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https://linktr.ee/bigsort A podcast by two brothers: Garry ranks Beatles recordings and beyond - Paul offers info/sighs. Season 5: THE BIG SIXTIES BILLBOARD SORT OUT starts in 2026 S-O-T/L'Pool
Good Human Garreth is presenting a Simpsons inspired show on Good Radio Station Noisebox this Sunday. Listen!
If you havent bought our excellent Minder-themed single yet, tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday which means all the money raised will go to keeping @noiseboxradio.com running and not middle-man fees. Its a damn fine pop record to boot!
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A cartoon mouse in a big hat. We can just see his big white droopy moustache. He's wearing cowboy boots and playing a geeeetar. He is a legend.
Who is this character and why does he feature in this week's episode of the BIG SIXTIES U.S. SORT OUT?
Listen (all the way to the end) to find out!
I laughed when Theme From A Summer Place came on as my brain immediately went to Jasper singing and Monty Python too. It was a good discussion of the song. It's more than a punchline now. Welcome back @bigsort.bsky.social!
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More classic cars parked on Liverpool's Rodney Street, with the Anglican cathedral and blue cloudy sky behind.
More classic cars.
I never seemed to be at the right end to see what was happening (except for the cars coming down the street)!
I heard suggestions that the street was doubling for Brian Epstein's Mayfair home, but it seems like some Liverpool traffic scenes were happening as well.
Some of the vehicles being used in the Beatles biopic scenes
The scene, such as you could see after dark and with the roads closed off, involved traffic going past including someone on a moped and a number 3 corporation bus. No long lens for me, so if anything else happened, I couldn't tell you!
So I (Paul) hung around Rodney Street, Liverpool a fair bit yesterday to watch the set-up and a little bit of what was going on with the biopic filming.
Some beautiful period cars being used (tax discs reading Aug 62) and modern lighting removed and the victorian street lamps being illuminated.
I wish my eyes were that good
I was looking at my MA dissertation from 2015 the other day which contains a quote saying that the second volume won’t be out until “2020”. Ah, poor naive days of yore!
Luckily I have access to various newspaper archives, so with the date and knowing it’s the Standard, I could find it.
I love a spot of research!
Beatles in Live World TV Show. Short article in the Evening Standard explaining that the Beatles will be seen working on a new disc at EMI Studios for the international Our World satellite broadcast.
Only one Beatles reference I can find in the paper - information about the upcoming satellite broadcast.
Evening Standard of that day being read. What page, we'll never know, but the front page covers Anti-British sentiment in Hong Kong, desecration of the Queen's portrait in Shanghai, a plea to the BBC from people of colour to ban the Black & White Minstrel show and tensions between Egypt and the UN.
Been sent some photos of the Plaza cinema in Waterloo, dressed for Beatles Biopic filming. Films showing on posters are "South Of The Border" from 1939 and "The Man From Laramie" from 1955. Whether this implies the setting is mid-fifties or not, I can't be sure, but it'd be a fair guess.
Black and white photo of a young Len Garry playing tea chest bass.
It’s being reported that Len Garry, tea-chest bassist (and guitarist for the later version) of the Quarrymen has died. He was there at the start, playing in some of the most significant early shows for the group and was there on the day of the significant John and Paul meeting. Bless you, Len. x
Ha ha! Of course.
Good morning! In our new episode out today we embark on the US Billboard 1960s Number 1s with a heady mix of Novelty, Death Discs and, of course, Elvis and bears feature occasionally... plinkhq.com/i/1531129636...
Episode ONE of Series 5 will be with you tomorrow, so now’s* the time to catch up with our preliminary episode where we set out our stall for what’s to come.
*’whenever’ is the time - it’s a podcast, you’re the boss!
Sad news about Neil Sedaka. We’ll be getting to his ‘60s number in a few episodes time, but he’s very much part of the decade’s hit-making machinery right from the off.
Wow! This is an exceptionally kind description and overview of our podcast. And second in the list after @500songspodcast.bsky.social - royalty!
Thanks, @wilburmudd.bsky.social, that’s very heartwarming.
Well, as we're back with SERIES 5 and we've released our preliminary episode 0, you might be interested in hearing the full theme tune for this series.
As we're leaving the Shadows back in the UUUK, we needed something a bit more American. A bit more Memphis-y perhaps?
Nothing to see except the big screens being used by the Beatles biopic crew to block off Porter St. in Liverpool during filming!
I expect it’ll be used for the Cavern exteriors… BUT WAIT…
#beatles #liverpool #thecavern #biopic #filming
And Ye Cracke is open again now, @stevenc63.bsky.social !
Well, as we're back with SERIES 5 and we've released our preliminary episode 0, you might be interested in hearing the full theme tune for this series.
As we're leaving the Shadows back in the UUUK, we needed something a bit more American. A bit more Memphis-y perhaps?
I'm not - but I know it well. One of the more bizarre stand-ins for a location. Single flat fronted terrace building in town? Hmmm. No, let's use this out-of-town CASTLE instead (because we can film the Penny Lane sign as the cast walk into shot!)
…it wouldn’t be the first time, as it was used for the same purpose in Midas Man a couple of years ago. That road is a film star itself!
Nothing to see except the big screens being used by the Beatles biopic crew to block off Porter St. in Liverpool during filming!
I expect it’ll be used for the Cavern exteriors… BUT WAIT…
#beatles #liverpool #thecavern #biopic #filming
