Who was The Beatles manager? A Cellarful of Noise Review
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- Watch my video book review of A Cellarful of Noise (1964) - the autobiography of Brian Epstein, The Beatles manager who died in 1967.
We’ll explore the most fascinating stories from Brian’s unique perspective on the boys and dive into the controversial aspects of his personality that were excluded from the book, including his homosexuality at a time when it was still illegal in Britain, and the drug use that ultimately led to The Beatles manager’s death.
This video is the second episode in a series which will summarise and analyse classic works of Beatles literature. If you’re a Beatlemaniac, please subscribe and hit the bell button to get notified every time I publish new videos on the Beatles bibliography.
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All These Years | Volume One: Tune In (Extended Special Edition) by Mark Lewisohn, Little Brown Book Group (2013)
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The Man Who Made the Beatles: An Intimate Biography of Brian Epstein by Ray Coleman, Penguin (1990)
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The Beatles: The Authorised Biography by Hunter Davies, W.W. Norton & Co (1996)
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Was Brian Epstein really the fifth Beatle? Let us know what you thought of A Cellarful of Noise!
There were two "fifth Beatles": Brian Epstein and George Martin.
@@johnathongallagher Thanks, Johnathon! ✌
Once again, your presentation skills are excellent. You manage to review in a clear, concise way without having to resort to bias or exaggeration. Your reading from the book brought back memories of my buying records in NEMS in the mid-sixties, while I also recalled those sweaty, smelly nights at the Cavern, unfortunately after The Beatles stopped playing there. An interesting aside is that opposite (approximately) the site of NEMS has been erected a statue of Brian Epstein as if on his first walk to the nearby Cavern.
By way of an alternative view of Beatles management, could I suggest The Man Who Gave Away The Beatles by Allan Williams, their first manager, though it should have been titled Sour Grapes; published by Elm Tree Books Limited in 1975
Hey Anthony. I really appreciate that, thanks. I'm very jealous that you got to experience the original Cavern Club. And yes - the statue is a new addition to the streets of Liverpool and I'd love to visit it soon. I'll be sure to mention the campaign to create the statue in my obituary video on Brian. I've actually never read the Allan Williams book as I have had trouble getting hold of a copy that isn't prohibitively expensive, but it is on my list and would love to do a review on it in the future.
Really enjoying your videos so far, Charles
Thanks very much, Jay! Glad you enjoyed it ✌
Another book I highly recommend is Drummed Out! The Sacking Of Pete Best by Spencer Leigh, published by Northdown Publishing Limited in 1998. As its title suggests, the main focus of the book is the departure of their first drummer, but it also contains some useful appendices; e.g. a list of the recording sessions by The Beatles with Pete Best and also a comparison of his drumming style with Ringo Starr's on 33 recordings of songs they both did.
How about his mismanagement of the Beatles business? Their taxes, their money, the huge sums of money from licensed toys, and other items that he just had to accept wasn’t going to be paid!
It’s standard practice that if you are in England for example, and you are going to have lots of business with companies in another country, say, the United States, you open an office in that country! You get a law firm, a CPA, a bank etc. the many millions that the licensed items grossed would have been monitored and the royalties paid. Brian didn’t even investigate how to do this.
Very good points which he didn't reply to.
The Beatles. Why the fascination by this young man?
Personally, I think they were a project by Brian, then additionally by his friend George Martin.
Brian paid for girls at airports, an old trick which he copied.
Beatles couldn't write music, so I believe their inadequacies were written by George Martin.
George certainly played instruments and arranged string quartets.
Hi Charles - Love your channel. The name Epstein is pronounced "Ep - styne".
Thank you! I'm not so sure about the pronunciation. For example, if you watch this video of The Beatles, they all pronounce it the way I do: th-cam.com/video/9vgYjYg2d_0/w-d-xo.html
Great video!! Do you have a goodreads account by chance?
Thanks for watching! I certainly do: www.goodreads.com/thecharlesbliss
FYI "A Cellar Full of Goys" was the title of Leggy Mountbatten 's 1964 Autobiography. In it, he wrote of The Rutles ' rise to fame... It's a lark because Epstein was Jewish, and "Goys" is a slightly derogatory term for "non Jews", which of course described the whole Beatles' Liverpool crowd.. ;)
Just thought y'all might wanna know; I always thought it was a goofy and clever pun on Brian's book title...
There are some books of the quarrymen that seems really good can you latter make some reviews, ?i was reading one of his school mate Michael hill who introduced him to little Richard
Hey Angélica, do you know the titles of the Quarrymen books? I'll look them up!
I must remark that the background to your text sections resembles- almost exactly- frontispieces paper in books in certain original additions I have here in France…
Where did you find it, might I ask?
Hey Don. Those are from a wonderful artist called Susan Wilkinson on Unsplash ✌
@@thecharlesbliss thanks, Charles. Much appreciated.
Apparently, before Brian settled on: "A Cellar Full of Noise" as a title, Lennon suggested he call the book: "Queer Jew". I don't recall where I read that (I've read a LOT of books about the Beatles), and I don't know whether Brian thought it was funny, or hurtful. I'm sure Lennon thought it was funny.
Yes, apparently that was another of John's provocative and cruel suggestions. He would later say in interviews that Brian asked John never to use his homosexuality against him and John said he "never did" - but with remarks like that, I wonder. Some people also claim at the end of Baby You're A Rich Man, you can hear John singing at Brian: "Baby, you're a rich man, jew" but personally I can't hear it.
In assuming the Beatles' name was "purposeless" Mr E. showed ignorance. As well as referring to poetry and rhythm, it invokes Buddy Holly (and the Crickets). Perhaps he'd have preferred the Bunnymen-men-men-men?
The "word" "corps." is pronounced "core".
"Corps" is pronounced "kore"!.
Seriously man; Apple "Corpse"? That completely misses the whole intended pun of classic Beatles' humor... It's "Apple CORE"...
But "Apple Corpse" is also a pun on The Beatles and death... 😝
Very good points.
The Beatles. Why the fascination by this young man?
Personally, I think they were a project by Brian, then additionally by his friend George Martin.
Brian paid for girls at airports, an old trick which he copied.
They were so popular so quickly.
I believe they were, because it was shortly after the assassination of JFK.
USA wanted something to hide the shame.
I've watched many old clips and their performances live were atrocious.
Beatles couldn't write music, so I believe their inadequacies were written by George Martin.
George certainly played instruments and arranged string quartets.
It would be nice if you could pronounce Mr. Epstein's name correctly. It's Ep-stine, not Ep-steen.
Hey. This is an interesting one. Brian decided to change the way that he pronounced his family name as he got older, so it's understandable that people tend to pronounce it in different ways.
@@thecharlesbliss I've read that his family pronounced it "steen", as there was a lot of anti-Semitism in Britain at that time, and they felt it sounded less Jewish, but Brian himself pronounced it "stine" in "The Beatles First U.S. Visit" documentary film.
@@Luthiart It is a confusing one. Obviously I'd like to pronounce it the way Mr Epstein himself would have preferred. I think there might be also a discrepancy between the English and American English. The Beatles themselves pronounced it the way I do in Get Back: th-cam.com/video/9vgYjYg2d_0/w-d-xo.html