Following a recent appearance at The White Album Conference at Monmouth University, Robert Rodriguez expands and shares his extensive Beatles knowledge about the Esher demos and more! Author of "Revolver: How The Beatles Reimagined Rock'n'Roll," "Solo in the 70's" and host of popular podcast "Something About The Beatles," Robert brings exciting facts about those lads from Liverpool.   www.revolverbook.com www.somethingaboutthebeatles.com www.johnlennonseries.com www.laneastagg.com    

The Pepperland Principal inspires readers and educators by incorporating The Beatles’ 1967 LP, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as “a template for inspiring educators and principals to become more positive, innovative, creative, and collaborative…”  Jude and Lanea are delighted to share this amazing story!   www.johnlennonseries.com www.laneastagg.com https://www.amazon.com/Pepper-Effect-Creativity-Collaboration-Innovation/dp/194644488X

 Do YOU know what the Esher Demos are? Step up your "cool factor" as Jude and Lanea break it down for you!  As usual, The Beatles were influential in everything they created. In the Esher Demos, they invented a technique which MTV developed into a cultural coup. Four incredible songs will be dissected and analyzed for your listening enjoyment! www.johnlennonseries.com www.laneastagg.com  

Co-hosts from the popular podcast, BC the Beatles, are our #iCandy guests this week! Allison Boron and Erika White have plenty to said BECAUSE of The Beatles...so don't miss a highly entertaining episode of She Said She Said. instagram:  @bcthebeatles www.johnlennonseries.com www.laneastagg.com  

In celebration of the remastered release of The Beatles' album commonly known as "The White Album," we asked Scott to deconstruct four tracks from the famed album. Tune in to a mind-blowing episode! Scott is an internationally recognized expert and lecturer on the music of the Beatles and creator of Deconstructing the Beatles, a series of multimedia presentations about the composition and production techniques of the Beatles. He has presented his lectures to sold-out audiences at theaters nationwide and has spoken about the Beatles at colleges, universities, and corporations, such as Pixar, Google, and Facebook.  Mr. Freiman’s insights into the music of the Beatles can be found in the book All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release published in October 2013 by Black Dog and Leventhal.  Mr. Freiman also writes about music and "deconstructs" songs and bands for Culture Sonar (culture sonar.com). Check out his dvd set: https://shop.culturesonar.com/collections/deconstructing-the-beatles Scott's website:   http://www.beatleslectures.com/about-scott/ Jude's website:  https://www.johnlennonseries.com/ Lanea's website:  https://www.laneastagg.com/    

In celebration of the remastered release of The Beatles' album commonly known as "The White Album," we asked Scott to deconstruct four tracks from the famed album. Tune in to a mind-blowing episode! Scott is an internationally recognized expert and lecturer on the music of the Beatles and creator of Deconstructing the Beatles, a series of multimedia presentations about the composition and production techniques of the Beatles. He has presented his lectures to sold-out audiences at theaters nationwide and has spoken about the Beatles at colleges, universities, and corporations, such as Pixar, Google, and Facebook.  Mr. Freiman’s insights into the music of the Beatles can be found in the book All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release published in October 2013 by Black Dog and Leventhal.  Mr. Freiman also writes about music and "deconstructs" songs and bands for Culture Sonar (culture sonar.com). Check out his dvd set: https://shop.culturesonar.com/collections/deconstructing-the-beatles Scott's website:   http://www.beatleslectures.com/about-scott/ Jude's website:  https://www.johnlennonseries.com/ Lanea's website:  https://www.laneastagg.com/      

Jude and Lanea are excited to interview our latest #i-Candy guest - Ken Mansfield, who was the US manager of Apple. Ken was on the scene in the days, weeks, and months leading up to the monumental Beatles concert on The Roof!, which is the title of his latest book. Recently at the Monmouth University: The White Album Conference, Ken was a featured guest speaker and all fell in love with his reflections. Don't miss this epic show! 

Nobody has been more prepared for writing a book in retirement than Terry Crain! This ultimate Beatles fan is a rock and roll historian/researcher and Beatles author.  His upcoming book, "NEMS and the Business of Selling Beatles Merchandise in the U.S. 1964-1966", covers officially licensed Beatles items in the U.S. between 1964-1966. His book will take readers through those items and other interesting side treks surrounding this era.  Additionally, Crain has an online radio station called 'faBgear radio,' which plays the 50's and 60's hits along with clips from oldies radio stations like KXOK (St. Louis), WLS (Chicago), KOMA (Oklahoma City), WRLA (Pasadena, CA), and WKNR (Detroit, MI).     http://fabgearradio.playtheradio.com/ He also designs Beatle-themed skills for Amazon's 'Alexa' device, which allows users to use their Echo or Alexa device to access information about the band.  He has two free skills on the market which make it easier for Beatles/rock ‘n roll fans to follow the iconic band’s past calendar events. The “This Week in Beatles History” skill provides a summary of events during a 7-day period in the career of the Fab Four. The “Daily Beatle Facts” skill offers you a daily dose of Fab Four history by giving you an interesting fact about the Beatles every day. It is updated often with new information and trivia about the greatest band in the world! And of course, he teaches online classes through his 'faBgear education' site through the TeachAble website.  His first class is "Route 66", and soon two other courses will become available, one on "The Beatles" and one on "The History of Rock and Roll."       https://fabgear-company.teachable.com

Join hosts Lanea Stagg (author of The Recipe Records Series of rock'n'roll cookbooks) and Jude Southerland Kessler (author of The John Lennon Series of narrative biographies on the life of Lennon and The Beatles) as they talk with Beatles music and recording expert, Bruce Spizer, about the Parlophone versions of both "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" In their last show together, Spizer discussed the American versions of the albums; now, he takes on the British versions with their added songs and their omission of the film instrumentals. Spizer will ultimately answer the question, "Which of the Parlophone film LPs was superior? Help!? Or A Hard Day's Night?" A lively debate indeed. Don't miss this great 40-minute show with Bruce Spizer, the author of The Beatles are Coming!,Beatles for Sale on Parlophone Records, The Beatles Swan Song, and many, many more respected works. And check out his website at http://www.beatles.net where his latest work on The White Album will be released in October 2018.

Parlophone or Capitol? Tune in to hear Bruce Spizer compare the soundtracks for both films and discuss the direction, the instruments, the scores and much more. You will be amazed!   www.beatle.net www.johnlennonseries.com www.laneastagg.com  

Esteemed publisher of Beatlefan Magazine will be with Jude and Lanea as they continue to debate which movie is #1:  "A Hard Day's Night" or "HELP!"  Bill King has followed The Beatles for decades and is one of the foremost authorities for our topic!   www.beatlefan.com www.johnlennonseries.com www.laneastagg.com