I have the Anthology CD somewhere. I think I listened to it once thru and that was it.

One after another they come. Mesmerizing.

I’ve learned that Jimmy Nicol sat in for Ringo on drums during their Australasian tour – 9 shows missed tue to a tonsilectomy. How have I never heard about that before? Jimmy Nicol went on to do squat and has plummeted into obscurity evidently.

I learned they were way stoned all during the filming of HELP!

I read Albert Goldman’s book about Lennon several years ago. He claimed the Beatles’ hotel beds were full of teenage groupies every night while they toured. The doc very slyly skirts around the issue but hints strongly that the boys were having lots of fun on tour.

But I was really disappointed by the actual documentary—mainly because just playing clips of their voices 30 years ago (at the time) wasn’t doing much for me. The few parts with Paul and Ringo talking to an off-screen interviewer were great, but I wish the whole thing had been done like that.

As it is, the best part is the jam session at George’s house where the three play Blue Moon and Thinkin of Linkin. Just fantastic.

you probably would’ve loved this

I took that at ASU so I could get an easy A. Pretty awesome class though. The prof had all kinds of live versions and b-sides that he played that he said were really rare.