Happy anniversary to our beloved Abbey Road LP, a spry 56 years old today and sounding as freshly fab as it did Sept. 26, 1969, the day it was released. Usual shameless promo: Catch up on Abbey Road’s deep roots in the Beatles’ Get Back sessions here: theymaybeparted.com/tag/abbey-ro...

Everyone wish Gayle well. She fell over and ended up in surgery to fix her arm! DRAMATIC STUFF! Get well soon x

Full title: It’s Traditional Daditional! I’m sure this’ll interest a bunch of our listeners - the ever excellent Goon Pod and @andrewhickey.500songs.com himself looking at this early 60s pop movement movie from Richard Lester.

Illustrative slides to accompany the episode. Part one - Grosse Freiheit, Reeperbahn and nearby.

BONUS EPISODE: during our recent trip to Hamburg, we kept a little audio diary of our activities - Beatley and otherwise! Find it in the podcast apps today! pod.link/1531129636/e... #beatles #podcast #hamburg

Back in August 2020 (!) Paul hosted @centuriesofsound.bsky.social on the Head Ballet Podcast - all about the inspiration and impact of the classic The Laughing Policeman! podfollow.com/headballetpo... A great guest!

The Hamburg trip was very much an excuse for me and my brother to do Beatles-y things (see @bigbeatlessortout.bsky.social for reference), but we did a few things that were worth the price of the trip alone - primarily going up the 'mountain path' round the monstrous Feldstrasse Bunker in St Pauli.

91 years now. Happy Bri-day, Birthan!

We are back from an excellent 3 days in Hamburg... Our special report will be coming soon! (G)

Well well well, our latest episode now contains out of date information! Anthology 4 to be made available standalone!

New Beatles info! Why Don’t we do it in the Road?, which was recorded on 9 October 1968, also makes a brief appearance on another White Album song recorded more than four months earlier. Have a listen to this isolated backing track from 20/31 May 1968: (From the fade out of Revolution 1 take 18)

In Hamburg / on brand

Guess where we are, and, what the nature of our next special episode will be?!

Hey everybody - it's this guy's birthday! He's a *little bit* older than seen here, so please give a hearty HAPPY MERRY BIRTHDAY to Big Sort's very own Garry Abbott!

Exactly what we’re always saying! Good, supportive, friendly people. The bestest.

Nice to hear @pablovich.bsky.social pop up on the There Is A Place podcast today. That and @bigbeatlessortout.bsky.social are both such informative but cosy listens.

I’ve released a lot of music and I’m gonna post one song a day from @bandcamp.com until I’m out of songs. Might be a while. Here’s “Crimble Medley”, which mashes up all four Beatles solo holiday tunes (+ Ringo’s Photograph). 🤑 and reskeets appreciated. 19/? Murry Crimble to you! 🥧 🌲

On my lunch today, I heard NOW AND THEN playing over the speakers in St John's Precinct here in Liverpool. That was fairly weird, but it made me think that I can't remember ever hearing Free As A Bird out and about in the wild. We talk about the song's new mix in this bonus episode!

Please listen to my radio show if you can tonight. There are many other great indie programmes but mine is a little bit different. But in a way that doesn't make it sound really wanky.... Look, just listen to it already. Please.

Good morning! We have gone done a surprise bonus ep for you, listening to the new Free As A Bird remix! Will it make a difference to my scores from series 1? What do you think?! Listen to find out! Plus general Beatle chit chat. pod.link/1531129636/e...

Griff is on tour doing his fantastic live one man show of extraordinary stories and reminiscences beginning Sunday 12 October here at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton. I assist slightly with this production so please share if you can! Full list of dates here www.ents24.com/uk/tour-date...

I am reliably informed by the boffins at Big Sort HQ that today is our 5 year anniversary! Not sure how that happened! Thanks for sticking with us and hopefully we will have a few new treats coming your way very soon! G

Can't find it sadly but the same team did this brilliant documentary (which I think won a BAFTA) with my old Youth Theatre mate Curtis: youtu.be/LCehdBjlG48?...

There was a Granada documentary about this in the early nineties where they tracked down as many of the artists as possible - if memory serves the full photo is wider at the edges and also features amongst others Eddie Amoo and that schoolgirl skiffle band.

I have never seen this incredible photo before! All stood in front of the Equestrian Statue that inspired the Bonzo Dog song!

Roll up! Step right this way! Where we'll be talking about the best Beatles. 😉👇

Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?

A round-up of some recent recommendations including @bigbeatlessortout.bsky.social, @drunkwomenpod.bsky.social, @mrphilnorman.bsky.social and @alfsplaining.bsky.social. timworthington.org/2025/04/25/t...

Our very good friend @benbaker.bsky.social has a new Zine - an actual physical zine* you can buy! We've extolled Ben's Pop-Culture writing skills many times and we'll continue to do so. Consider buying one of these today - then actually buy it! Support Indie creators! *available digitally also

Think im gonna start just posting out Teatles. Keep it simple. Old school. Pretend its 2019 again

Now that everyone loves The Fantastic Four: First Steps, it's time to take a look at the notorious 2005 Fantastic Four movie. It certainly makes a lot of mistakes, but is it really all that bad? Here's what Garry Abbott makes of it... timworthington.org/2024/10/31/i...

@liverpooluni.bsky.social’s Beatles MA returns in distance-learning format 🌐🎶🎓 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/08/26/l... Listen to our resident Beatles expert @drhollytessler.bsky.social speak on Original Ideas podcast Episode 5: Popular Music 🎙️💡🎶 www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/ori...

I’ve seen some posts about Brian Epstein today - it’s the anniversary of his tragic death. Here’s a picture I drew of him last year, together with various other 5th Beatles.

Boy, they dressed well back then. Look at these handsome chaps!

We've lived in a world without Brian Epstein for 58 years now and it's still such a heart-breaking tragedy of lost potential.

Thinking of Brian Epstein - gone 58 years today. ‘If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian.’ - Paul McCartney

If you want to examine Queer takes on The Beatles and their legacy, then a good place to do so is on Caleb’s records and especially on this 7” of Lennon and Macca solo covers!

“No one I think is in my tree…” BECAUSE WE CUT IT DOWN! We’re not in Liverpool for Beatles weekend shenanigans, because we’re in Stoke helping sort out a diseased tree in Mum’s garden. Also, we’re planning the Big Sort Hamburg Adventure!

Hope anyone who’s come to Liverpool today manages to (a) avoid fascists* and (b) has a lovely Beatley time. As usual on Bank Holiday weekend, I (Paul) leave Liverpool to spend time with family, otherwise please note I would have loved to meet up with you all! (*unless you were to kick them out!)

Point your Academic eyes at this!

August 22, 1969. The Beatles’ final photo session took place on this day at John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s home, Tittenhurst Park, just two days after their last recording session together. www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1969/08/the-...

Here’s a list of what is/isn’t new on Anthology 4: 1) I Saw Her Standing There (Tk 2) 2) Money (RM7 undubbed) • The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 3) This Boy (Tk 12 & 13) • Free As A Bird CD single 4) Tell Me Why (Tk 4 & 5) 5) If I Fell (Tk 11) 6) Matchbox (Tk 1) • Previously unreleased

We never did an Anthology Deep Dive, but after our very first season of Big Sort, Paul chose selections from each of the three albums to present before Garry for his sorting thoughts. That was back in November 2021. Blimey we've been going a while. You can listen (again?) using these links...

The new Anthology mixes are leaking because Instagram has put them up so people can add them to their posts. How modern!

“Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox” Bloody hell, what a line. What a song.

The history of when Paul McCartney wrote 'Yesterday' has been confused by contradictory memories. This week, I explore the gestation of a classic and make the case for what I think is the most accurate timeline.🎧 gimmesometruth.podbean.com What do you think of this McClassic? #Beatles #TheBeatles

I agree, Chester Chronicle of 18th August 1962, they *are* SENSATIONAL! #beatles