In 1964 Dave Lewis discovered music courtesy of the Dave Clark Five. But with the arrival of Thunderbirds on the television and football at the local park, music quickly new took a back seat.

Then in April 1969, The Beatles released the first new recordings from their January 1969 sessions at Twickenham and Savile Row, Get Back / Don’t Let Me Down. This would be the spark that ignited a lifelong passion for music.

Along the way Dave has spent 35 years in music retail. Become part of the inner sanctum of Led Zeppelin through his Tight But Loose fanzine and since 2009 been a freelance music journalist and author.

Currently in the process of writing his memoirs. Dave joined us for a chat to discuss his love of the music of John, Paul, George and Ringo including his enviable collection of Beatles bootlegs, his 35 and still counting White Albums and what it was about The Beatles Get Back single 56 years ago that started him on this long and winding road in music.

To discover more about Dave, his writing and collecting, visit his website:

http://www.tightbutloose.co.uk/

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In this week’s episode Paul and Mark take a peep into the world of alternate mixes.

Not those multi-format extended mixes record companies released in the 1980’s. Paul McCartney’s ‘No More Lonely Nights’ comes to mind. No, the alternate mixes of Beatles recordings which EMI inadvertently sent out to affiliated distributors across the globe.

Welcome to the world of high-hat intro’s, mysterious whispering, alternate backwards guitars and trumpet codas!

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Following on from last week’s pirate radio edition of Fixing A Hole we carry on with the pirate theme. Looking into the under the counter world of Beatles bootlegs.

We trace the origins of these Illegal releases in the late 60’s with the infamous Bob Dylan boot ‘Great White Wonder’ and the plethora of low-fi compilations of Beatles concerts, radio and television appearances which began to surface in the early 70’s. Through to the CD age and the arrival of Ultra Rare Trax which presented unreleased Beatles session recordings in wonderful sound quality.

Along the way we discuss the sources of these recordings and what influence these albums had on Apples official Anthology series in the mid 90’s.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Beatlegs!

P.S. If you spot the mistake about Mal Evans early in this edition drop us a line via the email below. Unfortunately there is no prize, but we would love to hear from you.

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