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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m sure I say this every seven years, but the UP series is bloody brilliant TV. Poignant, uplifting and staggering in its ambition. We won’t see its like again. #70UP

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Flyer through the door today. On the basis of this ad, you couldn’t pay me enough to visit your restaurant…

That massive old fraud Clarkson pretending to be a farmer

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Happy Revolver Day to those who celebrate! #thebeatles #revolver

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Today’s viewing: the anthology before the Anthology. Glad I kept that old VHS player… #thebeatles #VHS

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

You Can’t Do That is - in the parlance of the young folk - a true banger. A local pub band used to have this as a regular in their set - it always went down a storm. #harddays26

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I absolutely love Things We Said Today. A Macca songwriting highlight on a Lennon-dominated album, though I’ve never been entirely sold on the double-tracked vocal. #harddays26

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Tell Me Why - another song that would have been a significant hit for a lesser band than The Beatles: here it’s another (great) also-ran. #harddays26

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

And I Love Her. Top drawer stuff; George really should have got a writing credit on this one. #harddays26

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I Should Have Known Better is one of the few songs I’ve sung live. I think John did it better. #harddays26

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Momma Gets By - A song that’s got under my skin more and more as the weeks have gone by. ‘She loves him…’ Yep. Got me again, Macca. 😭 #dungeonlane

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Salesman Saint - Bloody love Giles Martin’s 40s-style arrangement on this one. It elevates a good track into something a bit special. #dungeonlane

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

First Star of the Night - It’s sweet, isn’t it? ‘And I know my little world is still alright…’ It’s what you need to hear and feel every now and then. Clever old Macca. #dungeonlane

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Life Can Be Hard - Can’t stop whistling this one. If this wasn’t originally intended for the stage version of It’s A Wonderful Life, I’m George Bailey. #dungeonlane

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Home To Us - Enjoy this one more on every play. It’s Paul McCartney. It’s Ringo Starr. It’s got a great guitar solo. Puts a smile on my face every time I play it. #dungeonlane

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Never Know - An early favourite. Love the Atom Heart Morher-era backing vocals. Actually, I love everything about this track one. Quintessential Macca. #dungeonlane

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Come Inside - Not the album highlight, but a great side opener and a song begging to be added to the live setlist. #dungeonlane

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

We Two - Oddly, this seems to be the least-loved song on the album, but I really can’t get enough of it. Deceptively simple, classic Macca. Give me more of that four-track, lads! #dungeonlane

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Down South - Solid song, but one middle-eight short of a cracker. (That absence hasn’t stopped me humming it most of today.) #dungeonlane

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Mountain Top - Love this. Almost 60 years on from Pepper, Macca continues to embrace the psychedelic. Some marvellous moments here, even if I can’t understand what Nancy says at the end… #dungeonlane

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Ripples in a Pond - Possibly my least favourite song from the album, but no skipper, and still quite the earworm. #dungeonlane

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Days We Left Behind - The lead single, with good reason. Beautiful, classic Macca: both intensely personal and universal. #dungeonlane

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Lost Horizon - Getting Flaming Pie era vibes from this one. Cracking track. Can imagine this one being knocked out at a higher tempo by the Junior’s Farm-era Wings. #dungeonlane

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

As You Lie There - The best Macca album opener since My Brave Face. And it might well be better than that. #dungeonlane

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The Beatles on ToTPs Film is Fabulous! is delighted to confirm the 35mm negative presented to John Franklin at the recent film convention in Oxted, contains the The Beatles first appearance on Top of the Tops.

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Beatles with R3Store Studios The 35mm negative of The Beatles on Top of the Pops, which was donated to Film is Fabulous, has been delivered to R3Store Studios in London for scanning. The items will be returned to the BBC Archives. filmisfabulous.org.uk/what-is-a-mi...

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

When you wake up at 3.30am like a kid on Christmas Day and end up streaming the new Macca album on repeat… (it doesn’t disappoint!) #paulmccartney

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Short, but sweet. Another great Ringo/T-Bone collab. I’ll be spinning it again this weekend. Thanks again to you all for your company and, as always, @johnp69.bsky.social for organising. See you shortly on Dungeon Lane? #longlongroad

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Long Long Road - another Ringo co-write that holds its own with the other tracks on the album. A fine album closer. #longlongroad

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

She’s Gone - late night in the country dive bar vibes on this one. #longlongroad

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Choose Love - an interesting track to resurrect. Think the original works better, but nice to have an alternate universe version. #longlongroad

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

My Baby Don’t Want Nothing - feels like one of the slighter tracks, but the production is lovely and our lad sings it well. #longlongroad

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Why - pleasant enough, but a bit drab on first listen. #longlongroad

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

It’s Been Too Long - the only song I’m already familiar with already. Nice track with a slight hint of the psychedelic. #longlongroad

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I Don’t See Me In You Eyes Anymore - a strong vocal from Ringo and an evocative track. The lad’s sounding good for 85! #longlongroad

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Returning Without Tears could have easily fit onto Look Up - which is a good thing. Nice opener - and good to hear Molly Tuttle back on harmonies. #longlongroad

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

And so, I reach the end - for now - of the McCartney solo catalogue. 2020 hit, and Macca once again bunkered down in the studio on his own, experimenting, having fun and knocking out some great songs. What a journey! Bring on Dungeon Lane! #paulmccartney #nowplaying

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

2018 - Macca releases another very strong album, Egypt Station. Some of the bonus tracks that appeared on later versions of the album (or as singles) were arguably better than a couple of the tracks that made the album listing, but I’ve few complaints. Another top release! #paulmccartney #nowplaying

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

2013 saw Macca release his new album called, erm, New. Employing a range of producers and styles, it somehow still feels cohesive. Shame he didn’t use Mark Ronson more; the two songs he produced - Alligator and the title track - are my highlights on this one. #paulmccartney #nowplaying

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

2012 saw Macca release an album of standards (with a couple of new numbers thrown in for good measure). Pleasant enough, beautifully produced, but an inessential release - though worth picking up for ‘My Valentine’, a song that holds its own amongst the standards. #paulmccartney #nowplaying

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Just two years on from Chaos, and Macca gets back with producer David Kahne and releases Memory Almost Full, another very strong album with some of the last great Macca rock vocals. Mr Bellamy remains one of my favourite ever McCartney oddities. #paulmccartney #nowplaying

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

2005 and Macca teams up with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich to bicker and create one of the finest albums of his solo career. 5⭐️ A true later-career high. #paulmccartney #nowplaying

Chaos and Creation in the Backyard cover by Paul McCartney

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Macca enters the 21st century with Driving Rain (2001), his worst-charting album. Some great tracks on here, but it’s a good 3 or 4 songs too long, and the less said about Freedom the better… ironically, Heather is the one of the best tracks on the album! #paulmccartney #nowplaying

Driving Rain album cover by Paul McCartney

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

So, that’s the studio albums of the 80s and 90s revisited. Starts well, ends well, with a few bumps in the middle. There’s something to appreciate on every one of these albums; all are worth a spin, and several of them are long overdue a reevaluation. Next stop, Driving Rain… #paulmccartney

A montage of Paul McCartney’s album covers from the 80s and 90s

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The Macca solo journey reaches the end of the 20th century with Run Devil Run, a collection of rock and roll classics (and a couple of originals in the same vein) recorded in the wake of the loss of Linda. Macca’s in fine voice. Well worth a revisit. #paulmccartney #nowplaying

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I’m double-billing Macca today with 1997’s Flaming Pie. Revitalised by the Beatles Anthology project, Flaming Pie saw Macca knock out some of his best work in years with a little help from Ringo, Jeff Lynne and George Martin. An essential Macca album! #paulmccartney #nowplaying

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

1993 brought us Off the Ground, Macca’s first album of the decade. Mostly recorded ‘as live’ with his touring band, it spawned a global hit with Hope of Deliverance, but many of the better tracks from the sessions ended up as b and c sides on the singles from the album. #paulmccartbey #nowplaying

Off The Ground album cover by Paul McCartney.

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Was 1989’s Flowers in the Dirt the first Macca album to get the ‘return to form’ reviews in the music press? Whatever, it’s an album bursting with confidence and some cracking songs. The energetic opening track - My Brave Face - is one of my favourite Macca tracks ever! #paulmccartney #nowplaying

Flowers in the Dirt album cover by Paul McCartney

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The journey reaches 1986 and Macca’s least-loved album, Press to Play. Whenever I revisit this album, I enjoy it more. The Padgham production wasn’t a good fit for Macca, but I admire the experimentation and there are some great, neglected tracks on here. Bring on a remix! #paulmccartney #nowplaying

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John Scott @winstonscott.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

1984 brought the soundtrack album Give My Regards to Broad Street. This one seems to be hated by many, but this was my first Macca album and I didn’t know the Beatle originals well enough to be offended by the cover versions! No More Lonely Nights remains a solo highlight. #paulmccartney #nowplaying

Give My Regards To Broad Street cover by Paul McCartney

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