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Significant interview tape from the personal collection of Los Angeles radio DJ Dave Hull, who was one of the major promoters of the Fab Four in Southern California at the height of Beatlemania in the mid-1960s. He spent a lot of time with the boys, conducting dozens of interviews with them both as a group and individually. He even spent two weeks with them on the set of their second film, 'Help!,' filmed in the Bahamas from February–April, 1965, during which time this interview tape was recorded.
The 7˝ reel of ¼” Scotch-brand audio tape features interviews between Derek Taylor and the Beatles, beginning with a nearly 14-minute long conversation with George Harrison. George discusses the Beatles' rigorous working schedule in the Bahamas: "We're up at 7 in the morning every day, on the set filming…We all prefer to be up and working." He refers to their upcoming tour of Europe—to bring them to Spain, France, and Italy—as well as other upcoming projects, speculating about future tours and films: "For all we know we might start on our third film, after the American trip…We enjoy it so much more than anything else. When the film is finished you get more sort of satisfaction from it. You feel as though you've done something worthwhile, more so than a tour." Harrison also talks about what he does in his leisure time, talks about buying a new house, chats about his time in London, and contemplates living in the Bahamas.
After George, there is a five-minute interview with Walter Shenson (the producer of Help!) and Beatles road manager Mal Evans, who was given a part in the film. Each talk about the film, roles of the people in the film, and how certain people were chosen for parts.
The tape concludes with an interview between Taylor and all four Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr—talking about their families and the film. John and Ringo explain that the forthcoming film is very different from A Hard Day's Night: "It's in color, and it's got a plot… basically it's a comedy." Paul humorously relates that the script was "written originally by an American gentleman and then translated into English by a fellow called Charles Wood." The interview ends with Paul talking about the upcoming European and U.S. tours.
To our knowledge, this fascinating tape has never been aired and remains unreleased. Accompanied by a high-fidelity digital transfer (.wav file) of the tape's contents on a USB stick.
From the Mark Erbach Collection.
