Episode 150: “All You Need is Love” by the Beatles
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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The Future of the Beetles Music Scene
The beetles contract only had 13 months left to run on it. No bank would lend stigwood the money to buy the company. So they agreed that r s o and nems would merge straight away but that Stigwood would have an option to buy his 51 % for half a million pounds. The problem was, the beetles didn't agree to this. They owned ten% of nems between them, and they also didn't want to be managed by someone who wasn't in their inner circle. Paul mc carney made some minor guest appearances on other people's records. He could be heard playing tambourine on a version of smoky robinson's from head to toe
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