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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There’s room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill Lennon’s “Working Class Hero” was written 56 years ago and sadly hasn’t aged a minute

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This is the last thing I’ll post about this (at least until the next round of bad photos) but it’s telling they didn’t consult someone so central to the Beatles’ look. It also explains a lot pitchfork.com/story/the-be...

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The Beatles’ Longtime Hairdresser Reviews Those Biopic Wigs

“It should never have been that much forehead”

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

-Smithers, have The Rolling Stones killed -To alcohol: the cause of, and solution, to all of life’s problems -But I was using my whole ass! -I think I'm getting repetitive stress disorder from scratching my butt all day -D’oh!

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Everything I’ve seen about these movies from day one makes them look career-endingly bad. I hope I’m very very wrong

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I’d love to do one of those “favorite film from each year” lists but you’re telling me for 1973 I have to pick between Paper Moon, Fantastic Planet, Badlands or Spirit of the Beehive? On the other hand, I love seeing everyone else’s lists.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

What tune is George playing? Wrong answers only.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

In my neighborhood it’s a leaf blower. Sometimes two at once.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Around this house we celebrate Revolver's birthday all week (all month?) so here's the elements mix I did a couple of years ago for Good Day Sunshine.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Fifty two! EC and his people know how it’s done

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Odyssey this, Odyssey that. You Odyssey a properly curated tour of the Beatles tape vault because it’s an epic adventure of creative expression that’s endlessly inspiring.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Someone on reddit shared this from someone else's post on Twitter. From The John Lennon Letters, the lyrics for "Little Girl," the previously unknown demo we'll be getting on the Rubber Soul SDE.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Saw an AI generated reel on insta the other day portraying John Lennon if he’d lived & it was such vile, low intelligence nonsense slop that it made the Paul is dead crowd look like like Mensa members. There’s a lot of negativity around generative-AI but I think we need to be MORE negative.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I really need to remember to get this on a t-shirt or something

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The Beatles album that has always needed a proper stereo remix. Hopefully this one will bring out all the detail in the arrangements and especially the vocal harmonies

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A follower on Facebook correctly suggested a white balance fix to this image and it looks that much better now. I should know better than to do this kind of thing right before I walk out the door in the morning! (Original image for comparison)

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Well I hadn’t seen this one before!

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Even my cat is getting something out of this Curvebender release of the George Martin scores

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Or the Beatles recording the backing track of All You Need Is Love, a song they would perform live on tv in front of 400 million people, with three of them on instruments they’d never played before (George on violin — whew!)

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A couple of years ago I did this MIDI recreation of the Eleanor Rigby strings for an online class I was teaching. The purpose was to be able to play each instrument in isolation. Now with three volumes of George Martin score manuscripts, I'll be doing a lot more of these.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

With some of George Martin's scores in hand I'm entering them into Musescore to prepare detailed MIDI mockups, where I have much more control over expression, but the MS playback is pretty good for reference.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Beatles - All You Need Is Love, take 10. Arguably the most rickety basic track the Beatles ever recorded, with three of them on instruments they'd never played before. youtu.be/vRsrfT770io

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The Beatles - All You Need Is Love (basic track w/George Martin piano)

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

My copy of the George Martin Scores just arrived. I’m going to be busy for a while!

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

While I get my mojo back for PTB, here I am talking about one of my other favorite things: weird movies. And this is a weird one.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I almost missed it but happy 85th birthday to Bob Dylan!

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Day 1,786? of me never returning emails from Ph*lip N*rman's publicist

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Post a non religious picture you think of as holy

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

If you love old movies, be sure to follow my other account where I'm going to be talking about stuff like this as the urge strikes me.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I saw Chilton play a lot in New Orleans in the 90s and he was uniformly brilliant in a very loose, exciting way, just as you would expect from a guy who knew the music business for what it was & lived on his own terms. This crowd earned every bit of his contempt.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Part of the fun of making the podcast is in discovering how sometimes disparate or obscure things are connected, and I love books that do the same. I'm just finishing Stephen Greenblatt's Will In the World, which also connects the dots (for Shakespeare) in a similar, very satisfying way.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Sent this to the arranger, John Barham, and he liked it, so why not share again?

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Rewatched this recently because I needed something old fashioned & charming. Seems like an absolutely lost world now (except for the mens' attitudes, which chafed a bit), but still gorgeous looking as ever. Professionally obligated Beatle connection: Larry Adler later worked with G Martin

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Apologies for the delay on the next episode of the podcast. Been busy with regular work but also a continuing problem with my LG monitor. Sending it in for repair a SECOND time. I will never buy another LG product.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

As a photographer I've always wanted this too. I also want the book that's taking shape with each episode of the podcast.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Happy Wah Wah day to all who celebrate!

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

As we continue celebrating George Martin's centenary, here's his isolated score for Martha My Dear. If memory serves, this is also @mjmckean.bsky.social favorite song on the White Album. youtu.be/lmBpNI6tGNI

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The Beatles - Martha My Dear (strings/brass stereo mix)

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Happy 100th Big George! I’ll be celebrating here for the next week but let’s start with one his greatest scores, Strawberry Fields Forever, which we re-recorded by following the Beatles’ original rhythm track so it’s as faithful as possible. youtu.be/UrO-s7gh0-c?...

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Strawberry Fields Forever - cellos and trumpets score re recording

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

One week in the vaults. That’s all I’m asking. Just.one.week.

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Whatever you do, don't show this to Chuck Berry's publisher

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Got an email last night that reminded me how hard people cling to 50+ years of myth and unreliable memory even in the face of solid contradictory evidence. This is about my specialized area of interest but can also apply to so much of what we see in the world any given day

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

What better way to celebrate this festive time of year than a remixed/restored Beatles outtake. youtu.be/ArBY7_CX2uQ?...

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The Beatles - I Am The Walrus take 9 (from lo-fi to stereo remix)

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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Granted, I prefer to choose my guests rather than take pitches (I'm not a talk show), but I'll usually sent an email politely declining. Unless you spam me five times within two hours, and then I'm blocking you. Anyway, happy Friday.

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