| Description | An interview with an unnamed American writer, probably conducted by Geoffrey Reeves:
Track 1: Test tone, 0.36 mins
Tracks 2-3: Interview with an unnamed American man about the pop music industry and protest songs including discussion of the Beatles and Bob Dylan, the influence of American music on the Beatles, Cliff Richard, 2.45 mins
Track 4: He talks about the Dave Clark 5, and the appeal of British musicians in America, 1.46 mins
Track 5: They talk about changes in the Beatles' music, their talent and intelligence, 4.27 mins
Track 6: The interviewer asks whether the Beatles will ever sing songs of protest; they discuss Beatles songs and sex appeal in pop music, the press in Britain and America, 3.22 mins
Track 7: He talks about the Beatles and America 'taking' British acts, the interviewer asks whether the Beatles sound has changed from being English to 'something mid-Atlantic', 3.08 mins
Track 8: He says that most British pop acts are unknown in America - Americans know about serious actors like John Gielgud, Noel Coward, or Vivien Leigh, 2.03 mins
Track 9: They discuss a review of a book he has written about the Beatles, 1.56 mins
Track 10: The interviewer asks how it feels to go to a Beatles concert and be surrounded by screaming girls, whether it is a good release of emotional tension, he suggests that the Beatles are not popular in Latin countries because they already have a tradition of emotional music, he talks about the difference between 'American screaming and British screaming', drugs in Britain and America, 3.12 mins
Track 11: He talks about research he has done comparing letters to the Beatles written by British and American teenagers and says that the American letters were more coherent because education in America is better; they talk about pop crazes in England and America, which have not happened in England before, 3.01 mins
Total: 29.47 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0575180 |