Good one, Lennon
Very worthwhile, the November ish of Record Collector.
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Besides a nice little bit on the Butcher cover-including interesting factoids on what Capitol called "Operation Retrieve," the recall of the Butcher cover LPs-there is a neat little sidebar on the Butcher photo-shoot.
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RC writes that one of the most rare Butcher related items may be the original cover slick that John Lennon attained, and which he gave away, telling the lucky recipient it should be worth "11 million dollars."
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But besides the Butcher bollocks, there is a VERY interesting interview with the former editor of the UK Mersey Beat music newspaper, Bill Harry.
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The piece is excerpted from the tome, The Mammoth Book Of The Beatles,
edited by Sean Egan.
In the excerpt, Harry, who was most tight with John Lennon from art school on, adds his take on the merry magical mystery tour, some of it at odds with generally accepted history/lore.
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Some good examples:
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Harry sez that it was he who clued Brian Epstein into the Fabs, not some bloke wandering into the NEMS store asking for My Bonnie, and Harry claims it was he who got Eppy into the Cavern Club for the first time to see the Beatles.
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Pete Best was sacked mostly because Paul McCartney and George Harrison did not like him, Best's mother Mona had become their de facto manager by late 1961 and Paul and George felt having a group member's mother as manager was iffy, and Best's personality was not a good mesh with the group, although Pete was good mates with John.
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Harry stresses that drumming style was way down the list, as apparently George Martin did not care for Ringo Starr at first, either.
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According to Harry, there is an unused Harrison/Starr song, composed around 1963.
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Contrary to myth, John was a "coward," and ran away from more fights than he took part in.
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And MUCH, MUCH more!
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Pick it up.
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