MARK LEWISOHN - In conversation with Greg Armstrong - (October 2018)

Un-monetized and respectfully taken from the fabulous "Let It Be Beatles" podcast bit.ly/3DgW881
This channel is NOT Mark Lewisohn's personal KZbin channel.
But since Mark Lewisohn is indeed the greatest world-renowned and world-recognised Beatles historian and expert - most notably since his 1988 best-seller "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions" - we thought the man deserved a beautiful reference interviews channel !...
... So this channel is like a homage to Mark Lewisohn and a reference channel for his master subject The Beatles, almost like a public service kind of channel if you like !... This channel will be like a free and "un-monetized" central platform aimed at any english speaking Beatles student around the planet, and it will patiently collect and centralize all interviews and significant radio/podcast/video appearances Mark Lewisohn has made anywhere in the world, usually scattered around dozens of different sites and platforms on the internet, onto one single central channel for reference without monetizing its videos, for this is a purely educational reference channel for the connoisseurs, without any commercial nor business goal of any sort.
Therefore this "Mark Lewisohn - A Beatles Historian" channel is indeed a good deed !
SO PLEASE NOTE THREE IMPORTANT THINGS :
A) None of these videos will ever be monetized so we're not robbing anybody here,
B) A nice & gracious link to the original beloved source/podcast will of course always appear right underneath the video with the original source full name, and
C) An UNCENSORED version of this Mark Lewisohn channel, ie. with all the missing interviews that were either blocked or taken down by KZbin, is and will always be available there bit.ly/3IpYjWf
My other channels on the Beatles :
The Beatles Otherwise bit.ly/2Ph1gjh
The Beatles Ideal Discography bit.ly/3qzlm9C
The Beatles Ideal Filmography bit.ly/3pZPJY5
Uncensored Mark Lewisohn, A Beatles Historian bit.ly/3IpYjWf
Mark Lewisohn has professionally studied the Beatles since the late '70s. Mark has worked for Paul McCartney himself from 1986 to 2001, for the Beatles' own company Apple Corps from 1991 to 1998, and has also collaborated with the surviving members for the enormous 1995 autobiographical "Anthology" project...
But beyond his extraordinary books and even beyond the Beatles themselves (!), listening to Mark Lewisohn talking about the Fab Four during those long conversations with various Beatles fans, Beatles experts and Beatles students from all around the world, is indeed a fascinating and informative experience in itself. It is a vibrant and breathtaking experience because it is like listening to a series of rich in-depth lectures on what life used to be like in the Western World after World War II, during the 1950s and obviously during the great legendary 1960s.
Hence the existence of this channel.
Mark Lewisohn's "ALL THOSE YEARS" Beatles historical biography that Beatles fans already casually call "THE THREALOGY BOOKS" :
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📖 Tune In - Regular Version amzn.to/2plUVcg
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[@marklewisohnabeatleshistor5990]

*This channel is NOT Mark Lewisohn's personal KZbin channel.* *But since Mark Lewisohn is indeed the greatest world-renowned and world-recognised Beatles historian and expert - most notably since his 1988 best-seller "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions" - we thought the man deserved one beautiful reference interviews channel ! So this channel is like a homage to Mark Lewisohn and a reference channel for his master subject The Beatles, almost like a public service kind of channel if you like !... This channel will be like a free and "un-monetized" central platform aimed at any english speaking Beatles student around the planet, and it will patiently collect and centralize all interviews and significant radio/podcast/video appearances Mark Lewisohn has made anywhere in the world, usually scattered around dozens of different sites and platforms on the internet, onto one single central channel for reference without monetizing its videos, for this is a purely educational reference channel for the connoisseurs, without any commercial nor business goal of any sort.* *Therefore this "Mark Lewisohn - A Beatles Historian" channel is indeed a good deed !* *SO PLEASE NOTE THREE IMPORTANT THINGS :* *A) None of these videos on this channel will ever be monetized so we're not robbing anybody here,* *B) A nice & gracious link to the original beloved source/podcast will of course always appear right underneath the video with the original source full name, and* *C) An UNCENSORED version of this Mark Lewisohn channel, ie. with all the missing interviews that were either blocked or taken down by KZbin,* *is and will always be available there* bit.ly/3IpYjWf *My other channels on the Beatles :* The Beatles Otherwise bit.ly/2Ph1gjh The Beatles Ideal Discography bit.ly/3qzlm9C The Beatles Ideal Filmography bit.ly/3pZPJY5 Uncensored Mark Lewisohn, A Beatles Historian bit.ly/3IpYjWf *Mark Lewisohn's "ALL THOSE YEARS" Beatles historical biography that Beatles fans already casually call "THE THREALOGY BOOKS" :* 📖 Tune In - Extended Version amzn.to/3374qdI 📖 Tune In - Regular Version amzn.to/2plUVcg

[@rick381v69]

I've just discovered your channel. I've been binging for days on these wonderful interviews. Thanks so much 🥳

[@christophertalbot9064]

I can listen to Mark all day. I sometimes do

[@Fab4nzGordz]

Though the wait is very long for vol 2, any time we get to hear a new interview with Mark, sort of helps with the waiting!

[@michaelharrington75]

Hopefully he's started on volume two now, and that it doesn't take near as much time in between to get volume three as was the time between one and two? 10 years is a long time to research on a band that has been researched and written about as much as the Beatles have.

[@Dan40049]

Fantastic Mark. Thanks for sharing.

[@udeychowdhury2529]

My brother is the other popular culture historian from Harrow. If you ever read Some Kind of Hero, know that Mark and Ajay work in the same way, but just in different parts of entertainment (to paraphrase Sinatra when talking about Elvis) Love your work and your mission, another of these tiresome people desperately waiting to "Tune In" again

[@JERKsaboy]

Marks relationship with George is fascinating. Have to wonder how this might color his approach to George across the volumes

[@Borella309]

Yes, that breakdown in their interaction is a bit surreal to me - Mark, a person who from childhood, essentially idolises the band George is part of (so I assume has a lot of affection for him), at a point in his life is then contemplating suing George and obviously bridges are burnt never to be rebuilt. jeremy kowalski raises an interesting point.

[@ronaldolaquidara64]

Yeah kinda surprised thst G.H. was mad upset with Mark Lewisohn and told him off in front of peeps..idk maybe George mixed Mark up with someone else 🤔 It was mad awesome to hear Mark got to work with Paul in 90's I believe... I'd luv to have Marks job writing books on the BeaTles ... Can't wait to read his Vol.3 on the BoTTles oops I mean the BeaTles..😹😂😹

[@Dan40049]

The most interesting part of this discussion in my opinion is how yellow dog got their hands on the bootlegs. I've always wanted to know how they got out. Fascinating.

[@Beatgeneration2010]

Yellow Dog (seemingly), got their hands on the Tapes a guy who was helping Mark Lesishon with the Anthology trax, or the BEATLES Recording sessions, an engineer who was dying of Cancer, John Barrett, his house was broken in to and the tapes stolen. So the story goes. Mark Lesishon is too honourable a man to give away the studio tapes. They became known as the "John Barrett Tapes" unfortunately. I think one of the Bootleg series was (tragically) called, "Turn me on.Deadman)! He did a superb job categorizing the tracks too by the way. Those Bootlegs are great for Beatle Scholars, far and wide!

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

It remains a mystery who leaked the tapes but suspicion remains on anyone who had access.

[@deanadams3099]

For the love of god ask a question.

[@dukegroovy5162]

Can you please give us the reason why Neil had a falling out with Apple? Also is the song the candle burns a Beatles outtake? much appreciated

[@neilmclaughlin2347]

I think the Neil Aspinall issue was something to do with his perceived hesitation/reluctance with The Beatles appearing on streaming sites (perhaps especially with Apple Computers, maybe to do with their previous litigation with Apple Corps in the 80’s & 90’s)? Peace of Mind/The Candle Burns is a bit of a mystery. The general consensus is that it was one of the many demo tapes that flooded Apple Corps after the press ad inviting ‘talent’. It’s most likely some unknown act who did a song in the style of The Beatles, maybe in an effort to get their attention amongst all the hundreds of demo tapes that turned up at Baker St, Wigmore St &Saville Row?

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

Wrong. Neil was dying and was nearly 66 years old when he left

[@paulmurphy4267]

@@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879 No, neither age nor illness were part of the equation. Neil had no inkling he had cancer when he left Apple, and he had no inkling that he was GOING to be leaving Apple. Mark L has been quite eloquent on that point on occasions, including a Beatles-Fest Q&A, that Neil WAS retired, not that he DID retire, "and he was angry about it... very angry." Given that the only commensurate event was the Apple Computers debacle, whereby failure to seal-the-deal on the fine point of the earlier court agreement (re music - see Paul in Many Years From Now) led to a catastrophic drain on the company finances - Apple (Beatles version) was liable for huge legal bills after losign that case - it is almost certainly this event that led to the powers-that-Beatle deciding a newer mind was needed at the helm. On an extra point, it should be noted - because it is not mentioned often - that Paul paid for Neil's sadly-unsuccessful medical treatment in America

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

@@paulmurphy4267 bullshit - he was too old, too set in his own ways to continue they knew he was phoning it in overall for years and wasn't on his game because of his illness - They fired his ass and turned it over to a younger guy Paul felt guilty and threw him some money for his treatment - but they tossed him aside like yesterday's newspaper and humiliated a sick and dying man in his final days

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

@@paulmurphy4267 he fucked up the apple case overpaid solicitors and nearly bankrupt the company. Yoko and Olivia sacked his cranky ass in a heartless way whilst sick with lung cancer.

[@spaceengineer1452]

Let It Be ! Releasing in Sept 20.

[@jrh11254]

According to Disney, who own the distribution rights, the release date is now scheduled for Aug 27, 2021.

[@spaceengineer1452]

@@jrh11254 Sure hope so. We get Let It Be, too...

[@bluehorizon9435]

A really interesting interview. I just wonder if Mark ever has a period when he wakes up feeling tired of hearing Beatles music or reading/researching Beatles material? Generally in life, we all need variety and something new to stimulate and motivate us - so I wonder if Mark also every experienced that, and if so, what he does to overcome/get through it?

[@SuperMikecarp]

He has photography as a hobby, and has recently published a book of photographs he took of a town in Belgium.

[@SuperMikecarp]

@Michael H. his specialty is architectural photography. The town in Belgium is Mons, site of a famous battle of WW1.

[@SuperMikecarp]

@Michael H. I know that. Even though Mark lives and breathes the Beatles he needs a break from them occasionally! I have the greatest admiration for Mark, and have done so since I bought his book about their recording sessions back in the '90s. I only hope I live long enough to read the next two installments of his All These Years triology - I'm two and a half years older than he is. It looks like we'll have to wait another 3 years for volume 2. Sigh.......

[@graemepritchard8257]

Blue Horizon I think that’s a really good point. The Beatles were my first love and they are ‘the one’. However, there is so much diverse rootsy, jazzy, folksy etc etc music out there. Don’t get wrong The Beatles music and legacy is unsurpassed but ML is Beatles centric and could well be missing out

[@neilmclaughlin2347]

I don’t know about Mark’s situation regarding ‘Beatles fatigue’, or indeed any of your experiences, but I tend to do a deep-dive return to then about once each year. There is so much wonderful music throughout the world. In each and every style, genre and era which I dearly love; but every time I come back to The Beatles, they truly are on a whole other level compared to everything else.

[@PeasGraveny]

I thought Paul indicates on the Donovan/Macca '69 tape that it is partially about a black woman.

[@w1lf1ewoo]

So was get back

[@paulmurphy4267]

Paul specifically mentions Diana Ross on one of the Donovan tapes, and on many occasions has mentioned that the UK colloquialism for a female is "bird" (the US equivalent being "broad", or "chick" in certain spheres). Whether he has 'reimagined' the song's origins, as ML muses, or whether he simply did not pursue talking openly about its civil rights links due to the association that Manson put on the song, only Paul knows for sure.

[@mynonameyt]

When you listen to Mark Lewisohn, and if you muted every time he mentioned the Beatles you might think he was speaking of God. I truly like the Beatles music, I do but this guy has lost perspective. He might know more about the Beatles than anyone else, but he's a fool. Next he might advocate wearing a bracelet, WWTBD, "what would the Beatles do ".