The Beatles 1968-05-15
The Birth of Apple, Various, Various
Set 1
Press Conference, Americana Hotel. 05-14-1968
WNET Newsfront. taped 05-14-1968, aired 05-15-1968
The Tonight Show. 05-14-1968
David Frost Presents... Paul McCartney with Mary Hopkin, London, 06-16-1968
WNET Newsfront. taped 05-14-1968, aired 05-15-1968
The Tonight Show. 05-14-1968
David Frost Presents... Paul McCartney with Mary Hopkin, London, 06-16-1968
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
Apple, you may recall, was meant to be the Beatles’ – and in a way, the world’s -- creative playground. It was to be a manifestly non-corporate place where artists and dreamers could find the support for projects that establishment companies turned down. And in a small way, for the briefest time, it was. Its record division got off to a promising start with Mary Hopkin, Badfinger, the Modern Jazz Quartet, James Taylor and the composer John Tavener – not a bad roster. Apple Films produced the weird cult classic El Topo. And okay, so Magic Alex’s electronics division ran mainly on fumes and hemorrhaged money – it was a great concept.
This CD begins with a few important mementos of John Lennon’s and Paul
McCartney’s May 1968 visit to New York to announce their new company. The first is a
reconstruction of the May 14 press conference, compiled from excerpts broadcast on
WABC radio, with additions from The Compleat Beatles and The Beatles Anthology
stitched in when they were more complete than the WABC versions, or included material
that WABC didn’t air at all.
The two major appearances of the week – the Newsfront interview, from WNET
television, and the visit to The Tonight Show – are included in their entirety. And filling
out the disc is an appearance by McCartney, with protégé Mary Hopkin, on David Frost
Presents….
This CD begins with a few important mementos of John Lennon’s and Paul
McCartney’s May 1968 visit to New York to announce their new company. The first is a
reconstruction of the May 14 press conference, compiled from excerpts broadcast on
WABC radio, with additions from The Compleat Beatles and The Beatles Anthology
stitched in when they were more complete than the WABC versions, or included material
that WABC didn’t air at all.
The two major appearances of the week – the Newsfront interview, from WNET
television, and the visit to The Tonight Show – are included in their entirety. And filling
out the disc is an appearance by McCartney, with protégé Mary Hopkin, on David Frost
Presents….
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