Fine Tuning: Ep 7 Spanner in the Works
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SYNOPSIS: Spanner in the Works shows how Paul is portrayed as uniquely difficult to manage and unjustifiably obstructive, even to the point of sabotaging the band.  We use Tune In’s reporting of the early friction between Paul and Brian Epstein as a case study to illustrate how Tune In guides the reader to distrust and second-guess Paul whenever he comes into conflict with other major players in the Beatles’ story. PLAYLISTMaybe THE CHANTELSOop Shoop SHIRLEY GUNTER & THE QUEENSTequila THE CHAMPSI’m Walkin FATS DOMINOLucille THE BEATLESDevil in His Heart THE DONAYSBaby It’s You THE SHIRELLESSlippin and Slidin LITTLE RICHARDToo Much ELVIS PRESLEYFast Freight RITCHIE VALENSI’ll Be On My Way THE BEATLES   SOURCES“Portrait of Paul” Mike McCartney Woman Magazine, 1965McCartney the Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz, 1986John Lennon Interview w/ Jann Wenner for Rolling Stone, May 14, 1970John Lennon Interview w/ Lisa Robinson for Hit Parader, 1975John Lennon and Yoko Ono Interview at St Regis Hotel by Peter McCabe and Robert Schonfeld, September 5th, 1971Lennon Remembers by Jann Wenner for Rolling Stone, 1971In My Life by Pete Shotten, 1983Interview w/ Pete Best in Music Legends The Beatles Special Edition by The Rock Review Music Legends Library Sept 2, 2019  
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