GeorgieGirl
Jun 06, 2005, 03:34 PM
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What if the Beatles had never found fame ...'
Jun 6 2005
By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
BRIAN Epstein got the Beatles 22 auditions with record companies.
They recorded 15 tracks for Decca in under an hour on January 1, 1962 before being rushed out of the studio to make way for another band, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes.
Decca's Dick Rowe turned down the Beatles after stating that guitar music "was on the way out". He signed the Tremeloes instead because they were from Essex and would cost less in travelling expences.
Six months later - on this very date, in fact - the Beatles went to Abbey Road studios to audition for George Martin, who was more used to recording The Goons. He was impressed by their musical talent and their Scouse humour.
George Harrison later recalled: "I nearly got killed by the rest of the band on that first trip to Abbey Road when George Martin recorded us.
"Afterwards, he played it back and he said, `Is there anything that you don't like?' I just looked at him and said, `Well, I don't like your tie, for a kick-off.' And the others were like, `Oh no. We're trying to get a record deal here.' But he had a sense of humour."
He also had an ear for a sound that was to make the Beatles the biggest name ever in rock and roll and their music a benchmark for decades to come.
Just think what we might have missed if George Martin hadn't recognised embryo genius 43 years ago today.
No Hey Jude, Sergeant Pepper or speculation about 4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire. All You Need Is Love might have been a sentiment never shared.
And if The Beatles had never found fame, would they still be playing rock and roll? George Harrison would, sadly, have gone, but Lennon would still be alive and an acerbic 65-year-old. Would he still be teamed with McCartney and Ringo, still playing pub gigs around Liverpool?
"Here's a song we wrote a few years ago. Hope you like it, mind, it's all the same if you don't because we're still going to sing it. One, two, three, four ... Well she was just seventeen, you know what I mean, and the way she looked was way beyond compare ..."
Thank goodness for George Martin.
Thank goodness for the music.
What if the Beatles had never found fame ...'
Jun 6 2005
By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
BRIAN Epstein got the Beatles 22 auditions with record companies.
They recorded 15 tracks for Decca in under an hour on January 1, 1962 before being rushed out of the studio to make way for another band, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes.
Decca's Dick Rowe turned down the Beatles after stating that guitar music "was on the way out". He signed the Tremeloes instead because they were from Essex and would cost less in travelling expences.
Six months later - on this very date, in fact - the Beatles went to Abbey Road studios to audition for George Martin, who was more used to recording The Goons. He was impressed by their musical talent and their Scouse humour.
George Harrison later recalled: "I nearly got killed by the rest of the band on that first trip to Abbey Road when George Martin recorded us.
"Afterwards, he played it back and he said, `Is there anything that you don't like?' I just looked at him and said, `Well, I don't like your tie, for a kick-off.' And the others were like, `Oh no. We're trying to get a record deal here.' But he had a sense of humour."
He also had an ear for a sound that was to make the Beatles the biggest name ever in rock and roll and their music a benchmark for decades to come.
Just think what we might have missed if George Martin hadn't recognised embryo genius 43 years ago today.
No Hey Jude, Sergeant Pepper or speculation about 4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire. All You Need Is Love might have been a sentiment never shared.
And if The Beatles had never found fame, would they still be playing rock and roll? George Harrison would, sadly, have gone, but Lennon would still be alive and an acerbic 65-year-old. Would he still be teamed with McCartney and Ringo, still playing pub gigs around Liverpool?
"Here's a song we wrote a few years ago. Hope you like it, mind, it's all the same if you don't because we're still going to sing it. One, two, three, four ... Well she was just seventeen, you know what I mean, and the way she looked was way beyond compare ..."
Thank goodness for George Martin.
Thank goodness for the music.