RTA 927 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Content, Yucca Brevifolia, Clive Davis
18 Sep 2016
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He opened part of store to sell records. Many girls came in to buy the beatles records, kept selling out, so he went to go see them live. They were not managed at the time, so he offered to manage them, they said yes, even though he wasn"t seasoned to the ind. He lost them lots of $, but trained them to be who they are. He saw their potential, felt like they needed to bridge gap between teenage youth and the. Establishment (transformed from street, liverpool, lowly polished, suited-up band) Beatles after epstein: white album, they put their own style back on to an extent. Started as promoter in harlem, got into publishing (worked w/ john lennon) Lennon stole unfinished records and gave them to ktel for cheap. Would break legs for other co. "s counterfeiting lp"s. Big co. "s started noticing him, he gets signed. 10 yr. "s later, they found out levy owed tons of money.
