Beatles moneysearching39February 1 2013, 02:17:10 UTC
Apple sounded like a good utopian idea. Artists need support and while they thought they were giving back, artists also need guidance. They had good guidance too bad they couldn't provide it.
Yeah, that brother of the girlfriend guy in charge of talent was one Peter Asher. He basically discovered James Taylor, among others after he left Apple, as well being one of the most noted producers of the Seventies.
*nods* Indeed. And other Apple discoveries included Mary Hopkins, who sang the Number One which dethroned the Beatles' own Hey Jude. There were some genuinely talented people supported by Apple. Yes, it couldn't have worked the way it was done, but as you say, the opposite traditional manager model often didn't get the artists much of anything, and that was what the Beatles were responding to when creating Apple in the first place.
Brian may not have been a financial whiz -- he never claimed to be -- but none of the Beatles ended up impoverished.
I agree with all of your comments, and particularly this one. I hate seeing Brian's business sense denigrated, including by Beatles themselves, because it seems he did the best he could with an enormous amount of responsibility and no roadmap at his disposal.
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He basically discovered James Taylor, among others after he left Apple, as
well being one of the most noted producers of the Seventies.
*nods* Indeed. And other Apple discoveries included Mary Hopkins, who sang the Number One which dethroned the Beatles' own Hey Jude. There were some genuinely talented people supported by Apple. Yes, it couldn't have worked the way it was done, but as you say, the opposite traditional manager model often didn't get the artists much of anything, and that was what the Beatles were responding to when creating Apple in the first place.
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none of the Beatles ended up impoverished.
I agree with all of your comments, and particularly this one. I hate seeing Brian's business sense denigrated, including by Beatles themselves, because it seems he did the best he could with an enormous amount of responsibility and no roadmap at his disposal.
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