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Before They Were Beatles

Alan J. Porter

This is the place to be for monthly news and updates on: - The latest The Before They Were Beatles podcast episode - General Beatles-related happenings - The Savage Young Beatles tribute band. - And general musings on the Fab Four

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Latest Issues

“I Didn’t Book The Beatles!”

One of the reasons I love working on The Forgotten Beatles podcast series is finding out about stories like this.

On the evening of March 18, 1965, while the Beatles were in Obertauern, Austria, filming their second movie, “Help,” they dec...

4 months ago

Beatles and Burgers

John Lennon and his old friend Pete Shotton during the Apple Corps period.

It’s impossible to read anything about John Lennon’s childhood without coming across the name of Pete Shotton. In Ray Coleman’s biography of John, Pete is described...

6 months ago

The Good Guitar Player

“The only English guitarist who was any good during the late 1950s.” - Jimmy Page talking about Tony Sheridan.

In November 1957, a skiffle group called The Saints, from Norwich, East Anglia, buoyed by their success in a local talent com...

7 months ago
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Who Was Billy Preston?

As I was wrapping up the script for the latest Forgotten Beatles podcast episode, I added this section to my notes:

Given Billy Preston’s achievements, the high regard he is held in, and the length of his career, there is surprisingly li...

10 months ago

Liverpool Pilgrimage

During our recent trip to the UK we took a day to head to Liverpool to check out three special locations that I’ve been writing and podcasting about for many years, but had never got the chance to visit before.

When I was at college in Liv...

a year ago

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