Truly iconic. I believe you had to have experienced their phenomenon during the 60's to really appreciate what they did and how they influenced the music industry.
i thought the story was the Beatles did not have a drummer but we're required to get one to go on the germany tour, so they took on Pete best and he lasted for 2 years before they took on Ringo. You can hardly call that several drummers.........
Will they go on tour after this? /sarc
Paul continues to squeeze every last molecule of juice out of The Beatles 53 years after they broke up. It’s really kind of pathetic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoke1wUwEXY
mop-top ping
My big brother’s copy of “abbey Road” has “Her Majesty” as the final track.
As long as its not crap....
I had 5th row center tickets to see the Beatles when they came to Memphis, Aug 19, 1966. It was unforgettable.
The Knickerbockers had a hit with “Lies” that sounded exactly like the Beatles.
But I must admit that visiting Abbey Road Studios and crossing that zebra crossing was exciting...as was visiting the gate at the Dakota where John Lennon was shot and talking to the guys at the gate.
That's all I need to read. SOLD!
Who cares? They were already stale as we entered the 70s.
I love this story of how the Beatles almost fizzled out after Hamburg.
“The band had its first British performance under the name “Beatles” on Dec. 17, 1960, at Liverpool’s Casbah Coffee Club. “After Hamburg it wasn’t too good,” said Paul.
“Everyone needed a rest. I expected everyone to be ringing me to discuss what we were doing, but it was all quiet on the Western front. None of us called each other, so I wasn’t so much dejected as puzzled, wondering whether it was going to carry on or if that was the last of it.
“I [Paul] started working at a coil-winding factory called Massey and Coggins. My dad had told me to go out and get a job. I’d said, ‘I’ve got a job, I’m in a band.’ But after a couple of weeks of doing nothing with the band it was, ‘No, you have got to get a proper job.’ He virtually chucked me out of the house: ‘Get a job or don’t come back.’
So I went to the employment office and said, ‘Can I have a job? Just give me anything.’ I said, ‘I’ll have whatever is on the top of that little pile there.’ And the first job was sweeping the yard at Massey and Coggins. I took it.
“I went there and the personnel officer said, ‘We can’t have you sweeping the yard, you’re management material.’ And they started to train me from the shop floor up with that in mind. Of course, I wasn’t very good on the shop floor – I wasn’t a very good coilwinder.
“One day John and George showed up in the yard that I should have been sweeping and told me we had a gig at the Cavern. I said, ‘No. I’ve got a steady job here and it pays £7 14s a week. They are training me here. That’s pretty good, I can’t expect more. And I was quite serious about this.
But then – and with my dad’s warning still in my mind – I thought, ‘Sod it. I can’t stick this lot.’ I bunked over the wall and was never seen again by Massey and Coggins. Pretty shrewd move really, as things turned out.”
The Beatles’ first show since Hamburg was at Mona Best’s Casbah Coffee Club, a venue they hadn’t played at since the Quarrymen days, in October 1959.
Stuart Sutcliffe had remained in Hamburg with Astrid Kirchherr, so The Beatles recruited Chas Newby, formerly the rhythm guitarist with The Blackjacks, to play bass.
The Beatles borrowed equipment from the other act that was booked to play that night, Gene Day and the Jango Beats, who later renamed themselves Earl Preston and the TTs.
Posters declaring “The Beatles, Direct From Hamburg, Germany” were placed around the Casbah, and the basement venue was crammed with people expecting to see a German band perform. Many were disappointed when John, Paul and George took the stage.
Once they began playing, however, it was clear that a transformation had occurred during their time in Germany. The crowd went wild, The Beatles performed sensationally, and Beatlemania in Britain began to get underway.”
Just don’t play the White Album any more. That thing has been beaten to death
One of the songs will be ‘Paul is dead’....