then, rumours started to circulate that John, Paul, George an...
Episode 43 · · 40:16
In this week's episode Paul and Mark discuss what it was like to be a band looking for fame in the early 1960's and was it all they hoped it would be, when they achieved it! The disc...
Episode 42 · · 23:26
In August 1963 Johnny Dean published the first issue if The Beatles Monthly. A UK magazine aimed directly at teen fans oof John, Paul, George and Ringo.For the next 6 years it docume...
Episode 41 · · 28:31
In the summer of 2006 a new Beatles album was announced, 'Love'. The soundtrack to the Cirque De Solei production in Las Vegas.When the album appeared in November of that year it rec...
Episode 40 · · 43:32
Episode 40: The 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Beatles (Extended Episode) I’ve never understood the term 5th Beatle. There were only four members of the group, John, Paul, George and Ringo. H...
Episode 39 · · 23:30
Between their split in 1970 and Johns murder 10 years later. The media were obsessed with the question, ‘When are the Beatles getting back together?’ Even after the events of Decembe...
Episode 38 · · 32:12
By 1966 John, Paul, George, and Ringo were entering the third phase of their career. No longer playing the clubs, chasing success. No longer interested in the trappings of Beatleman...
Episode 37 · · 31:42
Having spent a month watching and listening to the newly remastered Beatles Anthology. In this week episode, Paul and Mark review the newly give their thoughts on how this this audio...
Episode 36 · · 05:09
Hello, Fixing A Hole listener. Yes, we're back following our extended Christmas break. Just a short episode to wish you a happy 2026 and give you an update on the new improved format...