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Beatles B·OOk

The Beadest Own Monthly Maga.zin·e

No. 6'9, APR. 1969 - ~-

ED ITO iR I AL

BEAT PUBU1CATIONS LTD. 58 PARKE . s:neH

LON DO , W .C.2, NG LAND

&-i!cles 6DGt .Poo~iuiphs by­Mal Ev;ms: .ind T~ny B M,we11

Woirl'if Ccpyrie;m IP, e >1 d

C BEA. T P U5LICA TI ON:S L "ll'C),.

kpr~IKt n, l'J whor~ or in par( ,;,f at-1f ortkre withtiu! ~l!rmis>Ji~ i:i; prciJ:i ,b ltd

Gre:it j;umping :r co d .n<.~'Oik-s! TWO !BEA ~K ~IARRl D ll O · . 0 l Ht Paul 4."1iik-d m.ontb.s or cliff"-h'81rtging suspeo.~ by arr.,·ing .lind Ea .. tm:u1 on .l\'furob 12. Ami .Jotu, :111nd 'Yok lilllrprised e.l'}'one b · fono. i~ suit 4.'igh.t dars biter.

I know •1h t II BEA. Tl.ES BOOK rtadcr.. , ill -.,.·ant to j:oio me- in sa}"i~ to Llmil:lll, P'ilil1~,. Yoko and Jllohil 00 CRATUI. 'UON · · Hdi lol of .fmppim.'SS to }"OU am

c:m douht m:my of you read! .Rlog,o' s:I ,r 1e:nt m. tlie .intcniew whJ h appeared :i the • un-day E pre on 9th Marcb h-en he said rlha . he 1hou ht n 't'-' w.rong fo:r the Bc-atlE!!:i, to make an~ mote to-at rt appc:u:mc~.

's: a great JJity h«amse W .know that Imo t e\' ry Be tle ~on I have met ould de.11d}· love to see 1hem. do o e· or ·m\11!-o big st~ !i'h!lffl•s ctn::·h ye21:r. l do.n;l a ,Ji'ee with Rim;:m, rihat it »-oll!M oo mi anli:...Cli.m:n: .. Om du: 1ctm.-..:11J\ ·i ·thin, they ouldl b Slilt]'.lrisoo :iJt die trenumdou recr:ptioo they -.,."Quid. undoubtedly get.

The one b:ri~t SJIOt in the ''Will Tiu::~, Or \Von t They Do ,,\_noth J St:.ge · ho • COiU.rove~y .i •lhe r~ c:r fih t the Ota.tits miike a habit oi ayiog· one thing t some panicw:ar Sitage aod mmjlldcly coot.radidimg it :six month ate:r_. So, even tho~ Gto.Jrgc and Ringo hai ·e come ouim :so :firrmly 1:1-ga:rn stepping f.oot oo .a r ge- ~~aim1 I still think taey will e-ve1111uaU.y.

Thi mo.ntl we m · potJr~riDg R:i:mgo. He· h,;is ce1Uinly mnaiioed. the ma. t pp:rm111;:bab e B atlc. O at can !rtm. talk te fiim because even tl ~h as !be ·aJs:, :b.e m;jlS, ·banged, b:e still. haso t ereded ·the blg ba fe arouli m.tnS(.-lf.

This ll!l0.1t1rtb di BEA TI..15 BOOK i m~lking a VER l:' SPEC] L 0 FER to, all i , :r. Rufa:r :r•eiiders.. Jr yau turn to pag·e· 15 you wiill see 11. t or b11ck i ·l!le!i: u·hich :)'Ol.l tan lbwy 1 SPF. 'I . LT , REDUCED rRICES for a L[Mll'E:D P RJOD O ~, 'Y.

No is mhe time mo -w.mplc-me J•□u.- collsctJ~u-. Qf HEATLE iBO OKS. So m n :r,eiul:~n have wriU~ in to te]I □ . · 1hiit they tr a!jllfe their collectloo of m. g.11ZI.ll(-s .fiUSE! 1l'lu:y calil alway pull them out amd J'ook through oM tsstt to rommd them of tbc frantic day. when th Be 11ts fi~t rose to fam ml, of ,oou,rs ·, all rlite otru..'I" t.~cifin1 e mb "·'.hith h~ve .h .ppel':led since. _

Sony we bra.d lO put off.· 11 · l' · jlic~c lihi!ll manrh but w,e have repl11ced -m- ·mtb ~·tJ mfere5l111g f eiltfil,e lby I nd.t."T.ick Jamt"'.S ...,;ho ]:ii1,·ed ·1 iverprool :at the . me time a the lea'file!'i, aoolil ' the ,bnO!:iphl:!l·e :nm1 the dty before the bo. eD!t inlo a tt.':«mdlmg !ituldio t,o m~lke Lo c Me .Do.

I think it gives a marvelions msi~t into. th.ch \'MJ early days..

Johnn1l D,ean FAjco ~

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Nu~Onail St!crnCiHJ FREDA KIE LLY

Pomd Addre,$$;

THE OF,FICIAL BEATLES FAN C:LUIB

P~O. BOX N'o. 12 LIVERPOOL I

Club T (!Jf.e[Phone Number: os:~-709 l -•HO

..... ~OK. IMMl::DIA'il' MEMBEIRS-H IEP' jus.t end your first yea:r-'·s 51.1bseription

(POSTAL O·RD1ER FOR 7 /6d ) ph.r~ a STA MP ED·. ·s E LF-ADDR.E'SS.ED EN VEl01Pf (1i:z:e no u nall er th~n '9"' x •r) to Freda Kel1ly· at the adld11i"e5s above.

APR'IL NEWSLETTER DIE R B'.EATLE P , OP Y~

]f YOU haJvc· just lx:cn "fHli K G about jo,i11Jng l"he Oifi.cfa~ .lk.a.tl:es F:-rn Club but havemi'l g-ot iitt'·OUJ11d to ACT I NG up.on the i-dea A prt! j tlhe moillth to n1 rn thoughts into deeds .

W.i thi n the next f.our wceh we s.hall be prod ud ng the fi.rs t of th i _year"s R -. f AN CL B. BONUS GIFTS_ like l.Jist::,.1et1r this wm calke the fon t'L a f t GJA.i T LL-COLOUR PICTURE }1>0ST R. a groovy new photo.graph of John. P ul George .aind R~n.go 1;:nl rgoo t b~dr()(JJ'li-Wall-l} si:ze 3. ild prm11led s.u perbl)' Lil l'l ::J.W.l' il l ,C()l()u , To :uy anything imiJ r i111 th.c shops (whmch, by. lni•· w:iiy, you CA O !) wmLI d! cost you ab-Out. t en bob.

To members or the U , K. Fan Cllllb mt is complet,e!y fre ,ot clia.rge.

Bef )Ii~ '1.'>'e g-o f u.r ther he, :are two i.1r1portant poi.l'.lts-

m, B CA USE WE ARE PRI NTING JUST ENO G H SO VE . IR PICTURE POSTERS FOR IJ_ tC ME MB.ERS IT L OT POSS B,L ' TO OFFiE R. POS RS FRE:iE OR FOR "ALE AT ANY PRI E TO BEAl'L PEOPT E ~• H · ; . RE NOT 0 • OUR 1\. EMBERSJUP LIST OR WHO LI 1 · A YWH RE O li [DE TH r JNIT!ED Kl GPO ;l,

2. BECAUSE W H V - 0 F . ( :!A LLY RECOG · IS:ED CL B BRA H, S i · .. MOR " HAN 40 COU T R IES ALl AROU . ·. D T HE \: 1 If' D,, WE DO NOT ACCEPT FOR - . CT . R t l B RSH .P .BEA 1-LE PEOPLE W'HO · ''E . · .

ERR['lfORl:ES OUTSIDE Tl-liE UNITED Kl 1GDOM _ THOS · WHO L[VB BROAD MUST JOIN THEJR. lOCAL !BRAN· H '\ H '.E SE REl'ARY OR

PRESIDENT W]L' OR A IS ~ Q n· - SEP RAT LY THE LOCAL PRODUC UO OF OT HER CLVB BON~S. GIFTS A D T HE EQUIVALENT OF OUR. BE .. - · S UPERPIX . OR SALE: TO M , MBERS.

Now- hac:.,k t.o busj n s for U.K_ re i .. tlent.:s_ If }' (}U join th. . f;m club :at 01~ce-eud oertaiimi1y n • later c.h;m MONDAY, APRYL 21-ynu ·wm qu lif~• fo _yo,ur free copy ,of ·the 1969 COLOUR PHOTO P0.'5] R , OUV =N]R. I~ you Je. 1o it later you n:i,ay well mi th.is- bonns use s.u:r.:iopli,e wi.H nm out , nd a:her'e WON'l' lb .a. repri 11.t .•

Quite apart rrom the Poster he~•s. wh11t ALL NEW MEMBERS RECE[VE :-t:0 A. F LLY lU ... US RATED EOO~ "I CONT.Al . r G PORTRAHS O JOHN,.

PAUL, GEOR . A D Rr GO PLUS v R - A]L D B OGRAP'HICAL DE-fAl S OF "f H.E BiEA'f.lES: S'J ARTl G \'il]TH SCHOOl.OAY lNFOR 1AT10 , TRA.ClNG OUT TME STORY O THE GROUP'S FOR,MAT[O A ~D [ 'CLUD­l ; G . VERY IMPORTA , " _ Al - ND RECORD R LEAS - DATE 1N ]HEIR CA If R f ROM -~ %2 TO .I 9'~S..

u ·z A HAN DWRfTTE LETTER OF WELCO M'. TO THE CLUB RO 1 THE B Al'LES .

• t •you R. ow . PERSO . AL MEM IBERSH tr CA RD AND O'FHER EX.CHING CL B- .MATERIAL

••1•T ~ · P O •ti . . .WO S,P JA R -, E GJ.FTS ACHY AR -OMETH]NG AROlJND THE B.EGI. ---- NlNG OF MAY (USUALLY YO R COLOUR PHOTO POSTER) AND THE !EXCl SIVE !BEATL S FA ·cL B CHRJS I MAS R -CORD AROUND -HE MIDD - . OF DEC: MB R.

] r'l terms of hard 1969' ca.sh va I u.e 1·ou can't ~~- That posfor and thl:l t r<.:~>0rd ar,c wmth. at ka -~ t\li.•kc th,:;- y,c,Rr' nrtembi:: rs.hip ~1bsc:ri ption on their own. But on top of U1os.-e you ar~o fe e.

**MEMBERS' F ACILITI.ES FOR. T H ANSWER h G Qi Q R S B':t' .ETTER A D BY . . EfHO"<. ·,

*HM.EM BIERSU [P OF WHAT ONE MAGAZJ -- E D E.SCR I B D R - · E · ~ L AS •· HE MOST . FFICI I AND Rl D Y FAN CL B IN BRJT.AlN'".•

**+:THE EARLY OPPOR "f . •- .ITY TO SEE AND O RDE.R NEW IBEATlES S PER­PTX PHO OGRAPHS AND OTI-r R CL. B. GOO I ] s AS rH.EY iBE.C01',•lf. AVAlLABL. UR G THE YEAR.

***YOUROW'N l..OCALAREASECRETARYCO. "TACT SO THAT YO CA -- JON r - A . IVI [ s ARRA G /..rD r YOt:R CO ' ' "fY BY AND FOR BEA'FLE PEOPLE 'WHO SHARE YOUR I - TEREST I N 'fl-IE 'WORLD"S GREAT -ST GROU,

Finally, h. ·e·s how y~:i,1.1 jtoin our consta ntly Lillcreru·tm g numllber of Official Ilea.Uc p4; p f ..... .. L tvtA K OUT A POSTA.L ORD _R fOR SEVE AND S[XPENCE TO ••THE

0 · F[CIAL BEATLIES F AN CLU ff' . 2. 0 -• A SHEET OF PAPER SHOW I C _ ARB. OCK C l>iTAL ' ETTERS. YOIJR

NAME FULL PO lA AD RESS A' .DAGE. 3. ADDRESS AND STAMP A REPLY ENVElO,P. 0 YOURS. - · A DB S R

TO 1A -_ . H •. SIZE A.TL AS 9 - CH. .. BY 4 1 CHES. 4, iE CLOSE THE S"f AMPED ADDRESSED E VE LOP. (FOLD1 D- ( CES-

'SAR "m1), THE. D TA]LS O YOUR A ·IE, AD ')R SS AND AG-IE f 'l.US YOUR POSTAL ORD R. ]N ENVELOPE .ADDRESSED LlKE THIS ~- . EW MEM­BERSH:EP. OFF[CIA.L BEATLES AN Cl R, P.O .. BOX 11, lV Rf'OOL t

That's II yo~f ha: .. •e to do, And your 1n itfaE s.eYen ~ nd sixp,moe _g,i ·es _ ou U lL .1 iE:J!,.f &

B,ERSHlP FROM NOW U TIL Tl~rn END OF APRIL 1970 -~ ITHO T FURTHER SU'.BSCRIPTEO -- PA : t,.,f f: r [ OR : - HIDDEN EXT.RA COT:•. r o"•idcd our appllc.iti,on is . lth. u lby April 21 you'H _get yout 1%9 post .-.. But

h•ecaus · thi ill e o.ne ,of the busiest lP riods o :f o-u r ytar P EASE A LOW A NY HIN , r B - \VE . . N TH'RIE AND EVE. W -KS OR YO R . 1E['.•1BIERSH1P C . RD. E1·c .. TO CO . E "fHRO GH .. A . OJ R 'Fi r..'1ES WE CAN HANDLE NEW' MEMBER~ S[I IPS ]N LE" T H -· N FORT r1G! IT BU W H I HOUSA DS O POS RS

0 ,Go O UT EVERYTHING GE SD ~ · D .- - BLT.

f-REDi\ K.ELLY_.

·• ation.a1 F n Cltd:i Se-cret~I')' r or the 1 • K,

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When Did YOU Switch On? 1

----------------~--·······························-······' W HI: N did The Beat I e& begin for yo1J1 ~

W'J.r; ' t M ca ly as: 1962. whetf!I yo!!JI · gen u i nel:, re cognise d on eth i n,g

th.lt sounded sped , I In sing:lc c:alled Love Me D& l Was Ii: when you :s:aw Pau l's ~(;:e on ' •Thank 'f our !Lucky Star-~•• ~ Febrit.1ar1 I %3 ? .Or W'J.S ltthefol lowl ng su mmcrwhen ro u w-eire o hol id:ay at tho seaside an dei:::lded to s-ei.:: ai Roy O ribiso Sunday o-f!Cel"t ar) d · o u n yo u had fa.I I en, for I he. ,group t hat _w21s N mbe r One wi h From I e To Ycm1 Pe hap~ i wa~ ais I ate 3$ J"ly I %4 when :som co e t-ook you to s,c,c 11• A Hard Day1:s: Nigh e• at the Od eon o even 18 mont ln s late ~ hen you.- big: sis.tell" g.we you1 :r he Ru f:ier· S'otrI ail bum for- Ch r- istmas ar:'l,d then Ike pt stealling it bat ag o 't.e- tak to p~rtle!;:.

Wh.er c.v it wa~ that you we re s vit-c.hed Olill to John. Paiu I, Geor-ge nd rngo, I d,ou b·r; if you wou Id h~ ,e gu{lsscd how uch The B<-atlts would have changed by. 196-9. · On May _I it wl 11 be ex;11cdy th ee )'C.l r:!i .si ri c:~

he 6eai::I s g:av a p•u hi ic perfor 21nce or hei r Brit ish faras-and e,•en then t hiey only

.appe:u,ed for ,3. few brief rnin1m~-s in a star­loaded pollwi c rf sh ow .at Wembley rather th~n givrlill.g .a f u 11 rog r m me of ten o twel ,e n IJ n, b ers. lri c;:r(:,d I b ly (for no'body ,els in it he c ntert.1 lfl rnent. world ha:s ma age-cl to get :a.way With ij;t) The Beatl,es have stayed in it.he he;J.d Ii ri {l:!i fo r six y-e21rs WI HO-UT do-i ng: MY ,of the? things e:x pei:;:ted o, hem, It is. 45 m¢-nt h s since t ~ el r mos 11: c,cc-nt fe-atu re -fi Im

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was. p,rem iere :an , ;ap:)rt; from very o,c,;:a~ ~ion:JJI $p et;t~I$ 1 i ke .. T c M JJ sh:: of Ile n non an M cCa t t.y' • (De:cem • e r I ';l65}, "'The e:JJtle at Sh ea Stad i urn•· (IM r,c.h 1966) an d '" - ag ical

ys. e '/ Tour"' (De<:crn b-cr- I 967), th-ey h:ave 1c? h.1se-d to m21ke te·leYision and 1· dlo

::!ippeairantes, du r Ing h r; period , · Wi'thout cor 1cr.: t tour:s: , without fil s an-d

wi h a minim m 9 other- v st :)I ex po~.lJ r • The Sear;le:s. have. :s. aycd a t h G to of t he po . ,ch:a.rll:s :al I crve r the world_ E.ve n EI 11 ~ has n't t he gnm reo:;o rd' oi cor1 e<:m:ive dis-:: hit's: i:hc 'vc s-:::o ~ an d during his; teri )"ears. a:s: king he's at leas shown Mm~el vi, nume OIJS fil ms!

PUBU C I . AGE

W ~a ' ft Oil" , Eh•is. 1as pr<12se rvedl .a puMi c i age whi ch is as bright as Persi I wh it,e w h i 1st T he Beatles: t, ~ve s: .. id an d d<>n•c "u.d1 h · kriockcd d-ow t he faith a 111 d de:vo ~ ion of rn,ore than 21 · ew foH0•1.t•e rs , Even before Jiohn'~ rn s.under:s.i::ood " a.rk .ab u· h:·s:u:s: th cc year ::: :a.go The- Bea le s: had !been r u d el 'f outsp,oken a r u nswe r·~ing ly hone:s,t in che r ubl i I ly ated o,p,I n io ris. ::ind o M:· doubts if eve: El vis cou Id hav~ ga-t aw::iy with t hat. In recent ti mes che storm d,oud s: of oontrQ e y h., e h u rig h e:Ji"'Y bo mos:t: Be: t,le projctt s, pc rso nal and p rofas. s:i -on al. Few ou tsi e rs we re able o ap p reci!!Jte wh)' Joh n shot ld sec as de wh . i;; h d. looked l~ke a $turdy m::irriage · l'!d ;)I beautiful wifo.

Plenty ,cf fl1111 g_e :s po n ed :a.ccusatio-n ,u1id, blame :at IPalllll for lb aikl ng ,off w ith Jl:31ne iifte r' their fo llJlr-year s.tx:.ry~lboo rom:.H1c.e, Ap:airt from t'hos,e who thou,glht t h.cy agreed w h t he :n: re ngt:h of i 1r:;11nsc,endle ntaJ f-1@-d it:artiio n., there we:rem1' rn:i riy wh.o ~p proved of Geo rge's aU-perva<l i ng inrnr-e t In Ind I.a ~nd r:h e .: me~oon:5u rn i ng t r ip ma Q- by all fou rr Beatles H> · h Iba ks o t he Gairnges andi 11:hc horn e of the Mah armslhi.

On t,op ,o,f' th is al'I our boys. bec.'lme. men -Al I ·~ou r Bea.t ies: had fookec.d Ii k,e te:1;1 raag.er.s 'but were sho-wirng i::h,ci r ·t r ue ag•e!S under doser I n:s.pce,:;tion. The add it:ion of b191rd s. rifliOusi:ache and b1.a:hy $houEder-lengit'h hair put. exli:n ye:a s upc;i-, ii: t · f:Ou r :w th at tfi e ~gel ng w.)$ i Udden,ly m 111·c:h morc ap,p rent,

So, why In the :s.prlng o · I 9,69' s , ould d1 e· ma~o rit)' of po p-t-o-1 lee Ing · _nd n:on--top tee n~ge ~ oF SO countr ies 21bout it hit glolbe of ours. -::o ,, uc w jo;l n with th•e·r -elder:!i, t:h-e:l r aun s., them r · ar-en :s. :and eY;!}n the r grand­j:X"1, re rrts: I'll WiJJntl ng to know ? Why s.hou Id T h<:; B,c,a·t,I, ~ i•n cr,i;.i.:s.~ 11: el r reto rd .sal,es in the face of al I these facts ~ -r - - - - . - - - .. - - - - - - .. - - - - ·- - ""· .... ~-~ ' '

64 P~GES All THE BEST f lit

A 'fROM 'r~ l lHE

I ' ' FIRST ·' · J '.SIX

. IS~UES

U\' ' ' C·OP,f:S BY MAU. O~D£Ft l

SR.I ISH ISL ES 3'6 INCLIJOING P. & _ t U.S.A. & C'At,;!AOA Mk AC.H' ,QR :Z FOR 1$ ·+ lHIE IEUILJES BOOK. 543, Ii' tikrer U111eet;, 1.w!d'<111, w .. C;2. Eri,E.laml.

By- now it must be cl,e:ar, 11: tr.a, ·th real magric is i the m ill sic: aind no111ght else niatt-e s. Not t ln,e ~'t the fo L!I r faces l ook. not tlhe way .:heir poss~r:s. behave, not the earl ,er ima_gM they have dle:s.tro,y, di, not the new ones which th-ey ha'i'e conll:ndicte-cL

And ihlhe rnusic i:s m:he 1;me viuJI fuc-or it'i h lgh d e we e nt way bl'J.C k to ~ts l:ice.g' oolng,:s. and lo-oked onc:e mor~· ac the way Th,ci Be,atl, s st:31rte . o ut, i:he wa't they learnt to souin d th,e w y t ihey do today on the Ir recor.d:s:, the it1rue sou C>C of thGitr ti I l~s.u Mtanti:al ~u ~(!-.,S ■

TOGETHER JlohQ ~ Jt I and George came togethe r- ~

a · usic• rnaki ng un ii: between 191.% and , 958. f ive years ag·o John told th•!ii Wr'"ito or

The Tru St.o-ry· Of The Se(]tle5: th:ait hris. fir-it gui,tat C>OSt Mlflfl, th i r, lbob. Lan; ye.'l1r he ri;ol offic 181 biog r21ph e Hu nt,e Da'ri' ies it hat h,e pin,ched hl.s: fi :s:t guitar from -a b-oy at schcol, d eci d Gd he cou Id ii',:, pl a1 ~t, gave It baek to

s _owner ~nd ersiuade Aunt Mimi ·to g, t him a sec'O!'ldl iuJJnd lrm -um-em c-osting tellil pounds... An ywar- a ti x~ pic<e t kiffie group w-:as, puc t•ogetheir with John joine by loi;:al

ll.lld d i•es P,e11:e, Leri, Erle, Col In ind R,od who -were ·1,ed.d )" Bo)':s. with El '-' iM :y pe cr,e;i,m,ed, hai r . or; becaus,e he h.ad 'been re,s:p,ori:sibl, fo r for mi € !'hif!: gre,u p but beca.u~--e he lh:31d, clh~ most aggrr-es:fry•@ pc-rui,n:ali,y, John b c::m1e u offi c:l:il b-os:s o-f T he Q ua rr-:,me , the nani G

'be·i ng t:ake-n r om h ri:r;, of he :s,c.hool he aEten ­d,e,d ~t the t,me; Liver ool ''s. :s 1ubur b:.i,n Qu:i r 'I Bank H~g_h !!!t Alier · 0.111-

0 lill a - ,c;,,;cntful ay il'l! June 1956 whid t hel r rir i,end s remerm oer ni Lich rn re d e;:ii I y th~ the two Beatie$ the m1Jselves. fohn and Paul m•l:l: t .at, :iii ch u re f eii:e.

~ul's r-,tt ii 5 gU1itar , a p ~ I'll!: 'from Ml:s; d:t • wa~ hinde _ r;o 1h m when he was. I :the same ytair th il:t h be.came . n ~.., d :;!Jd1m i r-er o f co I'll · em porary :skiffle ki n,g Lonni<:: Don eg;a I\.

Al t,hough Amer i,:;~n rer;or in~. (and A_ n r tr ,c;a,n sou , bl u,c,.s :and R. & B. s un In par 1cubr) had yet to i nfl u•ence John and P' I, t w-as this nun:i.::: wh ldi w:;!ls to c:31 1JJ1:;e ll:h i2 r.r.~i:: rn r~ed

i e-rMce b~ ween T,he Qu:a rr- i me n o 1957 :m The SilV>Br- lka't:I s of I 960 .. H ea w hil~ B II H!!lley and Lmmie Do,n,c,.gan were th eir

N:in '(J 1,~m c .4 ,\It) ~- 11,,·hic!J mr c r' rl

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er,oes. r~ther tihan E:lv~s. little R.khard .and, lar.:e r, ithe T mla Mtotown btig names.

A cou pie or month:s g,o :lit: the ,new Apple s. udios. The: B~tl'~s. and a bunch or frl ndi had them!!lelves 111 fantastic free-for-an jam Sc-'$~ion . r.: r ,:hey" d tiinlshe,d the day's ree:ord­in,g vtork. The numbc r th· y use<! for that rurMesskm was; t he old Liv•erpoo! fo lk-skim . ong Mogg e·May. Almo$t 13, y-ears ago Maggfo May wa.~ al~o o c or Th Quarr ymen'$ fir.sit re1iiear-s~I iite m:s.. ·

OWN SONGS

But if ,existing folk aml Top• 20 m ter l:a'I was t ha group's fi r-n b:i\Sh:: pr.ognmli1'i , ijt

nas .o b-a r memb red i:: a1t Imo st Im me­dlra:t,ely they began to switdh o-..et i:o iel • pi;i n1nod :s.ong.s. Du I m,g the early s1i>:ties a lot o · the :songs retorde<f by The- B ades: (:,md giv,e~ by them ~o a few hand picked fol low :awtist s-} w,er Lennon.- McC rtney ..;:Q 1llli1 .or.a­th:m$, t hings. they really didl wtit i(jj as lo Int efforts. More r e(;erttly we know that Paul :and fo!h1ill ha'.'e w I ti: rt much new rnaterl:al separateky. 21k't:hough eve n if onei of fhem ,d Id al I t he wo k ch,e finished w ng h,as ap,peared wi h it,s llllSual l nnon-MtCar n ey -com pos.l ng c:red It ben e21th t he t itle, 21 schemr:i· 1he:y agraoo rn, .s.o that wh10ever wrote what woU1M alwa)'S. s:har~ ii: h resultCing roy 'lty money with it_he_ o 'her. In this re,s;pect th i ng.s havii!i · llllrned f uillll i:I rde for In 1956 and I ·9Si7 fohn and! Pau I were ach wr ltl ng w rtg!j; s-cp:i:rately and it ,v:as not u nti,I the nd or The Qu:ar r en In I '958 that they stairc,ed wo kl ng together a,s; :a 1tw-0~0me tu nesn11I th team, a com pos Ing duo.

AUTHORITY

Although George's adult lriatr~d of au11:hor-ty, conYention and E:s.tab1 :$hrnent red tap

<:ain be· t!i'.1.c;:ed back to hi.~ e::i rll,es.t .schQdl y,aar$ ai :a 11:.een ger t l l1Yerpool lnsrntu:c, hli ho me life at t hat i::i n c. was more b I a need and <:t;mventiona1I tli:an tho:s:e of t h o · 'her three.

.Jotr.o·~ f~he1r h:a.d spent most of is i11rt1e ;n $ a a d h d left home a1wgeti'herr w hen John wa.s :flv . Wlhen Joi· ill wa 12 hi$ ravou ri e u nd,a,, U nd~ G~org,s. di d and , five years, late r· his mother '!iVaS killed in t lh ie;

road by at ea1-.. His Aunt Mimi w3,s resp on sibl'a for hiis u pbtriinr,ging from t h t i me he w31s of inf ~nt!i:" school! age

P!!lu I's mothe1r h~ dme:-0 when Paiu I w--as hf. lea vi n,g M~ fath,er to ra se two teenage boys. on ·~ w~~e or £8 a week. .

R! ngo s pi!r,ents. parted whf!n R.1 ngo wu three y,ean old . ei\11 year~ later his . mot nor rn-rnairri•ad and, in · h i n,.i:: r m, m uth ,of the re!;;ponsibillirty. for- looki n,g aift.er Ring;o p31$s:ed to hit$ g.rand pare nu w hile h1is moth~ r we:n1 out .:o work. But the eal Interruption to• Riitgo"s, childhood' pm,grnss w.ai a. $ rles_ o · · ev,ere :JJnd prolonged spells. in hosp,iu1 thr-oiJJgh wn leh fu, rn l$$ied m~.t or his cl:ass­n;,om t raining and found hi mselrf I vi ng ~ a curious . · odd of beds n w rses~ dcxtors and oiPeratijrng 11: c11ue:s:.

Curiously t hen. GGor,gc di teenager showed ,e'w'efl more signs: or r elbe llmo•n agai n:s:t society t han c:h O,t,h~ll'$-even r Joh fl w-as a f::i:I r1y d~ ~ec.amd i the r.a<:c to defy ·the powers around them!

F~ ST GUITAR

George~& mother bought him his flin.-t gu itar for £3. and she w up with hi lil1l lon;g ::ifter m Id 11 ight while Giaorge taught h I m:5,,elif to play it. It s.ee.ms t hat Gea:rge was deeply invo~ved in hi eomp1flsl0rri to lell!rrt thorough­ly even t he11 .. Just :as in reccrrcJ· ar he t hrew alll ~m o.f ,other delights an . labour,s; a.,s:1,de to devote, him$ H to lnd'I an culture andl ph llo,~ophy I sa :as a ch iM h~ :z alollisly grcu pedl «:.igcther g:u1g ,of rn:(ttes: to farm The R b-el'ss..

When SiUy S.hep,her,d i::olmected hi s mate~ !:all 'or The True Sr.or¥ Of Tit. Beatles In I '964, · he: ,o 't he w~ given :albout t h~ corn Ing tog_eth r· or Geo rg·e andi ithe Qu21rrrylili i::1n <I lffer,ed from t h<Q mor, r~n't: venlon told co H nrer D21'i'i es., Sheph~rd wr,ot · dr t John ;~n,d G_ o,r.ge _nn et on a. bus and Ge~rg h3!d h1 s gu 1tar w1 i:Hti h m. l he :same mght John lntJFod uced George o tfu,e o · he Fr'$ at :a. hal I in Wool ton.

18,ut in 19'68 George <:o i--,ected t he earl i,cr c rror by teml i ng H Ill nrnr Davie:$: '' ~ fln.t saw T he Qu a.r1ryme:11 when they we~ playing ~It the Wi lson H:a.U at Garst.on. lP21ul •niz:s. 1pla)'ing wl·ch thern and said I i h.ou Id t.Q !11'1e :and siac

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·i::h m. W ith lknow g: P.i.ul., II got intrQducoo to Joh n."'

In sny everu: G Gorge, sti 11 only 15, be-ga.n to pl y r g1.1la Ir wi h Th Qiu ryrnen in the fi1n.al months:,o thi!!t group•':s: being_.. By th,e . nd of i 9.58 ihe• Q uarrymen were IP · i: hiH.o·ry although Joh n. hul ::'Hlld Gc,0,r·g,e we re toge-·i:h 01r. eagell' w form .a new group, playing freq u mtly in ron . rQOms. of It hc-i r Fam I ly ho1Jses and hear ng Arn rtc:.s n recor s which were t:Q I nfl uenico t he i1r future pl y ng to~rd's Rhythm & Bl u·es rather th •n s kifflc·,

i1r'1 r 95'9 it was; $tl1I I :s:klffle wa ich b roug:ht the t hree bo)"$ lhel r pocket money eveo If they hl.td :na t d to prefer ·he mu ic t:I, y w re !ti.ca i n;g on Ame I n records. As. ihe, R.ai n bows and under a vaniety o 'other g ou p n arnes whi"ch fatted Just as, brl,elly M G(--org,J" :s o.-ig~na:I Rebels, the trio ,pff aycd a parties :amd e ntere d !S k ffle con i::i;::s:ts.

Me.::i.nwfi i le Ringo was dol ng m u,c:h tl'l 0

SililT'lE! a s; far a$ h $ m US.i( Ou r ut was con c.errnedl thow,g fi a hadi litot ev,en met Jo n, P':i ui and' Geo ~ge · nd., qit.J~rn p•ro.babl 'f • h:adfl" h•e~i-d of Moond1ogs., R.ai n bO'l"IS or Qua.r,rymcn '!

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Through fr iend.s of is fall:h tl!r , 'Ringo g,ot Joi> i::ra.l n in to be a joine r and f rom the<toth

:ap rent ice ads aro Ul hlim h fo tmed an outfit caHed 'th, Edldli t Cla'f ton Skiffle. ~f Urn,t ,~a -M sounds familiar to you t I b~c:at.Hei you have read bo 11:. :a.n E<ld ie Clayton worki1111g ait rc..::c:: nt. r,ec-on::I i ng SA:!5$fOrt,s: wl th Th,e !Bea!tle:s:. In fact .nelthe r Rio go nor t he othe•rs. ever knew :an Ed ie Cl'ayton (1the

e:a,r s.t 1to i t was an Eddie · Illes In R 1Ago,'$ s kiffle .Ill ro p. and die ec 1n IJ~ of ti, at name h :sa een 11: 0 e◊.nc-.e-.a l the identjty of 31 famous ,g 1u it:a r~slt !

l he Eddie Ch:!:y on Sklffle and itlhe group wh ch W.i!.S to b to · t The Be:atles ilileve r d Id work together . Ringo moved! on · o. Join Rory S a-rm s Hurirl~oe::s: ro ii: Bu lin ':s: sea.son w hl ch wa wor1th to him more tban twiice ·th w~ldy V1rage of £8 he d bee n earn ng at hi joinery lob.

2-y the end1 or th 't r e.::i.r Ringo was dloi ng n I ely w itt h Rory's. group. If anyth Ing Rory WilrS: pu 11 i ng in ll1i10re exciting d'a-te~ tfl · n Th, IBt:?atile.s w ho we re conqllfe I Ing Hamburg but re m:aining ail rfl0$t ~ n known at nome on Me,rs.eys de.

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In 196 1 • of •cou r:s.e, Br am1 Epstein w~!i: to come in1t-o the !Ive$ of T he 1Bea1tle:s ;md ·r.:h future OOUIF$e ,e,f t hei r caree W3/i to take an en1i:: i - l'y 1niew dli r ect ion- ww ~s: the lhead­'I i nes. the tpop ch~,rii;s a:nd an almost i ncre,d I bsle worldwide stardom.

W tMm1 a ~aur -of Bria11•~ · rr lval as t he grou p s ll1i1 an:ager :and artl:stl-t <I i rector i:;ame t he die p:airture of drum mer Pete 6en wl o ~3.$ e II · red lby Rliingo jun bef>Orn t he re lea.«: or t he ;group's fir~ Parlop ho me S'lrigle, Lave 1.1:e 0.Q, In 0 '< · ob,er 19,62

SUPERIOR DRUMIMEFt

An im1tri,g 1111 i ng q11,1es:Uon to wh idh w e sh:a.l I l!eve r get 11'1 • n sw."crr i:s: this.: w,ou Id n c· IBeai::les. hav,c gone he ~~me way, fo1J1nd the· s:ame success, w th Pete: IBr:ist lbe·hi~llild ithe• dr~rm kit ? Or was and is R.i ngo a. :s:u pcer l or drmnmcr?

T he facts are hat Pet Br:::s.t was a ve ry pop I :i.r pcerio.n:a.l i '/ w i t h Th,e Be:ii 1e5' L ve • pool fa s. Many were tho roughly :angr::rad by his sud-den depi!iHU re. lh:, is not for me to ~llY whether or r,oc P12te was a etter m u:s:I • ci:a.n :al hough I :suppose we may draw our ,own c:ondus.1 oos fro n ·tine fact t h.at Pe~e­n 't,O"Cii h:a:s. m:a.de h eadl lmne~ for M self Wit h :gmu ps he ha.s, for med o lb(-cimi a pjjlflt o.f $!nee 1962, nQr as h·s dru mming f'01J1nd lu way on to any hi records.

On the other hand I don't: t.hink the choice of di IJ rn mer., P.ote or R i n:go, wauldl have ha. any great eff ecit upon the s.u;;:i:: :s~ of ni Beatles: I me;:i,n t h l!S: w id-ou1t b8i g unfair t o RI ngo but I' liTil su,rt he has been, and ::i.lwarys wi 11 oe. t he le:ast mpo.rll:::mt of t:h,e fot1r ~n­t r·! b uci~g ti!!len1ts which Mgether form The Bcad ;e,.s:, 11 would be drff er,en · If yo 1111 took :a.way Paul or John. .At once ha1lf o t he gn;>u p"s corn p<ni ng: tail 12r111:: would! be gone n nuch more th::m h.alf of It$ gene. r;)i

o rganising_ ~bi I lty woiuld d Is p,pe: r ifi d a:r;: h!!JE[ h !1-p pened, ·to b !Paul'!

Mo.st imporll:3illt of al l, howe'le r. is t he act hat The Be-ratles had no I d,e oi the r o ent.lal great nes:s: u n r.;I I <:h · rc.-to p ping: :s:ue;­

ces:s. :s.u r ro m d d 11:lhcm in 196).. l'f B rialill Epstein had n''t rounded them up. got tlhem toi-ethe1r and pointed it hem Wo l ,on don d 1re(:t~,on he Be~, les rn ,ght I a't'e d led a p ofe io ii:I d at, alo g Witfi no o th:an 200 t1rugg,I i ng: Liverpool bGat co mbos.

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l 'oor.s: 5-lrlttt! l;ii', Ji\irni ApJ1rect j _ r:',

JM 1,ie r • iJ R~d, Or~g, Kmt.

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"fo •b Edifw, Du:ar Jofmn:i,•,.

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are JIU.1 ~ , i rrtcrm lij •- :m l}:5. _. 11r:aj r .. Bfl•· 1ft, sh£5. to-i,1 all.

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TWO PORTRA1ITS OF RINGO

He"s satisfied with his su1ccess says Frederi ck .Jame•s

W l-1.ATEVER_ he ~ay look. Uke. whatev,cr he maJt ten out• wha.tever you may 1magm@ from the tones ~-oui r-ead I doo'fL ibeitei~re Rin;go has ,cha.illlged ery much. Ccrt:aioly tlt · tlrlugs arcmnd him are diilfer-­

e11t- but. ,e\\·e~ Otose ar,e a~.rea,•ly headililig back to ai easier, less gntnd sity1e·~ J 11 the year . of Be:at~e-

1r.iani R in,go drtu1ik .Scot.ch or ourbon wi h Coke. bought him r a mas. L e mun~imil !i'l \ eybridge: .and S..(}(=nt s much ·s Y.•OIJ a 11d I win ea n in our Uetime o~i night'! . (and mmH • ni •ht­fong .} sprees. in the 'London . lu. s..

SMA LER HO SE

od,1~y he has go-ne ba~k to drinking 'brer ith. his c-hip-surt 11.mdc:d m '::!l~ has. moved to ;a smaJ ler ho~isi:: t .Elst.eadl ·whi h he uoug'h.t from Peter .,, r::llen, a!!tc . cll­dom celetira . at the dubs. Uiilless there's a s:poo.iail part . lw ~nd Ma~~re(:n want 'to join..

\i-Vh . 11 [ fi. rst met h im wh Ii. n~ lJeatl a omliiy wa

born mn 1963, he lfllad .a maH s.treaty pateh of :silve..r-girey !ha.i rs above· hi c@tr. - ow the­patch has. extend:00, afon11.g the right ide ,of h.iis. he-adl .ll!nd

other f ~esh s.trea ·s. an: ap-· pt:ui ng, · 1111d .hi:: sports il sagging mou tache.. Other­'. ise at .29 he looks mt11;;h as he did at 23, the old .· t Re.aHe but V••i tlfll ~ . s 111usic:~1 r busi­p c!-i respo!i!slbilitics tih. n llw others.

.. Tbere m .. om,;thtng v.cry ikc~blc about .Rtn,go''' ·. rote

.a Sunday new!:ipaper mun . few wetkend ago: •• He is so smalf and vuln raible-loolki,,g .a:n.d h1 down 's eyes are· s · artJj L1gJy blue. He · . m.uoh. more auracfo than h¢· appe.an in photo,graphrs."

SAD- lOOK~NG

. ]tLng~ hns n~ .... ·.l!lr.5 fok sad about his. sad~looking, photo­graphs but that's: abCJut the· O!i'l~Y s.a.dl thin~ bo-1111! him. H c: d.o~n •t smifo too often or just to- loot happ.ter _ :E ut beh[1 d th faoe lhc r ··s · con~ n.ent.cd ::;oul, for Rj ngo, the onlys1mied fa miny:rna. ~ o:fth

foursome is. atisfied ,;. 1th · hm . LI.CU: t, h ' 5 :Si::(:Urity., Ms wif. • and bi ~wo r.:ia.j' :S(m!i. with whom he ~.pc:1r11ds m re anti! mo lie time at home.

His ed.u:cati 011 w~ ncv:er com · letedl ;0Jt hoo~ or ooJ, lcge yet his. ~nreJ]jg_en t is. oib [ousily al least i:vcrage and hi:s · ·q,se of hum.our i;t oove ave.rage .

INFATUATION

Whilr.:: John rnshes f rnm .infatuation to it'1Jfat11J.111tio1r1 and G-eor. e . I!: r p f rnm. ob­sr::s io!ili to oooessiO'.t'I. and iPaul churns out a OOlillti n~io 1s flow ,of crcativ-e: dun k.i ng, Elin.Hr · stays. in the back­ground, a ,<o:id~,; too much d.ec.ision-rn.a i1111,g·. fans .~n 1, ith group ~eme.l'.lts, cJo . s hi!; ve!i"y adeql!l!atc: job bC!hind the drnm . , Hies to, ~ead as. 111;ear norma.E a ILfe as. Bi;:::;i:tk lnivoh\eme~ l •1...-,ilf s]J,ow,

We · can •t tc-ll. rrom '"Can­dy" whi::t.h.er he's dlesttnr;d

Ptlta note· ·wt! sr,e: mn11ble tg, ~pr any •ore onler C fo.- suh~mptioo to, ('be B A t : · !BOOK at prr emit ,1;h1e to :roorg ni Mlon. As ~an ::1s ,1 .. e air,e able h) .oc: . pt sllh.!:ii;:ri;ptions :aga~□, w w advi e ·ou :i 1:11 the- nEA U t:S, HOOK.

A 80 VE: Rmco '15 {U/ '1{J'PC-wcd (1~1 Jt,(r~~ 11.-Mi. the H!!(lrks ht i%,1. • .BELO w; One' ,(JJ I~!: (fflrlic$1 .1/1(}r~ of 1li.o 00)'5' MKl!JJ roeetJi(r{'', J\'qJ41 Ni~>ro ; tiJJ has ,i. Jjglr1 t.·v1mil'~ nreak J J lr, Ji'llir.

for ftitur,e yea~s as a se,t'eeil'li .actor bl!ll {here were p:romifij•li.$ e;nimp. · o R · n_ go th..-e comedi:an in •Help!" and the .reai test miast oo.rne no that he's p]ayi.ng op~ite nu1.dcr Cn.':1!1'; cte.r actor Peter Sellers i.n hrs m. J r " Ma,gJic Christfam" .i:'· le.

[n fae,t hi:.. flair for drama d~tcs ~ way behi~d hi.:s assoda.tion with The E.ealtes anJ a 1952 Ch:rist.rn s sclioo.l r-eport gives him au '"A" and th.e ,connnent: ~'Tak.es a res.I in;t.e,Tdt ~nd h .5 done 1,1ery well.

F.rorn. time to time: R.ing-0 J, 5. b. ·n the world's f; VO'l!lm'• ite .Beatie bM1rt1 in 11~.e heyda.}rs ,of Bea.ti in:a.ni:a there was a corn:mnUy sh.ifting moive-

Jilt..'1'1.t of :i!ilreci.k m w'h i,ch o us--• t i;::d the othcrn at the top of the popu1:arH.y polls. too. It s worth rememoot'i11g that no­body wrote a ;s;ong: 11Ued Pa~I for P!iimc M inis,te!f"

but. tber,e was aJ1 Atue:rk:an hit :re,oo,rd r.iamed ·••Ringo

,r;,r ~id: ·nf ! DIF, ICULT

Wilho u& The !Eka·tle-$ it' d.ifficl!lt to klfl.ow what Ringo m[gh.t have done, wheilie.r he'd have maJ;ri,:;d his. 'y,cr,­

po.ol sweetheart, bai.rdlressex Maureen Co· , wheth,er he'd have firlillr,shed up as a drnm me.r in a Jocal ballroom or a. joitter o.r .11 barman. on a fbga(..

I notic.ed in a magazine the other wee'!!;:: this: heading:

'"if one ha:d to ib · srup. wJi, ked 011 a dese t Esil nd 1i id, jul't orni=· of tne Beat es for compairny. · Rilii:go wolLllkl be the most v luabfe- .h--e\l have a fi re goi·,~g a11d a hut' buitil in ThO time: al al l. " S<:.-e.tr to u11111 him 111p do .n't it ? Wlhmle Paul a dra-win,g plans for the hut and lisdrnt mare.rials to fashion the furniture ~:rnd George was deddi 111 h ~s just ~s ~ to ·leep ,on t ile beac:h with covering af bmnehes .and John wa5 ·IJM:lllcing alftisttc design by knocking n.l'ils i ~to the trees mt wouldl in.deed b Ringo who would buUd his H~tlc h'u.t :aind get M.a,111reeml! aud the kids seated Io1und 'his :ire for a. cl!lppa. !

He 1,s a se1ns.itive, soul says Billy Sh,e,p,herd

IN the begioniug,. ther,e er,e folilr Beatles" Obvi€1us ,en~.b r,ewark, oorffii~ly.,, hut there 'i\rere: three Beaeles who livoo wHh a sert o-f tele-­paJtllli.c unt1ers.tandlin~ And tJwr,e was Ringo Starr .. The 11e·w,est,. the

skwtest, ·dte quietest;, the one at tbe back, on-~tage amd off. ••He's: ai 1bit m.orose, '" l,;a!id

.~ ·i;,ooc:mr oompany executive whe.t1 l first tl!lli'liled up l·O talk t.o the ho)~. \ 1r::II, at lea5.t [ cit I knew w.ha.t to• e.xpoot. A1id sure en.01Wgh R,ins;o DID

ml lhert; wi h a blo-odhound­sad express.ion 01 :fl.is .fa e; appare11tt not i 1rnroli.1ed in1 the ~nr:ral ronversat~on , . , occasionally tapp.in11,g w.mlh forefung.er thal 11iusii:·- w 'eh u~ to ,embarr-ass rum at pfoture .sessfons sometimes dru.mmir.ig a~s. fingers. on t.lruc lililble

Morose 1 Could · thought l What jo urnalists wanted ~o knQw i111 tliosc ~fays is HOW the Bealtes s.tarred

and ·the ilfilformatio:n came from Johfl .a!lld Pcaui. tu d m(Jre ~lll!l~rfy from G,:;orgc:. Sure Rm.go was cou rteot1S, lil:elpful i~i lnding into the r,cquired po5tl![t.':S for the pk:lu r,e-1:ne.t.1 , , • but SURJE.­L Y lte w.i.sn 't ·li!loi-m,aiUy a:!i qt.111,et as he see:111ed,. And then· it registered I

Rirngo hadl on ' joi lil;Cd th group around the t~me of their .first :reco.rds.. The ha.ck.a gmund. r:u.Hter tlmn tlu11t w~ really just a matrer of h~r­s:ay .as fat ,u he was. . (llil ­cernod, He \'!ffl5, self~con~ sci o us. n o·t dlelibe r ately f:110.i:'Ose.. I~ fact, I dri'~OO him into the •canv,t:l'"S.il!fo,m by

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as ing him how H fe.Ht ab-mu H1hn at. that momerlill He s.ee.me,d ~ lfr.•dy _ lad ·no get a word in. .But 1/te stm eyed the olners. · he: ;Sp,Jke, as if mJou5 Ill · t to say :any­'thit'IJ,g that oo·l!llfd cut. a.c.r.rus. the gt.-·•m;ral B~at,11., J:iolicics.

J\nd when h.e'd given .his iews: he joined me for .11

cuppa and .showed a grsat interest in ·what it w.as like to &:ie: a journaJi l al[]d how har-d · had ··o work and, how I got into the job. Me said : uOnce I wanted 't'o he: a reporter . ., , s:~e.ms s ch alll in re:re.s tI ~ Iifl · 1 •'

fo.tere:; ling 'l Co:in pa.red w;ifu bo~ng ·n at ·¢he start of

Be Uem nia , He went n : ·• But th~n l' in 1'1.0E. . t go wmth words. ] missed Hi lor at &cho I you know, I h rou •h bejng ill. T.h::u. Jot there­they re ,goo whh. word • I ju t Ii to it and Ii ten rn them ."' '

CRITICIS

I io~1 nd, Ri111 , a most sen hm e rou I. both in 1.h C, rly d(il ~·- ~md rmg! i. now. ~ f Utc:rc: • a d1 i p on. hi · s.houl . er, i1 W".j]JS o·..,~r criti­c, nt . unfafrlv lt",."i."H .d a t h1 m) over the d . pa ture· of form , Be, t le d runnmr p . ·tc B - t, There· hild been the dd demon • n;iti n in l b. rpool cJu • b Rest fa 11 :;! 11d. it. ha.d Lurn ag:-in t Ri1 i ~ , [t t ok s-e..,~rul mee, in · f n r Ring w pr Le • hi · no, fain ms.

n1. of, iL- 11d he c.an be a: \ .. rv fur Iv m.tm iridc.: ·d. 13m -en. • th,e r jgliit ··r. :<=t.l' line ,

J • naH I i d u bt 'f R tn• -ts cr-i pa b le c)f i~ Ji..:t;p hat r . . f •m_ ·m hi t11; or ,inybntly, nd. o~ cc he e-[ t know

y u h is Cllip::t bl'c of deep lo. lty ,.,_,h ic·h i sha . nti . any kmmJ ofg I c,, 11 "t ~·•u int · d t ii · o iou · ri.::.;is ns b u[ , l nc , ta,ge there 1,Vtt · ~ 5criuu s d. ngcr of L he Beiltle and l bti Ii e. in ro lvcd in "L IL ,el ;~cli on, Ht had gi n l.lt some inf rm ttion il!b lH .Ji

promu L r •Nho. he ·iid .er­v,m~ ly h,,d n t ~' t hi m . ••

b::."'ta.ru he was too d nm k 't kn.ow what he wa _ doj ng." I in .d a i· • bc,c111u ~ tht W~L ob iou ly d. ng-cro, !:i

gro1.111 . . '' ut'C }' ill W ::i llt l.o ~:3)'

that, .R i ng,o ?" i l.e s..:1:1d : • ¥le!~1 peli'h:ips not. No, h m or.1,-go :ahead, U · t rni.:: - nd I r.; .I'll pro, i.t." \ ,c pr~nte<l it nd a \ ri.f f ,or li btl '!."-'· i ued , •• l•~ler 1, . i th.d ra·,.,,m_ ] t wou Id have be;er\ head Ii 11 111::..,,,5 , o hvEous.­'Y , A ml for me. j rnrr1~L1is.'L , · ca · .· r~cfoms •iJJg 1hi1 g • , • not to- m 11iion c s:tly!: At a · hri tmas p~:rt · in L nd n sour~ i1t tl -rw~ rd ' . RiTw c- tn. up, :u11d :~id : •• [ know ~•(JU' re w,;m•led. abo ut this wtit. IBu! fr ~ c-t it. .a nd h::r1,,•c :;i ~tJOd

Ch ri tma , he rt.a I on t.bili­t · i:; 1r1i1~e i7l nd 1 · rn ci:riai11J not goi 11 '' io g ~- i:mt o f it hy ,d oi r~g the u 1 . I thin~ and. ilyirig I never tokll 'i u th.

-1. r . , " .A11d · Bi.:a tlcm:;rmi: ,ve·rrl

0 11. .£ f cl t that Ringo ,.., .is prol ·Lb1; Qh,c n1i::i- t t:,·,c,nLt hr-t pp~• B~a1le _ H · ..r.c pt~d fon- "i.,,: r hip "i,1 ·i ~ h :J . u.nn~', i.1tppr i min-: . mile - cv · 1~

ch Ii[ o· ·•Ri ngo F ·r Pr :!oi ­dent" front his i\.mc:ri ·:ii n . u · p rter • Hi: dii:.hi ·1 _gc~ Jrnn • up ma, , J· ut thin -tvcn the edit Lioi~ E, a. s. \~­Rrn~ {) , I OElg wi• h . 1 i r l" l!L::n

make the I~ le. 1 gd-, w~y t norm~rli[ ·,

I d '!!lht if Ri m1go h~ cve-r b■::t,, ~ true p.any- •oi.111g {}'pi.: - h pr<!folis.. rn n g oup {] f C! 1 uim: tri n . • o r j Lh -l H~c oorn fo rL a11d . • u ri t · of hi

n 1.1.mil ·, , i:;wh lefu ~ re, hi wl ole pli.l noing, tt'a~he r und fl :nrr', eon • nd the kLd _ He's t, I the riche t

fli.,,•mn·"'.~ t J ' ju ta h PP)1

ptayi ng tL slow g11 ,n of du;:_ 5 r sJ igh I y o, ,.er faine of

billi 1,nd _

FA P Ll'..l· : Tlre .iJW!Ii'igfru ,:ar p'" •

IB-u t eorn p.a~d with I h-c ca rly di ':., hi . self ■.(:Otlh• d n,:,:c h L!:i ;srnwn i mm i!I ·m ­a I_ , Th early ll.!lncc aint . h ·Ls. go:r~e be u e ~ ha 'beeomc :acccpt~<l o mudi as l p rronalit)' iD his. o,,vn r i.g'lrt. Y ct lhrnu •h md. ihe dle\1e]o P· merH o the Bcatk 1 h is, 'tr ue t'lml Rm11g h -COE"IIE I nued to . tand on , h •U tside nrlLsl , • ,cal ly · ~ ~ king, IH.e • - 1101 S.O·

. tro11g]y inv-011'!.' d . , • ~,

.,,,.,ri ti.: ; r mt,s.:icfo Q, or ri:tom-~ ding ideas ,naimi. \ . 11. re d:u:: othe s h "''C Ii ti:rn ll . h u.rdedi to. lt~ h 01i e:-: t: re p,0 11· ibiJi­tie i,n ·idc pop music, Ri.n has L~ k n , dv. ni a:g,c: of l!.111 t I pe· off ho r'li ·, a,~d 1>ut his feet lip.

TWO Rli'NGOS

1-h: orn::e toJd me: "The· ~r t, o· o f us Rid ird St,l'r k. y ~md Ri·,igo Sc rr. . ~WO nr L1 , ye b" i . lly the s~ me. Bul nll the \ . ay 've w~111 red R. Stark(.:" · to ~e<1d hi ,o, 11 lifo wi1hout it being pl:1:i.h rr ll O'!,,\Cr the p~ ,

R. Stl)r r ,c-;"11~, Jo-0k : ftt-r hi 111:. elf- . k 11 Uet now thm'll 1 c(;;'t!J ld in ~ h,c- be •in­n i ,tg.''

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nRST MAN TO lK OW · !ili'S1: IP rsoo to, l am. :obout hn1s W·edd.mg w s j;otlfflafst

Ray Connolly"' \\':bl) ~lleiill at 1h Appl_ ihl'!ad llffl,Cl'S ,l!J.D l:11 h Mlll'cll. W.hlle !be w.as ·OJere, lb.e, saw a:ul woo, casu11Uy re-­miir.Juid I ' ' !tllo,, Ra.}1, do · Oli klliO ]j'm g,etting, 1anied to­ffl lJffOW mcmLng?u And. titat, as far as ·,we, . rrn) -·1 B lro.w ·rhe Pr,ess. ·got Olli to ~h-e biggest Sh.o Biz. wedding: of l96'9+ Wm Paul Mc:Calil!tru)' mami:oo L 11nda I . lm 11 'l. tlte :Mnry11eoo e Regi-stry Office on '1.be· ·morning of 121h Msrth,

Altlmui:=,b mDD}' of the Apple e,·ecu1tiives: were. surJ,1rised by the. ·new~ they an hm.m\!d Old in r:,arce &111: lice ooding. M J El'ans :aoii lr'et,er Brown -...·ere very m,roh ro 1he f me mn ,~ t,@i:fmg Lig,ila from du: httlit «□ :'h illiUsid:e tlic Reg~ tr . Office

PAIi NT REMOVED

Here's :a :mre sign that the psychedelic .. Sa rgcan·r.: PP!:pjpcr' ' ·ra i~ wel I and ·t rru1~y ~nded, P~u I rece·nt lt too.k his. Ricke rn backc r bass to, an ,alderly 11: .afi::sm n In a Soho buk-$tr-.ee,t tQ !have a two~yeu-ol d coat of psych,a~ d lie 1painliing: ,emovedl.

P:au I chatted to tlhe old malili thr-ouglhout t h•e ha1.11 r it,

took w $tr Ip, oof' the brl1ght colouirs. and :slilil oothe: 1thic gulta 's woodwork to :a plarl n, unpai11111t~d ·finish.

ODD ERRANDS MaJ ~ a.sked tO· buy

ome mighty cwirious thh1,gs, thi::sie· days.. a~at rt:centiy · asked him for a string cl lp­(H11 tie .and John ·wanted 1~m to g.o :11.11d buy :ill fo] re che t Mal's com1111e11t: '' don •t kn(n,,. - hethet th,ey are jok­ing half the tmmc. I did tTy to set J olwi his f al.lse c·h~t but without a:ay luck. He really creases .me whih some of tne: thing.s: ·tile sa:ys. One dlay whco h.e wa!:i ~Hi ng on tlte studio . oor h.c ~l!ld<len ly came out with 'For s.ale, one Fr a.ch sailo.:r':s left leg. OmJ. owner.. [ !!11ilcan, what do you :re_ply to thaf ?"

ROYAL AOJC rincc.--.s.s Mar-gar-el ntad~

an unscheduled . islt: to Twick,enh1:1m llm 'Studios on T~1csda1•1 March ,4,. ~ C'H\.'e i·n,g there. a.t eleven. in ~he mo.min ,,ill:!d. sta).1ii!:lg urnti I. just aft,er 5 p.m.

She atchoo the s.r~us of the film he Magic . hliiS.­uan/'- Rinigo Starrand Peter S.elle.rs - lie~ar.!iirns and s·lil!ooting :some O'f ·¢he pro­dim ruio.n':s first :ooenes. There ,ws. o·n~ particul irly hmlat­.i . us sequence in .a restaurant sett.ring.

Other Y.rsitor5 that day include..d. Paul with. lind ' stmartJ and Mary Hopkin. Paul s.pe.u.t a Jong time s1ttin · next to lthe .P:r]ncess. in dee[P conversafforn during tne: after~ noon.

BEATLES.' EN 1Gm NEER Tj;i;:. b,:;iy.s pll;:rin to do .ill ft1tllll'

n,wrdlll;'i: in thdr o:wn jlfl.idf¢ i;;h [h:;.$ lbei;;11 b11l lt: in d 1e I e-­

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Fel:mnry whm Glyn W4!ii'I I IC<> A,n I~ to m.ilc;c $<0m!I! rei:ord­i 11!!!5. wl·th t"1 S't·CV~ Mm Iler Ba,nd.

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JUSI THE F01UR AGAIN Ii:: looks :as. hoiJigl · 11: he ~a-t~~s: hav tu rne;d folm d rde be­

. caius.s ttiley liliai·ve tried to record :!ill 1:he tr.a.cks on ·m:he Ir new LJP· 1,1si ng J 1,1:s.t the 'B.eade:s-w~th very few ier.,,:tr;a~ ..

The d y5 of vast o,rcheS:. nis: seem . o be go c--at I iaast fo.-11:.he _ mome·n_t! Th!l!i news wm cert.aiin~y f ·le,as,e :all lo'il'ers, ,of t he1 r LOVE: M.f DO and P'-EASS, PLEASE M days.

When they ,do add extr mwsk lan· l·c wmi~ ,on ly bG oni:: or two and t h~t WI 11 nonrnially all !be good fr iendls 21111-d riot :session p,laye.-s.

LIGH ING !MAN The IBetttk · ha,•e been h~pin~ [Prni e: ll.!lporn tl .head of

lighiti Ltg ma.t11 Tony Richmond ~•lrLo was il key backn;>om hoy thru·ughout the milk i.n - of thr,; 'Bea k5 At Wor •' documcnta.ry fi!m in Tw1c enh m Film Stwdios and al n.b.e Apple b.ea.dqua.rre.r.s in Savne Ro~w.

Pf~ESTON''S FIRST

lllAL EVA.NS REGRETS las.t. montihr;s: l:ssue o.f The BO!lH6 look ill\d uded ai p.-om ise

from Mlail Evans that he wou Id be wll'irUn.g: at ~en,g(h and I n1 detall fo-r ·the Apr I I, Ml.ontMy ~Jbout 'Th,e Bea-etc, 1rncxt l P allbum. Unforit.u nau·ly fu 1"11:,hcr Maroh .--ec-orn i ng s•ess,ioJils. .--equi.--ed to complete t he LP tr"ack~ were severely delayed WihUe eMh Bie:ade pQ ll!S.hedr off beh Ind ~e,d u le various: 1i ndivid ual projects - not IC"Ut of the~e b~ing R1illilgo 1·s hea1Yy. inVOslvernellllt on ·the Twidkenh:am Film Studio set~ w-.n r of "'The Ma,gi.: Ch ristii;an" and the gr,'01u_p,•s: :s.er les 4?-f c.once,lilt,r.it(!d _!business can erences :a.t Applle tonow1111g t he ant1val t!here of t he IF riew b1,r:sl Ill es 5, advl:5ier, Al len Klei n.

F,or t hese r,easons pu blie_;atjjo o f Mal's: iii bum tradi; piece has. been postponed. Says Mail : '"I :am soHy w dl~appol nt reader$ who- were expet::tlng al~ the LP I nif or-mat o this moli\ch bu u nt:i I the who.le albuli'li'li ns tilnislhoo 11',d li"ait.her not w.rm1te :a.b01J1t it .. ~•m ho.ping we"ll have all the 11,da:r_~ atl'olil r-e-a.dy for Ind u:s:lon m the May Issue· :and, in ll!rl}'' t::t5e UI make :s:u re ,c:vcry,olilia can1 irell!d all I !!ibout: t hese reco d I ngs i1ifl1 J:iedrtlc:. Mont-hf y ah,eadl of t he re leas dlatG.'"

Mal agreed t hat an Ap ril ij :5n1e for drie !!illbu m was no · ou·t or t he que:s,tim1 .

,p·,oucE REFUISAl Y.ou will remember tih~t

the- &e~de$ uem peed co re~ cor.d their n-ow LP o-n t he· r-QOf or t he Apple b1.11iiMin,g bl!lir: weire :st-opped when the· nemgh l>ou ll"s: .c:o,m p laillilCMl, Ma~ actu:al ly l:rted to p,e.-.su21de .scv,enl of the po.I l~--eme r:i who c:amc- along to -anforoc the r1.11ing., to Joi n them on ·1thc- l"(!,Qf,

Saii di Mil: .. We lhiad 1ump~ eeni ,eom pl~l !lits from oth,eir

people- in · h t . II" et d u1r l n,g the ~ nch-<t: i me sessio n and r·v . got :w admit. you ooul di h eu th e mu:siii: iii II over t,h. place.. But the polli i:;:,e ha;.d t he! r· duty to do. even tho.ugh th,ey seemed to b-e a io-ylng ·th.e Beath~~• mus c."'

M:aJI diid n 't actually manage to g:er: the rn 1,1sl•c: :¥topped 1,1 n-11: il thG Bcath~s had pfayedl, sun.g 1ndl t a~d tll11e~ r pl.an ne:d qtror:a of Ave nu m bcer.s ~

APPLE COOKS Duri:n:s 1Artclkdn: r~rdling

iSe-SS~OT.'l!!i .at Appfo, fue Beatles :are f cd with dleil1reio1Us me1,ds cooked by ApfPk•s fu1j.rJ.111e c11i c ring t.a.ff ]1eaded D arrd-r,n. bleu ~tclte'[)J gcniius: Shirley and her assistant Janet

Tb.e-y ,cook for all the Apple executiVeS :and tbecit lunch.-thnc business guests t'E'iirnughout the eek .ilnd al o save othe!f Apple ,em~ ployeos from s-ta.rva:mion du:ring working !hours with s:a n d! "' i ch,e s. as i[;r;,q u ired. Ner1;•e ce:11tJie of Ap,_p;Ie''s. ~Lins division is: :a m~ni­fi~nt ly :liunf shr:::d top, fl.oor kitchen.

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