BP Fallon

February 12 2010

“It was 40 years ago today, Dr Winston taught the band to play…”

February 12th 1970 saw BBC TV’s ‘Top Of The Pops’ first broadcast of the classic performance of ‘Instant Karma’ by John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band with – from left to right – John Lennon [vocals & piano], Yoko Ono [knitting & Kotex eyewear], the Beatles’ road manager Mal Evans [tambourine], BP Fallon [bass guitar & hat], the Apple Records official House Hippy Richard DiLello [camera], Klaus Voorman [bass guitar] and Alan White [drums]. ‘Instant Karma’ produced by Phil Spector. The following week John Lennon was to be heard being interviewed on BBC radio by Emperor Rosko and telling […]

February 11 2010

$149.99? Silly money for rare vinyl honey

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eBay has revealed this little bargain: BP Fallon’s ‘Fame #9’ rare white, yellow and black tricolour vinyl 7″ 45 – only 150 of these records were pressed at United Record Pressing in Nashville with 100 sold in person at the Third Man Records store in Nashville at $5 each and 50 of these tricolour singles inserted randomly into world-wide mail-orders… This tricolour ‘Fame #9’ 7″ baby is only $149.99 plus shipping! Cheap at half the price. We’re very happy with our black vinyl one – $5 plus shipping Or the three fab tracks on iTunes this very second for 2.97 We’re happy […]

February 8 2010

Fallon & Fanning: ‘Is Death A Good Career Move In Rock’n’Roll?’ NOW PLAYING AGAIN!!!

BP Fallon, Death Disco

You asked to hear it again, we’re happy to give it to you! BP Fallon: “It’s kinda a sick subject but it’s serious too, the brown bread boogie”. Photography: BPF BP Fallon & Dave Fanning present ‘IS DEATH A GOOD CAREER MOVE IN ROCK’N’ROLL?’ RTE Radio 2FM (75:00) The Players & What Was Played When 00:00 – Dave says “Shut up!” and BP says “Why am I getting echo?” 00:26 – Rock’n’Roll – Led Zeppelin 04:04 – I Wanna Be Your Dog – The Stooges 07:08 – Fallon & Fanning: John Bonham and ‘Starship’ and Ron Asheton and “the lonely […]

February 2 2010

We announce ‘BP Fallon in Uncut magazine March 2010’

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Photography: BP Fallon and Jack White by Jo McCaughey at Third Man Records Nashville Tennesee with wondrous words by Allan Jones Uncut magazine March 2010 See this shot bigger on BPF’s Flickr (All Sizes) plus Fr Christmas and two birds

January 30 2010

DJ Latola has “a long palavar with a living legend” on BreakThruRadio

BP Fallon

DJ Latola in The Den on BreakThruRadio has a chinwag a go go with BP Fallon. A fascinating chat, talking about everything under the sun and a few things under the moon too. Riveting. “One Shangri La of a show!” says DJ Latola. “BP Fallon is rock’n’roll. A rock’n’roll icon…” Subjects covered in this in-depth interview range from Phil Spector and Beatles manager Brian Epstein to Hope Sandoval’s sandwiches and BP’s biggest vice – to the most expensive thing he’s ever broken plus the 1960 movie of the Jack Kerouac book ‘The Subterraneans’ and why people listen to music. “I’m […]