MakeShift




Paul was a slave driver in the end.  I am glad he was though.  I’m not sure that the group would have actually finished the last 3 albums if he had not pushed them to record the songs.  John kind of check out somewhere after Sgt Pepper.

This sums it up pretty good makeshift. May I add that when Brian Epstein died and they decided to keep going John in hind site said he was nervous about it.  John stated that he knew dang well the Beaters were good at making music but knew nothing about the  buisness aspect. 

He knew he didn't want to do another sgt peppers album he wanted to do more rock. He was using drugs and Geoff emmick said that in one of the many takes of Ob La Di ... John showed up stoned and announced he was more f ing stones than you'll every be ....to everyone 




And then played the piano the ....right feel of the song .. Which is the style they used 




Anyway yeah .... John has said as much...that...Paul kept it going ...John was never necessarily thrilled about mentioning that ... And kind of just refers to Paul as being a pain in the arse in that  time period 

Are there any recordings available of Lennon or Beatles before Please, Please Me?

Mesh


Are there any recordings available of Lennon or Beatles before Please, Please Me?

You tube search has pete best versions of that song and others .... 

Mooch4056

Mesh


Are there any recordings available of Lennon or Beatles before Please, Please Me?

You tube search has pete best versions of that song and others .... 

(Sorry Mooch, I should've made it more clear.....)
 
I actually wanted to hear Lennon before he joined the Beatles or if there's any recordings of the Beatles (w/Lennon) before Please, Please Me was released?

There's the Decca audition. And the album they did w/ Tony Sheridan, which features a Lennon/Harrison instrumental and Lennon singing Ain't She Sweet.

Live in Hamburg at the Star Club gives you an idea of what the Beatles were all about back then. 

Lennon started playing w/ McCartney when he was 16, in a pre-Beatles outfit called the Quarrymen IIRC. But I don't think there's any material form that period. 

Thanks Rain. I'll check that out.

Rain

Lennon started playing w/ McCartney when he was 16, in a pre-Beatles outfit called the Quarrymen IIRC. But I don't think there's any material form that period.  

Just pics of them on a flatbed truck strumming away

Skiffle time...

Mesh

Mooch4056

Mesh


Are there any recordings available of Lennon or Beatles before Please, Please Me?

You tube search has pete best versions of that song and others .... 

(Sorry Mooch, I should've made it more clear.....)
 
I actually wanted to hear Lennon before he joined the Beatles or if there's any recordings of the Beatles (w/Lennon) before Please, Please Me was released?

John Lennon didn't join the Beatles .... He formed them 




Johns first group was skiffle .... John played banjo I believe and he called it Johnny and the Moon Dogs 




Then that group became the Quarry Men 




Then That became the Silver Beetles 




Then that became ... The Beatles ....




And he lead and started all of them 


There are boot legs available  ... The oldest one I beige is a buddy holly song John Paul and maybe George or another musician at that time crammed  in a small booth that spit out viynle records or something ... They took that record and loaned it to each other ... They thought t was terrific .... Someone didn't give it back ...  Its on anthology I believe .. Peggy sue o that'll be the day 

George was a school buddy of John's and introduced McCartney to John.  Paul showed John a bunch of chords that he did n't know and generally impressed him so much on the first meeting, that John knew he had to have him in the Quarrymen.  He just did n't want to admit it for a couple of days.  John knew that he had met his equal.  They began writing songs together almost immediately.
 
Edit: 
 
Oops, going to much from memory.  A mutual school friend named Ivan introduced the two.  Paul later introduced George to John.