{"podcast":{"title":"Beatles News Briefs","slug":"beatles-news-briefs-12858","podcast_index_feed_id":12858,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/marinucci/feed.xml","website_url":"https://marinucci.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/922934/AI_LOGO1400sq7sewg.jpg","author":"Steve Marinucci","episode_count":121,"summary":"The latest Beatles news and thought-provoking talk from veteran pioneer Beatles reporter Steve Marinucci, the founder of Abbeyrd’s Beatles Page, the first true Beatles news website online in 1995. Our show is not like other shows but generally focuses on topical Beatles subjects and news that fans are talking about. A frequent guest on our show is distinguished author Candy Leonard, the author of ”Beatleness: How The Beatles and their Fans Remade the World,” an acclaimed book on Beatle history and fandom. Join our pages on Facebook -- Beatles News And Information and Beatles News Briefs - The Podcast. Send your comments, suggestions and questions for the show to beatlesnewsbriefs@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you. Be seeing you.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beatles-news-briefs-12858"},"episode":{"title":"#102 - Decca Tapes Part III - Rob Frith's true story of handing Paul McCartney a lost Decca Tapes reel","slug":"102-decca-tapes-part-iii-rob-frith-s-true-story-of-handing-paul-mccartney-a-lost-decca-tapes-reel","published_at":"2025-10-06T22:33:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beatles-news-briefs-12858/102-decca-tapes-part-iii-rob-frith-s-true-story-of-handing-paul-mccartney-a-lost-decca-tapes-reel","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beatles-news-briefs-12858","url":"https://marinucci.podbean.com/e/102-rob-frith-on-meeting-paul-mccartney-and-giving-him-the-decca-tapes-reel/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xk9b3he4cy7qewky/Rob_Frith_interview_with_names9xh6s.mp3","summary":"When we interviewed record dealer Rob Frith in show #91 in March, he told us about the Beatles Decca tape he had found in a collection he bought. After there were indications this wasn't just an ordinary tape, he said that if Paul McCartney wanted the tape, Frith would give it to him for free if he could give it to him personally. It was an idea that seemed like wishful thinking at the time, but believe it or not, it happened. He tells us the full story in detail -- what led to the meeting and what happened next (like Paul's reaction to getting the tape, having lunch with Paul and watching the band rehearse). And there's an even more unlikely finish to the story at the end that we didn't expect. Thanks for listening, and be sure to subscribe if you aren't a subscriber already. See you next time! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You can binge listen to all of our episodes free at Podbean, on YouTube or on our Beatles News Briefs blog page.CONTACT INFO: You can contact us about the show at beatlesnewsbriefs@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you with your thoughts and feedback on our shows. We hope you enjoy the shows and we thank you very much for listening. We really appreciate you!NEW! We've created a really fab (we think so!) Beatles News Briefs playlist on Spotify to go with the show that you can contribute to. Send your suggestions to beatlesnewsbriefs@gmail.com and we may use them to add to the playlist.","meta_description":"When we interviewed record dealer Rob Frith in show #91 in March, he told us about the Beatles Decca tape he had found in a collection he bought. After th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1831,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beatles-news-briefs-12858/episodes/102-decca-tapes-part-iii-rob-frith-s-true-story-of-handing-paul-mccartney-a-lost-decca-tapes-reel/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beatles-news-briefs-12858/102-decca-tapes-part-iii-rob-frith-s-true-story-of-handing-paul-mccartney-a-lost-decca-tapes-reel.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}