Danny Baker: tracing the Beatles through their Christmas records

[@marknotton9425]

The campaign starts here. A monthly Danny Baker Word in your Attic. When this bloody war is over, David and Mark should do one from Danny’s record rooms. This was superb

[@jonhelmer8591]

I don't know if we need one every month, but this video is such great fun.

[@ecc84]

When you get Mr Hepworth and Mr Ellen talking together about anything and everything it's like that feeling you get when you've had a shit day at work and your sick of your life but you run a hot bath with some radox, you lock the door and put some music on and you just chill out and the cares of the world drift away. Now when you add Mr Baker into the mix it's the same feeling but after the bath the wife makes you a drink, gets your slippers and you crash out in front of the box with a favourite film and some chocolate. Life doesn't get much better than these three. Thank you Gentlemen for everything you do, it is very much appreciated. stay safe and have a lovely christmas all of you.

[@markwatkins8309]

Well said & kindly, I agree!

[@ecc84]

@David Robinson that made me laugh a bit too much 😂

[@Harbottle64]

Wonderful! Can we have Messrs. Hepworth, Ellen and Baker EVERY Christmas now as a part of the festivities? Loved it.

[@magikmoonmark]

Agreed, it should be made a law 🤔

[@Harbottle64]

@@magikmoonmark There was certainly something missing this Christmas Mark! 🤥

[@sianwarwick633]

I gotta say, i miss Danng Baker on the radio. Listening to him go is like hearing a bag full of firecrackers going off

[@MrCatalysis101]

Fantastic. The best yet. Thanks to you all and Merry Christmas.

[@dohsoft]

Another wonderous hour in the company of these three gents.

[@claymor8241]

Watching at midnight on Xmas eve, great stuff. The kids’ hospital thing was Meet the Kids with Leslie Crowther, in our era.

[@eastendswede8501]

Christmas at the Airport is amazing!

[@andrewf9041]

Great, posting now, but saving this for Friday night. Thanks everyone.

[@andrewbashford9786]

As always Danny Baker an amazing guest on A.W.I.Y.E. ⭐👍

[@threepwoodguybrush2223]

Yet another enjoyable episode , really great fun

[@gbtalking]

Wonderful.

[@tinametcalfe654]

Brilliant show, loved it!

[@walesdad]

Amazing to see the original issues of those Beatles Christmas records,sleeves and all.

[@arthurgillies5287]

Brilliant trio, could listen for hours

[@philanderson5138]

been looking forward to this one... and once again not disappointed! thank you sirs!

[@geofftayloruk]

One of the very few fan-clubs in music history that was actually worth joining....

[@philiphaigh8349]

Fantastic 🥃 x

[@seanpopple5984]

forget Scrooge or It's a Wonderful life on Christmas Eve, i'll be watching this from now on EVERY Christmas

[@jackiesampson7207]

Can Danny adopt me just for Christmas? Sounds like it would be a fabulous time in his house, Christmas isn't the same in Australia. Can you have him back again sooooon

[@garyfowkes8794]

Danny Baker is the DB

[@invisibleray6987]

Danny 😂

[@garyfowkes8794]

Priceless listen

[@retrojunkie74]

Wonderful hour gents, but you had to jinx it in the last 2 minutes Mr Baker. LOL xxxx Merry Christmas everyone!

[@ws4488]

A rare error from Mr Baker suggesting that the first Beatles flexi is in 1964 rather than 1963. Otherwise his usual wonderful waffle.

[@cosmicdrifter287]

astonishing as always!

[@BassistPaul]

Danny Baker: who forced me to stop running on my pre-marathon training many moons ago; talking radio-wise (on what must've been GLR then) about school caretakers opening tall windows with long poles... I was doubled up on Trinity Road (not a million miles from Wandsworth nick) with giggles. Hope you're keeping well, Dan.

[@MrPopupjohn]

Tri-ang crane. I had one!

[@bigboxbobby2]

Mark could you please pull out the large spine orange record above your head and share it with us? Its driving me mental. Is it George Harrisons - Concert for Bangladesh by chance? Actually how about a record reveal like the vinyl community people do? Thanks, Lovely chat with Danny Baker by the way.

[@robertgough508]

Good stuff happy xmas

[@andrewridge2824]

“Buy Me A Rocking Horse” wasn’t on Ambrose Slade’s album. I could find no reference online to any recording of it.

[@markfelts3976]

Time of the season isobel campbell and mark lanegan cracking xmas tune.

[@Slydeil]

I heard the Beatles Xmas records first on a BBC Radio 1 special in 1979(?) with Andy Peebles (I think) and as Danny said the 1966 one is fantastic. "The boys arrive at BBC House.." and say to the guard ."We have permission o wise one" And then there's an early one where the Lennon subs in some German slang "Beatles peetles" instead of "Beatles people". They still looked after their fan club despite them falling apart towards the end

[@scottandrewbrass]

That's the 1967 one.

[@johnmcglinchey]

Brilliant . Hard to watch without Googling the references at the same time

[@carlskelton5230]

Very entertaining as always. Paul McCartney has just appeared on Adam Buxton's podcast to promote his new album. Any chance of getting him on Word In Your Attic?

[@npc3po301]

Wouldn't that be amazing? a REAL living legend !! Hopefully Adam's not too busy

[@pauldunn108]

James Taylor's duet partner on Baby It's Cold Outside is Natalie Cole, Danny

[@ainsleyperry5192]

Lad's,. This deserves cigars all round.It's is up there with the Beano, Eagle and Rubert Bear annuals. Did Pete and Dud ever do a Christmas song or ditty? 1961 or 1962 Christmas T.V. add. Harry Seacome dressed as a school boy with cap, up in his bedroom. Downstairs mum put's on a winter coat ties a scarf over her head picks up a large carry bag and handbag. Yell's up the stairs she off to the shops and sets out. Harry picks up a large wooden block from the toy's on the floor. Open's his bedroom window and throws the block which hit's his mum who falls flat onto the pavement. Harry yells out " Don't forget the Fruit Gums, mum." Cheers, Chris Perry.

[@keef71]

slade's old tune went 'won't you buy me a looking glass, to watch the world go by.[lalalalaala] look me in the eye-eye-eye'. ok we may not manage massive parties together, but Noddy wrote the song to try and relieve the drudge and hardship and misery of the 3-day week, power cuts etc. he just spooled together all the traditional memories of Christmas so that everyone could forget about all the real pish in the world at the time and just have as much of a time as they could

[@keef71]

Actually looked it up, song was 'Buy me a Looking Glass' in 1967 (when they were still the " 'N Betweens") and the chorus was "Buy me a rocking chair to watch the world go by, buy me a looking glass, I'll look you in the eye". Jim Lea liked the tune but thought the words were naff. In 1973 he remembered the chorus, came up with the opening words and suggested to Noddy that it could be the Christmas tune that Chas Chandler had been at them to write.

[@markarmstrong7188]

Argo is great - the classic Richard Burton reading Dylan Thomas LP is on that label from the late 50s

[@tomleader7054]

My favourite swing version of a rock song was when Frank Sinatra covered Highway to Hell.

[@ecc84]

I'm sorry gents but those are great but you can't beat Tony Bennett singing the Anti Nowhere League track " So What"

[@Jameseyiom]

Richard Cheese - ‘Creep’. An astonishing swing version of one of the greatest alternative rock tracks of all time.

[@stephenmaynard1305]

Frank Bennett - Five o clock shadow album has creep and also red right hand, with or without you, under the bridge and several others

[@bennyfactor1]

God that takes me back. I loved my Beatles xmas records from the fan club. With the newsletters pics and other goodies they must have run it at a loss. Lost it all to a very vengeful ex-girlfriend :(

[@magikmoonmark]

I must have Danny’s hat. Who knows where I can get one?

[@markkavanagh7377]

Always strikes me how much the Beatles were influenced by The Goons, who of course George Martin worked with too.

[@warmeggs]

Danny Baker is the shit xx

[@kamandi1362]

Really? I quite like him.

[@unchattytwit]

Charles Dickens - 'The Signalman'

[@ianjohnson263]

The Paul Anka live album. Black Hole Sun

[@CordialRecordings]

FAO Danny - Hawkwind released a song called Christmas Treat

[@GeraldineMcK]

Enjoy Mr Poole x

[@ThefightingCelt]

Just listened to Brad Paisley's 364 days to go . Hmmm ! Really , Danny ? I think Danny means The Signalman by Charles Dickens , which the BBC dramatized as part of their Christmas ghost story series . It's brilliant .

[@ddnsconsulting]

Ok, I get the Morecambe and Wise gag. But does that mean Danny is Arthur Tolcher? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Tolcher

[@thestarposts1016]

Cosgrove Hall

[@gr328]

Yes, but we love Clare Grogan - she can do what she likes lads, you can'tget away with it ;-)

[@StratsRUs]

Anne Collingham was a fictional name, she never existed.But later on they auditioned women to take on her moniker. www.meetthebeatlesforreal.com/2013/05/what-ever-happened-to-anne-collingham.html?m=1

[@davidheafield1436]

I was a guest on BBC radio Cambs and was asked to bring in some Christmas records/CDs to play. Long before it was officially released on the B side , I snuck in a Bootleg CD copy and told the presenter to play track number 6 which he did. Broadcasting the full version of “Christmas time is here again” to all of East Anglia who must have been bemused when listening to an otherwise unknown song by the Beatles. However , unbeknown to me at the time there was a policy of the lady at the checkout desk wanting to note down all the tracks and info of what we had played for copywrite purposes and I assume to pay royalties , I couldn’t just hand her a copy of the CD “Yellow Matter Custard” ( or whatever it was titled?) so I distracted her and told her it was Lady Madonna or something or other , she wouldn’t know.... Small time sticking it to the man.....

[@davidfanning1600]

Denny Baker could talk for England