Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney (83 page)

Peggy Lipton quoted from her book,
Breathing Out
.

Meeting Dylan: I drew on conversations conducted with Al Aronowitz and Victor Maymudes (both deceased) for my book
Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan
; also Aronowitz’s article
Let’s ‘ave a Larf
(The Blacklisted Journalist, 1995). The BE quote is from
Fifty Years Adrift
(Taylor). PM’s ‘There are seven Levels’:
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
(Miles).

7 : YESTERDAY

Home moves: author’s enquiries and
The Beatles’ London
(Lewisohn).

Peter and Gordon success:
Guinness Book of British Hit Singles
(Roberts, ed.)

Jim McCartney - ‘I’d usually …’ -
The Beatles
(Davies).

PM’s purchase of Rembrandt: author’s enquiries and interviews, including an employee who didn’t wish to be named.

Jim meets his second wife: author’s interview with Mike Robbins (quoted and recalled dialogue).

Jim’s proposal: Angela McCartney is quoted from her interview with the
Sun
(6 July 1981). Marriage: marriage certificate.

JL on songwriting: the
Anthology
(book).

Beatles for Sale
: GM quoted from
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions
(Lewisohn); PM quoted from the
Anthology
(book) on ‘Eight Days a Week’.

Eric Clapton quoted from his autobiography.

Jimmy Savile quoted from author’s interview.

‘Ticket to Ride’: author’s interview with Mike Robbins (quoted).

Studio chatter: the
Anthology
(CD Vol. 2).

Taxation: HM Treasury.

Northern Songs flotation: articles in the
Guardian
(13 Feb. 1965; 6 Jan. 1966) and the
Economist
(20 Feb. 1965). Also
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
(Miles).

Harold Wilson’s speech:
White Heat
(Sandbrook).

Aunts knock through: Joan McCartney and Mike Robbins to author.

‘nutty’: …
up front
(Spinetti).

Shooting
Help!
in the Bahamas for tax reasons: various including
I Should Have Known Better
(Ellis).

Pot-smoking during
Help!
: the
Anthology
(documentary); also Richard Lester’s comments in the DVD re-release of
Help!

John’s compliment: PM quoted from
Playboy
interview (Dec. 1984).

‘Swinging City’:
Time
(15 April 1966).

Lord St Germans quoted from author’s interviews.

PM learns he is a millionaire:
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
(Miles).

Purchase of 7 Cavendish Avenue: author’s local enquiries and interviews, with particular thanks to neighbours and local residents including Mrs Fenton, Mrs Evelyn Grumi and family, John Kay and Peter Vogl.

Tony Barrow quoted from author’s interview.

PM - ‘possibly the smash of the century’ - the
Anthology
(book).

Writing of ‘Yesterday’: I referred to
Yesterday and Today
(Coleman), including PM’s quote, ‘I just fell …’, GH’s comment, the Alma Cogan evening and Bruce Welch’s villa.

GM on arranging ‘Yesterday’: his book
All You Need is Ears
.

PM on meeting Terry Doran:
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
(Miles).

First LSD trip: based on GH’s comments (quoted) in the
Anthology
(book) and author’s interview with Gibson Kemp. Also
Wonderful Today
(Boyd). PM quoted from the
Anthology
(documentary).

Leslie Halliwell on
Help!
:
Halliwell’s Film Guide
.

Blackpool Night Out
: TV footage. Thanks also to Tony Barrow.

Shea Stadium: the documentary
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
(NEMS Enterprises, 1965); author’s interviews with Barrow and Bernstein (quoted exchange with BE) and Barrow’s book
John, Paul, George, Ringo & Me
from which I quote ‘to create a momentary display …’

Stones present:
Stone Alone
(Wyman).

LA vacation: Don Sort quoted from author’s interview; Peggy Lipton is quoted from
Breathing Out
(Lipton).

PM’s birthday gift to Jane
: TV Times
(9 Oct. 1965). Four in a bed: author’s interview with Mike Robbins (quoted).

Meeting Elvis: Chris Hutchins’s report for the
NME
(3 Sept. 1963): the
Anthology
(book [PM quoted]); and
Careless Love
(Guralnick).

JL’s remark about meeting Elvis: author’s interview with Tony Barrow.

8: FIRST FINALE

Meeting the Queen and receiving their MBEs: PM and GH quoted from the
Anthology
(book). Soldiers sent medals back:
Shout!
(Norman). PM’s relationship with the Queen: author’s interviews.

JL’s reason for returning his MBE: his 1969 telegram to HRH.

RS - ‘I’m not really into …’ -
Postcards from the Boys
(Starr).

JL claimed the Beatles smoked a joint in Buckingham Palace, contradicted by GH in the
Anthology
(book).

GM goes freelance:
All You Need is Ears
(Martin).

‘Plastic soul’ comment: the
Anthology
(CD liner notes Vol. 2).

PM on who wrote what:
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
(Miles).

‘We Can Work it Out’: thanks to Spencer Leigh for his thoughts.

Janet Vaughan on ‘Michelle’: author’s interview (quoted).

PM on ‘I’m Looking Through You’ and his open relationship with Jane Asher: his comments in
The Beatles
(Davies) and
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
(Miles).

Jane Asher declines to speak: correspondence with the author.

Jann Haworth on Paul and Jane: author’s interview (quoted).

PM to Barry Miles:
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
(Miles). Also PM on ‘You Won’t See Me’ and ‘I’m Looking Through You’.

Miles on his friendship with PM, and the avant-garde connections: quoted from author’s interview. Thanks also to Jann Haworth.

Attends Luciano Berio lecture:
Daily Mail
(25 Feb. 1966). Quotes from
In the Sixties
(Miles).

Maggie McGivern relationship: her interview with the
Daily Mail
(12 April 1997).

PM acquires Martha:
Punch
(23 Nov. 1966).

Paul’s aristocratic friends: author’s interviews including Dudley Edwards.

Tara Browne background: author’s interviews and profiles written upon his death.

Sale of Lenmac: I rely on Ray Coleman’s book
Yesterday and Today
.

PM on ‘For No One’:
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
(Miles).

Gibson Kemp quoted from author’s interview.

PM on composing ‘Eleanor Rigby’: the
South Bank Show
(Jan. 1978).

Bernard Herrmann influence: GM to
Melody Maker
(28 Aug. 1971).

Michael Lindsay-Hogg quoted from author’s interviews.

Jane Asher on the Cold War:
Saga
(Oct. 2007).

Len Deighton quoted from correspondence with the author.

Peter Brown on the paternity claims: quoted from author’s interview.

Erica Hübers quoted from correspondence with author.

Marijuana on tour: Peter Brown’s book
The Love You Make
.

Manila concerts: Imelda Marcos is quoted from an interview with the author. I also referred to my interviews with Tony Barrow and Peter Brown and their memoirs. (BE’s conversation is from Brown’s
The Love You Make
.)

Maureen Cleave’s interview with PM,
Evening Standard
(25 March 1966); author’s correspondence with Cleave (quoted); and reference to her 4 March 1966 interview with JL (quoted). Reaction to JL’s ‘Jesus’ interview:
Evening News
(5 Aug. 1966); the
Anthology
(documentary).

Peter Brown on PM’s fear of assassination: author’s interview (quoted).

Chicago Press conference:
The Beatles Off the Record
(Badman).

Unsold tickets at Shea Stadium in 1966: author’s interview with Sid Bernstein.

Linda McCartney (LM) in the press box:
Sixties
(Linda McCartney). NB: LM seemed unsure which Shea Stadium show she attended. In
Sixties
she writes that she saw the Beatles at the stadium in ’65
and
’66. In seems more likely LM only attended the second show, if she sat in the press box. She’d just started taking photographs professionally that year.

Riot at Dodger Stadium:
The Complete Beatles Chronicle
(Lewisohn).

BE in LA: author’s interviews with Peter Brown and Nat Weiss (quoted). Additional background:
Brian Epstein
(Coleman).

Candlestick Park: audio recording of the show; author’s interviews with Barrow and Marty Balin (quoted).

9: LINDA

Ravi Shankar quoted from correspondence with the author.

PM’s trip to France and quote:
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
(Miles) including the quote, ‘It made me remember why we all wanted to get famous.’

Dylan on fame:
Down the Highway
(Sounes).

PM on
The Family Way
: the
Anthology
(book). GM quoted from his book
All You Need is Ears
.

Jane Asher goes to America: press cuttings including
London Life
(1 Oct. 1966) and PM to the
Daily Sketch
(14 Jan. 1967) in which he talks about
Cathy Come Home
.

Tony Bramwell quoted from author’s interview.

Recording ‘Penny Lane’: author’s interview with David Mason (quoted).

PM’s involvement with BEV: author’s interview with Douglas Binder and Dudley Edwards (both quoted).

Cavendish décor: author’s interviews and Dudley Edwards (quoted) and Miles.

Nico visits: author’s interview with Dudley Edwards. Thanks also to Paul Morrisey.

PM’s motorbike accident: the
Anthology
(book).

Recording
Sgt. Pepper
: author’s interviews;
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions
(Lewisohn).

JL inspired by Tara Browne’s death to write ‘A Day in the Life’:
John Lennon: The Life
(Norman), for example. No connection between Browne and ‘Day in the Life’: PM in his book
Paul McCartney: Paintings
.

Douglas Binder quoted from author’s interview.

Old boys from the Inny interpret ‘A Day in the Life’: author’s interview with Steve Norris.

Correspondence with Stockhausen: author’s interview with Sir John Tavener.r,

Alban Berg quote from
The Rest is Noise
(Ross).

GM on the orchestral climax:
Melody Maker
(28 Aug. 1971).

Mike Nesmith quoted from correspondence with author.

Carnival of Light
: author’s interview with Dudley Edwards (quoted).

Encounter with Joe Orton: his
Diaries
.

GM’s ‘biggest mistake’:
The Beatles Book
(Nov. 1994).

Creating the
Sgt. Pepper
cover: author’s interview with Jann Haworth (quoted).

San Francisco visit: author’s interview with Marty Balin (quoted).

PM reunited with Jane in Colorado:
The Beatles: A Diary
(Miles).

Brian Wilson abandons
Smile
:
Heroes and Villains
(Gaines).

Magical Mystery Tour
chart: the original pie chart drawing reproduced in
The Complete Beatles Chronicle
(Lewisohn).

PM quote - ‘a crazy roly-poly Sixties’ film’ - the
Anthology
(documentary).

Redlands bust: Marianne Faithfull’s memoir
Faithfull
and Bill Wyman’s
Stone Alone
.

PM’s friendship with Prince Stash: author’s interview with Stash (quoted).

PM meets Linda Eastman, later McCartney (LM): author’s interviews with Tony Bramwell, Peter Brown and Dudley Edwards (all quoted).

LM - ‘I was impressed …’ -
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
(Miles).

LM background: author’s interviews with Marty Balin, Peter Brown, Danny Fields, Al Kooper and Nat Weiss. Also vital records and court documents. For Eastman family history I am indebted to Danny Fields and his book
Linda McCartney: The Biography
, supplemented by my interviews with Sid Bernstein and Linda’s half-brother Philip Sprayregen (both quoted).

Mel See background: author’s interviews with his common-law wife Beverly Wilk, and Arizona friends Jonathan Kress (quoted) and Debra and Sherry Zeller.

Heather’s date of birth: birth record.

LM takes up photography:
Club Sandwich
# 64.

LM - ‘I was the only photographer …’ and ‘My father used to …’ -
Linda’s Pictures
(McCartney).

Danny Fields and Nat Weiss quoted from

author’s interviews.

Sgt. Pepper
party: author’s interviews with Peter Brown (quoted) and Sir Jimmy Savile. Also
Linda’s Pictures
and
Sixties
(McCartney).

LM’s fling with Prince Stash: author’s interview with Prince Stash (quoted).

10: HELLO, GOOD BYE

Yellow Submarine
: author’s interviews with Al Brodax, John Coates (both quoted) and Norman Kauffman.

BE quotes/weekend party:
Fifty Years Adrift
(Taylor).

PM and Jane Asher reunited:
Daily Express
(30 May 1967).