Turn Me On Dead Macca at Now Hear This

Last Wednesday was, according to most time-lines, the 39th anniversary of the start of all those news reports of Paul McCartney’s death and subsequent replacement by a look-alike. To mark the occasion I played a few segments of a 1979 radio documentary written by Beatle expert Joel Gasiler (sp?) and hosted by Dave Fox on my regular radio show on KALX. Since it got more phone calls than any piece of music I’d played in months I figured it deserves airing here:

Is Paul Dead? Turn me on dead man

I only have about 37 minutes of the original hour long program but it’s more than enough minutia to satisfy the diehard Beatles fan and Fox’s flare for melodrama is hilarious. My favorite part is when they play all those tracks backwards to reveal alleged clues behind one of the more famous hoaxes in rock history. Wikipedia has a very detailed account of the whole conspiracy theory. Be sure to check out the exstensive list of external links at the bottom.

And I thought I had too much spare time…

Quick note about the tunes

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