Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
06:30 - The best story of all
08:45 - Writing methodology
12:13 - AI and the Beatles
15:00 - The Woodbine Boys
18:42 - Telegrams, postage and stamps
22:54 - Paul McCartney and Nik Cohn
24:46 - Evolver's audience
26:50 - Tune In, Volume Two
36:19 - I Saw Her Standing There
42:50 - The Beatles and Shakespeare
44:36 - What happens after Paul and Ringo?
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Mark Lewisohn began his Beatles’ trilogy in 2003, the first volume appearing ten years later. He’s hoping the second, Turn On, which covers 1963 to 1966 and every recording session, might be ready by 2031 and working “nine days a week to achieve it, assembling a framework and then sliding it together”. Further good news – his lecture about their life in 1962, Evolver62, is now available on film! “No matter how deep you dig, there’s gold there”. He talks to us here about …
… how you research such an infinite subject and know when to stop
… the one-in-a-million coincidence in the story of I Saw Her Standing There
… the attractive world of telegrams, postage and showbills from the days “when the Beatles were still like us”
... how AI has muddied the waters and misinformation (like “Woodbine’s Boys”) becomes established fact
… “people are reshaping the Beatles’ story as what they want to believe”
… those perilous moments when their career seemed in the balance
… the Beatles v Shakespeare and which has the greater agency
… the Lewisohn work schedule - “6am til bedtime, nine days a week”
… the “rank amateurs” Decca signed the year they turned down the Beatles
… James Brown’s invented spat with Beatles and the struggle to separate fact from fiction
… Paul’s private battle with Nik Cohn
… and the US merchandise disaster, “a book in itself”
marklewisohn.net
Order Evolver:62 on these links:
UK
Amazon UK
amzn.to/4bP7bGS
US and Canada
Apple TV
apple.co/46m6L7x
Google Play
bit.ly/4qsUXHy
Fandango at Home
bit.ly/45SSvTu
Amazon US
amzn.to/4pXf4gL
DVD
bit.ly/3Zap37F
And copies of the Tune In book here:
amazon.co.uk/Beatles-All-These-Years-Tune/dp/1408705753/ref=asc_df_1408705753?mcid=3bbe6ad2416f31d59786d0f169b18876&th=1&psc=1&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=697210774528&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7934131385361801281&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9072502&hvtargid=pla-525100023999&psc=1&hvocijid=7934131385361801281-1408705753-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1
Tune In (trade edition):
amazon.co.uk/Beatles-All-These-Years-Tune/dp/1408705753/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Z5U3TCUCHL4Y&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.iARC_o0NanHFRSyWD51V1iwunMv6f4RVXwczxRVhEfk.HhdP2t3MG4xUMoVQHwdVFQUL7a9gWFWI-jjw6pvwhNw&dib_tag=se&keywords=lewisohn+tune+in&qid=1771317358&sprefix=lewisohn+tune+in%2Caps%2C99&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.95fd378e-6299-4723-b1f1-3952ffba15af
Tune In (Extended special edition):
amazon.co.uk/Beatles-These-Years-Extended-Special/dp/1408704781/ref=sr_1_2?crid=Z5U3TCUCHL4Y&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.iARC_o0NanHFRSyWD51V1iwunMv6f4RVXwczxRVhEfk.HhdP2t3MG4xUMoVQHwdVFQUL7a9gWFWI-jjw6pvwhNw&dib_tag=se&keywords=lewisohn+tune+in&qid=1771317358&sprefix=lewisohn+tune+in%2Caps%2C99&sr=8-2&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.0fa28f01-6fca-4422-af4e-d52d5ad71bfe
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
06:30 - The best story of all
08:45 - Writing methodology
12:13 - AI and the Beatles
15:00 - The Woodbine Boys
18:42 - Telegrams, postage and stamps
22:54 - Paul McCartney and Nik Cohn
24:46 - Evolver's audience
26:50 - Tune In, Volume Two
36:19 - I Saw Her Standing There
42:50 - The Beatles and Shakespeare
44:36 - What happens after Paul and Ringo?
-----
Help us to keep the conversation going: patreon.com/wordinyourear
-----
Mark Lewisohn began his Beatles’ trilogy in 2003, the first volume appearing ten years later. He’s hoping the second, Turn On, which covers 1963 to 1966 and every recording session, might be ready by 2031 and working “nine days a week to achieve it, assembling a framework and then sliding it together”. Further good news – his lecture about their life in 1962, Evolver62, is now available on film! “No matter how deep you dig, there’s gold there”. He talks to us here about …
… how you research such an infinite subject and know when to stop
… the one-in-a-million coincidence in the story of I Saw Her Standing There
… the attractive world of telegrams, postage and showbills from the days “when the Beatles were still like us”
... how AI has muddied the waters and misinformation (like “Woodbine’s Boys”) becomes established fact
… “people are reshaping the Beatles’ story as what they want to believe”
… those perilous moments when their career seemed in the balance
… the Beatles v Shakespeare and which has the greater agency
… the Lewisohn work schedule - “6am til bedtime, nine days a week”
… the “rank amateurs” Decca signed the year they turned down the Beatles
… James Brown’s invented spat with Beatles and the struggle to separate fact from fiction
… Paul’s private battle with Nik Cohn
… and the US merchandise disaster, “a book in itself”
marklewisohn.net
Order Evolver:62 on these links:
UK
Amazon UK
amzn.to/4bP7bGS
US and Canada
Apple TV
apple.co/46m6L7x
Google Play
bit.ly/4qsUXHy
Fandango at Home
bit.ly/45SSvTu
Amazon US
amzn.to/4pXf4gL
DVD
bit.ly/3Zap37F
And copies of the Tune In book here:
amazon.co.uk/Beatles-All-These-Years-Tune/dp/1408705753/ref=asc_df_1408705753?mcid=3bbe6ad2416f31d59786d0f169b18876&th=1&psc=1&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=697210774528&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7934131385361801281&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9072502&hvtargid=pla-525100023999&psc=1&hvocijid=7934131385361801281-1408705753-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1
Tune In (trade edition):
amazon.co.uk/Beatles-All-These-Years-Tune/dp/1408705753/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Z5U3TCUCHL4Y&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.iARC_o0NanHFRSyWD51V1iwunMv6f4RVXwczxRVhEfk.HhdP2t3MG4xUMoVQHwdVFQUL7a9gWFWI-jjw6pvwhNw&dib_tag=se&keywords=lewisohn+tune+in&qid=1771317358&sprefix=lewisohn+tune+in%2Caps%2C99&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.95fd378e-6299-4723-b1f1-3952ffba15af
Tune In (Extended special edition):
amazon.co.uk/Beatles-These-Years-Extended-Special/dp/1408704781/ref=sr_1_2?crid=Z5U3TCUCHL4Y&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.iARC_o0NanHFRSyWD51V1iwunMv6f4RVXwczxRVhEfk.HhdP2t3MG4xUMoVQHwdVFQUL7a9gWFWI-jjw6pvwhNw&dib_tag=se&keywords=lewisohn+tune+in&qid=1771317358&sprefix=lewisohn+tune+in%2Caps%2C99&sr=8-2&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.0fa28f01-6fca-4422-af4e-d52d5ad71bfe
