Between 1976 and 1979, when the Beatles were hibernating or enjoying other activities, their label began to slowly run out of money. Their financial advisors tried to convince all four that it really was time to do something again. Unfortunately, the only one who was really interested in any kind of work was Paul. In…
Following the cancelled Vienna concert, The Beatles decided to return to their roots the next year, recall the best time of their lives and record the new album in Hamburg, Germany, in a small underground studio owned by Bruno Koschmider. They left their wives and girlfriends at home and, with only a modest team, locked…
Paul did not give up his idea of life show the following year either, and tried to convince the others that 1974 was finally the right time for a comeback concert. After much hesitation and persuasion (and lots of money involved), the other Beatles finally agreed to perform at the all-day festival at the Vienna…
Paul’s recurring idea to try to start performing live was rejected again by the other members of the band. They wanted to play together but not live. So they met again in the studio and the result was probably their best album in 70s, although very short, only with five tracks on each side. The…
After several months when all four Beatles released their own non-Beatles singles, they found that without the contributions of the others, their solo recordings were somehow incomplete. John’s solo single Cold Turkey / Working Class Hero had a success with critics and journalists, but the BBC refused to play it, so it was a commercial…
The main talking points at that famous meeting at Apple HQ in Saville Row are generally well known. They were considering making a new album plus a Christmas single, all future albums should be divided equally — four songs each for the three main writers, plus one or two for Ringo “if he wants them”,…
Let’s start in 1970. Abbey Road was released seven months ago and the Beatles began to deal with what to do next. Paul eventually persuaded the other three to try not to throw away the awful lot of work they did during the recording of Get Back. With the help of his father-in-law’s lawyers, Paul…
I consider both Red and Blue double albums to be extremely well done. My versions would be very similar, maybe except for a few details pretty much exactly the same. But so far I haven’t come across a Green album that I really like and that is compiled according to my own standards. And I’ve…