Legendary rock photographer Tom Sheehan joins us on the pod this week to talk about his personal relationship with the Beatles, his favourite Fab fotos, rowing a boat at John and Ringo's old house, and what makes an iconic rock and roll portrait. 

We also take a deep dive into That Mean's A Lot, a discarded track from the Help! sessions which was released on Anthology 2. 

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This week's guest sharing their Personal Beatles is the fantastically talented singer-songwriter, Lavinia Blackwall and her partner in music and life, Marco Rea. Lavinia and Marco join us from Scotland to talk about the influence of Ram and George Harrison on her brilliant new album, The Making.

For our subscribers, we delve into the early Beatles catalogue for an in-depth look at There's a Place from Please Please Me in this week's Pick a Song. 

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Friend of the show, the inimitable Johnny White Really-Really returns for a third edition of the Beatles cover challenge.

As has become customary, Jack, Robin and Johnny pick three songs to cover, beaver away over many months, and return to discuss the results.

We are back for the second batch of Series 4, with new regular episodes along with bonus bits and Pick A Song, dropping from next week. KBO!

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Stand-up comedian and comedy writer, Phil Wang joins us on the podcast to discuss his relationship with The Beatles. Phil tells us of his memories growing up listening to the band in a Beatles-obsessed household in Borneo, his unusual teenage music tastes, and taking his Dad to see Macca at the O2.

This week's subscriber-only feature Pick A Song sees us dive into The White Album's Sexy Sadie. Get access by subscribing on Patreon or Apple Podcasts.

Links of Note:

Wang in There, Baby: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81720942

Patreon: https://patreon.com/personalbeatles

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Playwright, Elly Tindall joins us this week for an in-depth discussion around one of her favourite films, A Hard Days Night. 

This is very much a spoiler-filled chat, you can watch the film on YouTube here!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MYcKnL-9E4

This week's Pick A Song features a deep dive into 'I'll Be Back', John's brilliant closer to the Hard Day's Night Album, available to subscribers. 

You can subscribe to the extended, ad-free version of the show on Apple Podcasts or Patreon: patreon.com/personalbeatles.

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This week's guests is the very, very funny writer and internet comedy sensation, Ruth Husko, who joins us for a wonderful, and quite blue, chat all about Ringo. We take a look at Pretty Little Head from Paul's 1986 album, Press to Play in this week's Pick a Song for subscribers.

WARNING: Blue content ahead!

Links of note:

Peter Doggett blogpost:

https://peterdoggettbeatles.blogspot.com/2011/01/miss-odell-and-final-beatles-meeting.html

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Randy Newman on You Can Leave Your Hat On: https://youtu.be/3RR8A-x0l_Q?si=zQB704GXPoyetYu_&t=106

Pretty Little Head music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd_Mt0938Bs

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Musician William Doyle joins us this week to share his personal Beatles. The result was a wonderfully rambling epic chat about Ram, recreating Beatles songs for Music A-level, and the band's influence on William's early music.

The extended version for subscribers also features conversation about William's work with Brian Eno, as well as a discussion of John Lennon's solo track from Imagine, Oh My Love, in this week's Pick a Song.

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Links of note:

Turnstile Made for Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrK_HDYSIvc

Jack White Guessing Beatles Songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8GeoZ97GLs

William’s latest album, Springs Eternal: https://williamdoyle.bandcamp.com/album/springs-eternal

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Music journalist and broadcaster, Jude Rogers, joins Jack and Robin this week to unveil her Personal Beatles. Jude is a fabulous writer known for her work at The Word, Q Magazine and the BBC, and her recent memoir The Sound of Being Human, is a beautifully written look at the way music shapes our lives.

In this week's Pick a Song, we discuss Fixing a Hole form SP'sLHCB. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or on Patreon to gain access to this and all the other extended version of the podcast.

Links of Note:

The Sound of Being Human: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ps3awhe37yqhk748dcre7/AMJIZRPJgch4Ho3kmwpbKTo?rlkey=niehfdravxe48s56m6r8rmscn&dl=0

Jude's open letter to Paul McCartney: https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/paul-mccartney-at-80-you-were-with-me-when-i-last-saw-my-dad-39tdlfs0p

David Bennett on God Only Knows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NaJsJfPD0k

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Musician and member of The Horne Section, Mark Brown, joins Jack and Robin this week to share his Personal Beatles memories. We chat about Tug of War, meeting Paul at Ronnie Scotts, and

Catch the Horne Section at Glastonbury and on tour and check out The Horne Section Television Show on Channel 4 now!

Links of note:

https://www.thehornesection.com/

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-horne-section-tv-show

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Jack and Robin are joined by Ollie Judge of the brilliant post-pink band Squid to chat about Ollie's Personal Beatles and the influence of Paul's experimental homemade 1980 masterpiece, McCartney II.

For subscribers, this week's Pick A Song TM features an in-depth look at Junk from McCartney I.

Links of note:

Check His Machine: Paul McCartney Interviewed On McCartney II: https://thequietus.com/interviews/paul-mccartney-interview/

Junk - Working Classical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_1JnAPDMbo

Join the Patreon at https://patreon.com/personalbeatles

Follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @PersonalBeatles.

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Comedian Amy Matthews joins us this week to chat about her early musical memories, her love of Rubber Soul, and we take a deep dive into the 1978 Bee Gee-fronted mind-melting musical film, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Spoiler: it's less than brilliant.

For subscribers, Jack and Robin break down George Harrison's Try Some, Buy Some, from 1973's Living in the Material World. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts or at Patreon.com/personalbeatles.

Links of note:

You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/ZwfSfdYMfXs?si=QYh9WFEF-0GhFm3q

Gary Barlow's big son: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/gary-barlow-massive-giant-tall-son-b2642537.html

David Bowie's version of Try Some, Buy Some: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svpv6UHA-dw

Amy's stuff!

WEBSITE: www.amymatthewscomedy.com

SOCIALS: @amyfmatthews

SUBSTACK: amyfmatthews.substack.com

VINYL PRE-ORDER: www.monkeybarrelrecords.com/product-page/amy-matthews-commute-with-the-foxes

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Indie rock legend of the game, David Bazan, AKA Pedro The Lion joins Jack and Robin from Seattle Washington to talk about his formative experiences of The Beatles and his latest record in his suite of autobiographical LPs, Santa Cruz.

Plus we debut our groundbreaking new feature 'Pick a Song' in which we take a deep dive into Ram's denouement, Back Seat of My Car.

Links of note:

Pedro The Lion - Santa Cruz:

https://pedrothelion.bandcamp.com/album/santa-cruz

Kieran's Beatley Writings:

https://kieranstorieswriter.wordpress.com/2025/05/07/on-listening-to-thrillington-in-buxton/

https://kieranstorieswriter.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/on-controversial-beatles-opinions/

Back Seat of my Car Isolated Tracks:

https://youtu.be/4IoVr3WykK4?si=IXBDNKStDo6lakPl

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https://bsky.app/profile/personalbeatles.bsky.social

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After a few years away, Jack and Robin are back Beatling on and writing about themselves in the third person.

In this episode, we run through a few of our highlights from the Beatles universe that have taken place while we've been away. And there are a lot! Paul's live tour. Now and Then, our favourite new Beatles books, and more.

We also discuss a little of what is in store over the next few months on the podcast.

Get in touch with your Personal Beatles stories from the last 3 years by emailing Jack@homesounsounds.com.

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Links of note:

First Time South:

https://shows.acast.com/the-beatles-first-time-south

Ray Newman story:

https://precastreinforced.co.uk/2021/08/25/fiction-u115-the-beyond-lennon/

Beatles Explained insta:

https://www.instagram.com/beatles_explained/

KBO!

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It's our belated Christmas special! Friend of the show, comedian and musician Johnny White Really-Really returns to take part in our second Beatles Cover Challenge.

We pick a Beatles track for each other, have one month to record it, and reunite to discuss the results and what we've learned about the songs by recreating them.

You can find the full versions of the songs at https://www.personalbeatles.com/episodes/cover-challenge-vol-2.

Thanks for listening, and we'll be back later in the year.

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Musician and songwriter Ed Dowie joins Jack and Robin to discuss his Personal Beatles. Ed chats about emotive music (notably She's Leaving Home), songwriting techniques and processes, and what makes music good - there's an easy one. 

There's also some Weekly Wings and Robin gets a preview of the re-release Concert for George.

Find out more about the Concert for George here: https://www.concertforgeorge.com/

Interview with the She's Leaving Home harpist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhC4imHiJUM&t

KBO!

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Musician, Ben Jacobs AKA Max Tundra joins Jack and Robin this week to share his personal Beatles. Under the name Max Tundra, Ben's critically acclaimed and influential solo records have recently been reissued on Domino, and he has worked with an array of artists from Arca to Daphne and Celeste.

Ben chats about the Beatles influence on this solo work, early Beatles memories, his unique approach to writing and recording, and providing a song for video game sensation, Trombone Champ, amongst many other things. Please find some Tundra-esque links below.

Reissues: 

https://maxtundra.ffm.to/reissues

Bandcamp:

https://maxtundra.bandcamp.com

Daphne & Celeste Save The World:

https://daphneandceleste.tv

Trombone Champ:

https://trombonechamp.com

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Occult, cult comedian, Andrew O'Neill joins Jack & Robin this week to reveal their Personal Beatles. We also chat about Andrew's Heavy Metal-influenced stand-up, The Beatles' influence on heavy music and 70's counter culture, and Paul's monumental set at Glastonbury 2022. There's also new Weekly Wings and a new feature: Robin's Fascinating Breakdown, in which Robin spews forth on the different reversed guitar solos on the different versions of Revolver.

Recorded at Soho Radio: https://sohoradiolondon.com/

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Rapper, comedian and actor Ben Bailey Smith AKA Doc Brown joins Jack and Robin this week to share his personal Beatles. Ben chats about growing up with Abbey Road, this eclectic formative music tastes, and how his career has seen him navigate the different worlds of comedy, music and acting. You can currently see Ben is the new Star Wars series, Andor, on Disney+.

You can hear the track by Saigon which samples The Beatles' Girl, here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkvWj9E4CnQ

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Writer John Higgs joins Jack & Robin this week to share this Personal Beatles and chat about his new book, Love and Let Die: Bond, The Beatles and the British Psyche. We chat about the two biggest British pop culture phenomena of the second half of the 20th Century, why they have endured, and what they continue to mean to the country and the world over half a century later.

Love and Let Die is available now here: https://geni.us/LoveAndLetDie

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Comedian Ania Magliano joins Jack and Robin this week off the back of sold out stand-up runs in Edinburgh and Soho. The second guest to have a cat named after Paul McCartney, Ania chats to us about fabs-fuelled car journeys, her bizarre youth theatre production of a Beatles musical at the Royal Albert Hall, and her love of A Hard Day's night.

Tickets for Ania's show, Absolutely No Worries If Not, at the Leicester Square Theatre are available here: https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/ania-magliano-absolutely-no-worries-if-not/

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