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It’s September 1962. Ringo had been put in place as the final member in the Beatles’ lineup. Recording sessions had been done and the first single had been chosen. Before long, George Martin was to become very happy with the progress made by his funny-named band from the north. Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1 of the Beatles60 Podcast. 

In this episode we talk about the convoluted path ‘Love Me Do’ followed to become the first Beatles single to be released (5 October). It wasn't without drama, so we talk about just what Ringo must have felt like when it seemed that he might be left off the recording. The conversation moves to how the working relationship was building between the Beatles and Parlophone’s studio team, led by George Martin. We also have a little discussion with author Jude Southerland Kessler about John’s mother, Julia. An episode packed with insights. Don’t miss it!

The Casbah Coffee Club was closed. Pete was leaving the group. It was like the end of the introduction of the book of The Beatles. Stress was coming from Parlophone and George Martin, who had not yet accepted that The Beatles should be recording originals. He wanted “How Do You Do It?”, written by Mitch Murray. Meanwhile, Cynthia had some big news for John. The Old World was coming to an end.

In the New World, Ringo would join the group and on August 18, 1962, The Beatles were complete. George Martin gave in to The Beatles’ musical decisions, mainly because, well, he just really found them to be charismatic and got along with them so well. Brian Epstein took care of John and Cyn’s sudden wedding and even let them live rent-free in a flat that he owned. Did they know that unimaginable fame was on the horizon? Of course not. But the pieces were starting to be put into place. Join Larry and me for a discussion of The Beatles in the summer of 1962 in this episode of the Beatles60 podcast.

How did everything come together to make the Beatles not just so popular, but so influential? You’ve read some of the books, you’ve seen some of the movies. Now Eric Howell’s audio drama, “A Day in THEIR Life,” at Beatledrama.com, takes you through the Beatles’ story. Like Beatles60, it’s a chronological excavation. His painstakingly researched audio drama gives listeners more than just the details of the narrative. You get a feel for what it was like to live in the music culture of the late 1950s with the early 1960s on the horizon.

You may have heard Eric in our podcast series where he reads the Beatles’ and other voices when we quote them. 

This episode of The Beatles60 Podcast is a little bit different from our usual. Eric joins Andy to talk about “A Day in THEIR Life,” how it was conceived, how it’s produced, what to expect in the future, and how it works like a prequel to the 60-year timeline that we follow. And for good measure, Andy and Eric talk a bit about Andy’s recent trip to Hamburg, and how it helped him imagine what it was like to be there between 1960 and 1962. Listen and dig along with us.

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We’ve talked before about the circumstances surrounding the signing of The Beatles. But what is even more important is how their relationship with George Martin blossomed. Martin cared little about The Beatles and didn’t care that much for their music. He was happy to pass on the responsibility of recording our boys to his assistant, Ron Richards. But something else happened.

In this episode of The Beatles60 podcast we’re talking about how Martin was won over by the charisma of The Beatles. Also, how he came to see that the fact that they wrote their own songs, something that was almost unheard of at the time, would work hand in hand with his own desire to experiment with music. And finally, the serendipity of a situation that would bring together this particular pop group and this particular producer to create the story that we still talk about sixty years later.

One of the earliest told stories of the signing of The Beatles to EMI’s Parlophone Records division in May of 1962 goes like this: While Brian Epstein was having the Decca audition tapes transferred to acetate for easier distribution to labels, the songs were heard by Sid Colman, who ran EMI’s Ardmore and Beechwood Publishing division. He was interested in obtaining the publishing rights to The Beatles’ original songs. And that’s where the story seems to split into different tellings.

Brian Epstein would relate that Colman took the recordings to George Martin, who liked them very much and would be willing to give them an audition. Martin remembered it differently. He said he “wasn’t knocked out at all.” So how did The Beatles eventually get signed? In this episode we talk about the fairy tale version and the version that is closer to what really happened.

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Members of The Beatles, John and Paul especially, had experienced loss in their young lives. Both had lost their mothers while they were teenagers. John had also lost his Uncle George, who was more like a father to him than his actual father. But as a unit, The Beatles had never had to deal with the level of tragedy that would come in April of 1962.

Stuart Sutcliffe’s influence on The Beatles started as soon as he joined the group in January of 1960. He helped come up with the band’s name and was the first to try on different clothes and hair styles. Not to mention he was John’s closest friend. Though he left the band to stay in Hamburg with his fiancée, Astrid Kirchherr, he would be remembered by The Beatles in such ways as a reference in John’s “In My Life” as well as being on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper album. Had he lived he would certainly have contributed, if not musically, through his art. After being extremely ill for several months, Stu died on April 10, 1962 in Hamburg just as The Beatles were returning for a residency at The Star Club. That's where this episode of The Beatles60 podcast begins…