Lockdown won't stop Mark Lewisohn making new Beatles discoveries

[@brandonflorida1092]

Mark is doing the world a great service by creating a fuller knowledge of Beatles history. Some of his sources won't exist forever, so it's important to get the information while it's possible.

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

BrandonFlorida only if he finishes. Did he sell his house to finance project.

[@ianharris4232]

That was great! In 1963 my first job at the age of 15 was a messenger boy for Fleetway Publications in Farringdon Street. Fleetway launched a magazine called Fabulous ( later Fab 208 ) and The Beatles came to the photographic studio to shoot the front cover of the first issue. I was a huge fan of theirs and followed them all round the corridors of Fleetway House. I then joined the Beatles fan club and was lucky enough to win a ticket to the first fan club convention at Wimbledon Palau’s in December 1963. Me and 3000 girls where crammed into the place and we got to shake hands with all four Beatles, filing past them in the Long Bar. They gave a concert after that and were on stage inside a wire cage for protection. Pandemonium ensued, girls fainting, jelly babies flying and I couldn’t hear a thing. Great memories.

[@jrh11254]

Ian Harris - FABulous story; thanks for sharing!!

[@samguberman2288]

Amazing story.

[@ianharris4232]

I feel privileged to have been there. What larks. 😎

[@jd-bl3gf]

Listening to Mark is great pleasure. He's such a competent as well as modest person. Please continue.

[@65TossTrap]

Centuries from now the Beatles will still be alive. Mark Lewishon’s writings will educate generations of pop enthusiasts.

[@plumerjr]

He might even be done by then too,lol

[@samlottmusic4084]

I loved volume 1, “Tune In”, I read it during the first lockdown (in Britain). Looking forward to Vol 2, when we finally get it!

[@Vincent-bs5mf]

I could listen to this man for hours. " Dear Sir or Madam will you read my book, it took me years to write will you take a look ". 🍏

[@adrianokury]

Lewisohn is a down-to-earth researcher who's doing a superb job. It always a pleasure to hear him speak. I hope I don't die of covid19 (or cancer, etc) until I have the opportunity to read all the trilogy.

[@gmb858]

It struck me that many of us that were old enough to understand the contemporary world that saw the advent of the Beatles are approaching their "freshness date." That's also known as "good until (some future date)." My curiosity about the Beatles and the transformation of our world is part of my greater need to know "what exactly happened back then" about world events. It's thought that dementia or the loss of the "will to live" are contributors to death. If so, my mind and curiosity will far outlive my bodily functions to learn the truth.

[@adrianokury]

@@gmb858 For me it is a fantastic sensation to see new insights on old friends (songs, books, movies, TV shows) in the era of information. This revisiting is most gratifying. I'm 60 now -- dunno how much longer I have (does anyone?).

[@briankennedy1192]

In 100 years these chronicles will be of huge interest. That's an understatement I'm sure of it. Thank God for Mark's works.

[@LennyJohnson5]

I went to see Mark’s talk ‘Hornsey Road’ last year - a brilliant night; met Mark afterwards.... what a lovely guy.

[@drutgat2]

I agree with Mark, and have always said to people that The Beatles' story is the best story in the World. The most interesting, exciting and astonishing story I have ever heard - and we are all involved in it in some way or other. A splendid time is guaranteed for all!

[@fionamccrystal7828]

One the best interviews regarding the Beatles I’ve heard.

[@emlyngriffith5846]

Fascinating. “Tune in’ is, without a doubt, the best book written about The Beatles. After reading it I emailed Mark and told him about when I met the group at Bangor, North Wales, and obtained their autographs. He kindly replied and sent me some photos of them all in that very same room I was in. I doubt if I’ll still be here to read volumes 2&3 but I live in hope.....👍🍷

[@jaysmith3095]

If he never writes another sentence at the very least he took us with THEM every step from school to Hamburg to Liverpool to the brink of stardom no one has seen before or since. He’s all that. Just like his subject matter.

[@melissabrown2109]

You were so lucky to meet The Beatles at that gig in Wales as well as get their autographs.Something you'll always remember and treasure.

[@Beatgeneration2010]

Love listening to Mark at any time, so absorbing of information, as he said himself, "he is a sponge" Thank god for the world he is. He deserves his place popular music! 👍😄🎼😇

[@melissabrown2109]

Nothing wrong with that at all.

[@mifennelly]

thanks for the shout-out for Crabby Appleton and my solo albums...

[@TheAerovons]

Michael..thanks for MY LITTLE LUCY....could have been a LED ZEP song easily! Great stuff...

[@justinwyand-brooks]

love crabby!

[@alananthonyhampson148]

Having read the extended edition 3 times i am always struck by their collective belief that something would happen . They seem to have had inklings that they were destined for greatness. Thanks for the books mark . Long live the beatles. Alan hampson

[@markkavanagh7377]

Funny thing, the Wright brothers knew they would fly and all they had to do was figure out HOW!!! some people seem to have that connection to the greater plan or whatever it is.

[@foxwyatt3525]

Instablaster

[@stevewuertz3598]

To me the amazing thing was the organic nature of how they came together-what are the odds. Its different when 3 or 4 guys meet up after hanging out in clubs in and this is the 4th or the 14th band for them after they left their little hometown. They all kind of moved up the food chain with each band they were in but here, a 16 year old John meets a 14 year old Paul and a year later, Paul brings his 13 year old friend from school named George over to meet John and poof-the nucleous is formed. All living within a few miles of each other in a region not known for musicality at the time

[@MrThedonhead]

😂😂

[@gunofapreacherman1340]

I hope Mark finishes volume 2 before I depart this mortal coil. My time is running out and I’d be so disappointed not to read the really good bit. Carpe diem Mr Lewisohn. ☮️ & ❤️

[@MikelangeloYoutube]

What an incredible conversation with an incredible writer. Great episode!

[@jrpipik]

This American Life did a lovely story about the husband-and-wife comedy duo who were on the bill with the Beatles for the first Sullivan appearance. They said at one point a young man they'd never seen before comes into the green room and bums money off them for the vending machine, saying, "Buy us a Coke, love." Only later did they learn it was John Lennon.

[@melissabrown2109]

Thank you for sharing that story.You learn something new every day.

[@dstg62]

Thank You Guys ,this is wonderful ...Its great to just sit in and listen...Thank you for the commentary from the very early years of the fab four...

[@andyb9118]

Just brilliant. I could listen to this stuff all day! I bought the audiobook of 'Tune In' after watching this interview and have been enjoying it through lockdown and beyond (it is 43+ hours long!). It's fab! 😃

[@karlmartin2201]

I saw Mark on his recent Hornsey Road tour. Absolutely fantastic !

[@LennyJohnson5]

Yes, me and my son caught his tour in Bristol; it was brilliant. We met Mark afterwards - what a lovely guy.

[@Paisly17]

Hurry up with volumes 2 & 3 we’re not getting any younger and neither are you 😉😉

[@JanPBtest]

Mark works 16-hour days M-F on this (5am to 9pm on average). Just try this for a week yourself :-)

[@ponzo1967]

No doubt! Please release volume 2 already!!

[@ponzo1967]

I'm sure this darn virus slowed it down but the world is waiting.

[@Paisly17]

@@JanPBtest I said it with my tongue firmly in my cheek

[@RobHollanderMusic]

Many thanks to Mr. Lewisohn for his great work through the years. His book documenting the Beatles' studio sessions is a fascinating read.

[@joeleigh-corrigan7762]

Lewisohn, is quite simply the Fab Four oracle. I could listen to him all day.

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

He is great. But why is he making hats and tee shirts and doing these interviews about the old book when he has so much to do

[@joeleigh-corrigan7762]

@@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879 Please pardon my late reply, I’ve been without WiFi. Yes, in response to your question, I could only speculate, you’d really have to the great man himself. He has mentioned, on certain occasions, his need, “to put food on the table”, and it must be remembered that all these appearances generate interest and demand for the product.

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

@@joeleigh-corrigan7762 less talking more writing. He has chosen to do this journey entirely by himself which is absolutely foolish there are multitudes of partners one could use here He gets no sympathy. He is really bad about time management. He pisses away thousands of hours to the detriment of the people who want to read his books. He can release year by year accounts instead of releasing a book like its 1980.

[@joeleigh-corrigan7762]

@@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879 I can’t decide what impressed me more, your prompt reply or the assured confidence with which you criticise Mark’s modus operandi. You could well be right about a yearly release and much of the other points you’ve raised. I couldn’t possibly take issue with you, I’m not a writer nor am I researcher, I suspect you might be both. My fear is that fate might intervene and we don’t receive the next two instalments. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed “tune in”, in my humble opinion, it far surpasses all the other histories in my possession. Again, thank you so much for your response, much appreciated.

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

@@joeleigh-corrigan7762 i am passionate fan like you - I have invested in Mark Lewisohn since 1986 and 1988 recording sessions - I am a fairly well-read and insightful Beatles fan for nearly my entire life - I find Mark Lewisohn endlessly fascinating and amazingly perceptive - I am getting on in age and i have to be critical of a man who is researching and writing these books as if its still 1975 - It is a crime and a shame if this great man doesn't finish - However - my fault with him is not personal - I respect him and his incredible insight and knowledge - But my man - one doesn't write and research with a feather and Quill or pore through microfilm - one changes with the times and Mark has multiple people who can research and help him within the community - Yet - this simple man wants to do it all himself at the risk of his own sanity and further to the detriment of his loyal and passionate fan base - Lewisohn is 63 year old this year - If he has to do another 15 years to finish - That is bad for everyone - I just hope that if the inconceivable happens i.e inability to finish, nervous breakdown, illness -that crown publishing has a back-up plan and we can rely on others in the community - Chip madinger - Ken Womack or Jason Kruppa to carry that weight and finish the job - Mark eloquently stated that the Beatles deserves the greatest musical biography of all time - On that - we can all agree - It just doesn't have to be one person - And that's the name of that tune

[@PaulLea]

Loved this interview. Every die hard Beatle fan has some Mark Lewisohn books in their collection, I do.

[@melissabrown2109]

Good luck,Mark.I can't wait to read volumes two and three when they come out.Volume One was superb,so detailed.I plan to buy the extended version of volume one soon as I have heard nothing but good reviews of it.Stay safe.

[@naroxcpe1964]

The Beatles worked there music into my life back in 1964 like the rest of us. After being spellbound by them for 50 something years John Lennon really summed it up the best; We were 'just' a rock band that made it very big. I guess love does really exist.

[@toddbill69]

Wonderful interview! I think the world of Mark Lewisohn and is work!

[@TeleNikon]

I've watched a few of your videos and find them absolutely engaging and quite entertaining as well as informative. Subscribed.

[@WordInYourEar]

Fab! :-) - Alex

[@EricTheBlue61]

I thought I was the meanest man in Enfield but it turns out I have some competition.

[@neilryan4166]

Mark Lewisohn, I read your book "Tune In", billed as Volume I of what will be a three volume history of the Beatles. The book was brilliant. The research you did was incredible. I'm waiting for Volume I I.

[@chrishyde1216]

Well, that was fascinating and the three of you chat so easily together. Can we have more, please? Kicking myself that I missed Mark's tour. In 2017 I had a tour of the Casbah Coffee Club with Rory Best, Pete's brother, who was able to give first-hand accounts. It was pretty much as it was back in the late 50s.

[@brianwolle2509]

god bless you all and yes cant wait for that book.

[@heliopolis]

Three of my favourite people chatting together. Lovely 😉

[@westfield90]

Been waiting patiently for volume 2

[@Bixfan78]

Wonderful! Mark is such a great researcher and writer and am looking forward to Volumes Two and Three.

[@stevenlennon12]

Mark Lewisohn is always the best

[@johncampbell756]

I have his book The Complete Beatles Chronicle. Very good.

[@nadasonic6]

that was great! thanks guys. (and nice to see you again - didn't know i'd missed you! :D)

[@steveoshow4832]

Graham Nash nailed it in an interview saying we were all doing the circuit together but you could just not stop looking at them they just had something that you could not pull your eyes away from them. Find that such an I interesting observation because The Hollies were very very good themselves. Interestingly their name was derived from Buddy Holly just as The Beatles were with their play on words with a variation to Crickets. Really enjoyed Vol 1 the most definitive but defiantly momentum needed for vol 11 & 111. As to what other bands might of had as their toppermost chant, here's one.. Freddie And The Dreamers : Where we going lads? Response: Dagenham Freddie! 😎👍

[@johnnorth6406]

I'll always stop what I'm doing to listen to Mark about the Boys. Another great interview that leaves you saying, I didn't know that.

[@billdufour1630]

I do hope he gets to writing it soon. You can't have every detail in the book, he's bound to miss something. He's also talking about a fourth book in the series going up to 1974 when they signed the final breakup paperwork so good health to you, Mark....

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

Bill Dufour he can’t finish until he is 80 jack

[@eddiemiles7676]

Excellent video. We saw Hornsby Road in Birmingham & Manchester. Fascinating stuff & what a way to hear the Abbey Road outtakes. Cheers

[@paulpower6920]

A very fine interview. Now to buy those BEATLE books by Mark Lewisohn.

[@stevefreebob]

Wonderful, so great to hear the super stories from Marks research. Mean Mr Mustard wow and the real name. I always thought it was a joke.

[@ramblingsadrift6477]

Regarding the marketing of the head gear..."You'll never make a living selling hats.."

[@jamesbrady8535]

There is a Great KZbin channel called StuSutcliffe. The guy plays Guitar using vintage Beale instruments and plays along to Pre Capital Beatles recordings .Very interesting to Guitarists like myself or Fans who might like to see the actual fingers in the correct chord sequences along with the Great solo lines from all 3 Beatles & the occasional Stu playing as well !

[@jamesbyersmusic]

And we still have to wait until at least 2024 to get Tune In part two!! :-( Brilliant interview however!! :-)

[@leecoulson4224]

If Mark ever finishes writing all these books, I vow to take long service leave to do nothing but read all editions of it, cos I’ll probably be that old by then and have been in my current job that long-I wish he’d finish the project, but I’m becoming increasingly pessimistic that he ever will unfortunately. I emailed Mark once and he kindly replied but I feel bad now that he must get bombarded by people like me contacting him all the time and stopping him working-I know we’re the ones who buy his books and all but maybe the best thing he could do now, especially during lockdown is just shut out the world even more, bunker down and get the head down to the grindstone ever more and write those bloody books. Otherwise it will just be the stoppermost of the the poppermost story ever :(

[@GOGOLH]

Volume one is massive but if you're suitably cracked, as I am, it doesn't take that long. I re-read it! It's brilliant, of course.

[@65TossTrap]

Don’t feel badly; I sent him an email and received an answer. The little tidbits of information in no way warranted a response but he responded kindly. He truly embodies the best spirit and energy of the Beatles; the sharing and communal journey. Think of the broadcast around the World in 1967, the moving film of the audience during the filming or Hey Jude, or the dozens of concerts where the boys gave it their all and genuinely connected with their fans.

[@leecoulson4224]

@@65TossTrap thanks mate, I appreciate your reply and reassurance and the Fabs references you threw in were so apposite and inspiring-I just want Mark to finish and give us the Beatles books we all so badly want and need now, before it all ends up as a Let It Be scenario...stay safe, strong and hopeful of the goods to come!

[@peterx1957]

Greetings from Sydney Australia. Wow great video guys. I found this by accident. I am so looking forward to Mark's new book. I have the standard and extended editions of "Tune In" and am partway through volume 1 of the extended version. It's an absorbing read, but sadly I haven't found the time to get back into it. I'm working my job still through this pandemic here. I really need resume reading it. BTW the OCD in me wants to straighten out those LP's or at least tilt them back on the shelves. Lol. Cheers guys. 😏

[@2wayplebney]

The Beatles' story very much involves Kurt Vonnegut's theory of wampeter's, foma and granfalloons.

[@hamski]

Another great show guys.Seen Marks tour in Edinburgh last year.Loved it.

[@lynnturman8157]

I used to have that album that they show @ 14:49. It's just interviews various members of the press had with them while they were on tour during Beatlemania. It's some pretty banal conversations but it was also pretty interesting from what I remember. The Beatle's humor always came through. I remember one reporter asking Ringo in total seriousness: "Do you ever get a haircut?" And Ringo: "Of course. It would be down round me ankles if I didn't."

[@CliffMcAulay]

Very enjoyable lads. What a great new pic! Thank you for uploading.

[@Orechaser]

The long version is the best book on music I’ve ever read

[@arlosdad]

I saw the Hornsey Road show last year and really enjoyed it. I can't understand why no TV producers have come forward to make a programme of it. I'm sure it would be shown on the BBC and would sell on dvd / bluray.

[@njriley55]

The Mona Best horse betting story is in the unabridged edition for sure!

[@stuartshire]

njriley55 I always wonder how he manages to do the editing between the 2 versions !

[@robertsantosuosso3740]

I'd love to hear Mark Lewisohn's take on George Harison's visit to his sister in Benton Illinois a year before their USA debut. Is it in his book?

[@alancameron-duff2198]

Tune In is a brilliant book, loved it! With its warts and all account of the start of the Beatles, can't wait for the next one. The other three music books I would recommend are Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. By Viv Albertine. Nick Drake: The Life by Richard Morton Jack and Chaise Longue by Baxter Dury. Would love to hear other peoples recommendations.

[@claymor8241]

Up till recently I thought I had volumes 1 and 2 already. Turns out it is volume one in two parts, each of which is a ‘special extended edition’ and cost me an arm and a leg on Kindle. I do remember thinking blimey hell really have to skim over the detail of the years 1962-70 in the last third of the book.

[@Ihy744ppp]

Nice interview with Marc the man...

[@mikemorris5074]

I'd love Mark to do another show like the Abbey road one. I saw him do that in the Epstein Theatre in Liverpool at the end of last year and it was mindblowing for a Beatles fan. I got to meet him afterwards and he was really nice guy. He is the Toppermost of music Historians for me.

[@sratus]

God bless that man

[@LennyJohnson5]

Crabby Appleton..... on Harvest? 😂 Straight over their heads, Mark!!

[@claymor8241]

Writing this comment at Xmas 2020. A short preview clip from the forthcoming Peter Jackson ‘Get Back’ film has had 2.5 million views in the last 3 days. It beggars belief really. Tomorrow is the 60th anniversary of the Litherland gig referred to in this podcast.

[@bigboxbobby2]

Just discovered this amazing channel. Loving it, loving it!

[@WordInYourEar]

Cheers, Bobby, and welcome! You can find out a little more about what we do, and support us if you like, at patreon.com/wordinyourear

[@mallorga1965]

Great talk!

[@jnagarya519]

The fact is that "The Beatles" never "peaked". They consolidated their position as top in the world by about mid-1965 -- and they continued to grow from there until they broke up.

[@gazriley624]

i wonder if Mark knows there was a Finnish beat group called Toppermost in 1966

[@happyron]

can't get enough ML! thanks !

[@2wayplebney]

What an excellent hat!

[@BadChizzle]

✨❤️✨Thank you✨❤️✨

[@larydixon4824]

Please Everyone, it's really very, very hard to write more than one page a day when all they let you use is a crayon.. The keepers at the home are so strict... Lary

[@stevenlennon12]

i have the real name and address of Billy J Kramer written in his hand in my rolodex. unbeknownst to me my uncle Gus used to do his taxes and he was at my grandmothers funeral .he just sat there answering my questions and just talking. what a cool thing to have happen to a big Beatle fan. he told me to call anytime of which i never did but what a nice guy he was and no doubt still is. he wrote Billy j Kramer in quotes then under it his real name and then his address. to have both on the same paper has to be an anomaly right? this was in 92 btw. im only mentioning it here in celebration of Mr Lewison

[@transformationgeneration]

I have the interview album at 15 mniutes in. Got it in the early 1970's (given to me).

[@TheNoisylover]

The book please Mark, before I die.

[@fishhookism]

Put out volume 2 before I die.

[@seanpages__]

Tune In was the best nonfiction book I’ve ever read.

[@ronmartin4212]

I would to find out if the 2:05 mix of I'll Cry Instead is in the vaults of Abbey Road.The mono's been issued here in the States as early as '64 on A Hard Day's Night,Something New and the 45.

[@kareljbeer]

Bachdenkel used to say as they drove up towards Paris through the night "we must be getting close to Orleans" whenever the giggling became uncontrollable over some inane comment...

[@NOWtheband]

Of course it won't! Nothing can stop this mans obsession, ha ha ha! ;-)

[@andysmith6625]

My band's rallying cry is, 'Anybody want a pint?'

[@sixstring3639]

When Will Marks performances: Hornsey Road etc be availble on DVD or download? If you haven't got the chance to see them live. /Great show.

[@tomfeucht4995]

My suggestion for other bands' equivalent to toppermost of the poppermost is from The Who: Roger: "Who are we, lads?" Pete, John, and Keith: "Who?"

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Tom Feucht the Who never were No. 1 (in U.K. anyway)

[@doitnowvideosyeah5841]

I like Patti Smith's pre gig chant; "Where do we work? In the fields What do we use? Marshalls WHAT DO WE GROW. Wheat! How do we get itFree! What's this? War! What's this Rock and Roll!"

[@robinfawcett7973]

At this rate I'll be dead when the third one comes out...!

[@williambagley5415]

Now dont say that, brother! Focus on what Oasis said: "Gonna live for-eh-vah!"

[@senorharry9275]

Well done, loves. x

[@lennon1482]

personally I think the only british band to channel the beatles is the la's there she goes, listen to the original version and listen to that glorious beatle esque ending

[@paulchristoforou4824]

Crabby Appleton,i thought they sounded like The Hollies.

[@roygoad2870]

For me there’s only one other band that could compete to the Beatles in term of historical importance and that’s Grateful Dead, 3 of the original members are still playing live. Apparently Bob Weir has played Madison Square Gardens 250 times as Donald Trump said as he introduced Bob Weir’s band once in 2006. Jerry Garcia was involved in Bluegrass and rock and roll loved Chuck Berry and Bo Diddely also Richie Valens before the Dead going back to the late 1950’s

[@davidsanderson5918]

Just of interest, Mr Hepworth, regarding the album-clad backdrop to your good self in these clips....according to the instructions on the white inner sleeve of a mono Decca album I played earlier, "records should be stored upright with no appreciable pressure against their surfaces and not leaning one way or another." Just saying! :)

[@FiveLiver]

Mark Lewisohn, turn up your volume - interviewers, stop giggling.

[@tonym994]

how'd you know I'm in an attic?

[@adrianmadden]

I'd love to go to Paul McCartney's house and have a wander around the place, to see the different artwork that must be on all the walls......and to think he's been there since mid sixties.

[@terrythekittieful]

There is a video he did not that long ago,...I think it was with the bloke who gets celebrities to have a sing-a-long in their cars...anyhow he visited his old home in Forthlin road.

[@davidsanderson5918]

It's a joy to hear Lewisohn say that The Beatles story is the best story ever. I know people who still don't 'get it', still wheel out that old well-trodden reasoning that the Beatles can't be the greatest because there are far far FAR better musicians in the next street never mind out there somewhere in history. One could end up frothing at the mouth with the hundreds of arguments pro-Beatley to counter that. I tend to simply bring out the quote of Mikhail Gorbachev. Other than that though there are miracles and mysteries and mythologies galore in the story UNLIKE anything else ever in history. Lennon's story alone, let alone The Beatles, is singularly remarkable and without precedents. Except perhaps in the story of Christ. Not that I'm comparing them to Jesus. I'm not saying they're any better or comparing thrm to Jesus as a person or a thing. I just said it....and it was wrong....etc.etc.

[@toadnewt62]

Great video.

[@knockedoutloaded279]

I'd love him to write a lennon dakota demos news..

[@transformationgeneration]

I suppose The Searchers could have chanted, "we've almost found it"......

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

My Aunt noticed that John and Ringo were in the next car at the traffic lights in Hammersmith. Her husband who was driving, said to her to leave them in peace. She stuck her tongue out at Lennon. He slid down in his seat to get below his window and gave a two-fingered gesture to her.

[@terrythekittieful]

It would be an honour even to get a two finger salute from the great man....I would have laughed.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

terrythekittie Yes, a badge-of-honour. Thanks for reply.

[@jaysmith3095]

Haha! Awesome

[@JuddLofthouse]

Great post what do you guys think about conspiracy theorists who say other writers wrote some of Beatles songs ? Thanks again very enjoyable half hour 👍👍

[@Beatgeneration2010]

Not even worth replying to!