Category: Beatles
Quant of Silence
Prue was asked to provide some input for Sadie Frost’s Quant. Having known Mary since she was seventeen, Prue was happy to oblige. The documentary premiered in England last year, but so far there is no word of when it will be available in America. I’ll keep checking.
More Mach Schau!
Andrew at Parlogram Auctions delves into the Beatles’ forced return to Hamburg in late 1962. It had been almost exactly a year since Ringo sat in for Pete Best at the Cavern, making it inevitable that he would become a Beatle.*
I have both an American and a German copy of the LP. Andrew prefers the German pressing, and so do I, but it must be noted that both editions are in that most irritating of audio formats, “fake stereo” (with Haeco-CSG processing being a close second).
This mono copy sounds nice and solid. Saying something is “SUPER RARE” is funny, because that’s no longer true the moment it’s on YouTube.
*All These Years: Tune In, Extended Special Edition, by Mark Lewisohn, Vol. 2, pgs. 1044-1045
A Month for Bugs
It was bad enough when the 1960’s was 50 years ago, but 60?? In June, 1962, unknown to me as a little boy in Wisconsin, Amazing Fantasy #15 was on newsstands, featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man.
Also that month, 60 years ago today, in fact, was B-Day. The Beatles had their first recording session with George Martin at EMI. John, Paul, and George, with Pete Best on drums.
https://www.beatlesbible.com/1962/06/06/the-beatles-first-abbey-road-recording-session/
https://www.curvebenderpublishing.com/
Blog Post Extra: Someone has pegged the distribution date of Amazing Fantasy #15 as June 5, 1962, 60 years ago yesterday. Also released that day was the debut of another Marvel Comics Group bug, in the person of Ant-Man.
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/06/05/60-years-of-ant-man-spider-man-thor-and-larry/
Calling Dr. Starkey
Ringo was in town today at the Berklee School of Music, receiving an honorary doctorate. Here’s his message to this year’s Berklee grads.
Prue Bury Blues
HAH! You’re in a Blues song, Prue! He got it right about Pretty Prue and Plain Pattie.