Castos https://beatle-blethers.castos.com Alan McClure and Gerry Hassan chat about all things Beatle from their cosy corner of South West Scotland. Includes interviews with Beatle authors and musicians whose work has been influenced by the Fab Four. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:55:51 +0000 en © 2025 https://episodes.castos.com/68a9a46c09c9f0-62282495/images/bb-logo.jpg https://beatle-blethers.castos.com Alan McClure and Gerry Hassan chat about all things Beatle from their cosy corner of South West Scotland. Includes interviews with Beatle authors and musicians whose work has been influenced by the Fab Four. Alan McClure episodic Alan McClure and Gerry Hassan chat about all things Beatle from their cosy corner of South West Scotland. Includes interviews with Beatle authors and musicians whose work has been influenced by the Fab Four. Alan McClure alanmcclure70@hotmail.com false https://feeds.castos.com/v4xd1 yes Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:55:51 +0000 Alan McClure https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/66312/episode/2319945 https://beatle-blethers.castos.com/episodes/season-2-episode-3-ringo Alan and Gerry explore the musical and personal chemistry which allowed Ringo Starr to become an indispensible part of The Beatles.

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]]> 01:01:27 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:49:40 +0000 Alan McClure https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/66312/episode/2256259 https://beatle-blethers.castos.com/episodes/season-2-episode-3-female-fandom-with-bea-martinez-gatell Gerry and Alan chat with author Bea Martinez-Gatell about female fanhood through history, inspired by her book 'Swoon - Fangirls, Their Idols and the Counterculture of Female Lust - from Byron to the Beatles'.

]]> full 3 2 false Gerry and Alan chat with author Bea Martinez-Gatell about female fanhood through history, inspired by her book 'Swoon - Fangirls, Their Idols and the Counterculture of Female Lust - from Byron to the Beatles'.

]]> 00:52:05 Tue, 11 Nov 2025 18:52:37 +0000 Alan McClure https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/66312/episode/2203078 https://beatle-blethers.castos.com/episodes/season-2-episode-2-paul-is-cool-interview-with-jr-moores In this episode we chat to author JR Moores about Paul McCartney's cultural standing through the years, and celebrate its current justified heights.

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]]> 00:56:11 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:09:21 +0000 Alan McClure https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/66312/episode/2173137 https://beatle-blethers.castos.com/episodes/season-2-episode-1b-rubber-soul-side-2 Second part of our celebration of this influential album.

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]]> 00:35:25 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:00:26 +0000 Alan McClure https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/66312/episode/2173119 https://beatle-blethers.castos.com/episodes/season-2-episode-1a-rubber-soul-side-1 Gerry and Alan take their first deep album dive, this time into the the 1965 classic Rubber Soul. Part 1.

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]]> 00:50:23 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:28:49 +0000 Alan McClure https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/66312/episode/2155258 https://beatle-blethers.castos.com/episodes/episode-5-beatles-bootlegs-and-beyond-with-adam-blake Alan and Gerry are joined by Blues guitarist, sitarist and musical maestro Adam Blake, to discuss his enduring love of the band and the joys of hidden treasures in bootleg recordings.

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]]> 01:14:27 Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:24:28 +0000 Alan McClure https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/66312/episode/2139747 https://beatle-blethers.castos.com/episodes/episode-4-interview-with-ken-mcnab Gerry and Alan are joined by Ken McNab, author of The Beatles in Scotland, Shake It Up Baby and And In The End, to discuss some of the most significant phases of the band's career.

]]> full 4 1 false Gerry and Alan are joined by Ken McNab, author of The Beatles in Scotland, Shake It Up Baby and And In The End, to discuss some of the most significant phases of the band's career.

]]> 00:49:16 Sat, 06 Sep 2025 18:59:51 +0000 Alan McClure https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/66312/episode/2133691 https://beatle-blethers.castos.com/episodes/episode-3-interview-with-graeme-thomson This week we interview Graeme Thomson, author of George Harrison - Behind That Locked Door, to discuss George's role in the greatest band of all time.

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]]> 00:34:15 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:29:48 +0000 Alan McClure https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/66312/episode/2126615 https://beatle-blethers.castos.com/episodes/episode-2-the-beatles-and-brian-wilson Recorded shortly after the sad passing of Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson, Alan and Gerry look at the relationship between the two bands and in particular the friendship between Brian and Paul McCartney.

]]> full 2 1 false Recorded shortly after the sad passing of Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson, Alan and Gerry look at the relationship between the two bands and in particular the friendship between Brian and Paul McCartney.

]]> 00:52:38 Sat, 23 Aug 2025 10:53:52 +0000 Alan McClure https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/66312/episode/2118785 https://beatle-blethers.castos.com/episodes/episode-1-introducing-beatle-blethers Alan and Gerry share their own Beatle obsessions and consider what (if anything) is left to say about the greatest band of all time.

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