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Beatles Rewind Podcast
Hosted by Steve Weber and Cassandra · EN
Beatles. All day, every day. beatlesrewind.substack.com (https://beatlesrewind.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)
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The Unbeatable Beatles Song 🎸🚫
3w ago00:13:07Tap to summarize“I Saw Her Standing There” is the best song ever. My favorite is the original, the take on the LP. It’s the one thing I never get tired of. Read my essay on this song: https://beatlesrewind.substack.com/p/greatest-beatles-song-ever View my favorite Beatles treasures at Amazon: https://a.co/d/0hJIhK5E FREE audiobook on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5J4LHILtMfo As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
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🚨 Unseen Beatles: ”SHOUT!” 🤯
3w ago00:10:09Tap to summarizeView my favorite Beatles treasures at Amazon: https://a.co/d/0hJIhK5E FREE audiobook on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5J4LHILtMfo As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The Beatles performed “Shout” (later made famous by the film "Animal House" regularly between 1960 and 1961 during their formative Hamburg and Liverpool club days, when their live sets were built almost entirely from American R&B and rock and roll covers.
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🎸 Beatles Collectibles: July 14
3w ago00:07:21Tap to summarizeLinks to these live auctions: https://www.weberbooks.com/kindle/beatles-auctions-worth-watching-right-now/ View my favorite Beatles treasures at Amazon: https://a.co/d/0hJIhK5E FREE audiobook on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5J4LHILtMfo As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This week’s auction roundup covers a lot of ground—a harmonica that predates the British Invasion’s peak, a sealed LP with a wild backstory about its own title, and even a novelty record made by chipmunks. (I may earn a small commission if you purchase through these links.)
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🛑 These “I Want to Hold Your Hand” Covers are a Disaster! 🥁
4w ago00:30:30Tap to summarizeView my favorite Beatles treasures at Amazon: https://a.co/d/0hJIhK5E FREE audiobook on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5J4LHILtMfo I Want to Hold Your Hand: The 15 Corniest Covers! Can a truly perfect pop song survive being completely turned inside out? In 1963, John Lennon and Paul McCartney released "I Want to Hold Your Hand," sparking Beatlemania and rewriting the rules of modern music history. But sixty years later, its bulletproof melody has been subjected to some of the most bizarre, brilliant, and downright corny transformations imaginable. Today, we are taking a deep dive into 15 of the most fascinating cover versions ever recorded. We're testing the absolute limits of this British Invasion classic—dragging it through mid-century Las Vegas lounges, 1930s European swing clubs, Ivy League choral halls, and 1960s teenage garage rock distortions. While the title says "corniest," the truth is that the sheer level of musical talent hidden in these tracks might just blow your mind. From global vocal icons and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers to viral internet fingerstyle guitarists, we are breaking down the history, the artists, and the stories behind these unforgettable tracks. Here is the ultimate breakdown of the artists featured in today’s video: The Heavy Hitters & Legends: We look at jazz icon Keely Smith's brassy 1964 album cover (which John Lennon famously grumbled about), the pristine 6-part classical vocal harmonies of The King’s Singers, and New Jersey garage rock heroes The Knickerbockers—the band that naturally sounded so much like the Fab Four that teenagers thought their records were unreleased Beatles tracks. The Genre-Flippers: Check out the high-energy power-pop hooks of The Rubinoos, alongside Italy's premier retro-swing band Sugarpie and the Candymen, who transform the track into a frantic 1930s Gypsy Jazz dance number. The Modern Indie Wave: We explore the acoustic, slowed-down bedroom pop variations by Laura Zocca, the atmospheric streaming layers of BothWorlds, and the hard-hitting, punk-infused guitar riffs of Riff Wood. The Hidden Gems: From the mind-bending solo acoustic arrangements of viral sensation Josephine Alexandra to the ultimate wedding-band energy of La Calle Band and Evita, we see exactly how this melody gets people onto the dance floor. The Ultimate Rock Artifact: Discover The Moving Sidewalks, a 1968 heavy psychedelic Texas garage band whose teenage guitarist was a beard-less Billy Gibbons—just a year before he launched ZZ Top! The Soul Masterpiece: Finally, our "mic drop" moment with the legendary Al Green, who stripped away the teen innocence in 1969 to completely reinvent the song's DNA into deep, smoky Memphis soul. What is your favorite version of this song? Does a specific track on this list cross the line into being completely unhinged, or is it a hidden masterpiece? Let me know in the comments below!
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⚠️ How to spot a fake ”unreleased” Beatles recording before you fall for it 🎸🥁
4w ago00:08:57Tap to summarizeView my favorite Beatles treasures at Amazon: https://a.co/d/0hJIhK5E FREE audiobook on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5J4LHILtMfo As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Some "unreleased" Beatles songs are real. Most aren't. In this video, we separate legitimate archival breakthroughs — like the Grammy-winning "Now and Then" — from the wave of AI-generated tracks fooling fans into thinking they've found a lost recording that never existed. We break down: 🎧 How "Now and Then" actually used AI (restoration, not creation) 🤖 The viral AI tracks built entirely from synthetic Lennon and McCartney vocals 🔍 The real difference between archival recovery and outright fabrication ⚠️ How to spot a fake "unreleased" Beatles recording before you fall for it If you've ever seen a "lost Beatles song" pop up in your feed, this one's for you.
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Beatles’ signed Sgt Pepper poster sells for $177,800.00 !! 🎸🥁
4w ago00:01:50Tap to summarizeView my favorite Beatles treasures at Amazon: https://a.co/d/0hJIhK5E FREE audiobook on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5J4LHILtMfo As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Witness the electrifying auction of a rare UK Beatles fan club poster for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, signed by Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Ringo Starr. See how it soared to $177,800!
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🎸How a Soda Got the Beatles Banned 🥁
4w ago00:06:07Tap to summarizeView my favorite Beatles treasures at Amazon: https://a.co/d/0hJIhK5E Ask any casual Beatles fan which song got banned by the BBC and you'll get the obvious answers fast. "A Day in the Life," for its druggy "I'd love to turn you on." "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," for those three suspicious initials. Maybe even "I Am the Walrus," for a certain reference to someone's undergarments. Those are the famous cases — the ones people expect. But there's one Beatles song that got pulled from BBC airwaves for a single word almost nobody clocks on first listen, buried inside lyrics so strange that the actual offending word slides right past you. 🎧 FREE audiobook on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5J4LHILtMfo As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
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🕵️ The Rarest White Album Pressing You’ll Ever See (Under 50,000 Copies!)
Jul 600:07:20Tap to summarizeLive links to these auction items: https://beatlesfinds.com/ View my favorite Beatles treasures at Amazon: https://a.co/d/0hJIhK5E FREE audiobook on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5J4LHILtMfo As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This week's auction roundup has a little of everything—a Lennon/McCartney signed debut record (the kind of item that appears only a handful of times in a collector’s lifetime), a gold record award for Sgt. Pepper, and one of the rarest UK pressings of the White Album.
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Most music collectibles are FAKE! 🎸🥁 (and how to spot them)
Jul 500:19:05Tap to summarizeThe "Beatles Rewind" book at Amazon: https://amzn.to/4uHG0DI FREE audiobook on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5J4LHILtMfo The 10 Most Faked Pieces of Music Memorabilia (And How to Spot Them). The collectibles market is now flooded with counterfeit Elvis, Beatles, Prince, and Michael Jackson knockoffs -- and more! Collecting music history is one of the most rewarding hobbies out there—and also one of the easiest to get burned in. Between eBay, autograph shows, and high-end auction houses, fakes move through every level of the market. Here are ten of the most commonly forged items in the hobby, how to tell real from fake, where they typically surface, and where to go if you want to actually get good at spotting the fakes yourself. 🎸 Visit my Beatles Store at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3LlPVOI As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
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Your Favorite Beatles Album Is WRONG (And Will Change!) 🔄🎸🥁
Jul 100:22:51Tap to summarizeThe "Beatles Rewind" book at Amazon: https://amzn.to/4uHG0DI FREE audiobook on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5J4LHILtMfo As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Ranking the Beatles’ discography is a bit like trying to rank the wonders of the world—every single entry is a monument in its own right. In the span of just seven years, four working-class lads from Liverpool didn’t just rewrite the rulebook for popular music; they threw the old book out the window and built a completely new artistic empire. But history has a habit of smoothing over the rough edges, making us forget that these masterworks weren’t always viewed as untouchable holy texts. Visit my Beatles Store at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3LlPVOI As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
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