Fixing A Hole - The Beatles podcast you didn't know you needed

A Deep Dive into The Beatles 5th Album NUJV. Pronounced Help!

Is it NUJV or NVUJ? Well it depends what side of the Atlantic you live on and if you own a Parlophone or Capitol records edition of Help! The Beatles 5th album released

Beatles For Sale - Special offer, 40% Off!

In the summer of 1964 The Beatles released A Hard Day's Night in the UK. Their first album to contain purely Lennon and McCartney compositions.  But by the Autumn of tha

A Hard Days Night, All Their Own Work

There were 8 months between The Beatles debut album, Please Please Me and it's follow up With The Beatles. A further 8 months and A Hard Day's Night arrived in stores. B

With The Beatles. That Difficult Second Album?

Exactly 8 months to the day after their debut album 'Please Please Me' was released in the UK. The Beatles second album 'With The Beatles' landed in record stores nationw

How Does The Beatles Debut Album, Please Please Me Stand Up, 63 Years On?

11 February 1962 has become a legendary day in the history of Abbey Road. The recording studio located on a residential street in north London. For on that day, John, Pau

John Lennon Now And Then

Following the tragedy of December 1980, Yoko took control of her husbands audio, visual and written legacy. Producing a series of releases which would not only keep John'

From Quarry Men to Beat Brothers

In the Spring of 1961 The Beatles made their first professional recordings under the guidance of Bert Kaempfert. The German orchestra leader, composer and A&R man for Pol

The Boys at Forthlin Road

In episode 58 Mark and Paul reviewed the rather excellent new album from Paul McCartney 'The Boys Of Dungeon Lane'. An album on which Paul reflects on his pre-fame past.

Dungeon Lane. Is It Worth The Journey?

With his 84th birthday just weeks away. Paul has gifted fans his first new collection of songs in 5 years. The question is: Is The Boys Of Dungeon Lane worth the wait?

I Feel Fine

If you play all 22 original UK singles in chronological sequence, you witness first hand the creativity of John, Paul, George and Ringo. That  progress was not a smooth c

3 Savile Row: Below the Surface

With the news that Apple are moving back into 3 Saville Row and opening a Beatles experience in 2027. To not only include access to the roof, but a recreation of the base

3 Saville Row, What Are The Beatles Up To Now?

When the exciting news dropped last week that apple are opening 3 Saville Row as a London Beatles experience, the Beatles network went into overdrive with rumours about w

Apple Recording Artists (Part 1) Hot Chocolate and Badfinger

In August 1968, The Beatles Apple records label made their debut with their 'First Four' single releases. Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days, Jackie Lomax - Sour Milk Sea,

Venus And Mars Are More Than Alright Tonight!

Following a series of low key tours in 1972 and 72. Wings embarked on a 13 month world tour in the autumn of 1975. A tour which would see they start by playing cinemas an

'There Are Places I Remember'. Where I Watched The Beatles (Part 1)

A couple of weeks back my daytime job took me to Wallasey, or more precisely New Brighton. Formerly the location of the Tower Ballroom, where The Beatles played 27 times

What's Next For The Beatles?

When Paul, George, Ringo and the John Lennon estate won control of the groups back catalogue in late 1989. It marked a changing point in the way The Beatles back catalogu

Is McCartney' s Lost Bass A Lost Cause?

The Hoffner violin bass is an iconic symbol of Paul's days with The Beatles. Sometime during the 60's, or was it the 70's Paul's original 1961 Hoffner disappeared. Lost

It Was 50 Episodes Ago Today

In August 2024 when we published episode 1, I had no idea that 20 months later we would be publishing weekly, or that we would reach the milestone of 50 episodes!  To ce

How To Cram Eight Days Into One!

When you read the biographies of John, Paul, George and Ringo, it's very obvious how hard they worked to progress from 4 school boys playing music for fun, to becoming th

Todays Top Ten!

Back in episode 20 of Fixing A Hole, my co-presenter and producer Mark declared that his favourite Beatles album is Revolver. That's the UK 14 track edition, not the edit