Apple Of My Eye
The Story Of Apple Records And The End Of The Beatles
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2025
Sonicbond Publishing (Verlag)
9781789523799 (ISBN)
Sonicbond Publishing (Verlag)
9781789523799 (ISBN)
The Beatles pioneered so much in the recording studio during their short time together that it's easy to forget that they formed their own record company in April 1968. Their business plan: to find and fund new musical talent.
The Beatles
pioneered so much in the recording studio during their short time together that
it's easy to forget that they formed their own record company in April 1968.
Their business plan: to find and fund new musical talent. By the end of the
year Apple had signed James Taylor and struck lucky with Mary Hopkin. The
much-admired Badfinger followed, along with albums by obvious associates (Billy
Preston, Ravi Shankar, Yoko Ono) and not-so-obvious (John Tavener, Modern Jazz
Quartet, Radha Krishna Temple) with mixed financial and artistic success.
But The Beatles were not businessmen and the
early optimism of shiny newness soon soured into chaos. Major acts such as 10cc
and Crosby, Stills & Nash slipped through their fingers. Allen Klein was
appointed to sort out the mess, but disenfranchised nearly everybody. Paul left
The Beatles and sued the others. In 1975, The Beatles' partnership was legally
terminated and Apple Records, a vanity label in all but name, was quietly put
to sleep.
Apple Of My Eye revisits each of the albums
and singles released by Apple between 1968 and 1975, underpinned by the
business and legal context of the last days of the world's greatest band.
The Beatles
pioneered so much in the recording studio during their short time together that
it's easy to forget that they formed their own record company in April 1968.
Their business plan: to find and fund new musical talent. By the end of the
year Apple had signed James Taylor and struck lucky with Mary Hopkin. The
much-admired Badfinger followed, along with albums by obvious associates (Billy
Preston, Ravi Shankar, Yoko Ono) and not-so-obvious (John Tavener, Modern Jazz
Quartet, Radha Krishna Temple) with mixed financial and artistic success.
But The Beatles were not businessmen and the
early optimism of shiny newness soon soured into chaos. Major acts such as 10cc
and Crosby, Stills & Nash slipped through their fingers. Allen Klein was
appointed to sort out the mess, but disenfranchised nearly everybody. Paul left
The Beatles and sued the others. In 1975, The Beatles' partnership was legally
terminated and Apple Records, a vanity label in all but name, was quietly put
to sleep.
Apple Of My Eye revisits each of the albums
and singles released by Apple between 1968 and 1975, underpinned by the
business and legal context of the last days of the world's greatest band.
Andrew Wild is a British writer, collector and long-time Beatles fan who recalls hearing the 'Red' and 'Blue' albums in the mid-1970s and has been in love with their music ever since. He has copies of every known Beatles outtake and live concert recording. His thorough and exhaustive study of every song performed or recorded by the band Four Sides Of The Circle was republished in 2024. He has written numerous music-related books, including several in the On Track series, about artists as diverse as The Allman Brothers Band, Phil Collins and Dire Straits. He lives in Rainow, Cheshire, UK
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.11.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 16 colour pages |
| Verlagsort | Tewkesbury |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik |
| ISBN-13 | 9781789523799 / 9781789523799 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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