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Bruce Spizer
He has “music in his bones.” Actually, he has music everywhere – in records, in notes, in notes about records, and in books from the notes about the records…Bruce Spizer is The Beatles Music Man!
Enjoy this conversation about his latest release, The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night and More!
The Video Presentation is now fully complete and is available as the centre-piece of The Inside No 3 Experience / Presentation Evening. This event is to educate and bring to the audience that period of artistic revolution that came from within that famous white door at Number 3 Savile Row.
Apple
Using the book as the template, we show to full effect the sense of mission ideals that The Beatles had in vision for the whole organisation that was to be Apple. We all know the outcome, but what is not known is how that so nearly came about. Well you can wonder no more for it is now laid out for everyone in a bright colour and beautiful happening that reflected those marvellous aims.
Inside No 3
Inside No 3 Book
These are standard presentation photographs that extol and support the link between the book Inside No 3 and the DVD Disc to which we use on the presentation. The second photograph is a rear view of the DVD Presentation package. !!
Abbey Road
This is one of the photographs taken on the day of the shoot which was ultimately rejected. I have all of the photographs used and they make a stunning collage.
One of the Rejected Abbey Road Photos
This is a shot from 1968 and is from Hey Jude – Terrific!!
The Beatles 1968
Mary Hopkin
This is a portrait of the beautiful Welsh singer Mary Hopkin who as many know was a very successful Apple artist. She had a voice of an angel and sang as clear as a bell. She is still in the music business, only doing projects that really appeal to her. Long may she continue to do so.
Mary Hopkin
Badfinger
The final photo plate is of Apple Records most successful bands Badfinger. They were a most impressive band to hear and to see, and their sheer talent has been long hidden away, and even today when one sees old film of them it still has the power to impress shock and deliver mis-belief at their sheers talent !!
The Iveys who became Badfinger
Bookings have already been received and completed and a review is available via links to The Beatles bookstore website.
FELIXSTOWE BEATLES WEEKEND
We will be a central core to the fabulous Felixstowe Beatles Weekend at The famous Spa Pavilion on Saturday / Sunday 21st /22nd June 2025.
So book that weekend and make it a most enjoyable one as well. The Quarrymen will be appearing , alongside ex Capital Radio DJ/ Host Nicky Horne, with his very special and unique show as well as Inside No3 with the brilliant Apple Presentation!!
There is more to be added, and the Special website will be active shortly- so stay tuned, you won’t want to miss this totally awesome weekend, It will be a Beatles Fans Dream !!
Inside Number Three – The Illustrated History of Apple Records
Inside No3 takes you through that famous door, deep into the minds of all who worked there at Apple Records. This is done also in a very different way. This is not a kiss-and-tell diary, it is through fan adulation and understanding via a personal collection of artifacts and memorabilia that author Nigel Pearce has built up over the last 50 years.
Mono Mixes of Let It Be and Abbey RoadMono Mixes of Let It Be and Abbey Road
Rare Beatles Recordings in Mono
This gives us all concrete proof that rare Beatles recordings in Mono mixes were done, mixed and produced for Abbey Road and the Let It Be albums. Although these mixes have never been officially released, here are my personal CD copies of both of those mixes and the EMI Tape boxes used to house them in. The labels are shown here for those stored recordings, and as per their contract situation prevailing at the time they were seeded to Parlophone Records. The recordings actually are excellent as well!! Should be available to purchase, I 100% believe.
Badfinger
Badfinger in ConcertBadfinger in Concert
This CD came direct to me from a contact at the BBC. This is straight from their archives and is a copy of a live concert programme for Badfinger. Recorded and Broadcast from Wales in 1972. It is an extremely good concert with only possibly two songs that might need some editing or enhanced production. Badfinger was indeed a well-knitted and tight band, and this is one of the few excellent recordings of them in concert. It would have made an excellent live album !! It might have given the band a big push!!
Balls
Fight For My Country by Balls
This is another rare to find, and well-lost Apple Studios demo recording. The artist is Balls, and the song is titled Fight For My Country. Its a good progressive slab of rock, quite well played, and it is well produced in Mono. Again there is no details of personnel of the Band, and finding them is very difficult, or perhaps nigh on impossible. Another one from that under the Floor No 3 Savile Row Vault.
Paul McCartney The White Album Interview
Paul and John Interviews
John Lennon Abbey Road Interview
Paul and John Interviews
These are really the Pieces de Resistance of this little bunch. The ideals of Apple were to promote the product as works and pieces of art, for that is what they most certainly were. It was EMI etc that counted the money that was to be coming in from each well-made product!
The Beatles at this time undertook a lot of promotion in order to fulfill that Operational Mendi of giving the artist a better deal. They were also doing this to their own products, and we have two fine examples here. The first one is an interview by Paul to promote the White Album released in November 1968. He gave an exclusive interview to Radio Luxemburg Host/ DJ Tony Macarthur, with sponsorship from the Daily Express. The discussion is very open and he concentrated on his tracks but gave a lot of mention to John’s Goodnight.
The second one is John accompanied by Yoko giving a discussion on Abbey Road just after the album was released, and again the discussion was very warm and open, with no hints of the problems at Apple which were bubbling away. Both interviews are given in full, but the tracks have been cleaned to provide pure listening pleasure, and they most certainly do just that. John also mentions the version of Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight from the album covered by Trash, Apple 17, and that single is also contained here, which is a very rare occurrence. The cases and labels are complete and unaltered, as per the originals, and they make a wonderful extra to these albums.
One wonders why they could not have been included in the re-boxed sets. They would have made an excellent addition or side dish as Paul likes to call odd examples. If anyone is listening, I have my copies stored safely away
This is a great little set of demos and extras from Apple Records at No 3 Savile Row, and there is still more to have, all in good time too!!
Inside Number Three – The Illustrated History of Apple Records
Inside No3 takes you through that famous door, deep into the minds of all who worked there at Apple Records. This is done also in a very different way. This is not a kiss-and-tell diary, it is through fan adulation and understanding via a personal collection of artifacts and memorabilia that author Nigel Pearce has built up over the last 50 years.
Want the latest think piece canvassing The Beatles’ World, without having to invest a ton of your time? Check out the new “Tell Me Why” podcast with host Jude Southerland Kessler, author of The John Lennon Series of narrative biographies. Kessler interviews Beatles personalities, authors, artists, influencers, playwrights, filmmakers, historians – interesting Beatles people – in a succinct 20-minute format.
The Tell Me Why Podcast
Described as a “short, sharp podcast for busy Beatles people ‘in-the-know’…or busy Beatles people who want to be ‘in-the-know,’” “Tell Me Why” offers the latest perspectives and happenings without monopolizing too much of your time. Come together with Jude and her fab guests right here, bi-monthly, on The Beatles Bookstore.
The first four shows feature May Pang, Ruth and Angie McCartney, Terry Crain, and the great Ivor Davis! 😍
Here are the links for the first FOUR incredible shows:
And it will be Felixstowe’s first-ever Beatles weekend. In fact it is not just a weekend, it will be a festival!! and one to remember forever.
The Quarrymen and Friends
The Original Quarrymen
Already so far, The Quarrymen and Friends have been booked and are confirmed to play. There will also be a Question-and-Answer session, along with a discussion and presentation by David Bedford along with Nigel Pearce, the author of Inside Number Three.
Inside Number Three
Also already appearing is Nigel Pearce who will be offering the Video Inside Number Three Presentation. This will consist of a talking introduction, along with photographs, videos, and part of his invaluable Apple Records memorabilia collection. This will be a unique opportunity to see many of the fabulous items from this colourful late period of The Beatles group career. He will again answer questions and explain fully the significance of this cultural collection and movement. Quite simply a chance not to be missed!!
Nicky Horne
Even at this early stage, there is more!! The promoter has been able to obtain the appearance of EX Capital Radio DJ and Host Nicky Horne. Nicky flew to New York in 1971 and interviewed John and Yoko, then later George Harrison and these interviews will be discussed and presented for the very first time!
So, you can already see that this unique event will be the very first we believe to cover the entire career of our favourite group from 1957 up to the mid-1970s, and all in one event!! Truly groundbreaking indeed, and as said more is to be added, so keep tuned in and stay close!! There will be weekend packages, part or day tickets, along with stalls, records, and memorabilia, and we may be able to have some Beatle authors there as well It will only get bigger !!
There will also be a special website where all this information and ticket booking guides will be collated in one place, along with accommodation information, so again stay tuned, and tell your friends the date – you won’t want to miss this!!
Finally – Phew!! The Beatles Bookstore will be an integral link in this whole process, so, as usual, this is the place to be, and there are plenty of places to stay within the Felixstowe area, again information will be made available on the event website!!
Nigel Pearce
Inside No 3
Inside Number Three – The Illustrated History of Apple Records
Inside No3 takes you through that famous door, deep into the minds of all who worked there at Apple Records. This is done also in a very different way. This is not a kiss-and-tell diary, it is through fan adulation and understanding via a personal collection of artifacts and memorabilia that author Nigel Pearce has built up over the last 50 years.
Continuing on from the Demos Blog, here are some more of those lost Apple Recordings. These are CD recordings of the original demos completed at Apple Studios in 1968 – 1976. There is much more to come. There was no diary, appointment list, or ledger kept, so these have been unearthed by my own diligent research after obtaining these copies.
Although they are not the original vinyl offerings, I can assure you that all of the recordings are 100% faithful copies with no extras added. So they are as they were made produced and cut for vinyl in those wonderful days. They are now priceless artifacts and examples within my own personal archives !! There is more to follow, and these will be further detailed in the next book ‘Deeper Inside No 3’.
The Apple Boutique
This is the Apple Building on the corner of Baker Street, which was photographed by my late father whilst on a business trip to London. This was taken in January 1968. My father was at the time working on the site of the new Chelsea Barracks then having just been completed. He was being driven back to the company offices in West London when they passed the building. Upon seeing the building he took this photograph from inside the car. When the photo was developed he showed me the photo and he asked if I knew anything about the building due to its ‘pop’ like style. When I told him that it was The Beatles Apple building, he gave me the photograph which I still treasure. This is a digital reprint of it!
Timbertops – The Buttercups
Timbertops by The Buttercups on Apple Rocrds
This is the Apple demo recording and pressing of Timbertops by The Buttercups. This was the theme tune for the ITV children’s series which ran for around 14 episodes in 1974. The Demo single was cut first and approved as the theme tune and then the album was cut afterwards. The Apple album was done consisting of songs to be heard in the programs and was finally released on the small independent Pinnacle Records label. Zak Laurence was the musical art director and the production was by Ken Howard and Alan Blakley. The original Apple demo recording is shown here with the finished album cover. If you know your pop history Zack Laurence became Mr. Blow and made the hit single “Grooving” with Mr. Bloe on DJM Records.
Warm Dust – “And It Came To Pass”
Warm Dust
Warm Dust
One of the Rarest Apple Recordings
This is a much sought-after recording in any language, and perhaps so far the most difficult to fully explain in depth.
The artists came from Birmingham and were named Warm Dust. The group had many varied styles of playing and performing but based themselves loosely on the commercial side of British Progressive Rock. Among the members of the group were Paul Carrack and Jeff Lynne, who both ascended much headier climes within a couple of years. The complete album titled ‘And It Came To Pass‘ shows a musical strength and maturity that many new groups of the period simply did not possess.
The unusual thing is that the album was pressed with an Apple label, but no catalogue number or matrix was included. The back of the cover was stamped an Apple Recording, so maybe some serious thought was given to a commercial release. !! It is actually very good!!. The album front and back artwork on the cover is shown as well so a lot of work went into a non-released album – enjoy!!
All of these are linked very heavily to Apple Records in those far-off days, and perhaps the most important thing it shows is that although Allen Klein had been removed via the High Court in 1971, artists were still prepared to make their way to Apple studios to cut a record that might bestow some fame. The light was still burning bright indeed.
Find out more about Apple Records from Nigel’s great bookInside Number 3
Inside Number Three – The Illustrated History of Apple Records
Inside No3 takes you through that famous door, deep into the minds of all who worked there at Apple Records. This is done also in a very different way. This is not a kiss-and-tell diary, it is through fan adulation and understanding via a personal collection of artifacts and memorabilia that author Nigel Pearce has built up over the last 50 years.
