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Prue in Words and Picture
A while back I was contacted by Gary James, who has a Web site called Classic Bands. He asked to interview Prue Bury, and after checking some of his previous interviews I put him in touch with her. Gary transcribes his interviews, rather than posting audio, and here is the link to his conversation with Prue.
I bought the original print of this photo on an eBay/UK auction. It should be here in a couple of weeks. The Australian seller says the date on the back of the picture is March 4, 1964, which places it during the filming of “A Hard Day’s Night.”
I wrote to Prue and said, “I don’t know what pictures you might be missing in your collection. I’m hoping that seeing this one is a surprise for you. It certainly is for me!” Prue replied, “Very much so! Never seen it before, where did it come from?” I don’t know, but perhaps the seller has more information. I’ve had a similar experience a couple of times, where I was shown a photo of myself I’d never seen before, and I had no recollection of it being taken. One of them was from my business trip in Saudi Arabia. I should see if I can find it.
Something worth emphasizing is that knowing everything I do about Prue, her connection to the Beatles may not be the least interesting thing about her, but it is far from the most interesting. Even Prue’s birth is compelling, with her mother carrying her during the family’s flight from occupied Belgium to England. She was born during the last of the Nazi Blitz attacks on London.
Water Closet Listening
John Lennon apparently insisted on having music in every room!
The Greatest Concert You’ve Never Heard, Or Heard Of
Long before the Monterey International Pop Music Festival was held in 1967, in England there were the NME (New Musical Express) Poll Winners concerts. The 1965 event was held on Sunday, April 11, and it featured an unbelievable lineup, along with a couple of lesser-known acts. How did these huge names all clear their schedules to appear together on the same day?
The Moody Blues
Bo Didley
Go Now
Freddie And The Dreamers
Little Bitty
Pretty One
A Little You
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames
Yeh Yeh
Walking The Dog
The Seekers
I’ll Never Find Another You
A World Of Our Own
Herman’s Hermits
Wonderful World
Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter
The Ivy League And Division Two
Funny How Love Can Be
Sweet And Tender Romance
That’s Why I’m Crying
Sounds Incorporated
Time For You
In The Hall Of The Mountain King
Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders
Game Of Love
Just A Little Bit Too Late
The Rolling Stones
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
Pain In My Heart
Around And Around
Pain In My Heart
Cilla Black With Sounds Incorporated
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Going Out Of My Head
Donovan
You’re Gonna Need Somebody On Your Band
Catch The Wind
Them with Van Morrison
Here Comes The Night
Turn On Your Love Light
The Searchers
Bumble Bee
Let The Good Times Roll
Dusty Springfield with The Echoes
Dancing In The Street
Mockingbird
I Can’t Hear You
The Animals
Boom Boom
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Talkin’ bout You
The Beatles
I Feel Fine
She’s A Woman
Baby’s In Black
Ticket To Ride
Long Tall Sally
The Kinks
You Really Got Me
Tired Of Waiting For You
The first time I heard about the ’65 NME concert was at a solo Ray Davies show, where he described how the Kinks were stuck being the follow-up act to the Beatles. Let’s all agree to ignore the presence of the posthumously disgraced Jimmy Savile, and please note that, despite being two hours long, the concert footage is far from complete, but what there is of it is fantastic. And now, on with the show!
A Day in His Life
This interview with John Lennon is jam-packed with fascinating insights and tidbits.
Hollywood Bowl Naked
Giles Martin has done an outstanding job with engineering the recent re-issues of the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, and Sgt. Pepper. Capitol Records had technical problems when recording of the first half of the 1964 show at the Hollywood Bowl, which was unforgivable, considering the venue is within walking distance of the Capitol tower. They did a better job a year later. Here is the original, unedited audio of the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl in ’65, so you can hear exactly what the source material was that Giles had to work with.