Happy Holidays, Merry Crisis and Happy New Year (we got in just in time)! To celebrate, we've taken a trip to an alternate dimension, where this podcast never needed to exist, because the Beatles never broke up - and we've been given access to

Bonus: Now and Then

Nov 18th, 2023 39m 38s

This week we take a short detour from the 1980s to explore something a bit more of the moment... a new Beatles song, in 2023! What a time to be alive. Just like everyone else on the internet, we give our thoughts on the final collaboration be

Cloud 9

Nov 5th, 2023 1h 37m

The year is 1987, Cameron Sanderson has finally been born and George Harrison is back... but what of the ELOphant in the room? We discuss the beginnings of George's collaboration with Jeff Lynne, the best albums of 1987, the Oriental Riff Cinem

Press to Play

Apr 27th, 2023 1h 52m

We've officially entered Paul McCartney's attractive gray dad era and he's telling us to press, right now, that's it, yes. Press to Play sees Macca reuniting with Eric Stewart and getting even more 80s than you may think possible. Whether you l

Give My Regards to Broad Street

Mar 6th, 2023 1h 43m

This week we go to the theatre, literally - as Jack takes a pilgrimage to the now defunct Broad Street tube station, honouring Paul McCartney's oft-forgotten but still much maligned venture into Hollywood as a solo artist, Give My Regards to Br

Milk and Honey

Jan 8th, 2023 1h 27m

Happy New Year! Unfortunately, there's a bittersweet air this week as we explore John & Yoko's posthumous release, a spiritual sequel to Double Fantasy but ultimately unfinished, at least on John's behalf. But it's not all doom and gloom! Among

Bonus: The Beatles' Christmas Records

Dec 24th, 2022 1h 14m

Surprise! We're back with our third Christmas special, this time tackling something a bit older; the seven 'Christmas records' that the Beatles recorded and posted to members of their fan club starting in 1963 up to their demise in '69. These u

Pipes of Peace

Aug 8th, 2022 1h 38m

Thank you to everyone who's still listening despite the episodes coming out infrequently... we love you all!This week Paul starts blowing his Pipes of Peace, with the help of some new and old collaborators (George Martin, Ringo, Michael Jackso

Old Wave

May 16th, 2022 1h 41m

This week, Jess loses his mind over Ringo's collaboration with the Eagles' Joe Walsh - an album that misrepresents itself with its cover art and divides opinions among our hosts, despite the addition of the brilliant Russ Kunkel.But before th

Gone Troppo

Apr 20th, 2022 1h 22m

I'm afraid the rumours are true... we have officially all gone troppo. George Harrison throws out the rulebook with this oft-forgotten, happy-go-lucky record. Is it truly forgettable, or a diamond in the rough? Would it have been better if Geor

Tug of War

Mar 21st, 2022 2h 5m

We hit a bit of a turning point in Macca's career when, following John Lennon's murder, he reunites with Ringo Starr and Beatles producer George Martin for his first collaborative album since the disbanding of Wings. We argue whether this album

Stop and Smell the Roses

Feb 28th, 2022 1h 10m

Ringo's back with the old gang and up to his old tricks again. Is it possible that this much-overlooked album could actually be a return to form for Mr Starkey, despite low sales at HMV on Christmas Day 1981? We also discuss the album that coul

Somewhere in England

Feb 14th, 2022 2h 14m

Disclaimer: We actually do get around to talking about a post-Beatles album eventually, promise!We come to you from somewhere in England (and Australia) to deliver a cracking opener for season 3, as George Harrison continues to divide opinion

Bonus: Get Back to Christmas

Dec 24th, 2021 1h 37m

Ho ho ho! It's another We Don't Believe in Beatles Christmas special, just in time for us to discuss a little documentary that's been getting some attention lately...The boys catch up and discuss the Get Back mini-series, how it influenced the

Double Fantasy

Aug 23rd, 2021 1h 54m

Season 2 comes to an end, coinciding with the tragic murder of John Lennon mere weeks after the release of his final studio album, the uplifting and eclectic Double Fantasy. After a break from the industry to raise his second son, Sean, a near-

McCartney II

Aug 9th, 2021 1h 46m

This is it - the reason it all started and the standard by which we've measured everything thus far - Paul's wacky, experimental, fun yet occasionally extremely moving second solo album. We talk through how the album came to be after the demis

Back to the Egg

Jul 25th, 2021 2h 1m

Our time with Wings comes to an end with this funny little album and its accompanying TV special. We explore the unfinished concept behind the album, discuss how tracklist sequencing can make or break a record, and ruminate on who our first spi

George Harrison

Jul 19th, 2021 1h 18m

Join us on our journey through the first and last truly self titled album from a Beatle! After funding the production of a movie (Monty Python's Life of Brian) and joining in the ribbing in the Rutles' All You Need is Cash, George is back in a

Bad Boy

Jul 12th, 2021 1h 3m

Pushing through Jack being as sick as anyone has ever been while hosting a podcast, we tackle the "audio equivalent of unseasoned mashed potato" and inevitably pivot to talking about the B52s, Ace of Base and Matisyahu. Jack also befriends an e

London Town

Jun 21st, 2021 1h 41m

Join us for Jack's extended struggle through the convoluted timeline of late-70s Wings while battling hay fever, and you may eventually come to a review of London Town! After losing another few members, Wings get their yacht-rock on while skirt

Ringo the 4th

Jun 14th, 2021 1h 21m

Remember Ringo? He's back... in disco form! ...sort of. Join us as Cameron continues to smear the good name of brilliant artists - this time Stevie Wonder - while defending an album in what some have said is an act of extreme violence. Jack als

Thirty Three & 1/3

Jun 7th, 2021 1h 14m

The villain of season 2 returns... but will he be swayed back to the light side of the force or will he succumb to the Sue Me Sue You Blues? We also chat about Omar Rodriguez Lopez, the emergence of George's humorous side and the curious case

Ringo's Rotogravure

May 31st, 2021 1h 17m

After a mid-season breather we're back with more from Mr Starkey, with an album that divides our hosts pretty severely. We also talk about Ringo's turn in Ken Russell's Lisztomania as The Friggen Pope and top things off with a melodica-soaked c

Wings at the Speed of Sound

Mar 30th, 2021 1h 27m

Are you ready to discover Cameron's favourite song in 22 episodes?? Join us as we spend what Rolling Stone called "a day with the McCartneys", where we'll learn their philosophy on life, just who is the cook of the house, and even get to know s

Extra Texture

Mar 22nd, 2021 1h 9m

Read All About It! In the wake of his disastrous US tour but having recovered from laryngitis, George Harrison delves deep into a midnight blue of ploddy ballads. Despite some low musical points, this period of time remains fascinating, includi