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...
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 fas...
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. Marc...
Towards the tail end of 2025, Paul released a book 'Wings - Story Of A Band On The Run' together with a tie in compilation album of Wings material on CD and vinyl. In early 2026 this...
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...
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 di...
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 docum...
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 re...
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....
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 Decem...
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 Beatlem...
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...
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 fo...
If you watch the Beatles Let It Be film, you could be forgiven for thinking that by January 1969, The Beatles were finished. The writing was on the wall and they couldn't wait to go ...
Starting with the 50th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Apple have gifted us deluxe boxed sets of the White Album, Abbey Road, Let It Be and most recently Revolv...
For George, it must have been a double edged sword being a member of the worlds biggest band, with two of the greatest song writers. On the one hand George the budding songwriter was...
In last week’s episode we took a deep dive into 1962. The final year of John, Paul, George and Ringo’s musical apprenticeship. This week we look at the first year of the second pha...
By December 1962 John, Paul, George and Ringo had completed their apprenticeship. All the hard work they had put in slogging around the night spots of Liverpool and Hamburg had start...
In 1966 plans were hatched to commission an animated feature based on The Beatles song, Yellow Submarine. However, with a production team which included the maker of 200 'Popeye' car...
When did The Beatles creativity peak? For me the answer is 1967. Why 1967? That’s what Mark and I discuss in this week episode. We look at John, Paul, George and Ringo output i...