The Beatles (180 page)

“
Almost the whole song was written
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 318.

wanted a “fairground sound
”: “The fairground sound, suggested by John…” Ibid.

“
smell the sawdust
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 99.

“
a pumping kind of sound
”: Martin,
Summer of Love,
p. 91.

“
I selected two-minute segments
”: Ibid.

“
but, amazingly, they came back
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 99.

“
John was thrilled to bits
”: Martin,
Summer of Love,
p. 91.

Paul had written during a nighttime walk
: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 320.

“
the one hard drug used
”: Ibid., p. 383.

“
I used to have a bit of coke
”: Ibid., p. 384.

“
looking back on it,
Pepper
”: Coleman,
Lennon,
p. 335.

John told Jann Wenner
: “I never took it in the studio.” Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 76.

“
accidental trip
”:
Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 385.

“
By mistake this night
”: Ibid., p. 382.

“
I suddenly got so scared
”: Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 76.

“
George, I’m not feeling too good
”: Martin,
Summer of Love,
p. 109.

“
swaying gently against my arm
”: Ibid.

“
I thought, Maybe this is the moment
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 382.

“
a guy who wasn’t keen
”: Ibid., p. 381.

“
I always knew I’d have to keep
”: Ibid., p. 185.

“
spacy”/“very, very deeply emotional experience
”: Ibid., pp. 380–81.

“
It was a very freaky experience
”: Ibid., p. 383.

“
They ran down to the studio
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 109.

“
Couldn’t really be any other
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 332.

“
We had certainly not intended
”: Ibid., pp. 332–33.

“
We wanted the sleeve
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 248.

His best customers
: Hewison,
Too Much,
p. 70.

“
the most formative influence
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 243.

“
not good art
”: “He said, ‘It’s not good art.’ ” Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 248.

“
In years to come
”: Peter Blake, 8/83, AGA.

“
No, not very much
”: Ibid.

“
It was just a broad spectrum
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 252.

“
naughty” little choice
: “That was John’s sense of humor. There had been the Christ controversy… so I think it was just John being naughty again.” Peter Blake in Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 245.

Hitler—which managed to piss off Paul
: “I didn’t agree with it, but he was just trying to be far-out really.” Paul McCartney in ibid.

“
Whatever the others have
”: Ringo Starr in Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 244; Peter Blake, 8/83, AGA.

The legwork was left
: “… so Mal and I went to all the different libraries.” Neil Aspinall in
Anthology,
p. 248.

“
We made a rough kind of wooden frame
”: Peter Blake, 8/83, AGA.

“
so the delivery boy
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 344.

“
We just chose oddball things
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 248.

“
with goodies
”: “So we wanted to pack it with goodies.” Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 340.

But production costs rendered
: “It was a packaging problem.” Peter Blake in Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 245.

“
Joe Lockwood was furious
”: Robert Fraser, AGA (undated).

that photo of Hitler
: “Hitler is a definite no.” Martin,
Summer of Love,
p. 118.

“
take Gandhi out
”: Norman,
Shout!,
p. 291.

“
We have some problems
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 338.

“
It had the flowers
”: Neil Aspinall in
Anthology,
p. 248.

friction between Brian and Robert Stigwood
: “Brian had become disillusioned with Stigwood.” Author interview with Nat Weiss, 1/28/98.

“
He certainly couldn’t handle them
”: Author interview with Alistair Taylor, 1/17/98.

“
fell in love
”: “Robert fell in love with them, especially with Barry Gibb.” Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/10/97.

“
Brian became annoyed
”: Author interview with Nat Weiss, 1/28/98.

Shirley Temple… wanted to approve
:
Anthology,
p. 251.

“
What would
I
be doing
”: Peter Blake, 8/83, AGA.

getting stoned with the Jefferson
: “We went over to their place, smoking pot.” Author interview with Nat Weiss, 1/28/98.

“
golden… far-out
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 254.

“
the idea tumbled together
”:
Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 350.

“
Everyone would spend time
”: Ibid.

“
I still felt every now and then
”: John Lennon in
Anthology,
p. 272.

“
enjoyed the fish and chip quality
”: Fawcett,
John Lennon: One Day at a Time,
p. 92.

“
We didn’t see any way
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 272.

“
Nobody quite knows
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 353.

“
McCartney arrived at the studio
”: MacDonald,
Revolution in the Head,
p. 203.

“
references to drugs
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 353.

“
the worst kind of musical cliché
”: Riley,
Tell Me Why,
p. 237.

When the Beatles returned
: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 111.

“
a combination of two separate
”: Sheff,
Playboy Interviews,
p. 155.

unable “to resist singing
”: MacDonald,
Revolution in the Head,
p. 206.

“
He knew he had to confront it
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/10/97.

“
positively sick
”: Ibid.

Paul felt strongly
: He considered the Dick James deal “draconian.” Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 146.

“
What about us?
”: “Yeah, well Klein got the Stones a million and a quarter, didn’t he?” Brown & Gaines,
Love You Make,
p. 248.

“
fast-talking, dirty-mouthed
”: Ibid., p. 247.

Brian refused to shake hands
: Author interview with Nat Weiss, 1/28/98.

“
fucked-up and all hazy
”: “… which is what those pill do to you…” Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/9/97.

“
felt that more and more
”: Joanne Newfield Petersen,
Arena
archives.

“
One night Peter had been
”: Author interview with Nat Weiss, 1/28/98.

“
a rather grand farmhouse
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/9/97.

“
more irrational, more incoherent
”: Robert Stigwood,
Arena
archives.

“
isolated themselves, not only
”:
Daily Mail,
5/12/67.

a small but “grandiose” party
: “It was done in a very grandiose way.” Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/10/97.

“
very Waspish, a real anti-Semitic Jew
”: Author interview with Jerry Leiber, 7/11/95.

“
She always insisted
”: Author interview with Nat Weiss, 1/28/98.

it is more likely that they met
: “The night I met Linda I was at the Bag o’ Nails,” Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 432.

“
the hottest ticket in town
”: Martin,
Summer of Love,
p. 152.

“
Besides… I thought she was cute
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/10/97.

“
zero[ing] in on Paul
”: Brown & Gaines,
Love You Make,
p. 247.

“
couldn’t help but notice
”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.

“
resembled an animated Victorian
”:
Melody Maker,
5/27/67.

“
looked haggard, old
”: Coleman,
Lennon,
p. 334.

“
like someone out of a Scott Fitzgerald novel
”:
Melody Maker,
5/27/67.

“
could be considered to have drug-taking implications
”: BBC press release, 5/17/67.

“
He’d decided this
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/10/97.

“
perhaps all week
”: “We picked Derek and Joan up after an all-night (or all week)… LSD trip.” George Harrison in D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 298.

“
Everyone was getting along
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/9/97.

“
The minute you walked through
”: Author interview with Lionel Bart, 1/16/98.

“
the mad hatter’s tea party
”: C. Lennon,
A Twist,
p. 145.

Peter Brown reports
: Brown & Gaines,
Love You Make,
p. 255.

“
she hadn’t taken anything
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 301.

“
Wasn’t that always the case
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/10/97.

“
Paul… didn’t… come
”: Brown & Gaines,
Love You Make,
p. 254.

“
This was to have been for Paul
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 300.

“
I was downright scared
”:
Martin,
Summer of Love,
p. 151.

“
remarkable”/“tremendous advance
”:
Sunday Times,
6/3/67.

“
Any of these songs
”:
The Times
(London), 6/4/67.

“
They think for themselves
”:
NME,
5/27/67.

“
Over the last four years
”: “From Us to You,”
NME,
6/10/67.

“
equal to any song
”: “The Messengers,”
Time,
9/22/67, p. 122.

“
Unfortunately, there is no apparent
”: “We still Need the Beatles, But…,”
New York Times,
6/18/67.

“
a historic departure
”:
Time,
9/22/67, p. 128.

a staggering 2,500,000 copies
: sales figures from
Melody Maker,
6/10/67.

“
second renaissance
”: Red Robinson in Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 246.

“
they had the pulse
”: Murray the K in ibid.

“
the nutters
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 332.

“
missionaries
”:
New York Times Magazine,
5/7/67.

697–98 “
messengers from beyond
”: “The Messengers,”
Time,
9/22/67, p. 128.

“
progenitors of a Pop
”:
New York Times,
6/18/67.

“
The Beatles weren’t the leaders
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 253.

“
Even when the others weren’t
”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.

“
Paul needs an audience
”: Davies,
Beatles,
p. 280.

“
the cock who crowed
”: Ibid., p. 370.

“
I’m either going to bluff
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 255.

“
About four times
”: ITN footage, printed transcript, 6/19/67.

“
The press had a field day
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 255.

“
No one knew why Paul
”: Author interview with Alistair Taylor, 1/18/98.

“
We weren’t actually telling anybody
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 255.

“
I thought Paul should
”: George Harrison in ibid.

“
I think LSD helped
”:
Melody Maker,
6/23/67.

Several months earlier, the BBC-1
: “Beatles-World TV,”
NME,
5/27/67.

Paul had been working on
: George Martin in Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 251.

“
seemed to fit with the overall concept
”: Ibid.

“
keep it simple
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 116.

“
Well, it’s certainly repetitive
”: “All You Need Is Love,”
Beatles Book Monthly,
7/87, p. 4.

“
We must do some preparation
”: George Martin in Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 251.

“
make it a strict condition
”:
Beatles Book Monthly,
7/87, p. 5.

on the eve of the broadcast
: “I went off in the evening to find guests for the next day.” Tony Bramwell in Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 292.

“
Everyone I asked jumped
”: Author interview with Tony Bramwell, 8/8/97.

“
By 7pm [on June 25]
”:
Beatles Book Monthly,
7/87, p. 7.

“
It was so bloody heavy
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 257.

“
too out of sorts
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/10/97.

“
zonked
”: Bryan Barrett,
Arena
archives.

on one amazing bill in early June
: Lewisohn,
25
Years in the Life,
p. 91.