Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/53/42/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date15 July 1964
DescriptionCharles Parker interviews Colin Fletcher, Stuart Hall, and Adrian Mitchell:

Track 1: Recording setup, 0.11 mins
Track 2: One of them describes talking to parents in Liverpool about beat clubs, and their concerns about them, he talks about beat music, 2.37 mins
Track 3: They discuss the mid-Atlantic accent in beat music and the Beatles, he talks about Ringo Starr, who is a friend of his, saying that he is treated differently by his friends, and John Lennon's influences, which include Tennessee Williams, the Beatles' consciousness about the way they express themselves, 4.14 mins
Track 4: He says that the Beatles stand out because they write their own music, talks about other Liverpool bands, and Brian Epstein, the Beatles' manager, 1.41 mins
Track 5: They talk about the cost of going to beat clubs in Liverpool and of keeping up with the scene, 2.26 mins
Track 6: They talk about beat as an 'orgiastic experience', comparing it to West African dance, creating an 'asocial feeling', experiences of being lost in music, 2.13 mins
Track 7: They talk about people losing themselves in movement, fears that the mob becomes 'asocial', 2.25 when dancing, 2.25 mins

Total: 15.49 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0969080
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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