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re: Beatles obsession thread
Posted on 10/20/26 at 5:35 pm to Kafka
Posted on 10/20/26 at 5:35 pm to Kafka
[From an issue the next year]
quote:
Beatles Tell Memphis Newsmen They Like Negro Vocal Groups
When four long-haired Britishers - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harris (sic) and Ringo Starr – known professionally as the Beatles - sang to a Memphis, Tenn. audience of 20,128 (which included two performances), only a handful of Negroes were spotted.
Included among the screaming fans was Carla Thomas, a top recording star who current disk B-A-B-Y has caused many screams at rock n roll concerts. Carla, without reservation, let it be known that “I am a Beatle fan.” Carla continued, “I’ve always wanted to see them in person but was disappointed because I couldn’t hear anything for all of the screaming teenagers. I like them, especially Paul.”
Between performances, the notorious foursome held a 25-minute so-called “press” conference which was no place for a working newsmen (teenage girls broke It up with their screams). Paul McCartney, seemingly the happiest of the four, didn’t hesitate to answer “We like American colored groups”, when a reporter asked “Who is your (The Beatles) favorite American singer?”
John Lennon, the most talkative member of the British quartet, confirmed that last spring they planned to record an album in Memphis but “little things like money” kept getting in the way. Lennon noted that, “We would love to record with Booker T. and the MG’s”. Booker T. Jones, a recent graduate of Indiana University, is a Memphian who hit it big several years ago with “Green Onions”. His latest platter is “My Sweet Potato”.
Touring with the Beatles on their second American tour were the Ronettes and Nashville-born singer Bobby Hebb. Just before taking to the stage for their final Memphis show, Beatle manager Brian Epstein permitted only one photographer (of more than 150 reporters and photographers) inside their dressing room—Jet’s Memphis lensman Mark Stansbury.
Posted on 10/21/26 at 8:09 pm to Kafka
Posted on 10/24/26 at 10:44 pm to Kafka
"I'm gonna be a total bitch and split up the band"
"I can be a pretty big bitch myself"
"I'm the biggest bitch, bitch"
Posted on 10/28/26 at 8:41 pm to Kafka
Posted on 11/1/26 at 10:05 pm to Kafka
LINK
quote:
Horst Fascher, the Hamburg nightlife legend who befriended a scrappy young band from Liverpool, helped found the Star-Club and brought The Beatles to its stage long before the world knew their names, died October 31. He was 90. His brother Uwe confirmed the news, and Hamburg’s music community has been remembering one of the great characters of the Reeperbahn.
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In August 1960, a young band called The Beatles, then featuring Pete Best on drums and Stuart Sutcliffe on bass, arrived in Hamburg for the first time to play the Indra Club and the Kaiserkeller. Fascher took them under his wing. Over the next two and a half years, as the band returned to Hamburg five times and climbed the ranks of the city’s clubs, he always seemed to be working wherever they played. The young musicians visited him at home, and he made sure that nobody gave them any trouble. In return, he asked only one favour: the chance to jump onstage and sing with them now and then, usually an Eddie Cochran number.
His greatest contribution came in 1962. In January of that year, Fascher and Beatles manager Brian Epstein signed the contract that brought the band to a brand new venue, the Star-Club, which Fascher ran alongside Manfred Weissleder and where he handled the booking of artists. When the Star-Club opened its doors on April 13, 1962, The Beatles were on stage from the very first night, booked for the opening seven weeks. By the end of the year they had played the club dozens more times, with Ringo Starr now behind the drums and Paul McCartney on bass, sharpening the sound that would soon conquer the world.
That December, with their debut single “Love Me Do” climbing the British charts, the band was eager to stay home, but Fascher helped Epstein convince them to honour their final Hamburg engagement. They spent the holidays at the Star-Club, and on New Year’s Eve 1962, Fascher joined them onstage. Liverpool musician Ted “Kingsize” Taylor captured the performance on tape, and in 1977 those recordings were released as the double album ‘Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962.’ On “Hallelujah, I Love Her So,” that is Horst Fascher singing with The Beatles, while his brother Fred takes the lead on “Be-Bop-A-Lula". The album remains one of the most treasured snapshots of the band in its raw, joyful, pre fame glory.
Posted on 11/2/26 at 1:00 pm to Kafka
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where he handled the booking of artists. When the Star-Club opened its doors on April 13, 1962, The Beatles were on stage from the very first night, booked for the opening seven weeks. By the end of the year they had played the club dozens more times, with Ringo Starr now behind the drums and Paul McCartney on bass, sharpening the sound that would soon conquer the world.
That December, with their debut single “Love Me Do” climbing the British charts, the band was eager to stay home, but Fascher helped Epstein convince them to honour their final Hamburg engagement. They spent the holidays at the Star-Club, and on New Year’s Eve 1962, Fascher joined them onstage.
Glad you posted this Kafka. There's rumors that several of these live performances may be released during 2027 as separate sets. A la how they released the BBC sessions.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 5:20 pm to Kafka
June 6th, 1962 - Brian Epstein's song suggestions for The Beatles' first EMI recording session
Posted on 11/3/26 at 7:01 pm to hogcard1964
This is cool, and you have to think this will be something we'll eventually hear as a big release.
Universal Music Wins Ruling in Fight Over Rare 1962 Beatles Tape
by Camila Curcio | Oct 28, 2026
Universal Music Group has won a court ruling allowing it to pursue ownership of a rare 1962 Beatles demo tape that a former Abbey Road engineer allegedly rescued from destruction and kept for decades.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Cowan ruled on October 16, 2026, that Universal subsidiary Calderstone Productions had established its right to seek the recording's return from the estate of Geoff Emerick. The decision clears a major obstacle before a January 2027 trial over whether the studio abandoned the tape or Emerick took company property without permission.
Emerick's estate has challenged the decision, with attorney Kenneth Freundlich filing a motion for reconsideration last week. The motion accuses the court of rewriting decades-old ownership documents and argues that allowing Universal's claim to proceed would result in a "manifest injustice."
LINK
Universal Music Wins Ruling in Fight Over Rare 1962 Beatles Tape
by Camila Curcio | Oct 28, 2026
Universal Music Group has won a court ruling allowing it to pursue ownership of a rare 1962 Beatles demo tape that a former Abbey Road engineer allegedly rescued from destruction and kept for decades.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Cowan ruled on October 16, 2026, that Universal subsidiary Calderstone Productions had established its right to seek the recording's return from the estate of Geoff Emerick. The decision clears a major obstacle before a January 2027 trial over whether the studio abandoned the tape or Emerick took company property without permission.
Emerick's estate has challenged the decision, with attorney Kenneth Freundlich filing a motion for reconsideration last week. The motion accuses the court of rewriting decades-old ownership documents and argues that allowing Universal's claim to proceed would result in a "manifest injustice."
LINK
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:07 am to hogcard1964
November 4, 1963
On this day in Beatles history...
Early November, 1963, The Beatles played the Royal Command Performance in London with the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in the audience.
Before closing their set, John introduced Twist and Shout:
For our last number I’d like to ask your help. The people in the cheaper seats clap your hands. And the rest of you, if you’d just rattle your jewellery."
John
LINK
On this day in Beatles history...
Early November, 1963, The Beatles played the Royal Command Performance in London with the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in the audience.
Before closing their set, John introduced Twist and Shout:
For our last number I’d like to ask your help. The people in the cheaper seats clap your hands. And the rest of you, if you’d just rattle your jewellery."
John
LINK
Posted on 11/4/26 at 12:25 pm to hogcard1964
quote:I had missed this...thank you!
This is cool, and you have to think this will be something we'll eventually hear as a big release.
Universal Music Wins Ruling in Fight Over Rare 1962 Beatles Tape
by Camila Curcio | Oct 28, 2026
Posted on 11/4/26 at 12:26 pm to hogcard1964
quote:My favorite is supposedly he really made Epstein sweat, because he told him repeatedly he was going to say "rattle your fricking jewelry".
For our last number I’d like to ask your help. The people in the cheaper seats clap your hands. And the rest of you, if you’d just rattle your jewellery."
Posted on 11/4/26 at 3:22 pm to Big Scrub TX
I know. Lol
That's hilarious
That's hilarious
Posted on 11/4/26 at 5:26 pm to Kafka
ETA: This meeting was apparently held at 3 pm on Sept 17, 1969.
Paul's diary:
I don't know why he wrote "THE END" the day before.
This post was edited on 11/4/26 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 11/5/26 at 8:42 am to Big Scrub TX
quote:the irony here is that, even assuming that Universal intended to keep the tape (which seems doubtful), if Emerick hadnt taken possession it would have almost certainly been destroyed in 2008
Universal Music Wins Ruling in Fight Over Rare 1962 Beatles Tape by Camila Curcio | Oct 28, 2026
Universally shoddy archivists
Posted on 11/5/26 at 12:50 pm to FearlessFreep
That's true.
Never considered that.
Never considered that.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:33 pm to Kafka
George Harrison, brother Peter, sister Louise and niece, 1963, Benton, Illinois.
George was on vacation visiting his sister, who lived in downstate IL.
Article on the trip
Coda: George left his sister out of his will
George was on vacation visiting his sister, who lived in downstate IL.
Article on the trip
Coda: George left his sister out of his will
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:49 pm to Kafka
quote:
Coda: George left his sister out of his will
I met her twice. She managed a Beatles tribute group called Liverpool Legends. ...who are very good.
She was a leach to George.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 8:31 pm to hogcard1964
quote:I just bought her book but haven't read it yet.
I met her twice. She managed a Beatles tribute group called Liverpool Legends. ...who are very good.
She was a leach to George.
It really is mindblowing that he was puttering around small town Illinois in SEPTEMBER 1963 as a complete unknown in the US. He literally could not walk down the street in the UK without being mobbed.
4 months later, he was one of the most famous people in the world.
Posted on 11/8/26 at 4:05 pm to Big Scrub TX
Yea, I've been past her old house in Benton a few times. She had her own house set up as a little Beatles museum for awhile.
There's a big billboard of George heading south on 55 advertising Benton as a historic Beatles stop.
There's a big billboard of George heading south on 55 advertising Benton as a historic Beatles stop.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 10:56 pm to Kafka
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