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The Beatles January 1965: Marijuana Sparks a Creative Burst In John

Indra Club Productions

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This episode covers January 1965: the final Hammersmith Odeon Christmas shows, meeting a young Eric Clapton through the Yardbirds, Dick James revealing John and Paul earned over £1 million in songwriting royalties in 1964, and the US Labor Department's visa freeze threatening the British Invasion.

Also covered: Brian Epstein hosting Hullabaloo and his relationship with Diz Gillespie turning sour, Ringo and Maureen Cox's rushed wedding announcement, and John flying to the Alps with George Martin right after the death of Winston Churchill.

Christmas shows continue
Eric Clapton and the Yardbirds
Dick James luncheon
Murray the K phone call
US visa ban threat
Brian Epstein's January
Ringo and Maureen's wedding news
Top of the Pops
John's Alps ski trip

20 Comments

@NankerPhelge65 2 months ago

Cant believe its been 3 years. I get why they were exhausted after years of touring. Its exhausting just watching them get exhausted 😂

@samguberman2288 2 months ago (edited)

Nice snippet of Clapton telling how he first met The Beatles at these Christmas shows. Interestingly the crowd only screamed after the songs and were able to hear the Beatles properly. Another fab episode.

@tomeberhardt-vv5qc 2 months ago

Nice to see and hear about the other things that were going on around the UK at the time in the beginning of this vid as well as the personal stuff in the lives of the lads....perspective is always good. Enjoyed this episode as all the others, well done, thanks again Indra Club!

@viatcheslavkalashnikov1397 2 months ago

Hurrah! 20 minutes of my life well spent.

@drummersagainstitk 2 months ago

Thank you for all your great work. Very enjoyable to watch.

@firecriss1392 2 months ago (edited)

AL ARONOWICZ::"when dyllan and i went to see "Help" we could clearly see the effect marijuana was having on them....afterwards dylan said "maybe we shouldnt have turned them on....."

@andydixon2980 2 months ago

Brilliantly researched. This is what the Beatles Anthology should have been.

@trevorhalliday793 2 months ago

Yet another great episode, and as always lots of rare photos and videos, especially Brian introducing 'Hullaballoo' and details of Brian's love life ! can you imagine the reaction if those details appeared in the press back in the 60's !!!!

@andyscott6315 2 months ago

Here we go. From now the story starts to get really interesting

@westfield90 2 months ago

These are so informative and comprehensive. Thank you.

@gregwalker1913 2 months ago

As a presenter on TV, Brian was a great promoter.

@SpaceEngineer-indie 2 months ago

Amazing photos.

@PaulBartlett-jz4bg 2 months ago

Noting & bookmarking this next chapter of the best online Beatles YT channel book in listening/ watching always,ever a good " read", in & of it's own write( right).

@jeffe9842 2 months ago

This episode was so enjoyable to watch, as well as informative (as they all have been), I didn't want it to end. Now, I'll just have to be patient and wait for the next one.