I was 18 in 1982. One of my parents' friends worked at Elstree Studios as a carpenter and, knowing that I liked the Beatles, asked me if I'd like to help him on a set he was working on. That was the set for Take it Away. It was filmed just when British Rail were on strike (things never change) and the fans in the audience (mainly subscribers to Club Sandwich - Paul's fan magazine) were stranded. After the video was filmed, Paul spent about an hour signing autographs for everyone - class. I managed to get into the "green room" afterwards and spoke to Linda, George Martin and Steve Gadd (who I recognised from the Simon and Garfunkel recent Central Park concert that had been shown on the BBC). I couldn't get over how friendly they all were and how beautiful Linda was. The photos of her do not do her any justice. She was also wonderful to talk to.. Ringo was at the video (and drunk). At some point during the shooting of the video (the end scene of the video) someone behind me gave me a Ringo album (Stop Smell the Roses) and asked me to request Barbara Bach for her autograph on the album. Barbara was sitting directly in front of me, so I asked if she would sign the album for the Ringo fan: she responded: "Oh no, Richie doesn't allow me to give any autographs...."... I have some more stories about that day (and photos) but that's for another time. However, 1982 was a fantastic year and I really enjoyed working on that video...
1982 I was 12 years old. I remember buying Tug of war when it came out, as well as the single Ebony and Ivory. Tug of war is such a great album and a highlight of Paul's career. A lot of this I did not know. Great job.
Since Andrew and I are the same age, I can agree with him that 1982 was the last great year of music. Back in 1982 you could turn on MTV and watch all types of music genre videos...except for Prog. I remember that there were so many types of music stations (in the United States) that you could get overwhelmed as to what type of music you wanted to listen to at that moment. I was one of those geeky individuals who recorded the "Take It Away" (RIP John Hurt) video and re-watched way too many times to count. Thanks for the memories and outstanding video once again Andrew!
Music is Subjective. I'm older than Andrew; I was in my early 20's in 1982, and there was SO much new and original music coming out - in the UK - and I was loving it! Being a Beatles fan for all of my life, they always reigned supreme, but so much new-wave, and arty pop stuff was coming out, whether it be Siouxsie And The Banshees, Killing Joke, Gary Human, John Foxx, Bill Nelson, Public Image, etc, or Kim Wilde, Micheal Jackson, and so on, it was all great new music! If you claim that all those mentioned are 'crap', then that's your problem! Not mine! I lived in those times and loved these artists, and many others I've forgotten to mention; but it just goes to show that "music is subjective'.... there is no definitive "Good" or "Bad" - it's whatever you like.... I'm still listening to and discovering/ loving new artists today.... got to keep the ears and mind open... 😉👍
Possibly the only mention from anyone from the group that ever mentioned the Stars on 45. As always, such a great video presentation. Great idea using the scrapbook. Also such nostalgic feeling hearing those radio bumpers.
I was 26 in 1982. I was fearing that McCartney was through after Wings, even though he had released the solo album McCartney 2, and worse, after the death of John Lennon. Then he surprised the hell out of me with Tug of War. My brother bought the album rather than me, and pointed out to me this was almost the best he's ever heard from Paul, excepting Band on the Run and most singles he had released. I had only heard Ebony and Ivory, and Take It Away, on radio, and small bits of Tug of War. "Really?" I said to my brother, "the best?"...then listened to it with him. I was a young music teacher between jobs...it was a brotherly moment in time where after I listened to the whole thing I said to him, "Damn! You're right, what a dumb music teacher I am!" and we both laughed. My younger brother passed away July 25, 2020. So the album and especially the song Tug of War is very special to me. I can barley listen to it now. And the song Here Today brings me to tears because my brother is gone.
I listened to tug of war all the time in the 80s, its a masterpiece. It's sad that it has those memories for you, yet at the same time it has that link with your brother.
I was 14 that year and was my first full year of being a full-fledged Beatles fan. I mowed lawns and babysat to get the money to obtain many Beatles/solo albums. Tug of War was special because I worked at a record store for a few weeks sweeping up and my pay was records. And the first of which was Tug of War and the excitement of bringing it home will never be matched. Soon after was The John Lennon Collection and then Revolver, Band on the Run, Imagine. Such a magical year of discovery and the Beatles were at the heart of it in 1982. EDIT: The polished sound of Tug of War is its charm. "Wanderlust", "Take it Away" and "Ballroom Dancing" benefitted heavily in that polished sound. 41 years later and I still consider it the masterpiece I thought it was when I was 14.
What a great video, so many things I did not know. Tug of war is one of my favorite albums, I felt it shows what I like about Paul’s music. Love the radio sound bytes, reminds me of WABC in New York in the sixties. Thanks again Andrew. Alex
Hello Andrew, I see that you have XTC's "English Settlement" on the wall behind you. Thank you for showing them some love. XTC is an extremely underrated band, remembered mostly for a couple of novelty hits from early in their career. Like the Beatles, each one of their albums was a leap forward in the quality and maturity of the songwriting, from Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding. Their career was stunted by a seven-year boycott of their record label, after which they released one masterpiece of an album ("Apple Venus, Vol. 1") and another very good album (Wasp Star), before calling it quits.
@@stevelang6727 Overall XTC is very beatlesque, but guess what? They incredibly do that very well, such an amazing band! Also, I would consider Oranges and Lemons to be more close to The Beatles sound, specially that bass 🤯
@@moreheff "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Generals and Majors" are the two songs that most people remember, if they remember any songs by XTC. Both were written by Colin Moulding. While they are fun, radio-friendly songs, they are hardly representative of the high-quality material that Moulding and Andy Partridge put into the XTC albums. Yes, those were novelty hits, and I think it's a crime that the group is not as well-known and respected as their contemporaries. I went to see an XTC cover band a couple of years ago. Before the show started, someone near me said, "Who's XTC?" Their friend replied, "Oh, they did that 'Generals and Majors' song.' I rolled my eyes and thought, "Just wait." The concert was great, and the cover band dug deep into the XTC catalog. They even did '1,000 Umbrellas,' with a live string quartet.
1982 was the year I got into the Beatles music, albeit not by the Beatles but performed by Stars on 45😁🙈. Great episode and thanks for including BBC jingles of the era.
Thank you for another excellent episode! It brings back many fond memories. I had a Sanyo radio/cassette player almost exactly like the one you have featured. Already looking forward to next week.
In 1982 I graduated from senior high school and moved from a small town in Sweden to the capital, Stockholm, the same month of June. I loved the McCartney II album and of course exited about the Tug of war album. I bought the Take it away 7" because of the b-side. Interesting part 1, will definitely listen to part 2!
Great video Andrew. Love this recap,of 1982. I started buying Beatles albums in 1982 starting with my 11th birthday and getting Meet the Beatles! And purchasing Sgt. Pepper with my own money a week later and getting the White Album, Hey Jude and Abbey Road for Christmas that year. I remember the ads for Reel Music and hearing the medley on the radio and ended up buying the album the following year. I loved the packaging of the album (not so much the drawing on the cover though). I love the Tug of War album and remember seeing the Ebony and Ivory video on a late night comedy show in the US called Fridays and loving it. You could not escape that song in spring 1982. Take it Away was great too. With the new 7 inch singles set those two singles from Tug of War are among my favorites. Thanks for sharing this!
OMG! I haven’t thought about Nicole’s Eurovision song “Ein Bißchen Frieden” in ages! Thank goodness I was living in Britain in 1982; I share your feelings about the music scene back then! Your channel is utterly precious. Still…being too contrarian for my own good…I preferred the highly unpolished “McCartney II” to “Tug of War”. “Ebony and Ivory” was a bit too treacle for me, but I liked “Take It Away” well enough. Thanks for tipping your hat to Kenny Everett and Godley and Creme. Mahalo for another masterpiece video!
Great review of this. Tug of War is a masterpice and I consider his greatest solo work by far. Sad to hear the old radio one jingles as it reminds me of the late great Steve Wright, a genius broadcaster.
Nice to finally hear vintage audio clips in your videos. I was turning 15 then, and taped the 3-hour (in the US) Beatles at the Beeb broadcast for many replays, and I still have the tapes. That, and the emergence of the Stray Cats, helped me get over my post-Lennon depression.
Your videos about the scrap book are beyond amazing! Thank you! The 3 Savil Road door, I think I saw it at the British Music Experience in Liverpool, when I where there in 2019.
1982 was a golden year, I was 16 and bought everything, and October 1982 was one of the greatest ever months, It felt like the Beatles were still a group together, Beatles Book Monthly was the essential magazine to learn about everything 🙂
Great to see XTC feature so much in this episode. They are the closest this country has come to the new Beatles. Any band that was turned down by Brian Eno for production duties on the grounds that, in his words, they really didn’t need him as they were already good enough, can’t be dismissed as ‘novelty’
I love the detailed content of your videos and how they are put together! They're really indulgent. Thank you for making these, can't wait for the next one!!
Great stuff, thanks ! It's close to my heart too because "Tug of War" is the first new album I ever waited for, trying to find info wherever I could...and at the time it was only really in music magazines and by bugging sales clerks in music stores. I remember one of them telling me that it had been delayed because of problems with the artwork...and based on what I've read since it was indeed given as the official reason ;-)
Thanks for another great video, Andrew! I especially liked seeing XTC's "English Settlement" in background, my favorite album of 1982! (Even though we in the US got a "Dave Dextered" version of that album.)
I just love that from one persons eccentricity years and years ago we get a lovely informative video chronicling something no one else could. I recently converted a load of gatecrasher and godskitchen dat tapes from events 20 years ago. Played in bits on the radio and binned into a skip. It was nice to know I helped in the effort to get these recordings heard for thousands of people, 90% of it for the first time ever. Nice to be able to have the videos these scrapbooks have made possible. Also. Now it's Sunday. Thankyou Andrew.
Hi Andrew, yet another great and informative video - can’t wait for part 2. BTW that Hitachi radio cassette recorder in the video is one I used to own back in the day 😀 and take it away was the single I bought from the tug of war album, cheers Matt
Love this review of 1982 using the scrap books Andrew! I listened to 'The Beatles at the Beeb' radio programme then bought the accompanying book when it was published, which I still have. I was never a fan of the Ebony and Ivory single but enjoyed the Tug of War album. Looking forward to Part 2!
these videos (and scrap books) are amazing! i kept all the pamplets and newspaper stuff from around the mid late 2000s when i was a teenager, one of them has the sheet music for penny lane and a few others, i must dig them out
1982…I was 30 years old. I’d collected lots of music (starting from early age of 13) and even had a band deeply entrenched into Ska and Reggae. When Paul was doing Ebony & Ivory it fell into place with the sentiments of world music and crossover music. Maybe it didn’t have the crunch that other music had at that time but it followed a pattern whereas all kinds of people were playing together. If I had a Scientists dub Lp I also had a Macca Lp tucked under me arm! The future of music was really opening up for me. Great show! Thanks! See ya next week!
Excellent & interesting review of 1982 & I really like the Radio 1 jingles, they really took me back in time. Tug of War is one of my favourite albums as the production is superb. Looking forward to part 2 of 1982👍
My clearest memories of 82 are the Falklands War, going out with my first love and asking my then boss for a pay rise from £30 to £35 a week and being told ‘there’s a recession on I can’t afford that much’. He then bought a new Rolls Royce a week later and I quit for a job paying £60 a week which seemed like a lot at the time. Love these videos thanks for all your hard work and professionalism 👍 Ps my girlfriend dumped me after 3 months for a guy with a car 😔 I only had a motorcycle at the time.
Andrew, I was 21 -22 years old, in 1982. A surprising amount of music you got to hear in the UK, was shut out of radio and television here in the US. Most people in the US never got to hear the likes of The Jam, or The Stranglers. Instead we were force fed the worst dreck, like Loverboy, and Bob Seger. Those who were aware of the best music of the period, had to learn of it by reading certain "hip" magazines, and hanging around indie record stores. Dick Clark, God Bless Him, did his best to expose Americans to the better music of the period, if you were lucky enough to see American Bandstand on Saturday afternoon, when it wasn't pre-empted by sports. My first exposure to punk and post-punk was in 1978 came in my senior year of high school. Elvis Costello, The Clash,and the Ramones were the bands that did it for me. For me this was part of a continuous,and very eclectic, 25 year era of music, that began around 1975, and went through the end of the millennium, with Britpop, and the swing and surf music revival of the 1990s.* Paul, was always there in the background, never producing a bad, or boring, record, with at least a handful of the best songs he ever wrote on each album, and occasionally producing a full blown classic, like Tug Of War, or Flaming Pie. Veronica is another stone cold pop classic, in spite of the tragic subject *My top list of albums from this period for Beatles fans : XTC English Settlement, Skylarking, Nonsuch, Squeeze Argybargy, Cool For Cats, East Side Story, Robyn Hitchcock (Take your pick from 1977-90.), Martin Newell The Greatest Living Englishman (A truly unknown masterpiece.), The Teardrop Explodes Kilmanjaro, and to a lesser extent Wilder, blur (Again take your pick.). Subjects for future videos? Honourable mentions The Church The Blurred Crusade and Heyday. Two more incredible classics. Might these be subjects for future videos?
I had a few of the Let It Be songs on cassette when it was shown on BBC in 1976. But I managed to video tape the movie from when it was shown this year. Little did I know it would be such a collectors item and has never been shown again!
I want……that boombox! Seriously, it was a nice transition between items along with the jingles. I hope you do this again for 80’s related videos perhaps with other boomboxes in pristine condition and classic jingles. Boomboxes fueled my purchases of music in the 80’s including the Beatles re-releases/compilations and solo work. The effect made me quite nostalgic for that decade. Though next time make sure the VU meter is moving. This was a great video, thanks so much.
Informative information as usual....this is best channel as you virtually cover everything....I was 20 in 1982 and I too loved tug of war album...love the radio 1 soundbites...takes me back... Are you going to discuss 1983 year when Abbey Road was open to the public with a strictly ticket serve basis? I was there in the summer and was blown away by sounds in studio 2.. Never forget it ever...
Hi, Andrew. What a coincidence! The door is currently on display at the British Music Experience which is in the Cunard Building in Liverpool. We were looking at it on Saturday. 😊
Once again, so many memories! I was living through it all on the other side of the Atlantic in Northern Virginia, just outside of Washington DC. I don't have a distinct memory of buying the Ebony and Ivory single, but when Take It Away came out I was at the little record store at the local University Mall with a 5 dollar bill...which I lost. I waited for my best friends mom to pick us up so I could borrow money for the 45! I was eager to play the non-LP B-side, which we did back at their house. On the last day of the 7th grade I got home to find Tug of War in my bedroom, propped up on my pillow. It was the soundtrack of the Summer of '82. I wish I could remember what magazine it was in, but I read a review while waiting for my parents at the grocery store that began with the reviewer saying he was looking forward to savaging a new Macca record, but he couldn't - it was actually GOOD! I too taped the Beatles at the Beeb, camped out in front of the family stereo. The DC area station that broadcast it played 5 songs in rotation as teasers the previous week, with exciting runups about "another unreleased Beatles song!!!" I don't remember all 5 songs, though Don't Ever Change and Hippy Hippy Shake were among them, and I waited breathlessly for them to play, and replay through that weekend. In a less happy memory, immediately after buying Reel Music at the PX (my dad was Navy), I became violently ill and threw up in the shop bag. I was rushed to Fort Belvoir hospital where I was found to be severely dehydrated, and spent a night, impatient to get home and listen to the Beatles. 1982! Thanks for another trip down memory lane.
Sir, I love your videos, and your calm manner of presentation. As far as the subject of this video, yes McCartney had a banner year on the charts with banal material, but The Beatles and their legend really continued to remain irrelevancies in this period. That would only change when numerous post-punk/new wave bands, and Prince, started incorporating Beatles-psychedelia into their acts circa mid-‘80’s (in the wake of the “Paisley Underground” scene of the early 80’s which initially made it safe to turn one’s head back to that older era) and the “1960’s” made it’s huge pop culture reappearance. That coupled with the at-long-last release of the Beatles albums on compact disc finally made them relevant again.
Hi Andrew I was also 15 in 1982. I remember giving myself the Ebony and Ivory single for my birthday in April. Later got the Tug Of War LP in May. Loved the single, liked the album. Btw 1982 had some great music in the UK that would later hit here in the US in '83. Human League, Duran Duran, Culture Club, Adam Ant, Dexys Midnight Runners, even Musical Youth! In February you had The Jam at UK#1 with Town Called Malice/Precious and The Stranglers behind them at UK#2 with Golden Brown. Good times!😁😁👍👍
Good to have Beatles content again! (Alright, it was only one week that didn't.) I'm not the biggest fan of these (nearly) year-long scrapbook videos, but the jingles from Radio One make up for any weaknesses in the material - they're sensational. Just a nitpick - I'm wondering if it might be better to put the plugs for previous videos at the end of a new video, instead of Peppering (see what I did there?) them throughout, although they're obviously relevant at the point of context. It just starts to get a bit ridiculous when an above-average number of stories have previous videos referenced. Thanks, Andrew!
I don't even know what's out there these days. I"m too wrapped up in Neil Young, Derek & The Dominoes, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis...uh you know where I'm going with this😂
Yes, it was the end of the golden era. We still had a vast array of bands and solo artists in that period. At the time, I was primarily into Post Punk/New Wave music although the genre had started to fade by 1982. The death of John had affected me so badly that I was unable to think about the Beatles at that time. It would take a few more years to reconnect with them. It really wasn't until the Anthology albums that my previous enthusiasm returned in full measure. Cheers.
1982 was the first year I was old enough to buy records. What a year to be a Beatles fan. The production of Tug of War is a little polished for my liking, but no doubt about the quality of the songs. I remember how excited I was to buy the 20th anniversary singles as well. Thanks Andrew, these videos are awesome 👏
A year fondly remembered a year older than you Andrew i to think it's probably the last great year for pop music, after 1985 live aid it was all over for me as opposed to buying new acts music. As the 20th anns came around from 1982 it was exciting and this brought back great teenage years memories, great vid thanks.
The title track Tug of War is a stunning beautiful song. The George Martin orchestration is lush and the lyrics, mostly about the 'tug' between John and Paul are very moving without being overtly sentimental. I fail to see how those criticisms stack up. It was also the third single and most fans would have already had it on the album so decided they didn't need to buy it. Sometimes you find a sing that you love which leaves you scratching your head in amazement when others criticise it with venom. It is a wonderful song whatever any critic says.
I was 8 in 82. The hangover from Lennon's passing and buying the Beatles Medley made me go headlong into a lifelong obsession. Starting with the 70's reissue singles.
Andrew! I thoroughly enjoyed this installment of what’s turning out to be Parlogram Auctions’ Official Historical Documentation of the Beatles. Packed with good information (with obviously, a lot of things left out for the sake of brevity), I devoured this piece after it had been posted for a mere 15 minutes! I had to laugh about the “Linda dusting off the vocal CHORDS” article in one of the papers. Having been written by a so-called “professional”, the writer (and editors) that followed before it went to press at that publication “Should Have Known Better” (sorry) than to print that spelling. It’s NOT “vocal chords”. Who do you know that is able to sing three or more notes at once in real time (without the use of multitrack)? The word is “CORDS”! Being an ex-Radio personality, I especially enjoyed the liberal use of the Radio One jingles. Can you tell me who made them? Was it PAMS of Dallas, or their successor, Jam Productions (who hired as many of the former PAMS composers, musicians and singers as they could get their hands on)? I’ll have to admit I was surprised at the way the former Fabs were so often savaged by the press during this period. And as an aside, the McCartney/Michael Jackson video you mention was shot at a 100+-year-old place called The Union Hotel, located right down the fabled “Ventura Highway”, U.S. 101, from my Central California Coastal FM powerhouse. I can’t wait to soak in Part 2! Andrew, my friend, as is the case with everything you’ve put out in the last several months, this one has all the production value of a Big-Budget Hollywood Production.
20:01 - I remember living 3 Doors Down on the same side as the place in Kensington Liverpool were they recorded THAT 1st disc and when leaving one morning for work, I noticed the owner was busying about the place and I asked him what was up and he happily told me that he was getting all new PVC double glazed windows and door because the place’d become quite draughty and I admonished him saying that was quite an historic entrance, so many people had walked through it, including most of the Beatles, to which he scoffed and said NAH… I asked him what he was going to do with the door and he said he didn’t know, probably throw it away, he supposed and I said “I’m running late, but will you promise to keep that door for me & I’ll pay you for it?” he said no, you can have it for free, don’t worry about it When I got home excitedly, sure enough, the front of the building had been pretty much transformed and I asked him about the door… He looked puzzled, and then said “oh, I completely forgot about that, they just threw it in the skip and took it away!!“ Needless to say, I tried to trace it but to no avail. Probably ended up in landfill, but I’d bet it was more valuable than the door from Savile Row?!
Love these vids. I was born in 84, but I agree that 82 seems like a fascinating year, and kind of a watershed - for UK music at least. The Jam and Squeeze split, The Clash released their last decent album, Costello, XTC and Madness etc all peaked, lots of great soul music was coming through (just look at the NME's Best of the Year charts that year). Interesting that an old hand like McCartney had his big revival just as guitar-based music was going out and synth pop and more modern-sounding soul/R&B was coming in.
Great video again Andrew I remember Tug of war well . I also remember thinking it’s time to stop buying the NME as the reviews were so biased and unfair
I have a box of Ringo's Yellow Submarine Shows on vinyl, 4 weeks I believe, Snickers commercials were followed by silence to allow for local commercials.
I recorded the Let It Be film that was broadcast this yeat on VHS tape and it's still the version I watch now (albeit I transferred it to DVD). Still waiting for the release of the restored version as promised oh so many years ago it now seems !!
I was 18 in 1982. One of my parents' friends worked at Elstree Studios as a carpenter and, knowing that I liked the Beatles, asked me if I'd like to help him on a set he was working on. That was the set for Take it Away. It was filmed just when British Rail were on strike (things never change) and the fans in the audience (mainly subscribers to Club Sandwich - Paul's fan magazine) were stranded. After the video was filmed, Paul spent about an hour signing autographs for everyone - class. I managed to get into the "green room" afterwards and spoke to Linda, George Martin and Steve Gadd (who I recognised from the Simon and Garfunkel recent Central Park concert that had been shown on the BBC). I couldn't get over how friendly they all were and how beautiful Linda was. The photos of her do not do her any justice. She was also wonderful to talk to.. Ringo was at the video (and drunk). At some point during the shooting of the video (the end scene of the video) someone behind me gave me a Ringo album (Stop Smell the Roses) and asked me to request Barbara Bach for her autograph on the album. Barbara was sitting directly in front of me, so I asked if she would sign the album for the Ringo fan: she responded: "Oh no, Richie doesn't allow me to give any autographs...."... I have some more stories about that day (and photos) but that's for another time. However, 1982 was a fantastic year and I really enjoyed working on that video...
What a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing it. I'd love to hear more sometime.
Fantastic memories !
Please tell us more!
Sadly ringo not only stopped Barbara from signing Lps. He also beat her to a pulp in drunken outrage ma throughout the 1980s sad
@@MalEvansUSA I do not believe this. She would not have stayed with him if he had. She never called him Richie.
1982 I was 12 years old. I remember buying Tug of war when it came out, as well as the single Ebony and Ivory. Tug of war is such a great album and a highlight of Paul's career. A lot of this I did not know. Great job.
I was 17 and remember buying it. Still have it in mint condition too!
Since Andrew and I are the same age, I can agree with him that 1982 was the last great year of music. Back in 1982 you could turn on MTV and watch all types of music genre videos...except for Prog. I remember that there were so many types of music stations (in the United States) that you could get overwhelmed as to what type of music you wanted to listen to at that moment. I was one of those geeky individuals who recorded the "Take It Away" (RIP John Hurt) video and re-watched way too many times to count. Thanks for the memories and outstanding video once again Andrew!
Thanks for watching, Ted!
I was 11 years old in 1982. I recall liking 'Take it away" because it had a great hook and reggae feel.
I guess it’s a generation thing. For me the last great year of music was 1997, but 82 certainly looks great.
Music is Subjective.
I'm older than Andrew; I was in my early 20's in 1982, and there was SO much new and original music coming out - in the UK - and I was loving it! Being a Beatles fan for all of my life, they always reigned supreme, but so much new-wave, and arty pop stuff was coming out, whether it be Siouxsie And The Banshees, Killing Joke, Gary Human, John Foxx, Bill Nelson, Public Image, etc, or Kim Wilde, Micheal Jackson, and so on, it was all great new music!
If you claim that all those mentioned are 'crap', then that's your problem! Not mine!
I lived in those times and loved these artists, and many others I've forgotten to mention; but it just goes to show that "music is subjective'.... there is no definitive "Good" or "Bad" - it's whatever you like....
I'm still listening to and discovering/ loving new artists today.... got to keep the ears and mind open... 😉👍
I was born in 1982. Can‘t believe you‘re 15 years older than me, Andrew, you look way fresher. Thank you for all of videos.
Possibly the only mention from anyone from the group that ever mentioned the Stars on 45. As always, such a great video presentation. Great idea using the scrapbook. Also such nostalgic feeling hearing those radio bumpers.
I was 26 in 1982. I was fearing that McCartney was through after Wings, even though he had released the solo album McCartney 2, and worse, after the death of John Lennon. Then he surprised the hell out of me with Tug of War. My brother bought the album rather than me, and pointed out to me this was almost the best he's ever heard from Paul, excepting Band on the Run and most singles he had released. I had only heard Ebony and Ivory, and Take It Away, on radio, and small bits of Tug of War. "Really?" I said to my brother, "the best?"...then listened to it with him. I was a young music teacher between jobs...it was a brotherly moment in time where after I listened to the whole thing I said to him, "Damn! You're right, what a dumb music teacher I am!" and we both laughed. My younger brother passed away July 25, 2020. So the album and especially the song Tug of War is very special to me. I can barley listen to it now. And the song Here Today brings me to tears because my brother is gone.
I listened to tug of war all the time in the 80s, its a masterpiece. It's sad that it has those memories for you, yet at the same time it has that link with your brother.
Great Video. Tug of War is a Fantastic Album. Thank You For These Great Videos, Andrew.😎👍🙏🎉🎵
Thank you, Michael. Glad you enjoyed it!
I was 14 that year and was my first full year of being a full-fledged Beatles fan. I mowed lawns and babysat to get the money to obtain many Beatles/solo albums. Tug of War was special because I worked at a record store for a few weeks sweeping up and my pay was records. And the first of which was Tug of War and the excitement of bringing it home will never be matched. Soon after was The John Lennon Collection and then Revolver, Band on the Run, Imagine. Such a magical year of discovery and the Beatles were at the heart of it in 1982.
EDIT: The polished sound of Tug of War is its charm. "Wanderlust", "Take it Away" and "Ballroom Dancing" benefitted heavily in that polished sound. 41 years later and I still consider it the masterpiece I thought it was when I was 14.
The Beatlemania doc has been on YT for over 9 years now- good fun!
Awesome!! Already waiting for part 2! 👏👏
What a great video, so many things I did not know. Tug of war is one of my favorite albums, I felt it shows what I like about Paul’s music. Love the radio sound bytes, reminds me of WABC in New York in the sixties. Thanks again Andrew.
Alex
Glad you enjoyed it, James.
I think Tug Of War is my favourite post-Wings album by Paul.
It's gotta be right up there for me too.
Flaming Pie is the shit
I listened to it till I wore out the album! It's a masterpiece, I think of it as a beatles album with the tech of the 80s.
Hello Andrew, I see that you have XTC's "English Settlement" on the wall behind you. Thank you for showing them some love. XTC is an extremely underrated band, remembered mostly for a couple of novelty hits from early in their career. Like the Beatles, each one of their albums was a leap forward in the quality and maturity of the songwriting, from Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding. Their career was stunted by a seven-year boycott of their record label, after which they released one masterpiece of an album ("Apple Venus, Vol. 1") and another very good album (Wasp Star), before calling it quits.
I loved 'Oranges and Lemons' too.
@@Parlogram A great album too. Skylarking is my favourite by them - very Beatles-esque in places, their own Sgt Pepper perhaps?
Novelty hits? What novelty hits. What an insult to Partridge and Moulding
@@stevelang6727 Overall XTC is very beatlesque, but guess what? They incredibly do that very well, such an amazing band! Also, I would consider Oranges and Lemons to be more close to The Beatles sound, specially that bass 🤯
@@moreheff "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Generals and Majors" are the two songs that most people remember, if they remember any songs by XTC. Both were written by Colin Moulding. While they are fun, radio-friendly songs, they are hardly representative of the high-quality material that Moulding and Andy Partridge put into the XTC albums. Yes, those were novelty hits, and I think it's a crime that the group is not as well-known and respected as their contemporaries. I went to see an XTC cover band a couple of years ago. Before the show started, someone near me said, "Who's XTC?" Their friend replied, "Oh, they did that 'Generals and Majors' song.' I rolled my eyes and thought, "Just wait." The concert was great, and the cover band dug deep into the XTC catalog. They even did '1,000 Umbrellas,' with a live string quartet.
1982 was the year I got into the Beatles music, albeit not by the Beatles but performed by Stars on 45😁🙈. Great episode and thanks for including BBC jingles of the era.
Thank you for another excellent episode! It brings back many fond memories. I had a Sanyo radio/cassette player almost exactly like the one you have featured. Already looking forward to next week.
Spectacular content as always!!
Thanks Jeff!
Wow, lots of fun. Great information as always Andrew. Thank you.
Thanks again, Chris!
In 1982 I graduated from senior high school and moved from a small town in Sweden to the capital, Stockholm, the same month of June. I loved the McCartney II album and of course exited about the Tug of war album. I bought the Take it away 7" because of the b-side. Interesting part 1, will definitely listen to part 2!
Great video Andrew. Love this recap,of 1982. I started buying Beatles albums in 1982 starting with my 11th birthday and getting Meet the Beatles! And purchasing Sgt. Pepper with my own money a week later and getting the White Album, Hey Jude and Abbey Road for Christmas that year. I remember the ads for Reel Music and hearing the medley on the radio and ended up buying the album the following year. I loved the packaging of the album (not so much the drawing on the cover though). I love the Tug of War album and remember seeing the Ebony and Ivory video on a late night comedy show in the US called Fridays and loving it. You could not escape that song in spring 1982. Take it Away was great too. With the new 7 inch singles set those two singles from Tug of War are among my favorites. Thanks for sharing this!
Glad you enjoyed it, Bill.
This is a great time capsule - thanks Andrew 😊🙏
Glad you enjoyed it, Stuart!
Another great video, Andrew. Thank you! By the way, the door to 3 Saville Row is now housed in the British Music Experience musem in Liverpool
Thanks for that, Stevie!
Great video! i enjoyed it very much! Greetings from Malaga Spain
Thanks Jan-Willem. Glad you enjoyed it!
OMG! I haven’t thought about Nicole’s Eurovision song “Ein Bißchen Frieden” in ages! Thank goodness I was living in Britain in 1982; I share your feelings about the music scene back then! Your channel is utterly precious. Still…being too contrarian for my own good…I preferred the highly unpolished “McCartney II” to “Tug of War”. “Ebony and Ivory” was a bit too treacle for me, but I liked “Take It Away” well enough. Thanks for tipping your hat to Kenny Everett and Godley and Creme. Mahalo for another masterpiece video!
Wonderful job! 1982 was quite the year!
Great review of this. Tug of War is a masterpice and I consider his greatest solo work by far. Sad to hear the old radio one jingles as it reminds me of the late great Steve Wright, a genius broadcaster.
Hi Andrew Another terrific video.Looking forward to part 2 Cheers Ian
Cheers, Ian. Coming soon!
Great video! „Tug Of War“ is one of my absolute favourite solo records by Paul🎼
Wonderful video Andrew! Full of fascinating tidbits and beautifully produced as always. Thank you! Love your work. Cheers, Rob
Cheers, Rob! Glad you enjoyed it.
Nice to finally hear vintage audio clips in your videos. I was turning 15 then, and taped the 3-hour (in the US) Beatles at the Beeb broadcast for many replays, and I still have the tapes. That, and the emergence of the Stray Cats, helped me get over my post-Lennon depression.
Your videos about the scrap book are beyond amazing! Thank you!
The 3 Savil Road door, I think I saw it at the British Music Experience in Liverpool, when I where there in 2019.
Thanks for watching, Michael and for the information!
'Tug of war' is one of Paul's best albums. His duet with Stevie Wonder on the funk rocker 'What your doing' is one of the stand outs.
1982 was a golden year, I was 16 and bought everything, and October 1982 was one of the greatest ever months, It felt like the Beatles were still a group together, Beatles Book Monthly was the essential magazine to learn about everything 🙂
Same here. Great times! 😊
Great to see XTC feature so much in this episode. They are the closest this country has come to the new Beatles. Any band that was turned down by Brian Eno for production duties on the grounds that, in his words, they really didn’t need him as they were already good enough, can’t be dismissed as ‘novelty’
XTC - the band the Beatles could have been………I’m a huge fan!
I love the detailed content of your videos and how they are put together! They're really indulgent. Thank you for making these, can't wait for the next one!!
Glad you like them, Ash. 1982 part 2 coming this weekend.
I’ve always liked the Tug of War album. I’m particularly fond of “Take it Away”, “Get It” (featuring Carl Perkins), “Wanderlust”, and “Here Today”.
Great that you are making use of the scrapbooks and very enjoyable video
Thank you, Marcus!
Great stuff, thanks ! It's close to my heart too because "Tug of War" is the first new album I ever waited for, trying to find info wherever I could...and at the time it was only really in music magazines and by bugging sales clerks in music stores. I remember one of them telling me that it had been delayed because of problems with the artwork...and based on what I've read since it was indeed given as the official reason ;-)
Such an excellent series, Andrew. Many thanks for putting it together.
Glad you're enjoying it, Nic!
Thanks for another great video, Andrew! I especially liked seeing XTC's "English Settlement" in background, my favorite album of 1982! (Even though we in the US got a "Dave Dextered" version of that album.)
Glad you enjoyed it, Joseph. I love that album.
Yup, that XTC album is also a favorite of mine.
I just love that from one persons eccentricity years and years ago we get a lovely informative video chronicling something no one else could. I recently converted a load of gatecrasher and godskitchen dat tapes from events 20 years ago. Played in bits on the radio and binned into a skip. It was nice to know I helped in the effort to get these recordings heard for thousands of people, 90% of it for the first time ever. Nice to be able to have the videos these scrapbooks have made possible. Also. Now it's Sunday. Thankyou Andrew.
The scrapbook is the gift that keeps on giving. What a treasure trove.
Great Video Andrew! Looking forward to part two.
Glad you enjoyed it, Juan.
Hi Andrew, yet another great and informative video - can’t wait for part 2. BTW that Hitachi radio cassette recorder in the video is one I used to own back in the day 😀 and take it away was the single I bought from the tug of war album, cheers Matt
Thanks Matt. Glad you enjoyed it,
These scrapbook videos are the best. Keep them coming!
Thank you! Will do!
Love this review of 1982 using the scrap books Andrew! I listened to 'The Beatles at the Beeb' radio programme then bought the accompanying book when it was published, which I still have. I was never a fan of the Ebony and Ivory single but enjoyed the Tug of War album. Looking forward to Part 2!
these videos (and scrap books) are amazing! i kept all the pamplets and newspaper stuff from around the mid late 2000s when i was a teenager, one of them has the sheet music for penny lane and a few others, i must dig them out
1982…I was 30 years old. I’d collected lots of music (starting from early age of 13) and even had a band deeply entrenched into Ska and Reggae. When Paul was doing Ebony & Ivory it fell into place with the sentiments of world music and crossover music. Maybe it didn’t have the crunch that other music had at that time but it followed a pattern whereas all kinds of people were playing together. If I had a Scientists dub Lp I also had a Macca Lp tucked under me arm! The future of music was really opening up for me.
Great show! Thanks! See ya next week!
Thanks Brian. Hope you enjoy part 2!
Great video Andrew - makes me feel rather nostalgic hearing those jingles! Nice to see a copy of English Settlement there in the background too...
Glad you enjoyed it, Steve.
Great video. I remember the SFX tape magazine used to have some of them!
The Yoko story was absolutely true, with the exception that it was mutual.
Excellent & interesting review of 1982 & I really like the Radio 1 jingles, they really took me back in time. Tug of War is one of my favourite albums as the production is superb. Looking forward to part 2 of 1982👍
Thanks Tony. Glad you enjoyed it!
My clearest memories of 82 are the Falklands War, going out with my first love and asking my then boss for a pay rise from £30 to £35 a week and being told ‘there’s a recession on I can’t afford that much’.
He then bought a new Rolls Royce a week later and I quit for a job paying £60 a week which seemed like a lot at the time.
Love these videos thanks for all your hard work and professionalism 👍
Ps my girlfriend dumped me after 3 months for a guy with a car 😔 I only had a motorcycle at the time.
Andrew, I was 21 -22 years old, in 1982. A surprising amount of music you got to hear in the UK, was shut out of radio and television here in the US. Most people in the US never got to hear the likes of The Jam, or The Stranglers. Instead we were force fed the worst dreck, like Loverboy, and Bob Seger. Those who were aware of the best music of the period, had to learn of it by reading certain "hip" magazines, and hanging around indie record stores. Dick Clark, God Bless Him, did his best to expose Americans to the better music of the period, if you were lucky enough to see American Bandstand on Saturday afternoon, when it wasn't pre-empted by sports.
My first exposure to punk and post-punk was in 1978 came in my senior year of high school. Elvis Costello, The Clash,and the Ramones were the bands that did it for me. For me this was part of a continuous,and very eclectic, 25 year era of music, that began around 1975, and went through the end of the millennium, with Britpop, and the swing and surf music revival of the 1990s.*
Paul, was always there in the background, never producing a bad, or boring, record, with at least a handful of the best songs he ever wrote on each album, and occasionally producing a full blown classic, like Tug Of War, or Flaming Pie. Veronica is another stone cold pop classic, in spite of the tragic subject
*My top list of albums from this period for Beatles fans : XTC English Settlement, Skylarking, Nonsuch, Squeeze Argybargy, Cool For Cats, East Side Story, Robyn Hitchcock (Take your pick from 1977-90.), Martin Newell The Greatest Living Englishman (A truly unknown masterpiece.), The Teardrop Explodes Kilmanjaro, and to a lesser extent Wilder, blur (Again take your pick.). Subjects for future videos?
Honourable mentions The Church The Blurred Crusade and Heyday. Two more incredible classics.
Might these be subjects for future videos?
The Beatles are from 60 to 80..not the same after that. Great vid.
I had a few of the Let It Be songs on cassette when it was shown on BBC in 1976. But I managed to video tape the movie from when it was shown this year. Little did I know it would be such a collectors item and has never been shown again!
Reel Music was my first Beatles album. It was one of my Christmas presents that year.
I want……that boombox! Seriously, it was a nice transition between items along with the jingles. I hope you do this again for 80’s related videos perhaps with other boomboxes in pristine condition and classic jingles. Boomboxes fueled my purchases of music in the 80’s including the Beatles re-releases/compilations and solo work. The effect made me quite nostalgic for that decade. Though next time make sure the VU meter is moving. This was a great video, thanks so much.
Well done Andrew 👏👏👏
Great video!!
Thanks!
Informative information as usual....this is best channel as you virtually cover everything....I was 20 in 1982 and I too loved tug of war album...love the radio 1 soundbites...takes me back...
Are you going to discuss 1983 year when Abbey Road was open to the public with a strictly ticket serve basis?
I was there in the summer and was blown away by sounds in studio 2..
Never forget it ever...
Good times, Peter. 1983 coming soon.
I was in army,my new" releases," where excercises that i' m drilled for... Nice video Andrew.😎
Hi, Andrew. What a coincidence! The door is currently on display at the British Music Experience which is in the Cunard Building in Liverpool. We were looking at it on Saturday. 😊
Amazing! Thanks Baz.
Another excellent video!🍏🍏🍏🍏
Thanks Thomas!
Thank you for this Beatles history lesson. ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it, Catherine!
Once again, so many memories! I was living through it all on the other side of the Atlantic in Northern Virginia, just outside of Washington DC. I don't have a distinct memory of buying the Ebony and Ivory single, but when Take It Away came out I was at the little record store at the local University Mall with a 5 dollar bill...which I lost. I waited for my best friends mom to pick us up so I could borrow money for the 45! I was eager to play the non-LP B-side, which we did back at their house.
On the last day of the 7th grade I got home to find Tug of War in my bedroom, propped up on my pillow. It was the soundtrack of the Summer of '82. I wish I could remember what magazine it was in, but I read a review while waiting for my parents at the grocery store that began with the reviewer saying he was looking forward to savaging a new Macca record, but he couldn't - it was actually GOOD!
I too taped the Beatles at the Beeb, camped out in front of the family stereo. The DC area station that broadcast it played 5 songs in rotation as teasers the previous week, with exciting runups about "another unreleased Beatles song!!!" I don't remember all 5 songs, though Don't Ever Change and Hippy Hippy Shake were among them, and I waited breathlessly for them to play, and replay through that weekend.
In a less happy memory, immediately after buying Reel Music at the PX (my dad was Navy), I became violently ill and threw up in the shop bag. I was rushed to Fort Belvoir hospital where I was found to be severely dehydrated, and spent a night, impatient to get home and listen to the Beatles.
1982! Thanks for another trip down memory lane.
You're welcome! Great memories!
Sir, I love your videos, and your calm manner of presentation.
As far as the subject of this video, yes McCartney had a banner year on the charts with banal material, but The Beatles and their legend really continued to remain irrelevancies in this period. That would only change when numerous post-punk/new wave bands, and Prince, started incorporating Beatles-psychedelia into their acts circa mid-‘80’s (in the wake of the “Paisley Underground” scene of the early 80’s which initially made it safe to turn one’s head back to that older era) and the “1960’s” made it’s huge pop culture reappearance. That coupled with the at-long-last release of the Beatles albums on compact disc finally made them relevant again.
Thank you, Sir. Glad you enjoyed it.
Hi Andrew I was also 15 in 1982. I remember giving myself the Ebony and Ivory single for my birthday in April. Later got the Tug Of War LP in May. Loved the single, liked the album.
Btw 1982 had some great music in the UK that would later hit here in the US in '83. Human League, Duran Duran, Culture Club, Adam Ant, Dexys Midnight Runners, even Musical Youth! In February you had The Jam at UK#1 with Town Called Malice/Precious and The Stranglers behind them at UK#2 with Golden Brown. Good times!😁😁👍👍
Good times indeed!
Great summary! Funny, I actually liked the Tug of War single and especially the video.
I didn't know Reel Music was deleted that fast but I can believe it.
Tug of War great album…title track one of Paul’s finest songs ever IMO beautiful video with Linda too.
Good to have Beatles content again! (Alright, it was only one week that didn't.) I'm not the biggest fan of these (nearly) year-long scrapbook videos, but the jingles from Radio One make up for any weaknesses in the material - they're sensational. Just a nitpick - I'm wondering if it might be better to put the plugs for previous videos at the end of a new video, instead of Peppering (see what I did there?) them throughout, although they're obviously relevant at the point of context. It just starts to get a bit ridiculous when an above-average number of stories have previous videos referenced. Thanks, Andrew!
I love this channel.
I’m 53 & hate modern-pop … I listen to the Beatles constantly. 😂
I don't even know what's out there these days. I"m too wrapped up in Neil Young, Derek & The Dominoes, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis...uh you know where I'm going with this😂
@@farrellmcnulty909 yep 😂
Yes, it was the end of the golden era. We still had a vast array of bands and solo artists in that period. At the time, I was primarily into Post Punk/New Wave music although the genre had started to fade by 1982. The death of John had affected me so badly that I was unable to think about the Beatles at that time. It would take a few more years to reconnect with them. It really wasn't until the Anthology albums that my previous enthusiasm returned in full measure. Cheers.
1982 was the first year I was old enough to buy records. What a year to be a Beatles fan. The production of Tug of War is a little polished for my liking, but no doubt about the quality of the songs. I remember how excited I was to buy the 20th anniversary singles as well. Thanks Andrew, these videos are awesome 👏
Cheers Matt!
Polished.I like that description. Absolutely
Fascinating!
A year fondly remembered a year older than you Andrew i to think it's probably the last great year for pop music, after 1985 live aid it was all over for me as opposed to buying new acts music. As the 20th anns came around from 1982 it was exciting and this brought back great teenage years memories, great vid thanks.
I am shocked…SHOCKED to learn that you were 15 in 1982!! I thought you were younger than me and I was SEVEN in 1982!! (Looking good!!!)
Great show, all the best.
Many thanks, Kenth!
The title track Tug of War is a stunning beautiful song. The George Martin orchestration is lush and the lyrics, mostly about the 'tug' between John and Paul are very moving without being overtly sentimental. I fail to see how those criticisms stack up. It was also the third single and most fans would have already had it on the album so decided they didn't need to buy it.
Sometimes you find a sing that you love which leaves you scratching your head in amazement when others criticise it with venom. It is a wonderful song whatever any critic says.
I'm your age this is very good work. Love all the old jingles too.
1982 may be my favorite year in music, period.
I was 8 in 82. The hangover from Lennon's passing and buying the Beatles Medley made me go headlong into a lifelong obsession. Starting with the 70's reissue singles.
Love your use of those classic BBC1 bumpers
The scrap books. The gifts that keep on giving. Fantastic.❤
Andrew!
I thoroughly enjoyed this installment of what’s turning out to be Parlogram Auctions’ Official Historical Documentation of the Beatles. Packed with good information (with obviously, a lot of things left out for the sake of brevity), I devoured this piece after it had been posted for a mere 15 minutes!
I had to laugh about the “Linda dusting off the vocal CHORDS” article in one of the papers. Having been written by a so-called “professional”, the writer (and editors) that followed before it went to press at that publication “Should Have Known Better” (sorry) than to print that spelling. It’s NOT “vocal chords”. Who do you know that is able to sing three or more notes at once in real time (without the use of multitrack)? The word is “CORDS”!
Being an ex-Radio personality, I especially enjoyed the liberal use of the Radio One jingles. Can you tell me who made them? Was it PAMS of Dallas, or their successor, Jam Productions (who hired as many of the former PAMS composers, musicians and singers as they could get their hands on)? I’ll have to admit I was surprised at the way the former Fabs were so often savaged by the press during this period. And as an aside, the McCartney/Michael Jackson video you mention was shot at a 100+-year-old place called The Union Hotel, located right down the fabled “Ventura Highway”, U.S. 101, from my Central California Coastal FM powerhouse. I can’t wait to soak in Part 2!
Andrew, my friend, as is the case with everything you’ve put out in the last several months, this one has all the production value of a Big-Budget Hollywood Production.
20:01 - I remember living 3 Doors Down on the same side as the place in Kensington Liverpool were they recorded THAT 1st disc and when leaving one morning for work, I noticed the owner was busying about the place and I asked him what was up and he happily told me that he was getting all new PVC double glazed windows and door because the place’d become quite draughty and I admonished him saying that was quite an historic entrance, so many people had walked through it, including most of the Beatles, to which he scoffed and said NAH…
I asked him what he was going to do with the door and he said he didn’t know, probably throw it away, he supposed and I said “I’m running late, but will you promise to keep that door for me & I’ll pay you for it?” he said no, you can have it for free, don’t worry about it
When I got home excitedly, sure enough, the front of the building had been pretty much transformed and I asked him about the door…
He looked puzzled, and then said “oh, I completely forgot about that, they just threw it in the skip and took it away!!“ Needless to say, I tried to trace it but to no avail.
Probably ended up in landfill, but I’d bet it was more valuable than the door from Savile Row?!
This was the Best year, as I was born in 82'!
Love these vids. I was born in 84, but I agree that 82 seems like a fascinating year, and kind of a watershed - for UK music at least. The Jam and Squeeze split, The Clash released their last decent album, Costello, XTC and Madness etc all peaked, lots of great soul music was coming through (just look at the NME's Best of the Year charts that year). Interesting that an old hand like McCartney had his big revival just as guitar-based music was going out and synth pop and more modern-sounding soul/R&B was coming in.
Great video again Andrew
I remember Tug of war well . I also remember thinking it’s time to stop buying the NME as the reviews were so biased and unfair
The door is currently at "The British Music Experience" in Liverpool.
We’re the same age! Nice to see a bit of XTCat the beginning in some sort of magazine insert….and in your background.
The Saville Row door is now in The British Music Experience in Liverpool.
Those original Beatles at the Beeb broadcasts were excellent :) I still have them on C120 :)
I have a box of Ringo's Yellow Submarine Shows on vinyl, 4 weeks I believe, Snickers commercials were followed by silence to allow for local commercials.
Tug of war is my favorite solo Beatles album as of now
I recorded the Let It Be film that was broadcast this yeat on VHS tape and it's still the version I watch now (albeit I transferred it to DVD). Still waiting for the release of the restored version as promised oh so many years ago it now seems !!
I really liked the old Radio 1 Jingles!
I have a collection of them myself!
Can anyone else still remember when Radio 1 used to play music? It's great hearing all those old jingles .....
I still have my VHS tape with Let it Be taped from BBC2 in May 1982 😊 nothing to play it on mind you!
Fantastic.