On New Year's Day 1962, the group(Beatles) was granted an audition with Decca's A&R department, headed by Dick Rowe with his assistant Mike Smith. Mike liked them, as well as The Tremeloes who were also auditioning that day, but was forced to select only one by Dick. Brian Poole And The Tremeloes were selected because of their superior performance (The Beatles has partied until 4:30 am that morning-and were tired), and because The Tremoloes lived just a mile away and would cost the company less in travel expenses.
Hindsight is always 20-20, of course; but did you ever HEAR the Beatles in their early performances? Lousy pitch, and the rhythm wasn't too hot, either. They got better.
supposedly, Dick Rowe called Brian Epstein (Beatle's manager to be) and told him that groups with guitars were "on the way out".
Yea Hap he did: And They were!
On the way out the doors of Decca over to Capital Records....
Who by the way just released a box set of their first four albums on CD each disk containing the songs in both Mono and Stereo a first for some of those songs in true stereo.
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quote:Dick Rowe of Decca Records turned down Hendrix for a record deal, unimpressed with both this and "Stone Free." Rowe also turned away the Beatles 4 years earlier.
and the moral of the story is... never give up... just don't quit.. no matter how many times you fail and how many rejection letters you get.
thomas edison failed 2000 times before he invented the light bulb.
walt disney went bankrupt 7 times before he created disneyland.
charles daryl created play money and pretended to buy things after the stock market crashed in 29.... when he tried to sell his idea.. the game makers complained it was slow, complex and boring... but the people thought otherwise... and the game is called monopoly.
Hindsight is always 20-20, of course; but did you ever HEAR the Beatles in their early performances? Lousy pitch, and the rhythm wasn't too hot, either. They got better.
George
that may be, but we are talking 1962. 3 days after the Decca audition, and before the turn down, The Beatles were named #1 in a poll by Mersey Beat.
The original historic Mersey Beat newspaper, issued on January 4th, 1962. This issue announced the results of its popularity poll in bold headlines on the front page: Beatles Top Poll! Just three days earlier the Beatles had auditioned for Decca Records, and after hearing news of the poll John, Paul, George, and Pete were elated. They knew that this public endorsement could not be ignored by co-producer Mike Smith at Decca and they would soon sign their names to a contract.
The next day, on January 5thm, Polydor Records released the UK recording of My Bonnie / The Saints by Tony Sheridan and the Beatles (Polydor NH 66833). This was the FIRST record with the name of the Beatles on the label. Also the same month, on January 13 they were mentioned in print for the first time in America by Cashbox magazine, who announced the release of their UK My Bonnie single in their International section. On January 22, a six-week contract was signed by Brian Epstein and Manfred Weissleder, owner of the Star-Club in Hamburg.
Dick Rowe at Decca eventually called Brian Epstein and informed him that Decca would not be offering a contract. Mr Rowe stated that "...groups with guitars are on their way out."
There are three known copies of this Mersey Beat newspaper. A copy recently sold for $2,500.00.
The Tremeloes had several top 10 records, some on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1966 Brian Poole left the group to try a solo career. this career was shortlived and he joined his family's business as a butcher.
The Tremeloes group behind him continued without Poole, and were successful artists through 1971. They tried to show they were becoming more progressive and heavy, and renounced their earlier work. This was their demise, as it alienated their previous fans.
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On New Year's Day 1962, the group(Beatles) was granted an audition with Decca's A&R department, headed by Dick Rowe with his assistant Mike Smith. Mike liked them, as well as The Tremeloes who were also auditioning that day, but was forced to select only one by Dick. Brian Poole And The Tremeloes were selected because of their superior performance (The Beatles has partied until 4:30 am that morning-and were tired), and because The Tremoloes lived just a mile away and would cost the company less in travel expenses.
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supposedly, Dick Rowe called Brian Epstein (Beatle's manager to be) and told him that groups with guitars were "on the way out".
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Good Gawd -- Hap -- where do you find this stuff?? I was 11 years old then.
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Not to mention all those greenbacks they could have had.
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Hindsight is always 20-20, of course; but did you ever HEAR the Beatles in their early performances? Lousy pitch, and the rhythm wasn't too hot, either. They got better.
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You must be kiddin' Me and my Sisterdove drunk at 4:30 AM could have done better
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Yea Hap he did: And They were!
On the way out the doors of Decca over to Capital Records....
Who by the way just released a box set of their first four albums on CD each disk containing the songs in both Mono and Stereo a first for some of those songs in true stereo.
And where are the Tamales er Tremeloes? Yeah I thought so.......
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Sounds like Dick has trouble "staying in fellowship".
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and the moral of the story is... never give up... just don't quit.. no matter how many times you fail and how many rejection letters you get.
thomas edison failed 2000 times before he invented the light bulb.
walt disney went bankrupt 7 times before he created disneyland.
charles daryl created play money and pretended to buy things after the stock market crashed in 29.... when he tried to sell his idea.. the game makers complained it was slow, complex and boring... but the people thought otherwise... and the game is called monopoly.
and there are many more examples.
what do they have in common... persistence!
just refuse to give up... and just don't quit!
we are unique for a reason.
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that may be, but we are talking 1962. 3 days after the Decca audition, and before the turn down, The Beatles were named #1 in a poll by Mersey Beat.
See: http://www.rarebeatles.com/photopg2/mersey.htm
The original historic Mersey Beat newspaper, issued on January 4th, 1962. This issue announced the results of its popularity poll in bold headlines on the front page: Beatles Top Poll! Just three days earlier the Beatles had auditioned for Decca Records, and after hearing news of the poll John, Paul, George, and Pete were elated. They knew that this public endorsement could not be ignored by co-producer Mike Smith at Decca and they would soon sign their names to a contract.
The next day, on January 5thm, Polydor Records released the UK recording of My Bonnie / The Saints by Tony Sheridan and the Beatles (Polydor NH 66833). This was the FIRST record with the name of the Beatles on the label. Also the same month, on January 13 they were mentioned in print for the first time in America by Cashbox magazine, who announced the release of their UK My Bonnie single in their International section. On January 22, a six-week contract was signed by Brian Epstein and Manfred Weissleder, owner of the Star-Club in Hamburg.
Dick Rowe at Decca eventually called Brian Epstein and informed him that Decca would not be offering a contract. Mr Rowe stated that "...groups with guitars are on their way out."
There are three known copies of this Mersey Beat newspaper. A copy recently sold for $2,500.00.
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The Tremeloes had several top 10 records, some on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1966 Brian Poole left the group to try a solo career. this career was shortlived and he joined his family's business as a butcher.
The Tremeloes group behind him continued without Poole, and were successful artists through 1971. They tried to show they were becoming more progressive and heavy, and renounced their earlier work. This was their demise, as it alienated their previous fans.
~HAP
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And another moral of the story would be:
Don't be a Dick.
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