Friday, March 21, 1969
Allen Klein becomes business manager of Apple
Last updated on February 26, 2022
Friday, March 21, 1969
Last updated on February 26, 2022
Single Mar 17, 1969 • "Carolina in My Mind / Something's Wrong" by James Taylor released in the US
Article Mar 21, 1969 • Allen Klein becomes business manager of Apple
Album Mar 21, 1969 • "Is This What You Want? (Stereo)" by Jackie Lomax released in the UK
Album Mar 21, 1969 • "Is This What You Want? (Mono)" by Jackie Lomax released in the UK
Next article April - May 1969 • The “Get Back” LP rumours – April to May 1969
Fall 1968 • Apple faces business problems
January 1969 • Apple's business problems become public knowledge
Jan 12, 1969 • The Beatles meet together to discuss their personal and business problems
Jan 27, 1969 • Allen Klein meets with John Lennon
Jan 28, 1969 • Allen Klein meets with The Beatles
Feb 01, 1969 • Allen Klein, John Eastman, and The Beatles discuss about NEMS
January to February 17, 1969 • NEMS / Nemperor is sold to Triumph Investment Trust
February 21 to August 1969 • The Beatles fight for NEMS / Nemperor
March 1969 • Dick James sells his Northern Songs shares to ATV
Mar 21, 1969 • Allen Klein becomes business manager of Apple
April - May 1969 • The Beatles and ATV fight for the control of Northern Songs
September to November 1969 • ATV finalizes its acquisition of Northern Songs
The Beatles hire Alexis “Magic Alex” Mardas
Aug 24, 1967
Apple Corps open offices in London
Jan 22, 1968
Designing the Apple Records logo
February - July 1968
Mar 29, 1968
Apple publishes an ad to find new talent
Apr 19, 1968
Paul and John meet Ron Kass in New York
May 12, 1968
The Beatles promote Apple Corps in New York
May 14, 1968
Paul and John fly from New York to London
May 15, 1968
The Apple shop mural is being removed
May 15-18, 1968
May 23, 1968
Paul McCartney celebrates his 26th birthday
Jun 18, 1968
On this day, Allen Klein was officially appointed the business manager of Apple for the next three years. Under the terms of the contract, he would not receive any money from existing recording contracts but would earn 20% of any increase he negotiated on those contracts.
The decision had been put to a vote a few days earlier. Paul McCartney was not present at this Apple board meeting, being on a honeymoon with his new wife Linda, but had sent his solicitor, Charles Coman, to vote against this decision. He was outvoted by the other Beatles.
Everything changed when Klein took over… for a start Paul wasn’t there.
Neil Aspinall – From “And In The End” by Ken McNab
There was a Daily Mail article published on 1 May 1969 titled ‘Beatles man gets the sack after seven years” in which Alistair Taylor had been interviewed by reporter Douglas Marlborough the previous day after hearing the bad news from Peter Brown and while clearing out his desk.
From Obadiah Jones on Twitter
KLEIN HERE FOR APPLE TALKS
Rolling Stones business manager Allen Klein arrived in London on Monday and began discussions with the Beatles and executives of Apple.
Klein has been invited by Apple to look into their financial affairs.
Apple press office said on Monday: “He will be conferring daily with the Beatles”.
Apple denied that the Beatles were planning to move to America’s West Coast. “Apple are looking for a base there to start an American Apple. The Beatles won’t move there, but they may commute more often”, said a spokesman.
The group’s project live TV concerts are “in abeyance”. It seems unlikely that they will take place in the near future.
From New Musical Express, March 1, 1969
The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years
"With greatly expanded text, this is the most revealing and frank personal 30-year chronicle of the group ever written. Insider Barry Miles covers the Beatles story from childhood to the break-up of the group."
We owe a lot to Barry Miles for the creation of those pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - a day to day chronology of what happened to the four Beatles during the Beatles years!
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