New Worlds
Summer 1962
The Casbah Coffee Club was closed. Pete was leaving the group. It was like the end of the introduction of the book of The Beatles. Stress was coming from Parlophone and George Martin, who had not yet accepted that The Beatles should be recording originals. He wanted “How Do You Do It?”, written by Mitch Murray. Meanwhile, Cynthia had some big news for John. The Old World was coming to an end.
In the New World, Ringo would join the group and on August 18, 1962, The Beatles were complete. George Martin gave in to The Beatles’ musical decisions, mainly because, well, he just really found them to be charismatic and got along with them so well. Brian Epstein took care of John and Cyn’s sudden wedding and even let them live rent-free in a flat that he owned. Did they know that unimaginable fame was on the horizon? Of course not. But the pieces were starting to be put into place. Join Larry and me for a discussion of The Beatles in the summer of 1962 in this episode of the Beatles60 podcast.
