As Beatles fans, we often find ourselves speculating about Beatles history and asking, yes, but What If…….
What if John and Paul did not meet?
What if The Beatles didn’t go to Hamburg?
What if they didn’t meet Brian Epstein?
What if they didn’t meet George Martin and work with him?
What if The Beatles didn’t break up in 1970?
Now, in one book, all of those questions have been asked, and potential answers given, for what would or could have happened.
Through over 70 different key moments in Beatles history, David Bedford and Andrew Phillips have examined these key moments and, using their knowledge and research, give their opinion as to what the outcome might have been.
Through these scenarios, you will gain a better understanding of Beatles history in a new way, and also start some great discussions too.
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Jude Southerland Kessler is the author behind The John Lennon Series, a project originally made known to the world in 2008 with, ‘Shoulda Been There (Volume One)’ covering John’s life in narrative biography form from 1940 to 1961. Her latest work in the series (at the time of this episode) is ‘Some Forever | Shades of Life Part Two (Volume 5.1)’, moving through the late end of 1965 into the early period of 1966.
Link below to Jude’s site.
I have long been aware of Jude and her work, so sitting and speaking here was a real highlight for me in the series. I hope you get as much out of listening to her insights, her process, as I most certainly did.
1964 in John’s life! “A Hard Day’s Night”, and created/recorded the accompanying, best-selling soundtrack; a World Tour, a Scottish sojourn, a lengthy North American Tour hitting cities all across the U.S. and Canada.
We all know how important those long hard nights endured by The Beatles in Hamburg were to the whole Beatles story and to their success. Now for the very first time, you can hear all 4 Nights that were recorded in 1962 on that last trip to Hamburg, before they returned to England and begun their march onto the rest of the world.
FIRST TIME EVER
Recorded at the Star Club in Hamburg, the tapes have never been heard in their full delivery, that is until now!!
This brand new package has for the first time all four nights together and complete and in the order to which they were played during that historic time!!
Versions of these nights have been issued before, but always edited and cut down to a single performance, but now you can hear those nights complete and to the highest clarity possible in 2026. What a piece of Beatle History!!
THE BOX SET
The Beatles Star Club Tapes – Remastered
All this comes together in a simply beautiful package, that shows care and ever so careful consideration to The Beatles Legacy. They are in fact a wonder to behold. Those who saw the band on any of those 4 historic nights were left with a memory that was about to change the world. With the passage of time, those memories have dimmed into folk lore, but now they have been brought back to life ready for the ears of the world to listen and feel what it was like to see and hear The Beatles working live in a small intimate club. Stuff like this is born into legend, and now the Legend can be heard in a complete and earth shattering experience. This is never to be heard in this form again!!
Why, because it is new, clear, vibrant and completely uncluttered and so full of energy. This is what The lads were all about. It may have been 56 years ago, but hearing them play like this will make that passage of time dissolve in an instant, and one is back there again, feeling that ever so special experience, that is now dipped into 25 carat gold!!
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Pre-orders are being taken, now for prior to the official release date, which will be notified here. So order and reserve your copy by visiting the link shown above, and once again take yourself back to those vibrant and special days at The Star Club in Hamburg!!
Inside No3 takes you through that famous door, deep into the minds of all who worked there at Apple Records. This is done also in a very different way. This is not a kiss-and-tell diary, it is through fan adulation and understanding via a personal collection of artifacts and memorabilia that author Nigel Pearce has built up over the last 50 years.
Step Inside No. 3 – An Exclusive Celebration of The Beatles
Future Radio in Norwich is inviting Beatles fans to take a trip down memory lane with Inside No. 3, which is a brand-new audio and visual presentation that’s set to transport you back to a time, when not only the world was different, but when British art and culture ruled the world, or so it seemed. The music world was centred around No 3 Savile Row, London which was the headquarters of Apple the musical arts foundation set up by The Beatles.
Taking place at the Orangery, located within Carrow House, on Saturday 7th March this unique event is hosted by Future Radio’s Groove Britain presenter, Nigel, whose passion for The Beatles and deep knowledge of their history will guide audiences through the evening. This immersive journey explores the creativity and cultural impact that made The Beatles a phenomenon. From the early days in Liverpool to the heights of global fame, audiences will be guided through the moments that defined a generation.
Ex BBC and USA and Canada Radio Personality Alan Thompson is also now joining the proceedings to add an extra level to the event
Inside No. 3 is being held in aid of Future Projects, a Norwich-based charity dedicated to transforming lives and building stronger communities. Future Projects works to support people facing disadvantage through education, wellbeing, and community development programmes. By attending this event, guests will contribute directly to the life-changing work Future Projects delivers across Norwich and beyond, as all monies are to be headed into this direction.
Host, Nigel Pearce said “Inside No.3 is about more than music, it’s about connection. The Beatles changed the world with their songs, but also with their spirit of creativity and togetherness. This event is our way of inviting people to step inside that world and feel the joy it continues to bring.”
Inside Number Three – The Book – Latest Update!!
Please also accept my personal apologies for anyone who has experienced delays and frustration in ordering Inside No3 the book.
This has been down totally to demand for the publication. On Wednesday 14/01/2026 I personally met with the publisher and signed a further 110 copies of Inside No3 from the fourth print run of the release. Whilst this does not ease your frustration to those who have ordered the book, – I do hope that you understand a little better.
These personally signed books are now being sent to the packing and distribution centre for onward sending to customers. The company which publishes the book has also undergone re-organisation to better cope with this and other publications it has within house, and that all orders will be despatched as soon as possible – thank you for your understanding in this matter
Inside No3 takes you through that famous door, deep into the minds of all who worked there at Apple Records. This is done also in a very different way. This is not a kiss-and-tell diary, it is through fan adulation and understanding via a personal collection of artifacts and memorabilia that author Nigel Pearce has built up over the last 50 years.
Yes Indeed the doors to Inside No3 are to be opened once again to bring you a memorable experience of music, photographs, memorabilia and videos along with some of my Apple artefacts, in an all consuming evening and presentation of the greatest music revolution of all, Apple Records.
After taking your seat you will be whisked back in time to 1966 and once again be immersed in the Beatles happenings of Revolver and what it meant for the music world, You will be guided through this by Nigel Pearce, and ex-BBC Presenter Alan Thompson, with discussion, questions and remembrances that will bring alive those times.
So if you actually experienced those times then you can once again re-live those halycon, colourful days, and if you never experienced those wonderful times here is your chance to go back and at last feel part of that cultural revolution that still resonates around the world today in 2026, and will never fade away.
Performances from Badfinger, James Taylor, Mary Hopkin as well as the Fab Four and others will blow your mind along with music and “Time Pops” to take you through those experiences and bring you back to 2026, without even moving from your chair!!
You can experience all this and at the same time help Future Projects in their never ending quest to ease disadvantage in and around the Norwich area. What could be better than that, by having a great time and helping others.
Tickets cost only £13.50 with a small booking charge, with light refreshments included as well, to cover admin costs, and can be purchased at www.futureradio.co.uk/ events. So get your tickets for a great journey, there will be no entry at the door as we believe it will be fully booked for the trip.
So please book your tickets and experience what happened behind that white door at No 3 Savile Row, all those years ago.
IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA, THEN GET YOUR TICKETS NOW – DON’T MISS IT AS TICKETS ARE LIMITED!
Inside No3 takes you through that famous door, deep into the minds of all who worked there at Apple Records. This is done also in a very different way. This is not a kiss-and-tell diary, it is through fan adulation and understanding via a personal collection of artifacts and memorabilia that author Nigel Pearce has built up over the last 50 years.
The two enclosed pictures are of the album by Sounds Nice released in 1969. The sessions were recorded at Abbey Road Studios whilst the Fab Four were at times in residence working on Abbey Road. The album is an instrumental offering, and there are some superb pieces within the grooves, namely “Love At First Sight”, “I Heard it Through The Grapevine”, “Summer Night”, “Galouise”, and “Love You Too”, plus one other track, which we shall come to just a bit later.
That Sounds Nice – Paul McCartney
The two people really behind the group Sounds Nice were Paul Buckmaster and Tim Mycroft, The Abbey Road Studio team were suitably impressed and apparently so, was a certain Mr Paul McCartney. He heard one of the demo tapes of “Love At First Sight”, and the reply from him was “that Sounds Nice”. That became the group’s name for the duration of their tenure.
Sounds Nice
Sounds Nice had “Love at First Sight” issued as a single on the Parlophone Label in the UK, and it was played frequently on Radio 1 and they also appeared on Top of the Pops, which had the result of sending the song into the British Top 20. This was indeed the instrumental track to Serge Gainsberg’s and Jane Birkin’s “Je T’aime Moi Non Plus”, the French language-based single which, due to its high sexual content, was banned by the BBC from the UK airwaves. It still draws comment today, (yet it is a most beautiful recording indeed). It is still indeed banned from BBC airwaves, but not commercial stations. (Yes, this was 1969, believe it or not!!).
It only enhanced the sales of the single still further, as it reached No 1 in 1969 on the Major Minor record label, the playing of the instrumental track must have really helped sales, because just a little later it again attained a No 1 position being issued by the Fontana label. It was the first time a banned song had reached number 1, and it did it twice in the same year as well!
Another rumour gaining strength at the time was that the group were going to be signed to Apple, but the policy towards new and emerging talent had changed, (maybe Allen Klein’s mode of operation nipped that into the bud). We may never be in a position to ever know, but the thought certainly does indeed carry some weight.
The links went still further as the album was issued in the USA on the Rare Earth Label via the Tamla Motown Outfit in Detroit. My copy is the USA album version, and I said then and do now, that the UK packaging is far superior, and I am amazed that it has kept so well, maybe keeping it in a plastic outer sleeve, and out of the sunlight is good for it. It still plays excellently too as a matter of fact !!
Any way it is certainly a nice piece of pop history with links to the fab four, and has been very hard to obtain in its original form. I am glad to say I have this copy, and these photographs show what a typical 1969 EMI based pop production looked like. CD Copies of the album with a different cover have started turning up on eBay and are sometimes listed at about £95-00 a throw, so I will continue to look after my original 1969 copy.
Sounds Nice
FLYING
Amongst the grooves contained within the sleeve there is a cover version of The Beatles track – “Flying”, from The Magical Mystery Tour. They even at times kept the groups original aerial feel to their cover and I have to say that it works quite well. For the inquisitive ones, “Flying” is on Side 1, track 4, so that takes all the hard work away for you.
The album works quite well in 2026, and shows what a 1969 pop album look and sounded like. The attractive lady on the front cover was a well – known model and pretty face at the time, and she appeared on a huge amount of magazine and fashion shots then. So when you look at the cover now, she seems like an old friend that you used to know.
So there is another interesting link to the fab four, and one that draws some interest, and maybe will draw more now, enjoy.
This first-hand account of Debbie’s teen years frequenting and eventually helping to run the original Cavern Club is the authentic inside story of the Beatles launch pad, full of triumphs and failures – and surprise celebrity encounters.
£17.25Original price was: £17.25.£13.50Current price is: £13.50.
