![]() ![]() ![]() Paul McCartney, the Beatles’ self-appointed problem-solver, saw in this trend an opportunity to address a creative issue while exploiting a commercial possibility. Following Bob Dylan’s self-conscious rejection of psychedelic pageantry John Wesley Harding and the magisterial traditionalism of the Band’s first two releases, the hip move was a return to basics. And yet, against what feels like common sense, the Beatles reconvened just 10 weeks later in January, intending to find some way to top themselves yet again.įor a rock band in 1969, “getting back” was all the vogue. The four-month sessions for the White Album had both tested relationships between the Fabs and emboldened each of them to pursue the possibilities of what might be accomplished alone. In 1967, their beloved longtime manager Brian Epstein died of an overdose, a casualty of Beatlemania’s ceaseless pressure cooker. They had legal issues and Apple-the utopian multimedia company they had recently founded-was quickly devolving into an untenable boondoggle. Their fame was such that even having begged off touring three years previous, they remained far too well-known to walk comfortably down any street. ![]()
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