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11.20pm
9 July 2011
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If Joe Meek had not killed himself and his landlady on February 3, 1967, do you believe he could’ve produced the Beatles’ 1969 Get Back /Let It Be sessions?
Why do I mention Meek? He’s the U.K.’s answer to Phil Spector, the man who actually helped produce the Get Back recordings at the insistance of all Beatles except Paul McCartney .
On the same year Meek died, the Beatles recorded and released “Baby, You’re a Rich Man” which features John Lennon on the Clavioline keyboard, something Meek had featured on the Tornadoes’ 1962 hit “Telstar.” Perhaps “Baby” could have made Meek jealous, had he lived to hear it. However, the Clavioline fell out of popularity by 1970, when there were all these synthesizers (from Moog and A.R.P. and other companies) that could do roughly the same sounds.
~Ben
11.49pm
19 September 2010
Offline As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
9.49am
12 July 2011
Offline ClassicTVMan1981X said:
“If Joe Meek had not killed himself and his landlady on February 3, 1967, do you believe he could’ve produced the Beatles’ 1969 Get Back /Let It Be sessions? “
Could he have produced it? Most definitely
However, would he have produced it? No: he thought they were awful! He turned them down when they were offered to him as a recording group.
10.52am
13 April 2011
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mr. Sun king coming together said:
ClassicTVMan1981X said:
If Joe Meek had not killed himself and his landlady on February 3, 1967, do you believe he could've produced the Beatles' 1969 Get Back /Let It Be sessions?
Never. They would never have ditched George Martin. Sorry.
(Actually they did ditch George Martin !)
Interesting point and indeed ..why not!
Meek was very much an innovator and at the forefront of recording technology .. he may well have done a better job than “Magic Alex”! Not sure if he had any connections with EMI though, and he was said to be paranoid about Decca copying his ideas. He also famously passed off the (early) Beatles as “just another bunch of noise, copying other people's music”
8.08pm
10 May 2011
Offline Sitting on a cornflake said:
mr. Sun king coming together said:
ClassicTVMan1981X said:
If Joe Meek had not killed himself and his landlady on February 3, 1967, do you believe he could've produced the Beatles' 1969 Get Back /Let It Be sessions?
Never. They would never have ditched George Martin. Sorry.
(Actually they did ditch George Martin !)
Well, since George Martin was ditched, it could happen….
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One and one make one.
8.10pm
19 September 2010
Offline Sitting on a cornflake said:
mr. Sun king coming together said:
ClassicTVMan1981X said:
If Joe Meek had not killed himself and his landlady on February 3, 1967, do you believe he could've produced the Beatles' 1969 Get Back /Let It Be sessions?
Never. They would never have ditched George Martin. Sorry.
(Actually they did ditch George Martin !)
When? George Martin was still overseeing all sessions at both Twickenham and Apple studios.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
9.57pm
Reviewers
14 April 2010
Offline mr. S is right. Sir George was not ditched by the Beatles – just John. George produced the sessions, but Phil was given the tapes by John to re-produce.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
10.09pm
19 September 2010
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Thanks for the backup. Why do I have a parody in my head now? Ah well, here goes: (Paul's Picasso's Last Words)
The Grand old member posted last night
Beatles music on the stereo
Before he left, he said to us all
That Mr. S was right
Drink To Zig, Drink To his posts
You know I'm laughing right now
Drink To Zig, Drink To his posts
You know I'm laughing right now
I wake up to another post
making fun of Mith
In that way that he does
Offending no one
he took a shot at M3 next
to which she said this
Drink To Zig, Drink To his posts
You know I'm laughing right now
Drink To Zig, Drink To his posts
You know I'm laughing right now
Spanish Interlude
Jet … Drink To Me
Drunken Chorus
{Spanish} Beber a mí … Ho Hey Ho
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
10.27pm
9 June 2010
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Band On The Run … (deedle-dee dee da da da da)
mr. Sun king coming together said:
Offending no one
he took a shot at M3 next
to which she said this
Drink To Zig, Drink To his posts
You know I’m laughing right now
Hey!
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind that is confusing things.
1.07am
19 September 2010
Offline Oh, M3, I mock myself enough, don’t I?
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
3.35am
1 May 2010
Offline LOL! That was funny.
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
7.57am
13 April 2011
Offline Zig said:
mr. S is right. Sir George was not ditched by the Beatles – just John. George produced the sessions, but Phil was given the tapes by John to re-produce.
Sorry, I was a bit imprecise there. ‘Scuse my ignorance. 
1.40pm
Reviewers
14 April 2010
Offline Sitting on a cornflake said:
Sorry, I was a bit imprecise there. ‘Scuse my ignorance.
Ignorance? Nope. No worries cornflake. It's not the first time one of us was “imprecise”.
*raises hand*
BTW, mr. S – I love the parody. Just go easy on the “old” will ya?
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
1.53pm
19 September 2010
Offline I meant old as in “longevity”, not as your age. Although I guess it does work the other way as well…
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
2.27pm
Reviewers
14 April 2010
Offline mr. Sun king coming together said:
I meant old as in “longevity”, not as your age. Although I guess it does work the other way as well…
I know – hence the winking George.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
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