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“Apple Publishing – Episode #2”

hosted by Bruce Brown

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INTRODUCTION:

In April 1967, The Beatles would form Beatles & Co., which would soon evolve into Apple Corps. The June release of “Sgt. Pepper” found The Beatles enjoying its greatest critical acclaim. But that would give way to emotional devastation in August, when The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein (STEEN), unexpectedly passed away. Almost immediately, the band threw itself into two projects, the filming of “Magical Mystery Tour” and trying to decide what Apple Corps would become. The company’s original purpose was simply to shelter money from the dreaded “Taxman.” Largely at Paul McCartney’s urging, The Beatles’ first commercial venture with Apple Corps became Apple Publishing. Over the past decade, the UK label RPM Records has compiled five volumes of music taken from the vaults of Apple Publishing, which includes demos and alternate takes, as well as a few of the commercially released singles for which Apple held the publishing rights.

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ONTO THE PODCAST:

Welcome back to another “Fix It In the Mix” podcast. I’m your host, Bruce Brown.  Today, we once again set our sights on Apple Publishing, which The Beatles launched in the spring of 1967. The publishing company was the first commercial enterprise of Apple Corps, The Beatles’ holding company that was originally launched as a sophisticated tax shelter to dodge the exorbitant rates imposed by Her Majesty’s treasury. But with The Beatles’ name attached, it didn’t take long for the word to penetrate the music community, and the band soon found its office inundated with demo tapes.  Over the past decade, the UK label RPM Records has compiled five volumes of music taken from the vaults of Apple Publishing, which includes demos and alternate takes, as well some of the commercially released tunes for which Apple held the publishing rights.

The Playlist:

4. Brute Force – The King of Fuh (Lovers from the Sky)

Acknowledgements to Stefan Granados and his great book Those Were the Days: An Unofficial History of the Beatles Apple Organization 1967-2001

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