by Fred Goodman
[>] “will not meet the applicable listing standards”: Proxy Statement, Special Meeting of Shareholders of Cameo-Parkway Records Inc., September 16, 1968, 1.
8. Rock ’n’ Roll Circus
[>] “There’d been a big change”: Klein and Oldham, interview with Bill Flanagan, December 11, 2002.
[>] “The judge managed to turn me”: Richards and Fox, Life, 227.
[>] “I knew that we were in trouble then”: Wenner, “John Lennon,” part 1.
[>] “I got ’em”: Vetter, “Allen Klein.”
[>] “He was probably the largest spender”: Leonard Leibman, interview with the author, November 12, 2011.
[>] “And he did it without fanfare”: Julian Schlossberg, interview with the author, March 19, 2012.
[>] “Suddenly they weren’t arriving in the studio with songs”: Klein and Oldham, interview with Bill Flanagan, December 11, 2002.
[>] “His box of tricks was exhausted”: Richards and Fox, Life, 230.
[>] “to piss Andrew off”: Wenner, “Mick Jagger Remembers.”
[>] “I do the minimal amount”: Tatiana Siegel, “Jagger’s James Brown,” Billboard, August 2, 2014.
[>] “When it came to numbers”: Walter Yetnikoff with David Ritz, Howling at the Moon (New York: Broadway Books, 2004), 137–38.
[>] “He’d show up occasionally”: Anthony DeCurtis, “Review: Beggars Banquet,” Rolling Stone, June 17, 1997.
[>] “a predator in the field of pop artists”: Wyman and Coleman, Stone Alone, 558.
9. The Prize
[>] “The amount of money owed by EMI was mountainous”: Peter Brown, interview with the author, February 8, 2012.
[>] “It’s a business concerning records, films, and electronics”: John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Apple press conference, May 14, 1968, www.beatlesinterviews.org.
[>] “I wanted Apple to run”: Barry Miles, Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now (London: Secker and Warburg, 1997), 479.
[>] “We haven’t got half the money people think we have”: Ray Coleman, “Interview with John Lennon,” Disc and Music Echo, January 18, 1969.
[>] “Allen Klein says you are in his way”: Derek Taylor, As Time Goes By (San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973), 143–47. This book is also the source for the meetings and conversations preceding Klein’s approach.
[>] “He called me once but I never accepted it”: Jann Wenner, “John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview,” part 2, Rolling Stone, February 4, 1971.
[>] “I thought, well, if that’s the choice”: Affidavit of George Harrison, James Paul McCartney v. John Ono Lennon, George Harrison, Richard Starkey, and Apple Corps Ltd., case 1970 M. No. 6315 in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division Group B, February 12, 1971.
[>] “We were convinced by him”: Affidavit of Richard Starkey in ibid.
[>] “He was trying to subsume me into what he was doing”: John Eastman, interview with the author, February 15, 2012.
[>] “Fuck it”: Wenner, “John Lennon,” part 2.
[>] “lie like a trooper”: John Fielding, “Insight: The Toughest Wheeler-Dealer in the Pop Jungle,” Sunday Times, April 13, 1969.
[>] “Allen Klein’s handwriting”: Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of the Beatles (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983), 343.
[>] “It’s fucking serious to John and Paul”: Ibid.
[>] “didn’t like the way it was going”: Lew Grade, Still Dancing (London: William Collins, 1987), 232.
[>] “Allen Klein is coming over”: Deposition of Allen Klein, McCartney v. Lennon, Harrison, Starkey, and Apple Corps Ltd.
10. With the Beatles
[>] “He’s only been here three months”: “The Beatles Besieged,” Time, May 30, 1969.
[>] “Yoko told me”: Vetter, “Allen Klein.”
[>] “If you’re screwing us”: Brown and Gaines, The Love You Make, 349.
[>] “People were robbing us”: Wenner, “John Lennon,” part 2.
[>] “He wanted to get rid of everybody”: Tony Bramwell and Rosemary Kingsland, Magical Mystery Tours: My Life with the Beatles (New York: St. Martin’s, 2005), 325.
[>] “that fat bastard”: Ibid., 333.
[>] “Everyone hated him”: Geoffrey Giuliano, The Lost Beatles Interviews (New York: Dutton, 1994), 253.
[>] “You lay down with pigs and you get up dirty”: These and all Mansfield quotes from Ken Mansfield, The White Book (New York: Thomas Nelson, 2007), www.fabwhitebook.com.
[>] “I got supreme pleasure”: Brown and Gaines, The Love You Make, 350–51.
[>] “The most important piece”: Chris O’Dell, interview by Marshall Terrill, Day Trippin’, October 10, 2009.
[>] “The fact that John was completely convinced”: Peter Asher, interview by Noel Murray, A.V. Club, December 1, 2010.
[>] “Paul and I were too bored”: Affidavit of John Lennon in McCartney v. Lennon, Harrison, Starkey, and Apple Corps Ltd.
[>] “I thought I would take the letters around”: Affidavit of Richard Starkey in ibid.
11. Mr. Popularity
[>] “grateful to Allen”: “An Interview with Mick Jagger,” Playback, August 23, 1970.
[>] “He felt very aggrieved”: Prince Rupert Loewenstein, A Prince Among Stones: That Business with the Rolling Stones and Other Adventures (London: Bloomsbury, 2013), 85.
[>] “What did he want from us”: Associated Press, “Jagger Testifies About Feud with Ex-Manager,” Gainesville Sun, April 17, 1984.
[>] “I still cannot understand why Paul acted as he did”: Affidavit of George Harrison in McCartney v. Lennon, Harrison, Starkey, and Apple Corps Ltd.
[>] “The reality is we’re a partnership”: George Harrison, interview by Howard Smith, WABC Radio, May 1, 1970.
[>] “He seemed to think”: Affidavit of George Harrison in McCartney v. Lennon, Harrison, Starkey, and Apple Corps Ltd.
[>] “Paul is the greatest bass guitar player in the world”: Affidavit of Richard Starkey in ibid.
[>] “Eastmans-Klein power struggle”: Affidavit of John Lennon in ibid.
[>] “Mr. Epstein was not a businessman”: Statement of Morris Finer in ibid.
[>] “Allen did a lot of things based on principle”: Don Zakarin, interview by Joe McEwen, December 17, 2007.
[>] “Even a murderer has a great line in his own defense”: Paul Gambaccini, “Paul McCartney: The Rolling Stone Interview,” Rolling Stone, January 31, 1974.
12. Some Time in New York City
[>] “Allen’s human”: Peter McCabe and Robert D. Schoenfeld, “John and Yoko: A Long-Lost Conversation,” Penthouse, September 1984.
[>] “There were fundamental levels”: Dan Richter, interview with the author, September 7, 2013.
[>] “The Beatles were fantastic”: Paul Taylor, “Art; Yoko Ono’s New Bronze Age at the Whitney,” New York Times, February 5, 1989.
[>] “Very few women were getting shows”: “Gary James’ Interview with the Former Director of Everson Museum on John and Yoko’s ‘This Is Not Here’ 1971 Exhibit, James Harithas,” http://www.classicbands.com/JamesHarithasInterview.html.
[>] “Definitely, the idea was there”: Sean Kirst, “Imagine: John Lennon, and an Almost-Beatles-Reunion in Syracuse,” Syracuse Post Standard, December 8, 2005.
[>] “Of course I fucked her”: Alejandro Jodorowsky, interview with the author, November 1, 2011.
[>] “artistic suicide”: Stephen Holden, “Some Time in New York City,” Rolling Stone, July 20, 1972.
13. A Sport and a Pastime
[>] attorneys took the case to court: For an in-depth discussion of the tangled legal history of this case, see Joseph C. Self, “The ‘My Sweet Lord’ / ‘He’s So Fine’ Plagiarism Suit,” 910 Magazine (1993).
[>] “Allen so completely misjudged the pulse of Harrison”: Gideon Cashman, interview by Joe McEwen, January 23, 2008.
[>] “The thing that really disappoints me”: George Harrison, interview by Paul Cash
mere, 1994, http://www.noise11.com/news/george-harrison-classic-interview-with-paul-cashmere-20110926.
[>] Harrison never collected: For a detailed discussion of the relationship between Harrison and O’Brien, see Robert Sellers, Very Naughty Boys: The Amazing True Story of HandMade Films (London: Metro, 2004).
[>] “tireless efforts”: Roman Kozak, “Apple/Beatles Settlement: ABKCO Gets $5 Mil; Pays $800,000,” Billboard, January 22, 1977.
[>] “The choice was”: Simon Harper, “The Final Days of the Beatles: Paul McCartney Recalls His Darkest Hour,” Clash, October 19, 2010.
[>] “I was never clear”: Emily Barrata Quinn, interview with the author, September 18, 2013.
[>] “Bennett was a little guy”: Thomas Engel, interview with the author, November 11, 2012.
[>] “as witless as it is gutless”: Vincent Canby, “‘Greek Tycoon,’ Rotogravure Style: Two Jacquelines,” New York Times, May 12, 1978.
[>] “It took a year out of my life”: Leonard Leibman, interview with the author, November 12, 2011.
[>] “I held back no realistic appraisals”: Gerald Walpin, interview with the author, November 13, 2012.
[>] Allen was fined $5,000 and given two months in jail: Eric Kronfeld, interview with the author, October 31, 2011.
[>] “He never thought he’d be found guilty”: Beverly Winston, interview by Joe McEwen, February 11, 2008.
14. No Sympathy for the Devil
[>] “I’m afraid the season didn’t end with a bang”: Frank Rich, “Stage: ‘It Had to Be You,’ Taylor-Bologna Comedy,” New York Times, May 11, 1981.
[>] “a temper tantrum in two acts”: Frank Rich, “Stage: Drama by Albee, ‘Man Who Had 3 Arms,’” New York Times, April 6, 1983.
[>] “There was a laundry list”: Gregg Geller, interview with the author, September 7, 2012.
[>] “Warner was paying his share”: Don Zakarin, interview by Joe McEwen, December 17, 2007.
[>] “I’ve told him to fuck off”: Jazz Summers, Big Life (London: Quartet Books, 2013).
[>] “I was very bad today”: Mick Rock, interview with the author, November 18, 2014.
[>] “They used to have some bitter fights”: Phil Spector, interview by Bill Flanagan, April 24, 2008.
[>] “I really liked him”: Irving Azoff, interview with the author, November 17, 2014.
[>] Klein at her apartment: Jann Wenner, interview with the author, October 2, 2012.
[>] “distinctly against the ethical tenets of modern public relations”: Rosanna M. Fiske, “Letter to the Editor: Against All the Tenets of Modern PR,” Financial Times, September 1, 2011. For further discussion of Brown Lloyd James’s reputation, see Emily Heil, “In the Loop: Ecuador’s Embassy Hires PR Firm,” Washington Post, July 19, 2012.
[>] “Did Allen Klein die”: Peter Brown, interview with the author, February 8, 2012.
Index
A
Abbey Road (album), 174, 182, 183, 184, 192, 204
ABKCO Industries
background/formation, 123–32
“buy/sell agreement” and, 133–35
description, 26, 132, 133–35
“Ain’t That Good News,” 56
Albee, Edward, 258
Aldon Music, 18, 21, 22, 59
Alexander, J. W., 41, 42, 46, 53, 78
“All Down the Line,” 236
All Things Must Pass (album/record set), 195, 204, 205, 220, 240–41, 264
Allen Klein and Company, 21, 22, 25, 26, 30, 33, 36, 40, 112, 125, 128, 132
Ambassadeurs, Les (dinner/check), 72–73
American Bandstand (television show), 37, 128
Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra, 138, 266
Animals, 2, 65–69, 70, 75, 78, 120, 125, 134, 244
Anthony, Tony, 31, 32, 125, 203
Apollo Theater, Harlem, 35, 36, 37, 97, 260
Apple Boutique, 156–57, 187
Apple Corps
Beatles breakup and, 234
description/problems, xii, 155–56, 157, 167, 171, 174, 178, 185–87
Klein’s cleanup and, 187–92
purpose, 154
Arden, Don, 66, 67–68, 69, 99, 177
Aronowitz, Al, 180, 225
Around the World in 80 Days soundtrack, 27–28
Arrow, Allen, 230–31
“As Tears Go By,” 97, 109, 237
Ashcroft, Richard, 266–67
Asher, Peter/family, 191
Aspinall, Neil, 185
Atlantic Records, 15, 29, 148, 166, 197, 229, 230–31
ATV, 171, 172, 173
Azoff, Irving, 269
B
“Baby Let Me Follow You Down,” 70
“Baby Let Me Take You Home,” 70
Badfinger, 156, 218
Balio, Tino, 31
Band, the, 217, 244
“Bangladesh,” 218
Barash, Seymour, 239
Bassey, Shirley, 82
Beatles
as Beat Brothers, 63
contract with Klein and, 234
description/image, xi, 47, 48, 61, 86, 87, 92, 93, 138, 147
Klein and, xiii–xiv, 163–64, 165–68, 170, 171–72, 173–75, 179, 181–85, 192–96, 197, 198, 222, 228–29, 234
Klein’s lawsuits and, 237–38
Klein’s obsession with, xiii, 61–62, 65, 112–13, 115–17, 141, 142, 153–54, 158–61, 238
McCartney’s lawsuit against other “Beatles,” 205–15
merchandising rights and, 64
music career and, 47–48, 62, 63, 120
release date conflicts/solo projects income and, 193, 195
reunion rumors and, 218–19, 225
taxes and, 148, 154, 169
tensions/breakup, 162–63, 165, 171–72, 173–74, 191, 192–96
transcendental meditation and, 141
See also Apple Corps; specific individuals; specific music
Beatles and Company, 154, 174, 195
Beatles, The (The White Album), 163, 184
Beeching, Lord, 160
Beggars Banquet (album), xiv, 134, 147–48, 153, 272
Belafonte, Harry, 37–38
Bennett, Pete, 110–219, 220, 245–46, 247, 249, 250–51, 252
Benton, Brook, 22
Bergman, Jo, 126
Berry, Chuck, 15, 70, 89, 91, 95, 181, 204n
Berry, Ken, 266–67
Biederman, Don, 265
Bienstock, Freddy/Miriam (wife), 166–67
Big Chill, The (film), 244
Bill Haley and His Comets, 28
Billboard, 37, 239
Bisset, Jacqueline, 247
“Bitter Sweet Symphony,” 265–66
Black Sabbath, 66
Blackwell, Robert “Bumps,” 37
Blackwell, Chris/Blanche (mother), 147
Blauner, Steve, 29
Blindman (film), 203
“Blowin’ in the Wind,” 55
“Blueberry Hill,” 17
Bob Marley and the Wailers, 147
Bologna, Joseph, 257–58
Bowen, Jimmy, 22, 23
Bowen, William, 129–30
Bowie, David, 82, 214
Bramwell, Tony, 187–88
Brandt, Jerry, 40, 53, 54, 65, 66, 68, 71, 110, 135
Branson, Richard, 132n
Braun, David, 238
Bright Tunes Music, 232, 238–41
Brill Building and music industry, 18, 69, 88
Broderick, Vincent, 252, 253
Bronfman, Edgar M., Sr., 127
Brower, John, 181
Brown, Helen, 3–4, 5, 6
Brown, James, 22, 260
Brown, Joe/Anita, 3–4, 7
Brown, Peter
after Beatles, 190, 273–75
Beatles/Apple and, 154, 159, 170, 171, 185, 274
Burdon, Eric, 66, 68
Butler, Abbey, 123–25, 126–28, 129–31, 133
Butler, Joe, 226
C
Cage, John, 224, 225
Calder, Tony, 79, 139, 158, 15
9
Cameo-Parkway Records/stocks, 128, 129–31, 132, 133, 164, 168, 209
See also ABKCO Industries
Campbell, Barbara, 40. See also Cooke, Barbara
Campbell, Glen, 182
Capitol record company
Beatles and, 47–48, 155–56, 182, 183, 184, 188, 193, 196, 246, 247
other artists, 45, 197
Cashman, Gideon, 117, 240, 241, 244, 261, 262
“Catch the Wind,” 119
CBS Records, 48, 75–76, 80–81, 105, 118, 119, 146, 249, 258, 261
CDs beginnings/effects, 261, 262
Cellarful of Noise, A (Epstein/Taylor), 158
Chandler, Chas, 68
“Change Is Gonna Come, A,” 55–56
Chappell Music/Warner, 129, 130, 132, 166, 264, 265
Charles, Ray, 15
Chesler, Lou, 30
Chess Records/Studios, 15, 91, 97, 100
Chicago (group), 164, 185
Chiffons, 232
Clanton, Jimmy, 84
Clapton, Eric, 153, 181, 203, 218–19
Clark, Dick, 35, 37, 128
Cleave, Maureen, 85, 94
Cocksucker Blues (documentary), 231–32
Cohen, Leonard, 22, 264
Cohl, Michael, 201
Coleman, Ray, 94, 157
“Colours,” 119
Columbia record company
musicians/rules, 40–41, 45, 158, 197, 220
status, 15, 43, 118, 126, 258, 259
“Come On,” 91
“Come Together,” 204, 204n, 233
Concert for Bangladesh
charity organization, 221–22
“George Harrison and Friends,” 218
Klein and, 217, 218, 219–20, 221, 222, 228, 251
Lennon/Ono and, 218, 227
overview, 217–22
taxes and, 222
Concert for Bangladesh, The (album/record set), 220, 221, 247, 263, 264
Concert for Bangladesh, The (film), 32, 220, 221
Connor, Sid, 249
Cooke, Barbara, 57, 58. See also Campbell, Barbara
Cooke, Sam
background/description, 38, 50, 52–53
Copacabana and, 53–55
death/after, 57–58, 76, 120, 244, 259–60
music/Klein and, 2, 37, 38–39, 40–42, 44–47, 52–57, 62, 137, 161, 178, 259–61, 262–63, 271