The Beatles (177 page)

“
It’s a question of value
”:
Herald Tribune,
12/26/65.

“
D’you remember that French
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 273.

Chet Atkins–type
: Ibid.

“
I had been listening to Nina
”: Sheff,
Playboy Interviews,
p. 116.

“
I was in the studio
”: George Martin,
Arena
archives.

“
Thank you, very much
”: Martin,
All You Need,
p. 183.

“
a shock to the recording
”: “Beatles’ Martin in Disc Deal,”
NME,
8/20/65.

“
For the first time we began to think
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 69.

“
The studio itself was full
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 196.

“
a mind-blower
”: Ringo Starr in ibid., p. 197.

“
He’d come up with amazing technical things
”: John Lennon, 1975 interview, in ibid., p. 197.

“
They were incredibly inquisitive
”: George Martin,
Abbey Road
archives, 9/23/96.

“
something baroque-sounding
”: Ibid.

“
just manipulations of the resources
”: George Martin in Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 200.

“
This was the departure record
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 194.

“
Whilst projecting [them]
”: Freeman,
Yesterday,
p. 5.

“
Well, you know they’re good
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 193.

“
Rubber Soul
broke everything
”: Author interview with Steve Winwood, 6/16/97.

“
Bards of Pop
”:
Newsweek,
3/24/66, p. 102.

“
a fine mass placebo
”:
New York Times,
2/10/64.

“
dated stuff
”:
New York Times,
1/4/64.

a seriously stoned Peter
: “Sellers was totally off his head on pot most of the time.”
Mojo,
11/95, p. 49.

The Music of Lennon and McCartney
: Grenada Television archives.

“
a strong hold on each other
”:
Woman,
12/7/69.

“
all the daily newspapers
”:
Shotton,
John Lennon in My Life,
p. 101.

At night, he languished
: “The Lennon Interview,”
NME,
3/11/66, p. 3.

“
Nothing made him happier
”: Author interview with Ken Partridge, 1/18/98.

“
People are saying things
”:
New York Times Magazine,
7/3/66, p. 13.

“
It was a very free, formless time
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 218.

“
wrecked”/“all these crazy ideas
”: Ibid., p. 234.

“
taken out of circulation
”: “George Pities Paul,”
NME,
1/28/66.

“
have a fiddle around
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 208.

“
Ola Na Tungee
”: Donovan in Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 227.

“
Often you just block songs out
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 269.

“
Dazzie-de-da-zu
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 208.

“
those words just fell out
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 282.

Eleanor Bron
: “I liked the name Eleanor.” Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 208.

“
John had a fling
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 283.

Jane perform at the Old Vic
: She was appearing in
The Happiest Days of Your Life.
Old Vic (Bristol) archives.

except for the title
: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 288.

“
The Americans seemed to be
”: Norman Smith, Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 202.

“
What EMI did for them
”: George Martin,
Arena
archives.

“
look over the recording studios
”: “Beatles for Memphis!”
NME,
4/8/66.

“
the Beatles just recorded whenever
”: Southall,
Abbey Road,
p. 97.

Paul recalled that the seed
: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 229.

“
Whenever in doubt
”: Leary,
The Psychedelic Experience,
p. 14.

“
I did it just like he said
”: Sheff,
Playboy Interviews.

“
was all on the chord of C
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 210.

Martin “didn’t flinch
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 291.

“
rather interesting
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 210.

“
We worked very hard
”: Paul McCartney in Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 209.

“
It went round and round
”: George Martin in ibid., p. 209.

“
little symphonies
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 291.

Martin “listen[ed] to them at various speeds
”: George Martin in
Anthology,
p. 210.

“
He wanted his voice
”: Ibid., p. 211.

“
we suspend him from a rope
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 72.

“
By putting his voice through that
”: George Martin in
Anthology,
p. 211.

“
It meant actually breaking
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 72.

Stoned—which they were
: “Quite a bit of marijuana was being smoked.” Neil Aspinall in
Anthology,
p. 212.

“
The group encouraged us
”:
Mojo,
1/96, p. 70.

“
thousands of monks chanting
”: John Lennon, 1967 interview, in
Anthology,
p. 211.

“
knocked out
”: Martin,
All You Need,
p. 156.

“
Well, John,” Martin replied
: Ibid.

“
a very acoustic number
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 72.

“
It was a song about pot
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 209.

not about acid
: “It actually describes his experience taking acid.” Sheff,
Playboy Interviews,
p. 153.

written to a great extent
: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 290.

John and George repeating
: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 72.

“
a definite jazz feel
”: Peter Coe in ibid., p. 79.

“
the mikes… right down
”: Ibid.

to launch it into orbit
: “You’ll really be hearing six trumpets in that coda.” Les Condon in Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 212.

“
heavier” rock ’n roll
:
“Paperback Writer had a heavier sound than some earlier work.” George Martin in
Anthology,
p. 212.

“
a guitar lick on a fuzzy, loud guitar
”: Sheff,
Playboy Interviews,
p. 151.

The only special effect
: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 74.

was “a co-effort
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 280.

“
couldn’t get a backing track
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 212.

“
big, ponderous, thunderous
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 280.

The Beatles were halfway through
: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 213.

“
I got home from the studio
”: Sheff,
Playboy Interviews,
p. 167.

“
The Beatles weren’t quite sure
”: George Martin in Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 208.

“
While they were out having a break
”: George Martin,
Arena
archives.

“
And that was awful
”: Ibid.

“
We were really starting to find ourselves
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 212.

“
We [wanted] to do something different
”: John Lennon, 1974 interview, in
Anthology,
p. 205.

“
was a bit of a surrealist
”: Ibid.

“
he, as an outsider
”: “Meat in Money,”
Record Collector,
10/94, p. 20.

“
We were supposed to be sort of angels
”: John Lennon, 1974 interview, in
Anthology,
p. 204.

“
gross… and stupid
”: George Harrison in ibid.

“
It’s their comment on war
”: Alan Livingston,
Arena
archives.

“
we thought it was stunning
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 204.

“
They absolutely insist
”: Alan Livingston,
Arena
archives.

Unfortunately for Capitol
: “Over a half-a-million or so known to have been pressed.” “Meat in Money,”
Record Collector,
10/94, p. 25.

“
the album cover is being discarded
”: Letter from Ron Tepper, 6/14/66.

“
I especially pushed for it
”: John Lennon, 1974 interview, in
Anthology,
p. 205.

“
We weren’t against a little shock
”: Paul McCartney in ibid., p. 204.

Clive Davis, who “thought the Beatles had peaked
”: “That is a fact…. We were at Columbia and someone brought in the album cover with the dolls and meat… and Clive couldn’t deal with it.” Author interview with Nat Weiss, 1/28/98.

“
awful-looking picture of us
”: John Lennon, 1974 interview, in
Anthology,
p. 205.

“
succumbed to pressure from fans
”: “Beatles—Vintage ’66: The Fan’s-Eye View,”
Melody Maker,
6/25/66.

“
It was too much trouble
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 214.

“
Musically, we’re only just starting
”:
Melody Maker,
6/25/66.

Brian had promised them
: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.

“
I don’t think we even thought of
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 214.

On June 16, 1966, Vic Lewis
: “Vic Lewis to Tokyo,”
NME,
6/10/66.

“
But by 1966
”: Barrow, “Manila: July 1966,” p. 2.

“
And the drugs made things much worse
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/3/97.

uppers and Tuinal
: Brown & Gaines,
Love You Make,
p. 181.

“
a garden-variety hustler
”: Author interview with Nat Weiss, 1/28/98.

“
I went over [to Brian’s flat]
”: Author interview with Ken Partridge, 1/18/98.

“
If you show up again
”: Author interview with Nat Weiss, 1/28/98.

“
sweetest, most special plaything
”: Author interview with Ken Partridge, 1/18/98.

“
a new British sound
”: Paul McCartney in Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 222.

“
sharp, incisive jolts
”: Riley,
Tell Me Why,
p. 183.

“
studio-
verité
”: MacDonald,
Revolution in the Head,
p. 160.

“
I had discovered I was paying
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 206.

“
righteous indignation
”: Paul McCartney in ibid., p. 207.

“
threw in a few one-liners
”:
John Lennon, 1968 interview, in Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 223.

the full symphonic treatment
: “This time there were eight [musicians]—a double string quartet.” Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 77.

The song is an elegant ballad
: “I was in Switzerland… and ended up in a little bathroom in a Swiss chalet writing ‘For No One.’ ” Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 207.

gentle wisecracks
: “There were funny little grammatical jokes we used to play.” Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 287.

“
chains, ship’s bells, hand bells
”: Geoff Emerick in Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 81.

“
They had a whole crowd
”: Ibid.

Abracadabra
: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 269.

“
Let’s just call it
Rock ’n Roll Hits
”: “They Love ’Em—Ja! Ja! Ja!”
Melody Maker,
7/2/66.

John came up with
Beatles on Safari
: “Triumphant Return!”
Beatles Book Monthly,
8/66, p. 7.

Paul put it up for consideration
: “Paul thought of
Revolver,
and we hadn’t thought of anything better.” Ringo Starr in Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 221.

the same one that had transported Queen Elizabeth
: “It was the train that was used when the royal party toured Germany.” George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 215.

“
We all knew each other
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/9/97.

“
the brutality started to show
”:
Melody Maker,
7/2/66.

Every one of them was looking forward
: “They were excited to get back to Hamburg.” Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/9/97.

“
[they’d] got famous in the meantime
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 215.

“
How about Bettina
”: “Beatles Return to Hamburg,”
NME,
7/2/66.

“
[A] lot of old ghosts materialized
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 215.

“
the best present I’ve had
”: “Beatles Return to Hamburg,”
NME,
7/2/66.

“
What kind of questions are these?
”: Beatles press conference, Hamburg, 6/26/66.