A few Beatles-related items:
- Mike Smith has passed away. He was the A&R man who, on January 1, 1962, signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes to Decca Records, instead of the Beatles.
- Back in October I noted that EMI was going to be bought by the rich Russian who bought Warner Music. But a last-minute deal between EMI and Universal Music was worked out.
- Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew, co-authors of Recording the Beatles, have sold out four talks at EMI’s Abbey Road recording studios on the 80-year history of the facility.
Don’t get the Bob Spitz book! It’s junk. Full of inaccuracies.
In matter of Mike Smith, “Silence is [not] Golden!” Sorry to hear that. and many thanks for the Beatles book. I just got it yesterday. Too much stuff for Christmas! 🙂 I’m now eying several other books about the Beatles to download on my new Kindle Fire.