"Who's The Redhead On The Roof....?": My life with The Beatles

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On 5th January, Mal was living in a rented apartment with a new girlfriend, Fran Hughes, and working on the book with his co-author John Hoernie. The manuscript was due to be delivered a week later, but the former Beatles aide was still depressed about his impending divorce. Giles Martin: Yeah. The original Let It Be film is quite drab. It’s quite a struggle to get through the film itself. It seemed like a slog, and I think the one thing that was unveiled by going through this stuff is there’s actually a lot of fun in there. That’s the difference. Watching the original Let It Be film you didn’t get a sense that they were having that much fun, and the Beatles genuinely had fun in the studio, so I think you’re right and I think that’s the difference. It’s tough to keep pace in Beatle-time. Paul’s point is clear, though, even with the tremendous exaggeration.

Back/Let It Be sessions: day one - The Beatles Bible Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day one - The Beatles Bible

I mean, you have songs from Abbey Road but you also have “Gimme Some Truth” from Imagine. John and Paul started to write that together. You have “Child of Nature,” which became “Jealous Guy, which is on Imagine. And then there’s also “All Things Must Pass” and “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” and “Octopus’ Garden.” The thing about The Beatles is they were never short on songs, and especially George, at this stage, was a powerhouse writing a bunch of songs. The Beatles spent much of their time working on three songs: ‘Don’t Let Me Down’, ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’, and ‘Two Of Us’. Lennon and Harrison were the first to arrive, the former with his then-girlfriend Yoko Ono. As they tuned their guitars, the musicians played snippets of ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ and ‘All Things Must Pass’. Both attempted to play along with each others’ songs, and were joined by a recently-arrived Ringo Starr on drums during a version of Don’t Let Me Down.Keeps coppers and other slightly cross rooftop concert-affected persons at bay by disassociating herself from the situation completely: “I think it’s for a film”… “I don’t know anything about that…” Never apologise, never explain.

road that goes on forever – The Daily Beatle Abbey Road – The road that goes on forever – The Daily Beatle

April 29, 1969: Melody Maker reported 68 hours of footage was about to be edited down, “from which two films will be produced.” And in the sleeve notes on the 2019 remixed anniversary boxed set of Abbey Road, it clearly says “In 1973, the vocal group New York City dropped in pictures of themselves on another of Iain Macmillan’s pictures from The Beatles’ session for their own record, Soulful Road.” So, this photo was probably taken on the same day, but without anyone crossing the road. The members of New York City were photographed elsewhere and then superimposed on Macmillan’s shot of the empty crossing. PHOTO #8 Dan Hampson, auction manager of Omega Auctions, said: “It’s hugely exciting to be able to offer items for sale from someone who really was there during that late-stage period of the group. From there, it was only natural that Mal would become the part of The Beatles' road crew once the group started to take off, alongside Neil Aspinall, who would go on to manage the band's Apple Corps company. The article prompted a further response, a phone call from fellow director — and father, as he later learned — Orson Welles, who asked Michael if he was happy with Let It Be.Towards the end of the recording sessions I was asked, along with Steve Brendell, to meet on a Sunday morning at EMI Studios. Iain Macmillan, the photographer, wanted to take a few shots of four people walking across the zebra crossing outside the studio on Abbey Road to show the boys what the album cover idea would look like. To make up the foursome, two studio porters were drafted in as well. I know a photo exists of the four of us but I am not in a position to publish it.”