Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast

Originally Released December 2021

Rubber Soul - Part Three

To get Rubber Soul finished The Beatles pull an all-nighter and raid the Abbey Road cupboard for leftover tracks. Then the album needs a name, a cover, and a totally different American version.

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Originally Released December 2021

Rubber Soul - Part Two

With an album due on shop shelves in six weeks, and less than half of it recorded, it makes total sense for The Beatles to take part in a TV variety special.

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Originally Released December 2021

Rubber Soul - Part One

It’s October 1965 and the Beatles have 14 sessions to record a new album - plus an extra day for the single. The album is due in the shops on December 3rd. That album turns out to be Rubber Soul. How did that happen?

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To close out out Anthology Reissue week celebrating the reissue of the Anthology, here's polymath Kevin Godley telling us about his involvement with the project. Taken from an episode originally released in October 2020. Listen to the full thing here: https://play.acast.com/s/nothing-is-real-a-beatles-podcast/nothingisreal-season3episode5-thekevingodleyinterview

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Back To The Irish on BBC Sounds

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Originally Released October 2020

The Beatles Anthology - The Aftermath, 1995 and beyond

In November 1995 The Beatles Anthology was born into the world in record stores and on tv screens. In the aftermath of its release were the Beatles back together, or had they spilt up again, or was it something in between?

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Originally released August 2020

The Beatles Anthology: The Making Of, 1992-1995

After 25 year long & winding road of The Long & Winding Road documentary, The Beatles Anthology starts to become a real thing at the end of 1992. But there are mountains to climb, decisions to be made, egos to soothe... this long & winding road remains a bumpy one.

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First Released June 2020

The Road to Anthology 1968-1993

By the time The Beatles Anthology finally appeared in 1995, it had taken over 25 years to produce. To celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2020, Nothing Is Real made three episodes looking at the acclaimed documentary.

In this episode Steven and Jason navigate the years from 1968, when the idea arose through to 1992 when the cameras started rolling.

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Look outside and you'll find it's Beatles Anthology Reissue week. The records, the book, and the tv show are getting all dressed up for their 30th anniversary. Never wanting to feel left out, we will be reissuing some Anthology-adjacent NIR content this week to get you in the mood. Here's an edit of Mark Lewisohn chatting to us back in 2019 discussing his involvement with Apple and the Anthology. Listen to the full two part interview here:

https://shows.acast.com/nothing-is-real-a-beatles-podcast/episodes/nothingisreal-episode14-themarklewisohninterview-part1

https://shows.acast.com/nothing-is-real-a-beatles-podcast/episodes/nothingisreal-episode15-marklewisohnpart2

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Live with Mark Lewisohn: 60 Years of A Hard Day’s Night - Part Two

We are concluding our May 2024 live chat with Mr Mark Lewisohn. Will A Hard Day’s Night get released? Will it be a hit? What will the reviews say? Tune in to find out…

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S08 Live with Mark Lewisohn: 60 Years of A Hard Day’s Night - Part One

It’s been 60 years since A Hard Day’s Night hit the silver screen. In the intervening years, many myths have risen about how this film came together, and who better to bust those myths than Mr Mark Lewisohn.

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Nothing Is Real Live 2023 - The Q&A Sessions

At each of the Nothing Is Real live shows in 2023 we had a Q&A session. As a taster for the whole event, here are the sessions for Belfast on October 23rd (Before Now & Then) and Dublin on November 9th (After Now & Then).

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S08 Bonus: The Beatles Last Tour NIR Live 2023 Part Two

When The Beatles landed for their North American tour in August 1966 only the innermost of inner circles knew that the last gig was nigh.

What was the environment that the group was performing in, and was it really the end?

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The Beatles First Tour (NIR Live 2023 Part One)

NIR went on tour in 2023, so it seems fitting to tell the story of The Beatles’ first and last tours. In the beginning there was Johnny Gentle,

a singing star with enough capital to play venues in the rural highlands of Scotland with the untested Beatles. What could possibly go right?

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Review of 2023

You boy! What day is it? Ending the year in the NIR log cabin looking back at 2023 - our fifth annual review. Did anything to do with the Beatles happen this year? That’s right, the third anniversary of McCartney III. Oh, and a little tune called Now & Then. Includes a special Christmas guest!

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The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame

1988 was an unusual time: The biggest Beatle was George, rock stars were dealing with the unthinkable (their forties),

people were paying attention to Mike Love, and the rebellion of rock & roll had been replaced by a gentlemen’s club.

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Live at the Roundhouse - Part Two

In December 1968, Michael Lindsay-Hogg directed a TV special where the kings of British rock gathered to play their new material.

Unfortunately, it was with the Rolling Stones. Whither The Roundhouse? What happened next and what could have happened?

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Live at the Roundhouse - Part One

After filming the Hey Jude promo, and in the midst of recording the White Album, somehow The Beatles decide to eye up a return to the stage in the heart of London. So where should that be, and how will they pull it off?

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In 1991, when so many acts from the 60s were lucratively touring, George Harrison decided to dip his toes in the water.

Why? Money. Where? Japan. Who? Clapton. What…could possibly go wrong?

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The plan for a quick live-in-the-studio album gradually morphs into something more 80s, more produced. Hello to Hugh Padgham. Warning: Contains Spies Like Us.

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Or….

Press to Play

After the huge success* of Give My Regards to Broad Street, Paul McCartney wants to get back to basics. Kicking back in a small band with Eric (not that one) this is a broth that attracts many cooks…

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