The Entroporium

The Beatles have an avant-garde side that still remains hidden to the casual fan, a good trick considering their ubiquity. The vaults are piled high with bizarre recordings that are frankly better off left there.

In this episode, I introduce some of The Beatles’ strangest recordings – both as a band and as solo artists. Some of these are pretty great, others are just about unlistenable. As an impressionable youth, I took the time to listen to these – and now my suffering and fanaticism can be your quick & dirty guide to the Fab Four’s weird side.

This week my colleague Cormac of the great Phonographic Funhouse and his recruited sidekick Rob E. Davis sat in the DJ’s seat and brought in a selection of pre-1950 music you will not soon forget. Not only will you find jazz & pop hits here from before World War II, but also incredible psychedelic sides from Turkey, Bali and beyond.