The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined.  This is the eighth and final episode in which we dissect the White Album Surround Sound mixes listening to different channels of the 5.1 spectrum separately. Part Eight highlights the left channel of Side Two of Album Two followed by the right channel.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined.  For the last six episodes we've been dissecting the White Album Surround Sound mixes listening to different channels of the 5.1 spectrum separately. Part Seven focuses on the center channel of Side Two of Album Two followed by the rear channels.

----more----The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined.  Over the next few episodes we're going to dissect the White Album Surround Sound mixes listening to different channels of the 5.1 spectrum separately. Part Six highlights the left channel of Side One/ Album Two followed by the right channel.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined.  Over the next few episodes we're going to dissect the White Album Surround Sound mixes listening to different channels of the 5.1 spectrum separately. Part Five focuses on the center channel of Side One of Album Two followed by the rear channels.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined.  Over the next number of episodes we're going to dissect the White Album Surround Sound mixes listening to different channels of the 5.1 spectrum separately. Part Four highlights the left channel followed by the right channel of Side Two.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined.  Over the next number of episodes we're going to dissect the White Album Surround Sound mixes listening to different channels of the 5.1 spectrum separately. Part Three focuses on the center and rear channels of Side Two. 

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined.  Over the next number of episodes we're going to dissect the White Album Surround Sound mixes listening to different channels of the 5.1 spectrum separately. Part One focused on the center and rear channels of Side One. Part Two will highlight the left channel followed by the right channel.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined.  Over the next few episodes we're going to dissect the White Album Surround Sound mixes listening to different channels of the 5.1 spectrum separately. Part One will focus on the center channel of Side One followed by the rear channels.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined.    For the 100th episode of The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown I decided to do things a bit differently and invited a few friends, who also happen to be esteemed Beatles authors, to pick two songs and tell me what it is that makes them do special. I've only had a guest on once before when my daughter Ella, a fantastic musician in her own right, co-hosted episode 71, the musical children of the Beatles.   As many of you can expect once you begin talking to a fellow Beatle fan, especially one who has written books about the group, the discussions can get pretty deep. Therefore episode 100 ended up being nearly three hours long. So in order to preserve the full conversations with each author I've split what was supposed to be one episode into three. So sit back and enjoy some Beatles related conversations and the selections of David Bedford, Andrew Jackson, and Ken Womack.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined.  For the 100th episode of The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown I decided to do things a bit differently and invited a few friends, who also happen to be esteemed Beatles authors, to pick two songs and tell me what it is that makes them do special. I've only had a guest on once before when my daughter Ella, a fantastic musician in her own right, co-hosted episode 71, the musical children of the Beatles. As many of you can expect once you begin talking to a fellow Beatle fan, especially one who has written books about the group, the discussions can get pretty deep. Therefore episode 100 ended up being nearly three hours long. So in order to preserve the full conversations with each author I've split what was supposed to be one episode into three. So sit back and enjoy some Beatles related conversations and the selections of Jude Southerland Kessler, Aaron Krerowicz, and Bruce Spizer.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined.  For the 100th episode of The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown I decided to do things a bit differently and invited a few friends, who also happen to be esteemed Beatles authors, to pick two songs and tell me what it is that makes them do special. I've only had a guest on once before when my daughter Ella, a fantastic musician in her own right, co-hosted episode 71, the musical children of the Beatles.  As many of you can expect once you begin talking to a fellow Beatle fan, especially one who has written books about the group, the discussions can get pretty deep. Therefore episode 100 ended up being nearly three hours long. So in order to preserve the full conversations with each author I've split what was supposed to be one episode into three. So sit back and enjoy some Beatles related conversations and the selections of Robert Rodriguez, Kit O'Toole, and Jerry Hammack.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #99 focuses on the work of engineer Geoff Emerick.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #98 is part one of a series that focuses on the recording sessions for John Lennon's Walls and Bridges LP.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. For episode #94 we're going to spend an evening in the studio with John Lennon, George Harrison, pianist Nicky Hopkins, bassist Klaus Voorman and drummer Alan White as they perfect Lennon's scathing song "How Do You Sleep" from his second solo album Imagine.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. For episode #93 we go behind the scenes of the Paul McCartney's 1989 world tour, his first in thirteen years, to the rehearsal studio and hear the band preparing at the barn at the mill in Sussex in April and May of 1989. 

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. In 2000 George Harrison discussed the idea of using the Beatles music for a Cirque De Soleil show with his friend Guy Laliberté, the co-founder of Cirque De Soleil. Three years later an agreement was made between McCartney, Starr, Harrison's widow Olivia and Lennon's widow Yoko Ono to create LOVE, a show that was the first of its kind. But before LOVE creative musicians, producers, and engineers created their own mashups without access to the original multitracks that were made available to the Martins. Tonight we're going to explore the world of Beatles remixers and hear their innovative creations, so turn off your mind relax and float downstream with Volume 1 of the Beatles Mashups and Remixes. 

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #91 presents an alternate version of the Let It Be LP.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. On February 25th, 2018 George Harrison would have turned 75. To celebrate we're going to focus on George Harrison vocalist for our 6th edition of The George Harrison Sessions.  

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. For Episode #89 we're going to hear the entire show from the Apple rooftop on January 30th, 1969 including camera announcements, between song chatter, warm ups, and multiple takes of the songs performed.    

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. For this episode we're going to follow the development of two songs in the studio with Volume 5 of the Beatles Recording Sessions. We'll focus on the debut single on the Apple label, arguably the first power ballad McCartney's "Hey Jude," and a McCartney track from the White Album, "I Will."

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Ringo Starr was awarded a knighthood by Britain's Queen Elizabeth in her 2018 New Year honors list joining former band mate Paul McCartney and ex-Beatles producer George Martin, who received the honor in 1997 and 1996 respectively. To celebrate this milestone we're going to focus on Starr's collaborations with each member of the Beatles after their break-up.  

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. On December 12, 2017 singer/songwriter and founding member of Power Pop band The Smithereens Pat DiNizio passed away at the age of 62. The band had always played Beatles covers in their set, but in 2007 they truly demonstrated their fandom by releasing Meet The Smithereens, a track by track interpretation of the Beatles 1964 debut album on Capitol Records Meet The Beatles. The next year they released B-sides, a compilation of lesser known Beatles b-sides and album tracks. Episode #86 celebrates the music of Pat DiNizio and the Smithereens with songs from these two albums.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #85 is the first of many to focus on John Lennon and George Harrison as guitarists.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. When people speak of Paul McCartney, his accomplishments as a songwriter and singer are usually mentioned first. His expertise as a bass player is often taken for granted. Episode #84 will continue our exploration of Paul McCartney the bass player with songs from 1966 and 1967, a period where his development as a player, and the sound of his bass on record, reached new levels figuratively and literally. 

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. When people speak of Paul McCartney, his accomplishments as a songwriter and singer are usually mentioned first. His expertise as a bass player is often taken for granted, so for this show we're going to focus on this aspect of his musicianship in the first of multiple episodes to showcase this particular talent.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. On October 2nd, 2017 we lost another musician that has been a staple of classic rock radio for over 40 years, Tom Petty. Throughout his post Beatles career Harrison's musical collaborators were often close friends as well, and that goes for Tom Petty. It's no wonder that Petty and fellow Traveling Wilbury Jeff Lynne inducted George Harrison into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame posthumously in 2004. Tonight we're going to celebrate Petty's music not only as the singer/songwriter who fronted the Heartbreakers but as a member of The Traveling Wilburys.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #81 is an alternate version of Wings' 1978 LP London Town featuring early demos and alternate mixes.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. On September 3rd, 2017 the world lost one of the most respected and admired American songwriters and musicians, Walter Becker. Along with partner Donald Fagen Becker wrote some of the most memorable songs from the 1970s that have not only become a staple of classic rock radio but have been revered by fans and critics alike. Episode #80 is a celebration of Steely Dan's music and lyrics.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #78 is the fourth show to feature songs from the infamous Get Back sessions.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #78 is the third show to feature songs from the infamous Get Back sessions.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. For our fifth George Harrison episode we'll feature his acoustic demos recorded in preparation for 1970's All Things Must Pass LP.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #76, the fourth to focus on Ringo Starr, delves into his unreleased album 1981's Can't Fight Lightning.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. To celebrate Paul McCartney's 75th birthday Episode #75 moves from the studio to the stage with Volume 2 of McCartney live. Last time we did this on The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown we compared 70s versions with more modern takes of four different songs from various concerts. This show features tracks from the 1980 concert film Rockshow, filmed during Wings 1976 North American Tour.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. For Episode #74 We're going to continue to explore multiple takes of three Beatles songs – “Misery,” “Thank You Girl,” and “She's A Woman” – with Volume 4 of the Beatles Recording Sessions.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #73 delves deep into the recording of three Beatles songs – one each from 1963, 1964, and 1965 with Volume 3 of the Beatles Recording Sessions.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #72 follows the recording sessions for three songs through their numerous takes to completion from 1963 and 1964: “There's A Place,” “Can't Buy Me Love,” and “A Hard Day's Night.”

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. A completely different spin on The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown. For this show we'll play some Beatles cover songs by a number of musicians that are extremely close to each of the Beatles: their children. And who better to serve as my first co-host on the show but another extremely talented musician – my daughter Ella Vita Paige Robustelli.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. There has been quite a bit of hype about the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. But that wasn't the only important project the group worked on in 1967. While the Magical Mystery Tour film was initially panned by critics and fans alike, the music created for the film, as well as the other tracks from '67 that filled out the original American LP release, stands alongside Pepper as a companion to the much lauded album and a snapshot of the Beatles psychedelic leanings that year.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. This show's going to put you in the control room with our first episode to feature control room monitor mixes. You might ask "What are control room monitor mixes?" They are recordings made while an artist is listening back to rough mixes of tracks that they've recorded. Often they include the artists discussing the song and arrangement and might even feature a possible harmony idea or instrumental part sung of played over the mix. The interesting thing about these particular mixes is that the songs are frequently at a stage where the final elements heard on the released mix are either not recorded yet, or mixed out while the artist and producer fine-tune different parts of the song.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. To celebrate the release of my latest book, The Steely Dan FAQ: All That's Left to Know About This Elusive Band, I'm going to stretch out a bit with this show focusing on the music of one of my favorite bands, other than the Beatles. While Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, nor other original Dan members Denny Dias, or Jim Hodder, ever worked with any of the Beatles as solo artists, guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter played on Ringo Starr's 1992 release Time Takes Time on the tracks “All in the Name of Love” and “Runaways,” both produced by Phil Ramone. In 1985 Ramone produced McCartney's “Spies Like Us,” and worked with him on a number of tracks in '86 and '87 that were eventually released as B-sides, as extras on the Japanese 2CD release of Flowers in The Dirt, and on bootlegs. He also produced Julian Lennon's debut album Valotte as well as the follow up The Secret Value of Daydreaming. There is also another strong connection between the two bands: a number of the most in-demand session musicians contributed to albums by Steely Dan and the former members of the Beatles.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. For this show we're going to strip away the overdubs and feature the pure, single tracked vocals from a number of Beatles tracks from 1963 to 1965. This more intimate look at the Beatles as vocalists shows how double tracking changed the sound of the finished productions and gives insight into what these songs would have sounded like had the group continued recording their albums in a similar style to their debut.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. It's been over thirty-six years since the world lost John Lennon. We're going to pay tribute to the founder of the Beatles with our eighth show to showcase the talents of Lennon and focus on something that Lennon was never satisfied with, his voice. Although many believe that he has one of the finest voices in rock and roll music, he was even voted fifth best singer of all time in Rolling Stone's 2010 poll behind Sam Cooke, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin, he never liked his own voice. Although polls like that are often arbitrary (McCartney showed up at number eleven) most Beatles fans would disagree with Lennon's self-deprecation.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #65, the fourth to focus on George Harrison, takes a closer look at the follow up to All Things Must Pass, 1973's Living in the Material World.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. On November 13, 2016 multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Leon Russell passed away. During his illustrious career he worked with all of the Beatles except for McCartney.  This show focuses on his work with the solo Beatles as well as some of his other tracks as a solo artist and session musician.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #63 is the third Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown show without any Beatles or solo Beatles songs. Instead we focused on material from groups and artists that the Beatles worked with either as a group or during their solo career including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, Cheap Trick, Dire Straits, The Police, Billy Joel, and Steely Dan.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #62 is part two of the John Lennon birthday celebration, our seventh episode to feature his work. On this show we'll hear both Beatles and solo tracks.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #61 is a John Lennon birthday celebration, our sixth episode to feature his work. For this show we'll focus on Lennon's solo career.

The Beatles Multi-Track Meltdown features stripped down, deconstructed mixes of classic Beatles songs, live cuts, solo material, demos, and much more. By highlighting different instruments and vocals you will experience these songs in a way that you've never imagined. Episode #60 is our fourth show to focus on demos by the Beatles with this show showcasing their solo years.