The Beatles (183 page)

“
Magic Alex said that EMI
”: George Martin in ibid.

“
The Jam”/“Walkabout
”: “Beatles Broaden Role in Business,”
New York Times,
5/15/68.

“
Some Gorgeous Accident
”:
The Times
(London), 4/26/68.

There were preliminary discussions
: “Beatles Maharishi Documentary Film,”
NME,
3/9/68.

a high-grade 50 percent
:
“The Story of
Yellow Submarine,” Beatles Book Monthly,
9/93, pp. 5–11.

“
He dreaded going to them
”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.

“
We only had one or two
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 292.

“
Their reaction was
: ‘OK’ ”: Martin,
All You Need,
p. 226.

“
brilliantly inventive
”:
Daily Telegraph,
7/19/68.

strong “visual imagination
”: “Tati and the Beatles New Films in London,”
Christian Science Monitor,
8/3/68.

“
The film packs more
”: “Lessons at the Movies,”
Observer,
7/28/68.

Ringo… “loved
Yellow Submarine
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 292.

“
I think it’s a classic
”: George Harrison in ibid.

“
The Beatles stubbornly continue
”:
Daily Mail,
12/29/67.

“
They have a different feel
”: “Interview: John Lennon,”
Rolling Stone,
11/23/68.

“
just finish off the tail
”: McCabe & Schonfeld,
John Lennon: For the Record,
p. 119.

“
it meant that I’d hear
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 487.

Paul regretted the loss
: “Because John [was divorcing] Cynthia and had gone off with Yoko…” Ibid.

“
my love cloud
”: Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 106.

“
never known love like this
”: John Lennon, 1968 interview, in
Anthology,
p. 301.

“
my head would go off
”: McCabe & Schonfeld,
John Lennon: For the Record,
p. 56.

“
She was the ultimate trip
”: Sheff,
Playboy Interviews.

“
eerily silent
”: Coleman,
Lennon,
p. 345.

“
John and Yoko, wearing nothing
”:
Hello!,
5/28/94.

“
in complete shock
”: Ibid.

But one night in that desperate
: Brown & Gaines,
Love You Make,
p. 293.

“
She knew it was a mistake
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/12/97.

“
For a while, everything
”: C. Lennon,
A Twist,
p. 168.

“
a very agitated” Magic Alex
: Ibid., p. 169.

“
absolutely devastated
”:
Hello!,
5/28/94.

“
I knew when I saw the picture
”: Coleman,
Lennon,
p. 350.

The groundwork for it
: Lewisohn,
25
Years in the Life,
p. 104
.

“
They were like two nervous
”: Author interview with Alistair Taylor, 1/17/98.

773–74 “
loyalty to and affection for Cynthia
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 347.

“
As your friend and press officer
”: Ibid., p. 340.

“
Word had circulated
”: Author interview with Don Short, 8/11/97.

“Where’s your wife?”
: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/12/97.

“
Who is this?
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 340.

“
What happened to your wife
”: Brown & Gaines,
Love You Make,
p. 297.

“
Paul, in his usual way
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/12/97.

Ringo had installed a rear window
: Author interview with Ken Partridge, 1/18/98.

made “Paul [feel] uncomfortable
”: “Paul felt uncomfortable around John and Yoko.” Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 486.

“
[John] was getting into harder drugs
”: Ibid.

John’s “adversity and… craziness
”: Ibid., p. 487.

“
‘God will save us’
”: Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 131.

“
I really thought that love
”: Ibid., p. 132.

“
He doesn’t really get off the fence
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 484.

“
He seemed to be particularly focused
”: Author interview with Alan Brown, 5/18/97.

Yoko Ono sat “perversely
”: Coleman,
Lennon,
p. 363.

“
It was fairly shocking
”: Author interview with Alan Brown, 5/18/97.

She “just moved in
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 308.

“
John brought her into the control room
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 135.

“
dared the others
”: Author interview with Alan Brown, 5/18/97.

Studio grunts watched
: Author interview with Martin Benge, 5/18/97.

“
talk about fixes and monkeys
”:
Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 486.

“
[The studio] was where
we
were together
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 308.

“
Yoko was there
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 484.

“
I bastardized it
”: Author interview with Paul McCartney, 3/21/97.

“
I could hear them
”: Author interview with Alan Brown, 5/18/97.

“
She came in and she would expect
”: Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 69.

“
fed up [with] being sideman
”: Ibid., p. 49.

“
cop out
”: Ibid.

“
Finally, he just told EMI
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/12/97.

Paul celebrated
: Brown & Gaines,
Love You Make,
pp. 304–5.

“
I’m here if you show up
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 451.

“
The moment Linda arrived
”: Author interview with Tony Bramwell, 8/6/97.

“
[I’d] always found Linda
”: Author interview with Paul McCartney, 3/21/97.

Linda “seemed amused
”: Author interview with Tony Bramwell, 8/6/97.

“
Her family was the most academic
”: Author interview with Paul McCartney, 3/21/97.

Paul “felt particularly sorry
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 297.

Julian was “a fragile little
”: Author interview with Alistair Taylor, 1/17/98.

“
the Law of the Husband
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/10/97.

“
I thought it was a bit much
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 465.

“
try to cheer them up
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 297.

“
a hopeful message for Julian
”: Ibid.

“
one of [Paul’s] masterpieces
”: Sheff,
Playboy Interviews,
p. 157.

John was holding out
: “I wanted to put it out as a single.” Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 131.

“
No, George… You come in
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 467.

“
oblivious to anyone else’s feelings
”: Author interview with Ron Richards, 12/29/97.

even had the structure for… “Something
”: While recording “Piggies,” George played “Something” for Chris Thomas, George Martin’s assistant. Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 265.

“
made the other Beatles self-conscious
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 492.

“
There was a definite vibe
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 308.

“
I remember having three studios
”: Ibid., p. 305.

“
For the first time, I had to split myself
”: George Martin in ibid.

“
looking after what both
”: Martin,
All You Need,
p. 132.

“
dead set against putting such a mess
”: Author interview with Ron Richards, 12/29/97.

“
[Paul] even recorded it
”: Sheff,
Playboy Interviews,
p. 160.

“
there was such a lack of enthusiasm
”: George Harrison in Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 391.

“
They weren’t taking it seriously
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 306.

“
the others would join in
”: George Martin in Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 263.

“
We were in George’s car
”: Eric Clapton in Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 391.

“
I was recording not a band
”: George Martin in Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 263.

“
because some of them weren’t great
”: George Martin in
Anthology,
p. 305.

“
I’m going on holiday
”: George Martin in Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 264.

“
really arguing amongst themselves
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 143.

“
Paul was re-recording the vocal
”: Ibid.

“
None of us had any experience
”: Author interview with Alistair Taylor, 1/17/98.

For a while the company’s destiny
: “We went through a period when we weren’t allowed to do anything before someone threw the
I Ching.”
Alistair Taylor in Pritchard & Lysaght,
The Beatles,
p. 273.

“
We invited people to Apple
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/10/97.

“
John wouldn’t rest
”:
Author interview with Tony Bramwell, 8/6/97.

“
We really want to help people
”: New York press conference transcript, 5/14/68.

“
not necessarily having a hard time
”: “Beatles’ Loose Habit of Recording,”
NME,
8/17/68.

“
smashed down an entire… panel
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 348.

Beatles “were a mother’s dream
”: Author interview with Alistair Taylor, 1/17/98.

“
to make business fun
”: Ibid.

“
foolish disregard
”: Letter, Derek Taylor to the Beatles, 7/26/68.

“
mistaken for little Jewish businessmen
”: George Harrison in Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 375.

“
Yoko came up with the idea
”: McCabe & Schonfeld,
John Lennon: For the Record,
p. 106.

such “a good happening
”: Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 59.

“
Originally, the shops were intended
”: Beatles press release, issued 7/29/68.

“
The night before, we all went in
”: McCabe & Schonfeld,
John Lennon: For the Record,
p. 106.

“
a smashing raincoat
”: Paul McCartney in Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 375.

“
loads of shirts and jackets
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 296.

“
It was great
”: McCabe & Schonfeld,
John Lennon: For the Record,
p. 106.

“
Yoko revealed a greedy side
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/10/97.

“
Hundreds of people” stampeded
:
Daily Mail,
8/1/68.

“
the bulls at Pamplona
”: Author interview with Alistair Taylor, 1/17/98.

“
people… coming with wheelbarrows
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 296.

“
it brought out the worst
”: D. Taylor,
As Time Goes By,
p. 143.

The version Paul cut with Mary
: “He originally tried to get the Moody Blues or Donovan to record it.” Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 351.

“
ideal material for half-time
”:
NME,
8/31/68.

“
I wanted a really different sound
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 289.

“
It wasn’t intended
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 466.

“
It felt good recording it
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 297.

the largest-selling Beatles record
:
Billboard
research department files.

“
all the time in the world
”: “Danger—Beatles at Work,”
Saturday Review,
10/12/68, p. 64.

Paul recorded “Mother Nature’s Son
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 147.

so offended Paul that he refused
: Author interview with Ron Richards, 12/29/97.

“
the whole thing was going down
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 312.

“
unloved and out of it
”: Ibid., p. 311.

Ringo’s “feel and soul
”: Paul McCartney in ibid.

“
the most raucous
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 488.

“
drummed as if his life
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 154.

The Beatles’ goal, according to John
: “We made the double white album because it was going to be a double album forever.” John Lennon, 1970 interview, in Badman,
Off the Record,
pp. 391–92.

“
I thought we should probably have made
”: George Martin in
Anthology,
p. 305.

“
a bit heavy
”: “I think, in a way, it was a mistake doing four sides.” George Harrison in Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 388.

“
definitely rocking
”: John Lennon in ibid.

“
something as utterly simple
”: “Beatles ‘Live’ by Paul,”
NME,
10/12/68.