When Ringo sold up



Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Kahn from ‘Answer in Progress’ discussion a question about a lucrative item of pop memorabilia.

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Sabrina Cruz: @answerinprogress, https://twitter.com/NerdyAndQuirky
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HOST: Tom Scott.
QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe.

EDITED BY: Julie Hassett at The Podcast Studios, Dublin.
GRAPHICS: Chris Hanel at Support Class. Assistant: Dillon Pentz.
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FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott.

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39 thoughts on “When Ringo sold up”

  1. I was thinking along the lines of the Soviet era bootlegs and maybe you could tell it was his because it was recorded onto an x-ray of his arm or something.

    I was trying to think of my vinyl knowledge and then only things I could think of is that people made copies on old x-ray prints and that people melted them down and made ashtrays out of them.

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  2. My level of excitement kept going up with each new person showing up in the video. From "oh nice, it's Taha" to "wait, is this going to be all of AIP" to a happy yes. Been a while since the last AIP video so it was extra nice seeing them

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  3. I thought it might be like on some vinyl there were little scratched messages between the run-out groove and the label and his said something in particular. Had no idea they were simply numbered and that every single one was therefore unique.

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  4. 6:42. "There are only 4 Beatles." Revising history much? There were 11 people who were part of the band at one point or another, with Stuart Sutcliffe, Pete Best and Billy Preston being the most famous and longest lasting.

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  5. I was rather disappointed that the highlight from this episode doesn't feature Sabrina's hangry cat…

    Oh, and to all you Beatles membership pedants in the comments, there are currently NO Beatles, and only TWO former Beatles. How's that for pedantry?

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  6. I'm 53, and I don't like the Beatles. I know they did some groundbreaking things, but frankly, I think they are the single-most overrated band in history. Seriously, if you look at all the hype that has been built up around them, no band could live up to it, not even the Beatles!

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  7. I knew that Ringo narrated Thomas the Tank Engine because Tim Minchin references it in his song "Lullaby". I also knew that there were four members of the Fab Four, but that counts as General Knowledge, Taha!

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  8. I Knee it was going to be aboht the serial numbers but I wasn't sure if it would be 00004 or it would be that the original didn't have the serial numbers fir what ever reason

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  9. There are many people that say they are the 5th Beatles. The Wikipedia article on "fifth Beatle" will give you a starting point on information to look into about the many people with various levels of claims to be the fifth Beatle.

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