The Beetles Cencuer America 1904 a A neal that shocks end ‘forated th ise by A Serial Seesire the sense corkured ited Stale agen wreenlsaller dew Fe trate Inoue incusire Acceiding co-che psycholopical-need ulcer, all his bad news pro- ducal a craving fea ligktwedsht, happy chsession, and the stary of the fous young moptops and heir screams ny twennage Bill perfectly. Yer, che need for civersion: cannar scricusly be advanced uns Giued he asa lctor in the Beatles’ suncess. Coadujons, alte: all, bave not improved greatly since 163. Weer, gnvernmenr corruption, racial vinlenee, Ginanetal disarray and envirummental ned ro denainace the sows: if.a need for diversion injustice, inner-ci disasters have conti lay at the herct of Beatlemania, why Ive dhe equally eraubled tazon and 1980s produced nothing like che iystevia thar aetended he Beare? early yeura? hu siid, chete is no deaying, the Beads’ excramusical appeal ce reenapers of fie Lime, wher sav in dhear musical, saccucial vid bars Jal syle a clear break from the cxpeecations of dheie parcnes and. reachers. Vhe Beatles were sanechinys af theis own, iid the pudding- basi hazrcuts in particular, chough pisicith by today’s scandards, seemed seandalius in 1964 and made for comparar.vely hacutless Jourgencraccanal Friction More eruciully, duey re seached one its periodic troughs. By 1963 the avert ses lived popula jausic at a Elvis hind beet layely banished from maéistrsam pup. Ci files Steve Laveronce (with ‘Ger Away Lite Git’) and Bobby Viner raricesaz ths Beatles with ‘Blac Velvet’ ond “There ['ve Said i) Again’) copped che chars Brocebwery shiny canes still registered, tv did neavelries lang, rhe Hines at the Singing Now's ‘Dominique’, whieh was the umber one record. in che USA for mosr af December 1963. There were signs suggesting shat a rev'val of rack would be wele come. The Vine Secsens, a group with a sound thar chrived an ve Tarot sand tke sauting Galsetto of is lead sinyer, Frankie Valli fans and Stevic Wonder kad vere was leetige nga Gia Lesley Gure’s were a faitky bor chare grep, ‘he C1 saucer one hits da 1967 “les My Party’), sassiness (im the Angels’ ‘My liowfriend’s Back’) and even sone early surf musi in che hit parade. “There seas alsa a growing alternative audience. Hob Dylan, toon Bace, Phil Ochs and ar amy el acoustic puisar-wielcing falk-sin, from Jan and (ean and che Bech Bays srere setting soeially-conseinus poerry ro simple, fallish melodies, and were playing v9 college students and suplisacetes, Amd the genres thar ppealed 10 the Hcatles in thei farmaci Motown, shydhon aid blues, soul - ud a predunis Je ausdieney dn the USA, although che sndewas making caough crossaver headveay co propel occasional records ineo the apper-eaches af rhe charcs. The | Bearles would help stake borh these genres sore maitsercam. ‘When they payed Chuck Berry: Lire Richare! anal Motinvn songs, and expressed their prefercnees in interviews, soang white 1ceond buyers seh were either res young ro have bere the trig nals or wehis were rat nnetes:ed aL the ame, suddenly bac jason ve investigate therm. Connections with rhe folk: camp were forged fhrer in 136g, svher Bob Dylan visited due Seales daring Ubele sceond Marth American tour, action wis based oa misnaderitanding: he thoughr che linus pant bide’, in "T Wint 1a vd Your Eland! was ‘T grt high’. ard was anuuned shag the Bearles gor this apparesr drug reference inro she pop clacts, The Beales weir oes con:ples inuwscms iv the doug colture, having lived on ampheramines in Hamburg. Bur chey had rover smoked marijuana wail Dean's vidi, These was a arusical give and rake berween rhe Bectles anc (yin as well, By rhe end of 9d, Lenaon was inchuding Dylan like harunwsica figuecs in his songs and was thinleiug nore carmlully uboue the Fierary arcs of his Iytics Dylar’s approach was suddenly accessible to pnp fans who had been, _—————The Bailes Corgis america 194 a3 Finer eoprivated by she Racalaskacransa he thought YourHand’ he aztuel aa 'Lopatare!y, ne Acwerizan folks'nger ob Tyan wa tha Fou ne i frat ome of mor"ware, al yor cee Lewes eaprocch te lyric writ ag cul 06 bh Inf venens by Ine Yeotler ty pute Fapnecante sleerris ineruments — — = | disinelined cn Fo'low him divecth than hal Ue was aliuost by acciderst what“ Want co Llold Your Maud was and in 165 he mee chemy mare way. ahangoniny bis fark yniew for an elzerrie rock hand injected inca the confused masical milie af the LISA bare im eps. In inuch tlie sate way ay the Belles kept vains on American inusic by listening to ths records brought back 1 Liverpool hy sailors, (arrall James, a Washington TIC clisk jckey, biel askel a Pritish Aieways sorvandess ov bing £ 2 sunt Buitish pop mass, [twas only natural hae | Want ¢9 Hiold Your Har’ was in the seack she gave him in Deeeuber rats, Wen Janes played ihe record ou ube ant the response was tremendous, Capitol recowligueed she suigle, replacing dhe British B-side This Boy’. with the much earlict ‘L Saw Fler Standing Ther all:in. chiver the fieaties, was assembled, us An i borh sides isthe Ametican single, plus “Isis Boy’ sixd niue of the fourtecn tracks on Wath the Beats: Capiro) had planned am issie "I Wane eo Hold Your Hand!’ iu eis January and the allbuen just brelve the Sullivaia appearances. Hurt by mide Decemlier disk jockeys smitinc! the camutry rete paring advance copies, and Swan atnd ¥ee Jay, sensing thac cheir invexcmenn: in he ily recordiugs might ar lase pay off reissued their verslous. Capitol moved hpally apuiust Swan and Vee Jay, eenequiring its rights co the carly material ic had rejncred, sind uoved up i:s owe celease dates‘le Beatles 1 he sr fre the sam, he Paates tobe breal-iler eeling up for av tendea peaforcige the sorng oF 1/24 Asche ground was heing prepared for ther in che USA, the Bealles tured Uveir atiention 10 Paris. where (br eighueen days chey sharod! a bil) arthe Olympia Lbcatre with Syivic Varin end Jzini Lapec. The French audience was mare reserved than dhe Beales swore then used co, Bur there were compensations. On their first day 3c: Paris, they received word that‘ Want © Holl Your Hind’ was number one on the weekdy chart published by Cashbox, having sold ana than a million copies in only reve weeks. Meanwhile they were thinking abou snouber projuet thar was quietly geuiing underway, Filin execurives ar United Artists had noted the Beatles’ sales procen- ial in late 1963, und apptoached Epxistn wily a contract otfer. ‘hei jean was co exphaie the Veacles’ finic — co cheir mutual benefit — witha quick. inexpensive, hlickeand-white filo, specifically for dhe British marker, ‘he pup cxploitasicn filam has lon been a dead (oun, but is, fice fs eh eee een Stee Reet ete and film, Elvis had Tbeen crarskingg cu nnucies lke sausages, and in Hogland Cit Richard followed suit, Chuck Berry Tittle Richaed sane ochcr cathy rockers hud) orade at hes. cauieo appearances in filensThe Rwalles Canqucr America 134 a5 for the sen mazkors and of course, Bill [Taley’s perfomance of Tock Around the Clock’ in Blrothuave? Jungle was 2 clarion call in che eauly days of tock, Plot lincs and acting ab‘licy were nec yisac converns the img'ns ching vas thar che soundrrack be peppered with pocencial bits. Voived Acie? principal ioterest, lo fact, was Jess iv the tile icsell than in the fights roa soundtrack album, Nos long alige de deal vaas signed, however, i: hegur: eo dhiven an United Artiscs char perhaps the Beatles might yickd something beter than the standaed pop film. And the Beatles, whi were feeling #hcir vei commercial out, liad ideas about he fla as well. Maialy dl did ner wanc to be made te look Foolish, What was fine wich Lester, the yong Ainenican capatriate director whe was iced far the project. carer wins ideal for the Bearles; he hal dirccood Peeor Sellers in The Resnsing, Joomping ane Stunciny Seift Film. a weanic eleven sainute featurecte scarring Perer Sellers, Spike Milligan and Leo McKern. The Bearles laved ir; its afthea: comedy suggesred char Lester could hardic their own humour, The Beacles znd Lester aggoed usar the best approach would be re show the group aswhar ie was: a bapa af dis- Une hut coarlunentsry personalities wha were bath buoyed and uapped by their success, And ar the Beales’ insiseance, che Liverpool writer Alun Ohyen was hired co write che scripr, gachering his macerial by ‘ollowing dhe Beatles brielly: He cosapleucd bis work by January. «when Lester visiced the Beatles in Paris, he brought a draft wilds Besides looking over rhe scrips, che Beaclos were comaixced co seine recording in [tris Mlecrrola, BM] Wesr German arm, had insisted thar the Beatles would not be a bie in Germany uuless they sing in German. ‘The plan was to record their rw biggese hits, “She Lowes You’ aud ‘I Waul wo Hold Yous Hud’ "Sie liebt dich’ and ‘Korn, gib mir deine Fland.” ‘he: Bearles were tb Geran ly net keer ou thy ide. They aqyeed ordy reluctantly, aud tues ia test of wills, they ded nac co show up ar the Pathé-Marconi scaclio, au 1 ue take Mactiu’s call whe le telptrened ta fla auc whee: minuces later, feted dat they make ue eeeoedin ss. Ouice i die studio. hey: swurked so afficianely thar inal rhey were, & lividl Martin arrived ar chen hore! a ae tion to he German recordings, they29 Ine sect. raped che basic tracks far chsie mexe single— and their firsr comer bu- tion to their fila saauduack “Can't Buy Me Love’ he sang, hy MeCartney, was nor remarkable: irs verses ae se toa sunidad blucs progeesion, its beyht, bowicy arrangement sflverring tics could its mild’y bluesy melody and a minar key bridge. The} conceivably [ave bees a reypunse ta ube words Lennar samy {bur did There love ws all very well, bot nioney was the ifsing ro Teaze. Now. even ot weite) im 'Moncy", the clawing crack of Wid He Reade a3 the woyal cheques weve pouring in, MeCartaey puspused a inere ideilisci: sentiment, ‘| danir care tins much dor maney. money can't Thuy cn love’, Whe session rapes chow a wading metheud that would hecome inereasir Wy Uypical, whieh iy that the Beatles Leeyan laping, the sang, without having worked up a dnished arcangemeue, Ar Buse. choy seemed ince an highlighting the sang’ lues character, purely ky using a call end scsperse approach. In the Bist two cakes, Leaaen, snd Harrison responded tn MsCiarmey’s lend vows? with harmonized repttitions of chy Tyvies stud uusough tale Unree, Hasrizon punetu- ated MeClarmey's cecal lines with a descending guicar figura in the ceyle af Cad] Pethinns, There ie un interesting, ucts i the second tale, MeClartoey. after boceaing the vocal, bepan scat singing in the stele af Fila Fitzgerald, Herhups he: sive rhe possibilities in the som: Faigerabal eventually sceoided her own section. After chree imsucesssfial tries, they stoppee ty rechink the arrange ment, Lemons aud Hatisenis responsive yacals and [Lactisows guitar punctuation were dropped, and the basic racks were compleced in alee, Scill, there was work uo be dane, It was clear from he carly cakes thar |aveis hadn't figured ont wkar co do in the verse lofi peu Gor a guitar ase. Thea ah bing, was deferred undil a London session just after che Americ ij with awa cusuuccis oes relub- tip. ‘The Beatles spent auly 1wo weeks in the USA, but the visic had prnfanind consequences, nos only for che Beatles ani their immediare sufi, but iat ube waren inscinariors. particularly the raentd business. bom the momen dey ivetivatiamal popular culuur and irs arsived in New York oni p February, uml heir depanwure on az Febmary, Rpareir balanced their schoditie so chey seernee: bot ubiquitous and scares, No newspaper or suagazing lev their presence 20 unremarked, and rhoy were all over the winwaves. Bue Epstciatollosarg pga, Fer a scene in vour dhe Bemtce. an army oF Fens was arise a corre p00 lve plocurse id sng "We Love Yeu Beall’ «rr Yew te foley tom the Bm yo yo Dh ip eset, 1284 7 Tinacd ue nueibe: af writcrs granted personal uudiences witlt charges. And although thousands of ricker-soekers had been ustisd away Co Carucpic Hall aud che Bo Sullivan Slow, le Ceclined effens fou stra concer, including, Sid Bernstein’ proposal far shows ar Maidison Square Garden. he Boactcs’ own manipulacion of the press began momenes after they landed ar Kennedy Airpore, where ciey were greered by some s,000 scecaming fans, The entourage wae ushered into the Pan American lounge te be quizzed hy a press carps thay was used co reer Fads and did not expect much. Bua with snappy answers, wisecracks sud athlibo. abe Beales wise wa. Gul laove Loe a akulity flair incw grea copy. Elvis Presley's prese cust a perce were all ds he even called reporters sis and maa, The Beatles were noc thar way. Asked ra sing, chay refused. Prissed hy a -eparner wher said there was doula What they cova siag, Lenion sald deily, ‘we need money first’, Asked wy cheir music exci:ed teenagers, vicareney sleadpannedd, Swe dani knew, really’, vo which Lerner added, “il did weld fam another gioup and be maragers" Musically che agenda wsis continued proselytizacion. At their frst American coneett, af Ube Washiiiy.on Celiscusn ou 11 Peliras ys wel at Carnegie Hal! che nexe dar. they were preaching largely t0 she con- verted. Pr their free appearance on Sull wan's shiv brought cern inka the homes not ouly of eae already sraiteca. but of the undecided and even the openly hostile. The show was seen by seventy-three ailliaa people, a eceord for the diac. Some sixty per cone of ‘Aenctican edevisions were tuned in, and newspapers made much oF reports tliat for tbat one bour, crime stat sties plummeted, be atmosphere of the show on Fettuary was clecerifying, Sullivan, sour free of soy deal that be bad a bic on bis hands, rev clicd in the sense of occasion, Like gave the Beacles a geod deal more sereen time than mase musi al gueses — Fur sonny, ratTuer clea lie week later, the Bearles followed Sul an to che Dearwville Hotel in Miimi Beach, Plorida, this tine playing six songs. They sore back in England by the sinac of their chivd contracies! appear- ance ar: 33 February. but left Sullivan thire songs on tape, tiswal Lea, The visit was cxcraordinavily well docimentec, Alberc and David Maysles. a young ceum of dacumencary filmmakers. traileal the Beaeles in New York and Was ror, capeuuing borh che90 reese pancemeninum cha arcanded chair public moverears. and anoe pri a re footage freer Ute eye ol uhe ucricane chedr suites ar che Plana Horel, Acthe Sashingian Coliserm, 9 secoad crow Blined che minute shew fet d Closedircuic thearre irtideasr in blarch, Missing, tty: alus, is documentation oF the Carnegie [all eoncetts. Surviving correspondence nnd contracts shaw thar Capital insended co recard the pesliemanees. But objections frown the Amerisan Fesleratian of Musicians prevecedd che raping at the losr moment. ‘he Mavales’ arenas weve nov allowed inside eiuber: alter che Wusliingson: seg ment, their forge skips w Hotida, Their documentary, Whach Happening! The Bearies é0 rhe USA, vas cowdited in p90, and released on vidlentape as Phe Beiides: The Fie 22,8. Visir. This cevised! version includes a cutinsiry lefr our of the ‘ginal, Lennon. siveing in his rourn at dh: Plea iy shown playmg ha coy instrument, a hybrid keyboard and haumonica, The chord progression be plays bears aor amtanny rewoblines ts he introdu: tivo of Suswberyy Yields Forever’, a song ncarly thvce years, chow sands of coursing aries and several srylistie changes in his Fearne. The Beatles! visit eicuted a voracious mauler for Brisisls baud “Whe (awe (lark Five, Herman's Hermits, che Rolling Stanes, the ‘ncmals, che Yaidtbirds, che Hollies, Feeddic and the Decaimess, Gerry and ce Vacemakers and a dozen otkers ctvssed the warer anal received a welcome not hither! extended co British pop: yeomps. Capi.al Records suddenly Found inself iz che ical pasirion en hath senke che fires of Busilemania ind exploit che demain. While EMI awaited neve marcrial, Capital Rocurds could dase oa a backlog af sath Busules recordings, which ir release im the must prarsimeonious way. on albums thar gencrally bed only clewen o¢ welve songs, compared ith Bearles al hur. Cupi- sith the Forireuen on Hei Vile considered songs celcased. as siggles u be fais yutne for allbuio compilatinns. something the. Beatles Iyraveicked. Tor Ue Beatles themaclves delibera chagria, Capicol did out buy the'r sotiou thze albums and singles should be kepr separacc: wor did chey aegad rhe Beatles” alltime as incegtal starcamens. Thus, every twa Beith Beadles albums, anc tm Meforlney toning ‘he efi handed Aina relited singles, yielded three albums from Capitol. There was a slight tha: wa ot nlaruat silver lining for Amecieas laos. To belp Capitol pad our irs releases sos eovent les the 2 Slike Fewest rough EMT sometimes supplied racks frara worls-in-preress, Thus, om to “he we hodgesordge collections Like ZZ Bentler Second 4fbum, fearles VT and