017 Tomorrow Never Knows
We kick off Season 2 with one of the Beatles’ most revolutionary recordings, “Tomorrow Never Knows,” the closing track on Revolver but the f...
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Producing The Beatles
The podcast dedicated to exploring the untold story behind producer George Martin's revolutionary collaboration with The Beatles.
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Listen to Producing The Beatles, a Music podcast by Jason Kruppa. Stream 19 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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016 Now and Then
Beatle author Ken Womack and Ranking the Beatles host Jonathan Pretus join me to discuss the tech that made the Beatles’ new single “Now and...
015a A closer look at the "Live and Let Die" orchestration-
A little extra mini-episode examining George Martin’s orchestration for “Live and Let Die,” with a recreation of part of the arrangement.
015 Paul McCartney and Wings, "Live and Let Die""
In our penultimate Season 1 bonus episode, we examine another solo recording, this time Paul McCartney’s thrilling theme song for the 1973 J...
014 George Harrison, "Isn't It A Pity"
In the second episode looking at the making of All Things Must Pass, we explore the recording of the largest production on the album. We hea...
013 George Harrison, "My Sweet Lord"
Today, the first of two episodes exploring the production of George Harrison’s first solo album, All Things Must Pass , with new research an...
012 John Lennon, "Love" (S1 bonus episode)
In the first bonus episode for Season 1, we step outside of our regular format and take a peek into solo Beatles territory, with a look at t...
011 Nothing is Real: Strawberry Fields Forever, take 26
Recording Strawberry Fields Forever was a complicated, layered process, famously requiring the cutting together of two different takes in tw...
010 It's Gonna Be Alright: Revolution — Part II (single version)
In examining the making of the third version of Revolution (after Revolution 1 and Revolution 9), we talk to musician and composer Casey McA...
009 It's Gonna Be Alright: Revolution - Part I (Revolution 1 & 9)
Sparked by the air of social upheaval in 1968, John's song "Revolution" spawned three very different recordings: Revolution 1, Revolution 9,...
008 Producing an "Unproduced" Album - Get Back/Let It Be
With Apple’s announcement that Peter Jackson will be reworking the Let It Be footage, we go back to the actual sessions to examine this peri...
007 Changing Speeds - The 'Varispeed' Technique
Building off George Martin’s half-speed, wind up piano technique, The Beatles and their producer used varispeed — variable speed recording —...
006 Not So Simple - "From Me To You" and other early singles
The Beatles’ first four singles seem to be fairly straightforward live studio recordings, but George Martin expended a good bit of effort to...
005 The clarinet score for "When I'm Sixty-Four"
“When I’m Sixty-Four” is Paul McCartney’s nostalgic throwback to British music hall, and a tribute to his father, Jim McCartney. Today, we e...
004 The Beatles on Multitrack, Part 2
In the second half of our brief overview of how George Martin and The Beatles used multitrack recording, we’ll hear how they pushed four-tra...
003 The Beatles on Multitrack, Part 1
One of the most fascinating aspects of The Beatles’ career is how, with George Martin’s guidance, they advanced the art of recording, as the...
002 Look At Him Working - Writing the string score for "Eleanor Rigby"
George Martin’s score for “Eleanor Rigby” builds on the classical string quartet form that the producer introduced The Beatles to on the son...
001 Wind Up Piano - The "In My Life" solo and more
George Martin’s memorable piano solo for “In My Life” was one of his favorite contributions to any Beatles recording. In this episode, we ex...
Producing The Beatles - Podcast Intro
Welcome to the podcast dedicated to exploring the revolutionary collaboration between producer George Martin and The Beatles. Join us each e...