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The Fab Four (Solo Years): Pop Gallery eBooks, #9
The Fab Four (Solo Years): Pop Gallery eBooks, #9
The Fab Four (Solo Years): Pop Gallery eBooks, #9
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“The Fab Four (Solo Years)” (Includes Video Notebooks at the End of the Manuscript)
There is nothing subjective about this eBook on The Beatle’s solo work after the break-up in 1970. I have definitive opinions on the quality of the solo work put out by these amazing artists once they left the “Beatles Bubble.”

There was a lot of competition during The Beatles eight-year run on the pop charts and their 13 years together, especially between Paul McCartney and John Lennon. It certainly carried over into their solo careers. No popular music act has been scrutinized more than this group, which carries on 50 years onward.

It would be an oversimplification to state that their post Beatles material never lived up to their body of work prior to the split. It was different and of its time. The 1970s were a different period than the 1960s and it is evident that their influence as songwriters during the period of the 1970s forward was not as significant as The Beatles work during the 1962-1970 period of time.

One other interesting tidbit to note before getting started is that John & Paul actually got together in 1974 during a Harry Nilsson session John was producing and jammed to Little Richard’s “Lucille” with Stevie Wonder, Nilsson and Bobby Keys (Rolling Stones) playing along. They were still somewhat friendly, despite all the press accounts that stated otherwise for many years. This eBook and the multi-media materials that accompany it are based merely on my observations and opinions.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherMarc Platt
Release dateJul 16, 2015
ISBN9781516319275
The Fab Four (Solo Years): Pop Gallery eBooks, #9

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    The Fab Four (Solo Years) - Marc Platt

    Fab 4 Solo

    Intro

    Breaking Up is Hard To Do

    Who is Suing Who?

    Paul, By Myself

    Lennon Was Not Stallin’

    George’s Treasure Chest of Songs

    Ringo Was a Star!

    Paul Solo versus John Solo

    The Best of The Rest

    Epilogue

    Intro

    There is nothing subjective about this eBook on The Beatle’s solo work after the break-up in 1970.

    I have definitive opinions on the quality of the solo work put out by these amazing artists once they left the Beatles Bubble.

    There was a lot of competition during The Beatles eight-year run on the pop charts and their 13 years together, especially between Paul McCartney and John Lennon. It certainly carried over into their solo careers. No popular music act has been scrutinized more than this group, which carries on 50 years onward.

    It would be an oversimplification to state that their post Beatles material never lived up to their body of work prior to the split. It was different and of its time. The 1970s were a different period than the 1960s and it is evident that their influence as songwriters during the period of the 1970s forward was not as significant as The Beatles work during the 1962-1970 period of time.

    One other interesting tidbit to note before getting started is that John & Paul actually got together in 1974 during a Harry Nilsson session John was producing and jammed to Little Richard’s Lucille with Stevie Wonder, Nilsson and Bobby Keys (Rolling Stones) playing along. They were still somewhat friendly, despite all the press accounts that stated otherwise for many years.

    This eBook and the multi-media materials that accompany it are based merely on my observations and opinions.

    Marc Platt

    Winter, 2015

    Breaking Up is Hard To Do

    The Beatles 1970 break up was more like a game of chess than an actual break up. Paul McCartney put the final nail in the coffin by releasing his 1970 McCartney solo effort with an advanced press release basically announcing the demise of the band. Press officer Peter Brown advised McCartney to answer some questions, which he put together as that press release in April of 1970:

    Q: Why did you decide to make a solo album?

    PAUL: Because I got a Studer four-track recording machine at home - practiced on it (playing all instruments) - liked the results, and decided to make it into an album.

    Q: Were you influenced by John's adventures with the Plastic Ono Band, and Ringo's solo LP?

    PAUL: Sort of, but not really.

    Q: Are all songs by Paul McCartney alone?

    PAUL: Yes sir.

    Q: Will they be so credited: McCartney?

    PAUL: It's a bit daft for them to be Lennon/McCartney credited, so 'McCartney' it is.

    Q: Did you enjoy working as a solo?

    PAUL: Very much. I only had me to ask for a decision, and I agreed with me. Remember Linda's on it too, so it's really a double act.

    Q: What is Linda's contribution?

    PAUL: Strictly speaking she harmonizes, but of course it's more than that because she's a shoulder to lean on, a second opinion, and a photographer of renown. More than all this, she believes in me - constantly.

    Q: Where was the album recorded?

    PAUL: At home, at EMI (no. 2 studio) and at Morgan Studios (WILLESDEN!)

    Q: The album was not known about until it was nearly completed. Was this deliberate?

    PAUL: Yes, because normally an album is old before it even comes out. (A side) Witness Get Back."

    Q: Why?

    PAUL: "I've always wanted to buy a Beatles album

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