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Are you Get Back-ed out yet? No? Good, because there are still plenty of avenues to explore within the scope of January 1969. Featured today is something from the vaults: the conversation reuniting three witnesses to the events on Savile Row on 30 January, 1969: Apple press office deputy Chris O’Dell, Beatles equipment manager Kevin Harrington, and EMI tape operator Alan Parsons; yes, the eventual producer and recording artist himself.
This was taped live at the Fab4ConJam event in February 2021 and therefore before Peter Jackson’s film had been screened. Therefore, their recollections come purer: what they remembered and how they remembered it, unaffected by any more recent info coming their way. They all experienced the day from different perspectives, but over 5 decades on cannot help but be moved by what the were a part of, all these years later. Co-hosting is Beatles author and podcaster Anthony Robustelli.
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Excellent roundtable. Love the little stories like having to pull Billy Preston’s keyboard through the skylight (I’ve done some roadwork in theater and lugged things ever which way so I can relate) and the people appearing in the windows like ants. Loved Alan’s quip about Spector, “More! More!”
I’ve been a long time Alan Parsons Project fan, so it was nice to hear his perspective. I’m not shocked he stayed the whole time because I’ve seen and heard him interviewed many times, and he has a good sense of humor, and is probably the epitome of British politeness. (It would’ve been rude to cut out early, don’t you know.) If you get him again, it would be interesting to hear about the other times he worked with individual Beatles post LIB. (The cut from Tales of Mystery and Imagination at the end was a nice shout out. )
Good stuff as always. Cheers!
Excellent roundtable. Love the little stories like having to pull Billy Preston’s keyboard through the skylight (I’ve done some roadwork in theater and lugged things ever which way so I can relate) and the people appearing in the windows like ants. Loved Alan’s quip about Spector, “More! More!”
I’ve been a long time Alan Parsons Project fan, so it was nice to hear his perspective. I’m not shocked he stayed the whole time because I’ve seen and heard him interviewed many times, and he has a good sense of humor, and is probably the epitome of British politeness. (It would’ve been rude to cut out early, don’t you know.) If you get him again, it would be interesting to hear about the other times he worked with individual Beatles post LIB. (The cut from Tales of Mystery and Imagination at the end was a nice shout out. )
Good stuff as always. Cheers!