The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart but missed out on the 'official' top spot of the Record Retailers chart (don't worry, Paul explains it all at the top of the episode) - Basically, we have another 7 episodes of 60s hits to rank!
This week, 1963:
The Beatles - Please Please Me
Billy J Kramer with The Dakotas - Do You Want To Know a Secret?
If you want to view the complete series 4 singles chart plus these new entries, you can do so here!
Garry has a new album out which can be found on all major platforms here (or search for 'Garry Abbott Music'):
Last Week In Limbo
And here is Paul's band!
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart but missed out on the 'official' top spot of the Record Retailers chart (don't worry, Paul explains it all at the top of the episode) - Basically, we have another 7 episodes of 60s hits to rank!
This week, 1962:
Mr Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore
Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen - March of the Siamese Children
If you want to view the complete series 4 singles chart plus these new entries, you can do so here!
Garry has a new album out which can be found on all major platforms here (or search for 'Garry Abbott Music'):
Last Week In Limbo
And here is Paul's band!
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
However! There is more! In this mid-season season, we are looking at the songs that topped the NME chart but missed out on the 'official' top spot of the Record Retailers chart (don't worry, Paul explains it all at the top of the episode) - Basically, we have another 7 episodes of 60s hits to rank!
This week:
The Allisons - Are you sure?
Elvis Presley - Wild In the Country
Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby
If you want to view the complete series 4 singles chart plus these new entries, you can do so here!
Garry has a new album out which can be found on all major platforms here (or search for 'Garry Abbott Music'):
Last Week In Limbo
And here is Paul's band!
https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/
Hello! We are back with a special report from our recent visit to Hamburg!
We spent 3 nights in Hamburg in early September 2025 visiting some of the Beatle sights and the amazing City itself, and this is our thoughts on what we found, recorded out and about and debriefing in the hotel.
We hope you enjoy - it's a first for us doing a travel episode like this, so excuse us if we ramble on a bit here and there, it was a lot to take in!
We will be back again soon looking at the NME number 1s and slotting them into the 60s chart from series 5.
Danke fürs Zuhören!
Hello! We are back with a special listening to the new remixed version of Free As A Bird featuring the 'cleaned up' Lennon vocals using the same MAL technology used on 'Now And Then' - Is it a change for the better? Listen to find out what we thought and for a general catch up on all things Beatles doing the rounds at the moment!
To listen along, here is the original 1995 version:
https://music.apple.com/gb/song/free-as-a-bird-1995-mix/1441152324
And here is the 2025 new version:
https://music.apple.com/gb/song/free-as-a-bird-2025-mix/1834474212
I'll see if I can also pull these in as linked songs on the Spotify feed.
Enjoy, and we will be back again soon! Bye! Beatles!
We are back with another mid season extra - this time we are discussing Episode 5 of the Beatles Cartoon, featuring the songs 'Baby's in Black', 'Misery', 'I'll Get You' and 'Chains' along to lots of silly antics involving vampires, mostly.
At the time of publishing, this link was a good place to watch the episode: https://archive.org/details/ep5_20240123
We hope you enjoy our little chat and we will be back with more specials over the coming weeks and months!
This episode is a mini-documentary made by Paul that was originally featured in episode 54 of the fantastic Winter Of Discontent podcast. That show looks in forensic detail at the Nagra tapes of the Get Back sessions and Paul contributed this research package - all about the Lawrence Wright music catalogue, to the show. It's a ten minute look into the background of why Dick James was so excited to share news of this publishing purchase coup with the boys, as seen in the Get Back documentary. If you enjoy this little snippet, then you'll love Winter of Discontent, so look it up in the usual pod places.
We will be back with more specials over the next few months so stay tuned!
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we have taken a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
We are done! And in this special 'wrap up' episode, we listen to some of your 1969 album recommendations, Paul reveals his Top 10, and we ponder if we have actually reached any conclusions about the effect the 60s had on The Beatles, and vice versa!
We will be back with occasional specials over the remainder of 2025 and with a new series sometime in 2026! Have a great summer!
If you want to view the complete series 4 singles chart, you can do so here!
Garry has a new album out which can be found on all major platforms here (or search for 'Garry Abbott Music'):
And here is Paul's band!
https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/
Hello. Just a quick one this week to let you know we haven't got ten around to recording our round-up show as promised, so here is a quick ten minutes chat about Birthday's, Beach Boys and questionable Buzzards.
We will, all being well, be back soon with our series round up before we go on a bit of a break for the summer.
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we are taking a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s!
We have finished the ranking of the UK No 1 singles but our journey is not yet over as we look at the No 1 Albums of 1969 in two specials!
Part 2 features:
Jim Reeves
Jethro Tull
Elvis Presley
Blind Faith
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
If you want to view the complete series 4 singles chart, you can do so here!
Garry has a new album out which can be found on all major platforms here (or search for 'Garry Abbott Music'):
And here is Paul's band!
https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we are taking a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s!
We have finished the ranking of the UK No 1 singles but our journey is not yet over as we look at the No 1 Albums of 1969 in two specials!
Part 1 features:
The Seekers
Diana Ross & The Supremes with The Temptations
Cream
The Moody Blues
Bob Dylan
Ray Conniff
If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode (sometimes), you can do so here!
Garry has a new album out which can be found on all major platforms here (or search for 'Garry Abbott Music'):
And here is Paul's band!
https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we are taking a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s!
Songs this episode:
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin - Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus
Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
The Archies - Sugar Sugar
If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode (sometimes), you can do so here!
Garry mentions his appearance on Tim Worthington's 'It's Good Except It Sucks' podcast. You can find that and Tim's other work here:
Garry has a new album out which can be found on all major platforms here (or search for 'Garry Abbott Music'):
And here is Paul's band!
https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we are taking a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s!
Songs this episode:
The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
Zager and Evans - In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode (sometimes), you can do so here!
Garry has a new album out which can be found on all major platforms here (or search for 'Garry Abbott Music'):
And here is Paul's band!
https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we are taking a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s!
This week have a special episode to cover Paul's holiday, interviewing our Mum, Margaret Abbott, about growing up with the music of the Sixties in the North East of England. Mum has appeared in snippets once or twice in the early part of this season, so we thought it was about time we heard from her properly!
Mum mentions music therapy for dementia at one point, so here is a link from dementiauk.org where you can search for local services:
https://www.bamt.org/music-therapy/music-therapy-in-the-uk
Garry's latest album can be found below and linked to the episode. If the links doesn't work, just search for 'Garry Abbott Music' on any browser:
And here is Paul's band!
https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we are taking a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s!
Songs this episode:
The Beatles and Billy Preston - Get Back
Tommy Roe - Dizzy
The Beatles - The Ballad of John and Yoko
Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air
If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode (sometimes), you can do so here!
As Garry mentions in this episode, he has a new album out 'Last Week in Limbo' which can be found on all major platforms here (or search for 'Garry Abbott Music'):
And here is Paul's band!
https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we are taking a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s!
Songs this episode:
Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice
Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Israelites
If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode (sometimes), you can do so here!
As Garry mentions in this episode, he has a new album out 'Last Week in Limbo' which can be found on all major platforms and on Bandcamp here:
https://garryabbott.bandcamp.com/album/last-week-in-limbo
And here is Paul's band!
https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we are taking a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s!
Songs this episode:
The Marmalade - Ob La Di Ob La Da
Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
The Move - Blackberry Way
If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so here!
Below are links to our respective music projects!
https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we are taking a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s!
This is the concluding part of our two part bonus looking at the albums that hit number 1 in the UK (for the first time) in 1968!
If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so here!
Below are links to our respective music projects!
https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we are taking a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s!
For the next TWO weeks we are looking at the albums that hit number 1 in the UK (for the first time) in 1968 as it was a bumper year!
If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so here!
Below are links to our respective music projects!
Smiles On Lonely Souls | Garry Abbott (bandcamp.com)
https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/
The Big Beatles Sort Out Presents: The Big 60s Sort Out!
Yes, for season 4 we are taking a look at the decade that made (or was made?) by The Beatles, by ranking every UK number one, looking for sneaky Beatles links, and generally putting ourselves in the world where they crafted their legacy.
Please joins us as we try and sort out, the 60s!
Rude content alert! Towards the end of the episode, we briefly discuss some early, quite explicit, versions of 'Lily the Pink' lyrics, so please beware if listening with anyone young or sensitive. Paul does make it clear when it is coming up though so you can skip ahead.
Songs this episode:
Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
Hugo Montenegro -The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Scaffold - Lily the Pink
If you want to view the chart up to the latest episode, you can do so here!
Below are links to our respective music projects!
https://goodgriefliverpool.bandcamp.com/
