The Quarrelmen Beatles podcast

Adam Gimbel
  • 4.3 (6)
  • Performing Arts

We Will Rank You presents a Beatles miniseries ranking each of that one band's 13 albums with a sprawling guest-list of musicians and fans rivaling the Sgt Pepper cover. Best debut episode ever recorded at Abbey Road Studios.

Episodes

  1. The Beatles - Revolver ranked with the Moore Brothers and guest Eric Shea

    2d ago

    The Beatles - Revolver ranked with the Moore Brothers and guest Eric Shea

    What’s your most loved and least favorite song on the seventh Beatles album, Revolver?! Grass Valley CA singing sensations the Moore Brothers join us with their psychedelic harmony expertise to talk on and on about the album some consider the finest ever made. The brothers met Adam during their brief time together in the incredible East Bay music world late last century before releasing a string of quiet, irresistibly off-kilter albums that have had critics reaching for their Ctrl + quirky + eccentric buttons for decades. The boys' stories literally never stop from getting Beatlesque with Joanna Newsom in Europe to meeting George Harrison himself. Surprise guest ranker and longtime musical brother Eric Shea chimes in via satellite. Listen at QuarrelmenPod.com, Apple, Spotify, Youtube and float downstream. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky & Threads @quarrelmenpod. SPOILERS/FILE UNDER:American version, And Your Bird Can Sing, backwards guitars, Beach Boys, Aubrey Beardsley, The Beatles, Berkeley, Anil Bhagwat, Capitol Records, captain captain, CCC, Alan Civil, classical music, clavichord, cut the cable, the DJ Game, Doctor Robert, Dodger Stadium, Donovan, drop the cable, East Bay, Eleanor Rigby, Geoff Emerick, England, Mal Evans, the Event, the Fab Four, fade outs, Marianne Faithful, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, Peter Fonda, For No One, George Formby, french horn, full speed ahead, Adam Gimbel, Girl, Good Day Sunshine, Got to Get You Into My Life, Grass Valley, guitarmonies, harmonies, George Harrison, Here, There and Everywhere, Hot Lunch, I Want to Tell You, I'm Only Sleeping, Indian music, it is snowing, KVMRX, Arthur Lee, Dailai Lennon, John Lennon, Liverpool, Love, Love You To, George Martin, Moleslica, Greg Moore, Thom Moore, the Moore Brothers, Moore Than Words, Mover, Paul McCartney, mid period, Mister Boatswain, Joanna Newsom, Noones and Marbles, Paperback Writer, Parlophone Records, Pet Sounds, psychedelia, Rain, Revolver, Revolved, Royal Albert Hall, the Rutles, Sandycoates, Ravi Shankar, She Said She Said, Eric Shea, sitar, sleep, Ringo Starr, super deluxe edition, Sweet Chariot, tambura, tape loops, Taxman, Thumb of the Maid, Tibetan book of the Dead, Tomorrow Never Knows, underwater, varispeed, Klaus Voorman, Brian Wilson, Yellow Submarine, 1966. US: http://www.QuarrelmenPod.comhttp://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comNEW! Host tips: Venmo @wewillrankyoupodhttp://www.facebook.com/QuarrelmenPodhttp://www.instagram.com/QuarrelmenPodhttps://www.threads.net/@QuarrelmenPodhttps://quarrelmenpod.bsky.socialhttps://kvmrx.org/members/the-moore-bros/https://www.facebook.com/moore.brothers.7

    2h 43m
  2. Rubber Soul ranked with Mike Keneally, Scott Chatfield and guest Dave Gregory from XTC

    Apr 10

    Rubber Soul ranked with Mike Keneally, Scott Chatfield and guest Dave Gregory from XTC

    What’s your most loved and least favorite song on the sixth Beatles album, Rubber Soul?!  (Bigger Than) Guitar G-d Mike Keneally and longtime manager Scott Chatfield (Exowax Recordings, KGB-FM, Reelin In The Years) chime in. Besides being one of the most highly regarded guitarists of all-time and playing with everyone from Frank Zappa to Andy Partridge, Mike helped start the San Diego School of Rock, which is how he first met Adam. TONS of fun stories about everything from childhood fandom to playing with some of the top musicians ever. XTC guitarist Dave Gregory puts in his two pence as a guest ranker so be sure to listen to the end!  Listen at QuarrelmenPod.com, Apple, Spotify, Youtube and the woods. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky & Threads @quarrelmenpod. SPOILERS/FILE UNDER:American version, Jane Asher, autumn, The Beatles, Beer For Dolphins, Ray Brandes, the Byrds, John Cage, Capitol Records, Scott Chatfield, Day Tripper, Dethklok, Dave Dexter, Do You Want To Hold A Penis?, Drive My Car, England, Exowax Recordings, folk rock, Robert Freeman, French, Charles Front, fuzz bass, Adam Gimbel, Girl, Dave Gregory, George Harrison, The Homegrown Hour, I'm Looking Through You, In My Life, I've Just Seen a Face, jangle, Mike Keneally, KGB-FM, John Lennon,  Liverpool, George Martin, Paul McCartney, Michelle, mid period, mono, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), Nowhere Man, opaque, Parlophone Records, plastic soul, pot, Otis Redding, Reelin' in the Years Productions, Smokey Robinson, Rockola, Rubber Soul, Run For Your Life, San Diego, School of Rock, Nina Simone, sitar, sped-up piano, Ringo Starr, stereo, Think For Yourself, tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit, uncropped album cover, Wait, We Can Work It Out, What Goes On, Wing Beat Fantastic, Wings Over America was not recorded in San Diego, wood and smoke, The Word, XTC, You Won't See Me, Frank Zappa, 1965. US: http://www.QuarrelmenPod.comhttp://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comNEW! Host tips: Venmo @wewillrankyoupodhttp://www.facebook.com/QuarrelmenPodhttp://www.instagram.com/QuarrelmenPodhttps://www.threads.net/@QuarrelmenPodhttps://quarrelmenpod.bsky.socialhttps://www.keneally.com/

    2h 35m
  3. The Beatles' Help! ranked with Steven McDonald (Redd Kross) and Robbie Rist (Brady Bunch)

    Feb 13

    The Beatles' Help! ranked with Steven McDonald (Redd Kross) and Robbie Rist (Brady Bunch)

    What’s your most loved and least favorite song on the fifth Beatles album, Help?!  Battle of the Child Stars™ with Steven McDonald (Redd Kross, the Melvins, Tater Totz) and actor/musician Robbie Rist (Brady Bunch, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & the best Chips episode). Robbie is a well-known Beatlefan agitator and Steven is famously pro-Fabs thanks to many Redd Kross Beatles covers and the infamous Tater Totz Beatlefest appearance. Tons of mutual admiration and good-natured quarreling. I knew they'd have a LOT to say and I was right. Four and a half hours right. I got the best stuff under three hours (you're welcome) but there's tons of fun you'll hear when we put the whole thing up someday (watch this space). Muffs bassist Ronnie Barnett drops by as a surprise guest too!  Listen at QuarrelmenPod.com, Apple, Spotify, Youtube and the Swiss Alps. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads @quarrelmenpod. SPOILERS/FILE UNDER:Act Naturally, American version, Another Girl, Ronnie Barnett, Bill Bartell, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Beatlefest, The Beatles, James Bond, bongos, the Brady Bunch, Capitol Records, child star, Cousin Oliver, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Bob Dylan, Eight Arms To Hold You, England, folk rock, funk, Adam Gimbel, George Harrison, Help!, Hofner, I Need You, If You've Got Trouble, insipid fans, It's Only Love, I've Just Seen a Face, the Kinks, John Lennon, Richard Lester, Liverpool, Paul McCartney, Jeff McDonald, Steven McDonald, mid period, movie, the Muffs, The Night Before, NUJV, NVUJ, Yoko Ono, Buck Owens, Parlophone Records, power pop, Redd Kross, Geri Reischl, Replacement Jan, Robbie Rist, School of Fish, Scrambled Eggs, Simon and Garfunkel, sitar, Spirit of 76, strings, Tater Totz, Tell Me What You See, that dog., That Means A Lot, Ken Thorne, Ticket to Ride, twelve string guitar,  Anna Waronker, the Who, Larry Williams, Yesterday, You Like Me Too Much, You're Going to Lose That Girl, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, 1965.US: http://www.QuarrelmenPod.comhttp://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comNEW! Host tips: Venmo @wewillrankyoupodhttp://www.facebook.com/QuarrelmenPodhttp://www.instagram.com/QuarrelmenPodhttps://www.threads.net/@QuarrelmenPodhttps://www.facebook.com/robbie.rist/http://www.ReddKross.com

    2h 55m
  4. Beatles For Sale ranked with John Craigie and James Partridge

    Jan 12

    Beatles For Sale ranked with John Craigie and James Partridge

    What’s your most loved and least favorite song on the fourth Beatles album, Beatles For Sale?!  We are SO happy to finally release this 2024 chat with England's greatest tour manager, James Partridge, and John Craigie, whose beautifully spare tunes and famed one-man Beatle shows have been enrapturing audiences worldwide for ages. While driving Stones n Roses to record at Abbey Road studios, Adam asked James which album he would choose if he were a guest and, by choosing B4S, cemented his place on our roster. He'd been playing the band John Craigie's hilarious live recordings on tour the same 2017 summer that Craigie started doing the quietest, funniest Beatles cover shows of all-time. You can hear it for yourself because Revolver Alone is streaming online since we recorded this. John and James (not to be confused with John and James Paul) crowbarred in this lively long distance Beatles chat while on tour near Brighton, England. Listen at QuarrelmenPod.com, Apple, Spotify, Youtube and anywhere in Kansas City. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads @quarrelmenpod. SPOILERS/FILE UNDER:Abbey Road studio, acoustic, All Starr Band, Alone, American albums, Jane Asher, Baby's in Black, The Beatles, Beatles For Sale, Chuck Berry, bird records, Blue House Records, bridge, Brighton, the Byrds, cool, country, covers, John Craigie, crosswalk, the Double Deckers, dross, the duffer, duh, Eight Days a Week, England, Every Little Thing, Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby, fade up, folk rock, Robert Freeman, Adam Gimbel, handclaps, harmonica, harmonies, George Harrison, Buddy Holly, Honey Don't, Hyde Park, I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, I Feel Fine, I'll Follow the Sun, I'm a Loser, jangle, Howard Jones, Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!, KROQ, John Lennon, Liverpool, George Martin, Giles Martin, Mary Mungo and Midge, Paul McCartney, middle eight, Mr. Moonlight, nerdom, No Reply, Oasis, Parlophone Records, Patches the Cat, James Partridge, Carl Perkins, post-grunge, the Quarrelmen, the Rays, Revolution 9, Rock and Roll Music, Roobarb and Custard, Rick Rubin, Santa Monica, scarves,  She's A Woman, songwriter/singer, Ringo Starr, STEED, Stones n Roses, that's a lie, timpani, tired faces, tour manager, truth in songwriting, twelve-string guitar, waltz, What You're Doing, a whim, the White Album Ensemble, widow, Words of Love, 1964. US: http://www.QuarrelmenPod.comhttps://johncraigie.com/https://bluehouserecords.bandcamp.comhttp://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comNEW! Host tips: Venmo @wewillrankyoupodhttp://www.facebook.com/QuarrelmenPodhttp://www.instagram.com/QuarrelmenPodhttps://www.threads.net/@QuarrelmenPod

    1h 51m
  5. The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night ranked with Jon Wurster

    12/01/2025

    The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night ranked with Jon Wurster

    What’s your most loved and least favorite song on the third Beatles album, A Hard Day's Night?!  After episodes recorded with huge fans AT Abbey Road Studios followed by a chat with the founders of a Beatles Museum, we bring in someone who has never owned a Beatles record(!), musician/comedian Jon Wurster from Superchunk, Bob Mould's band, the Mountain Goats and the Best Show. He agreed to rank the last album not  chosen by our other guests, which surprisingly turned out to be the soundtrack for the hit 1964 film. Because he's our only "solo" ranker, we got three guests  to chime in with their favorites: Vicki Peterson from the Bangles, Scott McCaughey from the Minus Five and REM's Peter Buck! Jon's hilarious tales, music knowledge, rookie Beatle ears and natural curiosity makes for a super fun, unique listen. Sorry/not sorry for a TON of non-Beatles talk. Listen at QuarrelmenPod.com, Apple, Spotify, Youtube and anywhere in Newbridge, New Jersey.Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads @quarrelmenpod.SPOILERS/FILE UNDER:And I Love Her, Any Time at All, The Bangles, BBC, The Beatles, Pete Best, the Best Show, Big Star, bongos, bootlegs, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Peter Buck, Can't Buy Me Love, the Clash, country, cowbell, drummer, Bob Dylan, England, Fadd9, Adam Gimbel, A Hard Day's Night, A Harrowing Night, harmonies, George Harrison, I Should Have Known Better, If I Fell, I'll Be Back, I'll Cry Instead, I'm Happy Just to Dance With You, jangle, Brian Jones, Larry Kane, Tommy Keene, the Kinks, John Lennon, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Madness invented ska, George Martin, Paul McCartney, Scott McCaughney, the Minus Five, Bob Mould, Mountain Goats, movie, Jimmy Nicol, Oasis, opening chord, Parlophone Records, Michael Penn, Carl Perkins, Peter and Gordon, Vicki Peterson, Philadelphia, power pop, Power Pop Pop Pop Pop, Pretty Persuasion, the Rain Parade, the Ramones, Redd Kross, REM, the Replacements, rhythm guitar, the Right Profile, rock and roll weirdness, Rock Rot and Rule, Tom Scharpling, the September Gurgles, Michael Shannon, soundtrack, Ringo Starr, Strawbridge and Clothier, Superchunk, the Swinging Blue Jeans, Tell Me Why, That Thing You Do, Things We Said Today, the Turtles, WFMU, When I Get Home, the Who, Wilco, Jon Wurster, Yo La Tengo, You Can't Do That, the Zombies, 1964.US: http://www.QuarrelmenPod.comhttp://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comNEW! Host tips: Venmo @wewillrankyoupodhttp://www.facebook.com/QuarrelmenPodhttp://www.instagram.com/QuarrelmenPodhttps://www.threads.net/@QuarrelmenPodBest Show podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-show-with-tom-scharpling/id949658944WFMU's Best Show archives https://wfmu.org/playlists/bsRock and Roll Weirdness https://www.instagram.com/jonwurster/

    1h 50m
  6. The Beatles - With The Beatles ranked with Mike and Bernadette Byrne, Beatles Story Museum, Liverpool

    11/12/2025

    The Beatles - With The Beatles ranked with Mike and Bernadette Byrne, Beatles Story Museum, Liverpool

    What’s your most loved and least favorite song on the second Beatles album?! We return with more British guests: Mike and Bernadette Byrne, who created the amazing Beatles Story Museum on the docks of Liverpool. Usually the ranking takes up most of our show but these two have an unbelievable history of knowing, dating and immortalizing the band. Bernadette dated both Paul AND George(!) and Mike was a longtime Liverpudlian musician for decades before giving Beatle tours and eventually starting the biggest hometown shrine to the band. We thought no one could out-cute 10 year old George from our first episode but the Byrnes are the most adorable couple in England or anywhere else. They even ranked With The Beatles TOGETHER as a team instead of quarreling! Their fantastic book, the Birth of the Beatles Story, is full of many more first-hand tales from the early days of the Liverpool scene that have become famous worldwide. Listen at QuarrelmenPod.com, Apple, Spotify, Youtube and...your local half-shadowed Bournemouth hotel. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads @quarrelmenpod.SPOILERS/FILE UNDER:Abbey Road, Arthur Alexander, All I've Got to Do, All My Loving, ballroom dancing, the Beatles, the Beatles Story, Chuck Berry, the Birth of the Beatles Story, Butlin's, Bernadette Byrne, Mike Byrne, Cavern Club, dancing, date, Devil In Her Heart, the Donays, Lonnie Donegan, Don't Bother Me, EMI, England, Face of Beauty, fire, Robert Freeman, Billy Fury, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Adam Gimbel, hairdresser, Hambleton Hall, George Harrison, Hold Me Tight, I Wanna Be Your Man, It Won't Be Long, leathers, Peggy Lee, John Lennon, Little Child, Liverpool, London, George Martin, the Marvelettes, Meet The Beatles, Merseybeat, Paul McCartney, Mike and the Thunderbirds, Money (That's What I Want), museum, the Music Man, NEMS, Not a Second Time, Parlophone Records, Please Mr. Postman, Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, Smokey Robinson, rock and roll, Roll Over Beethoven, Rolling Stones, shadows, Victor Silvester, skiffle, Ringo Starr, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Barrett Strong, Stuart Sutcliffe, Them Grimbles, Till There Was You, With The Beatles, Allan Williams, You Really Got a Hold on Me, 1963. US: http://www.QuarrelmenPod.comhttp://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comNEW! Host tips: Venmo @wewillrankyoupodhttp://www.facebook.com/QuarrelmenPodhttp://www.instagram.com/QuarrelmenPodhttps://www.threads.net/@QuarrelmenPodhttps://www.beatlesstory.com/

    1h 34m
  7. Please Please Me ranked at Abbey Road Studios with Richard, Frank and George Merrett

    09/17/2025

    Please Please Me ranked at Abbey Road Studios with Richard, Frank and George Merrett

    DEBUT EPISODE ! What’s your most loved and least favorite song on the first Beatles album?! One, two, three, FAH! The Quarrelmen Beatles podcast miniseries kicks off with England's own Richard Merrett (Airhead/the Wilsons) and his young sons Frank and George Merrett ranking Please Please Me in the most famous studio in the world.  Recorded back in 2021 at the end of the last Stones n' Roses UK tour, the California band recorded a version of "Revolution 9" with 1960s microphones used by "the boys" and Beatles Anthology, Rock Band and Love engineer Chris Bolster with Joe Wyatt (now Giles Martin's assistant). After a quick photoshoot of the band walking across THE street, singer Adam Gimbel welcomed the Merretts into the cozy Gatehouse studio to record the very first episode of the Quarrelmen. He had no idea it would be four busy, crazy years before the world would hear it. The kids are now senior citizens. The results are, quite simply, the most endearing Beatles podcast episode ever immortalized at Abbey Road....or anywhere else. Decades of fandom and childlike wonder collide with memories and a ranking of least and most favorites on the 1963 classic debut. Listen at QuarrelmenPod.com, Apple, Spotify, Youtube and...a place. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads @quarrelmenpod. SPOILERS/FILE UNDER: Abbey Road, Airhead, Arthur Alexander, Anna (Go to Him), Ask Me Why, Baby It's You, Burt Bacharach, the Beatles, Chris Bolster, Boys, Cavern Club, Chains, coffee, the Cookies, debut, Do You Want to Know a Secret, EMI, England, Adam Gimbel, harmonica, George Harrison, I Saw Her Standing There, Isley Brothers, Carol King, John Lennon, Liverpool, London, Love Me Do, George Martin, Paul McCartney, Frank Merrett, George Merrett, Richard Merrett, Misery, Nirvana, Roy Orbison, piano, Please Please Me, Pretty Green, P.S. I Love You, Revolution 9, Ride, sha la la la la, The Shirelles, Ringo Starr, Stones n Roses, A Taste of Honey, There's a Place, Twist and Shout, Andy White, the Wilsons, Joe Wyatt, zoos, 1963. US: http://www.QuarrelmenPod.com http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com NEW! Host tips: Venmo @wewillrankyoupod http://www.facebook.com/QuarrelmenPod http://www.instagram.com/QuarrelmenPod https://www.threads.net/@QuarrelmenPod http://www.StonesnRoses.com http://www.AbbeyRoad.com

    1h 3m
  8. Quarrelmen Beatles podcast VIDEO trailer

    Trailer

    Quarrelmen Beatles podcast VIDEO trailer

    OFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL TRAILER! Premiering September 17th: a We Will Rank You miniseries about that one band from Liverpool that isn't Echo and the Bunnymen. 13 Beatles albums ranked by a guest list as sprawling as the cover of Pepper. First episode recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. Hosted by Adam. Named by Charlotte. Subscribe now at all of your usual pod places! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-quarrelmen-beatles-podcast/id1837472591 https://open.spotify.com/show/23jsmIo3PpZWL4zAsfCBU6 Check our socials or Youtube for a fun video version of this trailer! https://youtu.be/UxYDFfa0R_4 For podcast birth announcements, follow http://www.instagram.com/QuarrelmenPod http://www.facebook.com/QuarrelmenPod http://www.QuarrelmenPod.com FILE UNDER Please Please Me , With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night , Beatles for Sale, Help! , Rubber Soul , Revolver , Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road, Let It Be, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Rutles, stop reading this.

    3 min

  9. Trailer

    The Quarrelmen Beatles podcast trailer

    OFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL TRAILER! Premiering September 17th: a We Will Rank You miniseries about that one band from Liverpool that isn't Echo and the Bunnymen. 13 Beatles albums ranked by a guest list as sprawling as the cover of Pepper. First episode recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. Hosted by Adam. Named by Charlotte. Subscribe now at all of your usual pod places! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-quarrelmen-beatles-podcast/id1837472591 https://open.spotify.com/show/23jsmIo3PpZWL4zAsfCBU6 Check our socials or Youtube for a fun video version of this trailer! https://youtu.be/UxYDFfa0R_4 For podcast birth announcements, follow http://www.instagram.com/QuarrelmenPod http://www.facebook.com/QuarrelmenPod http://www.QuarrelmenPod.com FILE UNDER Please Please Me , With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night , Beatles for Sale, Help! , Rubber Soul , Revolver , Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road, Let It Be, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Rutles, stop reading this.

    3 min

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We Will Rank You presents a Beatles miniseries ranking each of that one band's 13 albums with a sprawling guest-list of musicians and fans rivaling the Sgt Pepper cover. Best debut episode ever recorded at Abbey Road Studios.

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