New EggPod Express online! Available everywhere! This, then, is @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social discussing the 10 July 1964 issue of New Musical Express with Chris Shaw

Next up… @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social With you on Sunday Morning

Beatles fans are the best 1/3

I listened to the first two episodes this morning - fantastic work, @chrisshaweditor.bsky.social.

It's an absolute joy to open up a copy of Mersey Beat with Chris and marvel at the amount of fascinating detail Mark can provide to enrich the experience. Listening to the other Merseyside groups, it's not difficult to see why the Beatles were so special. Have a listen! #Beatles

New EggPod Express online! Available everywhere! Part 2 of @marklewisohn.bsky.social discussing the 4 January 1962 issue of Mersey Beat with Chris Shaw.

Sorry I was late. Just finished listening and this toppermost of poppermost podcasting! 👏👏👏 I mean, obviously fab Fabs stuff in there, but also so great to hear a celebration of the value of the printed word and dedicated historians. (Laughing at myself and my official auld wummin comment!)

Sunday morning… ( Available from wherever you pod )

Friday morning treat. Anyone for a Paul McCartney and Ringo duet singing about their Liverpool childhoods? youtu.be/bLRV8hRRUHo?...

As discussed in episode one of EggPod Express, when Jackie Lomax became an Apple artist in 1968, I wonder if Paul had a re-listen to Jackie’s previous band The Undertakers? In particular, their cover of Rosco Gordon’s ‘Just a Little Bit’ youtu.be/kyV3f4lbAAo?...

A fantastic first episode! From gag classfied ads to "this then is" in-jokes to Birthday theories, it has the kind of exquisite detail only @marklewisohn.bsky.social & @chrisshaweditor.bsky.social can provide. The accompanying Mersey Beat Popularity Poll playlist is excellent too!

A flying start for the Egg Pod Express! Mark provides deep insights into the Beatles and the surrounding Liverpool music scene and so many interesting comments sparked by the articles in Mersey Beat, while Chris is the perfect host and interlocutor. Don't miss it! #Beatles

Eggpod Express, a super new podcast from Chris Shaw , has dropped. It's a deep dive into Sixties music magazines. My episodes coming soon.

I’m rather eggcited to listen to this. Love Beatles and Liverpool and unessecary spelling mustakes.

I’m happy and honoured to be the first guest in this new show (welcome back, Chris) and to pay due respect to Bill Harry for creating Mersey Beat, now 65 years ago.

New EggPod Express online! Available everywhere! Part 1 of @marklewisohn.bsky.social discussing the 4 January 1962 issue of Mersey Beat with Chris Shaw.

Thanks @theguardian.com !

Really enjoyed chatting to Tim about this often dismissed Beatles nugget

Hey music lover,this is going to be just great!

Patreon subscribers were alerted to Chris’ guest. All Beatle fans will want to hear this podcast.

See you in the morning patreon.com/eggpod supporters x

THIS.

Listened to the trailer this morning. It's good to have Chris back with an eggciting new topic, really looking forward to this. Welcome back, Chris!

Looking forward to hearing the @eggpod.bsky.social The “trailer” released today was amazing.

I'm delighted to hear that @eggpod.bsky.social is coming back. I've grown up with that pod as the soundtrack to my adulthood.

One of the best podcasters Chris Shaw (@chrisshaweditor.bsky.social) - is back!

For all Beatle fans and/or 60’s music this is going to be a blast! I encourage you to get this into your podcast feed. Also support Chris via Patreon!

👀 patreon.com/eggpod

3rd May 2026

More about last night here... samiraahmed.blog/a-hard-days-...

Paul McCartney and the past: a playlist. quantick.substack.com/p/64-to-83

As always, @marklewisohn.bsky.social providing historical context for Dungeon Lane! Thanks to @adixonmusic.bsky.social for sharing. Full video here: youtu.be/xowdzq02hDQ?...

And we’re off!

Anyone else listening to BBC Radio Merseyside?

Mike McGear McCartney has just leaked his brother's new album title 😅 Wonder what Paul's publicists are thinking :)

Happy Birthday, George x youtu.be/xxfJtBU8QaY?...

Currently reading this and… … it is superb! Rarely do Beatles books so perfectly capture the joy of the Fabs this eloquently. Samira not only highlights their cultural significance but backs it up with her enthusiastically nerdish passion for research. One of those rare Beatles books - a must!

Today I become a film star. Well, hardly, but the documentary based on my 2022 London theatre presentation Beatles/Evolver:62 is available from Amazon Prime, 108 minutes of surprising and engaging cultural history for the price of a coffee. In the UK the URL is www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...

Ever wondered who everyone was on the Sgt Pepper album cover? Wonder no longer as @chrisshaweditor.bsky.social has nailed ’em all down! sgtpepperphotos.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/16/

*Cough* (Updated daily by the looks of it. Enjoy, before the inevitable happens…) youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Sir George Martin was born 100 years ago today. He and the Beatles lucked into their glorious partnership and humankind is the lasting recipient. I was privileged to work with George and hoped to mark the centenary by touring a theatre show about his life & work – but I must stay focused on writing.

Happy New Year, beautiful Beatles community! x youtu.be/w6EeAZy91-s?...

Exciting Beatles news for 2026! A brilliant show with the incredible levels of research you’d expect from the ‘big dog’! Bring it on!

That Beatles song that so many people dismissed - turns out that it’s one of John’s finest vocal performances youtu.be/DyhjTZNRyVA?...

Happy Christmas, one and all! youtu.be/pJXMKt2UYA4?...

Any tech people know how to help the brilliant Beatles Bible appeal against the FB ban? An incredible long term resource, removed for ridiculous (and incorrect) reasons. If there’s a way where the Beatles community can get together to appeal please help!

And there’s more! The full ‘63 acetate of What Goes On! Almost unrecognisable from the finished version on Rubber Soul, you can hear that the guitar pattern would later be repurposed for I’ll Cry Instead. youtu.be/cOI4Tgfwk4c?...