The Beatles By Klaus Voormann

Stuart was going to stay in Hamburg, cos he’d fallen in love with this girl Astrid [Kirchherr], who was part of a little set who called themselves the Exi’s, existentialists. They were very cool in black, tight trousers, little high-heeled boots. She was blonde, she had a short Peter Pan pageboy haircut, she looked dead cool. We’d never seen a chick like it. She dressed like a boy, a very slim little boy, so it was all, Fuckin’ hell, look at her!  I think we all fancied her but she fancied Stuart, who’d been the one guy who’d never been able to pull anything in our band. We’d always pulled before old Stu, but he got these great shades and struck a James Dean pose, got his hair going groovy like James Dean, so she went mad for him. And their group used to really like Stuart. I think it went: Stuart, John, George, me, Pete Best. That was their order of preference. They took some great photos of us. 

- Paul McCartney interview in Paul Du Noyer, Conversations with McCartney (2015) pp.34-35

RINGO & PAUL: A MINI COMPILATION

McCartney offers a further, more emotional reminiscence: “I probably bore him by telling him the moment when the three of us realised he was The Guy. In my recollection it’s at the Cavern and there’s me, John and George — which, right there, is pretty cool — standing at the front doing our thing, facing out on the mics. And then behind us there’s this new guy depping, who we knew we liked — we’d seen him in another band. But now he was playing with us. And it just felt so different. It felt so amazing, and it just locked in with what we were all about. And I have this very vivid recollection of kind of looking at John and him looking at me and looking at George and him looking at me, and the three of us are going, ‘What the fuck, this is fucking amazing!” As McCartney describes this, he wipes his eye. “And as you can see, it gets emotional. There was a moment.”

Keith Smith, Assistant Engineer: All I can say about Ringo is that you just have to listen and watch him playing drums with Paul on bass, it’s pure synergy. I can’t think of any other way to describe it. He is a completely unique drummer and when they play together it’s as near to perfect and natural as I have ever witnessed. It is something that still to this day hasn’t changed.

McCartney digresses for a moment to describe the most recent example of getting-together-with-Ringo, nine days before this conversation, at the end of his show at Dodger Stadium: “Just the other night we finished our tour in Los Angeles and Ringo got up and we were doing ‘Helter Skelter’ together, and when I wasn’t on the mic, in the solo breaks and stuff, I really made a point of turning round and watching this guy drum. And thinking, ‘My God, you know, the memories across this ten-yard gap here,’ with him on the drums and me on the bass. The lifetime that’s going on here, and here he is! And I was just listening to him during that song. I was doing my performance but basically [he sings] When I get to the bottom I go back to the top — as I’m doing that bit, there’s normally just the guitars sort of playing, but Ringo did what’s on the record” — McCartney sings the drum part to demonstrate — “building. So I’m going, 'Oh yeah, great.’ So you know it’s a sort of magic.”

“It’s always a special experience to play with Paul,” says Ringo now. “I love Paul and I love his playing and, you know, we spent a lot of time together in the sixties.”

The Ultimate Beatle Guide: Interviews

1962

The Beatles first radio airplay with Pete Best (3rd August)

The Beatles first radio interview (27th October)

The Beatles rehearsals in The Cavern Club (October)

1963

The Beatles played on American radio for the first time (Late Feb)

The Beatles Ireland interview(Feb/March)

Please please me mini documentary (March 22nd)

The Beatles ‘Easy Beat’ Radio Show  (April 3rd)

The Beatles BBC Radio show ‘Side By Side’ (April 4th)

The Beatles Swedish interview (August 23rd) part one

The Beatles Swedish interview (August 23rd) part two

Short interview with The Beatles (August 28th)

The Beatles interview with Dusty Springfield (October 4th)

The Beatles short interview with BBC News (October 16th)

The Beatles interview in Cheltenham (November 1st)

The Beatles Dublin interview (November 7th)

The Beatles ‘This Week’ interview uncut (November 7th)

The Beatles ‘Day By Day’ interview (November 12th)

The Beatles first time on American TV NBC News (November 18th)

The Beatles Come To Town: ABC Ardwick in Manchester (November 20th)

The Beatles Come To Town Behind The Scenes/Outtakes (November 20th)

The Beatles and fans interviews at ABC Cinema Carlisle (November 21st)

The Beatles interview with Ken Dodd (November 27th)

Morecambe and Wise Show featuring The Beatles (December 2nd)

The Beatles photoset at BBC radio show Saturday Club (December 17th)

Beatles Christmas message at Astoria by ‘Day By Day’ (December 24th)

1964

The Beatles awarded Silver Hearts (1964)

The Beatles Live At The BBC Full Album (1963/1964)

The Beatles Paris interview- starts at 2:00 (February 5th)

The Beatles arrive in America (February 7th)

The Beatles JFK Conference (February 7th)

The Beatles on Ed Sullivan (February 9th)

The Beatles Washington D.C interview (February 11th)

The Beatles L.A interview (Mid-Feb)

The Beatles U.S Documentary(Late Feb)

The Beatles return from the US (February 22nd)

The Beatles ‘Public Ear’ interview talking about John’s book (March 18th)

The Beatles fan Q&A interview (April 3rd)

Paul McCartney interviewed by David Frost (May 18th)

The Beatles perform ‘A Midsummers Night’s Dream (Late April)

The Beatles ‘Round Up’ interview (April 30th)

John Lennon and his Auntie Mimi airport interview (June 7th)

The Beatles Adelaide press conference (June 12th)

John Lennon and Paul McCartney Melbourne interview (June 15th)

John Lennon Melbourne interview (June 15th)

The Beatles Australian radio interview (Mid June)

The Beatles San Francisco press conference audio only (August 18th)

The Beatles Seattle press conference audio only (August 21st)

The Beatles Vancouver press conference audio only (August 22nd)

The Beatles New York press conference (August 28th)

The Beatles Boston press conference (September 12th)

The Beatles Ohio press conference (September 15th)

The Beatles Sydney conference with Jimmie Nicol (Mid-December)

The Beatles interview with Jimmie Nicol (Mid-December)

1965

Ringo Starr ‘Pop Personality’ interview (1965)

Ringo and Maureen interview (1965)

Ringo Starr’s interview after his operation (Early January)

The Beatles first interview talking about drug use (March)

Help! radio interview after returning from The Bahamas (March 12th)

John Lennon Cannes Help! interview (May)

John Lennon BBC interview (June 18th)

The Beatles New York press conference (August 13th)

The Beatles Toronto press conference (August 17th)

The Beatles Chicago press conference (August 20th)

The Beatles Metropolitan Stadium press conference (August 21st)

The Beatles Capitol Tower L.A press conference (August 29th)

The Beatles San Francisco press conference (August 31st)

The Beatles MBE interview part one (October 26th)

The Beatles MBE interview part two (October 26th)

The Beatles MBE interview part three (October 26th)

The Beatles MBE interview part four (October 26th)

George Harrison BBC interview (November 30th)

John Lennon BBC interview (November 30th)

1966 

The Beatles in Hamburg interview (June 26th)

The Beatles Tokyo press conference (June 30th)

The Beatles Chicago press conference (August 12th)

The Beatles Toronto press conference audio only (August 17th)

The Beatles New York press conference (August 22nd)

The Beatles Warwick Hotel press conference (August 22nd)

The Beatles L.A press conference (August 24th)

John Lennon apologising for comparing The Beatles to Jesus (unsure of date)

1967

Paul McCartney ‘Special Underground’ interview (January 18th)

John Lennon and Paul McCartney TOTP interview (March 20th)

Paul McCartney LSD interview (June 27th)

John Lennon and George Harrison interview (August 27th)

The Beatles interview after Brian’s death (August 29th)

John Lennon radio interview (November)

1968

Paul McCartney and Jane Asher interview (26th March)

John Lennon and Paul McCartney NBC interview (May 14th)

The Beatles (Minus John) promoting ‘Yellow Submarine’ (July 8th)

Paul McCartney solo interview (November)

1969

As The Beatles were extremely close to breaking up there aren’t many interview and it’s hard to date everything, someone has kindly made a compilation of them talking though: (x)

George Harrison speaks about the future of The Beatles

I did a little concert for somebody in Hollywood. Paul McCartney was there. I've never met him before, but I'm a fucking fan of The Beatles. I'm in the back smoking, and they're like, "Sir Paul would like to meet you." I'm like, "For real? Hold on," and I put that blunt out. Cuh walk in the room like, "Don't put that down."

Snoop Dogg on meeting Paul McCartney

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On the cover of Tan magazine, September 1965. (Featuring a photo of The Beatles with Mary Wells in October 1964.)

“I’d never really heard Marvin Gaye, The Miracles and all that until George played me the records up in their flat [on London’s Green Street] and they absolutely blew me away. I then went on a sort of crusade for Motown!” - Tony Hall, The Beatles: The BBC Archives

Cathy McGowan: “What records do you like, other than your own?” George Harrison: “All the Motown Tamla records, Mary Wells, Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Impressions, all that crowd.” - Ready, Steady, Go!, March 20, 1964

“[The music] that we play at home — like Mary Wells, Miracles and not to mention Marvin Gaye.” - George Harrison, BBC’s Public Ear, January 12, 1964

“Tamla Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles, The Impressions, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, The Exciters.” - George Harrison, The Beatles’ Detroit press conference, September 6, 1964

“That boy George — he’s very quiet, but he’s cute.” - Mary Wells, Melody Maker, November 7, 1964

“Labeling the various members of the Beatles, Mary [Wells] recalled that Paul McCartney is the ‘real life of any party; Ringo Starr is a complete clown; George Harrison is kind of on the quiet side; and John Lennon is more of a businessman than the other three and he’s the toughest one to get to know.’” - Tan, September 1965

“The Beatles — who were always among Mary’s very early fans — are now her own favorites. She thinks they are very adorable and feels dreadfully sorry for them. ‘You have no idea how surrounded they are. There’s always someone wanting them. Their lives are certainly not their own. You know sometimes Paul or George will come into my dressing room and play a couple of records and then leave again.’” - Disc, October 31, 1964 (x)

Nowhere man: The final days of John Lennon. Robert Rosen

Prisoner of Love: Inside the Dakota with John Lennon. Peter Doggett | Release cancelled in 2021

Lennon in America. Geoffrey Giuliano

Spain July 1965