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EggPod Express

S2 Ep1: Mark Lewisohn - Mersey Beat 4 January 1962 Part 1

EggPod Express

I am the EggPod

History, Performing Arts, Arts, Music Commentary, Music

4.8477 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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 Part 1 of 2. Mark Lewisohn discusses the 4 January 1962 issue of Mersey Beat with Chris Shaw. To read along, visit https://iamtheeggpod.com 

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0:00.0

Why you are always me? are you Express with me Chris Shaw.

1:04.4

Eggpot Express took a jaunty stroll through 1960s music magazines with a potpourri of delicious guests.

1:11.0

To read along with us, the magazine is online at iron the eggpod.com, where you'll also find

1:15.9

an exclusive playlist related to this particular issue. To support this podcast and to access

1:20.5

bonus content, please subscribe to patreon.com forward slash eggpot.

1:26.8

In this episode, I'm joined by the world's leading historian and authority on the Beatles,

1:31.4

and very nice man indeed.

1:33.5

Mark Lewison, hello.

1:34.8

Hello, thank you for having me as your first guest as an honour.

1:38.1

And thank you for inviting me around your incredible place.

1:41.7

My secret gaff.

1:42.9

It is astonishing.

1:44.3

It's a gold mine of, basically, I just want to quit this podcast and spend the next few hours going through it.

1:51.5

Well, you can if you like.

1:53.9

I did enjoy your International Beatles Week.

1:57.4

Oh, yeah.

1:57.9

I've been uploading them on YouTube.

1:59.0

That's right.

1:59.6

Oh, man.

2:00.3

So you're Billy J. Kramer, Berrell Marsden, Thelma Pickles. Yeah, Jeff Britton, Stuart McConey and Jardlander, six of them. Yeah. It was a busy day. It was a long, long day that interviewing people from about 11 o'clock in the morning until 5 in the afternoon. It's quite tiring.

2:18.1

But it's good to meet all those people and I enjoyed it anyway. And they seem to be going down

2:24.0

very well on YouTube. Absolutely. Yeah. Definitely hunt them out everybody. It's really interesting.

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