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THE first songwriter to be signed by Brian Epstein to Apple, Paul Tennant, has died at the age of 64.
The Liverpool musician and father-of-three was at the very epicentre of the sixties music scene both in Liverpool and London and witnessed first hand the pressure cooker birth of Apple publishing in 1967.
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De Amerikaanse producent David Permut heeft de rechten verworven op een scenario over het leven van Brian Epstein, de ontdekker en manager van The Beatles. Dat meldt het gespecialiseerde magazine Variety.
Volgens het blad voert Permut onderhandelingen over de rechten op een aantal songs van The Beatles, maar de muziek van de Fab Four zou geenszins centraal staan in de film. De prent richt zich op de ontdekking van de band en het leven van Epstein.
Epstein runde een bescheiden platenzaak in Liverpool toen hij tijdens een lunchpauze in The Cavern voor het eerst The Beatles zag spelen. Hij was de enige die rotsvast geloofde in de toekomst van het viertal en ging bij alle grote platenfirma’s vergeefs om een contract smeken. Uiteindelijk wist hij EMI toch te overtuigen.
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BBC Radio 2 is running a Brian Epstein radio special from their
archives till Tuesday, July 21st. Click on the link to listen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lj0j4/Marc_Rileys_Time_Machine_Brian_Epstein/
5 more episodes coming
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By Scott Matthewman
At a time when the world and his wife are complaining about the BBC, it’s worth noting a project which illustrates the real value that the Corporation is able to provide from its unique historical archive.
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by Dave Haber
Back at homebase after blogging from the Vegas Beatles Fest, I can’t help but remembering how much Brian Epstein was mentioned this week.
Billy J. Kramer, who was also managed by Brian, spoke of how important he was to them, and how they were all lost without him. And Pattie Boyd, who told fans that she was chaperoned on her first date with George Harrison by Brian, reiterated how much he really cared for them, and how shocked they all were when he died.
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