“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans,” sang John Lennon on his 1980 album Double Fantasy. And that’s pretty much how Paul’s summer turned out!

Things have been quiet on the Fixing A Hole front since August, but Paul is now back in the studio with co-presenter and producer Mark, recording new episodes. First up is episode 67, arriving at midnight tonight—00:00 GMT on 30 October 2026.

So, what’s in store? Well, taking a cue from John Lennon’s “lost weekend” in 1974, Paul had a lost weekend of his own—in Liverpool! Over the August bank holiday, he headed to the Adelphi Hotel for the International Beatles Week convention.

In episode 67, Paul tells Mark about the Beatles fans he met from all over the world, brought together in Liverpool by their shared love of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Come along for the stories and a little Beatles chat!

Fixing A Hole—the Beatles podcast you didn’t know you needed. Listen and download for free on all major podcast platforms, or find us on the Fixing A Hole YouTube channel.

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Is it NUJV or NVUJ?

Well it depends what side of the Atlantic you live on and if you own a Parlophone or Capitol records edition of Help! The Beatles 5th album released in the summer of 1965.

As with A Hard Day's Night 12 month before. This album was part film soundtrack album, part? Well, new material. It's easy to dismiss this album for that very reason. But it clearly is a stepping stone between the early 60's mop tops and the mid 60's serious, highly creative Beatles.

Now under the influence of Bob Dylan and the early West Coast scene, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, Ticket To Ride, the title track and Paul's solo recording Yesterday, demonstrate that John, Paul, George and Ringo were clearly on an upward trajectory.

Welcome to episode 66 of Fixing A Hole. The Beatles Podcast You Didn't Know You Needed.

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In the summer of 1964 The Beatles released A Hard Day's Night in the UK. Their first album to contain purely Lennon and McCartney compositions.

But by the Autumn of that year John, Paul, George and Ringo had now achieved global fame. Tours of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, North America, resulted in them having less and less time for song writing. Creativity and time in the studio was severally restricted, due to other commitments.

In this episode we take a deep dive into their fourth album, Beatles For Sale. And uncover why it is tale of two halves (or should that be two sides). The album includes some of their best song writing from the pre-Rubber Soul era. But it also includes too much filler. Plus as was now the norm, Capitol in America never released the album for another 23 years!

Welcome to episode 65 of Fixing A Hole. The Beatles Podcast You Didn't Know You Needed.

An extended version of this podcast is available on our Patreon channel:

http://patreon.com/fixingahole

Sample extended episodes can be downloaded via our Stan Store.
https://stan.store/fixingahole

You can contact Paul and Mark via:

Email:

paul@paulhumbley.com

Facebook:

Fixing A Hole The Beatles Podcast

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562724166069

All previous episodes are available via all major podcast platforms, or our website:

http://fixingahole.transistor.fm

Fixing A Hole YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@fixingahole62_70

Fixing A Hole is a 1386 Audio production

https://www.1386audio.com