About this episode

Piers Hemmingsen discusses the new Blue Book on Beatles history in Canada and the unique aspects of Beatlemania in the country.

Canadian Beatles history authority Piers Hemmingsen and host Steve Marinucci discuss the recently published Blue Book volume of his "The Beatles In Canada" series and some of the ways that Beatlemania in Canada differed from America. We also talk about the unreleased Beatles '65 Toronto soundboard. Among the other things we discuss are the Canadian Broadcasting Company's archival show "How the Beatles Changed the World." You can hear it here: How the Beatles Changed the World | CBC.ca Another program that Piers and I discuss is this short report on the Sgt. Pepper album. And there's a third CBC program we found, this one from Oct. 4, 1964, called Beatlemania Takes Toronto in 1964. (Note: This video version of our podcast is our first one and somewhat of an experiment. Let us know what you think at beatlesnewsbriefs@gmail.com. The video version of the podcast is available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/B8IStqFy4UA. The audio version is available in all the usual places where you get your podcasts. #Beatles #Beatlemania #PiersHemmingsen #Canada #JohnLennon #PaulMcCartney #GeorgeHarrison #RingoStarr @followers…

People in this episode

Host: Steve Marinucci

Guest: Piers Hemmingsen

Topics covered

• Beatles
• Canada
• Beatlemania
• music history

Keywords

• The Beatles in Canada
• Beatles '65 Toronto soundboard
• CBC
• How the Beatles Changed the World

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Beatles In Canada (Blue Book), Sgt. Pepper album

Books & works: The Beatles in Canada, Blue Book, Beatlemania, How the Beatles Changed the World, Beatlemania Takes Toronto in 1964, Beatles News Briefs

Places: Canada, America, Toronto

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