John Lennon | Love Me Do | 2

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3.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

John Lennon and The Beatles rise from obscurity to success with dizzying speed. Hysterical headlines diagnose "Beatlemania" as screaming fans mob the Fab Four. And the Beatles become synonymous with the drug-fuelled experimentation of the swinging sixties. But amid all the screaming, is Lennon losing his creative touch?

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0:00.0	Just a warning before we begin, this episode contains strong language and drug use.
0:05.1	Listener discretion is advised.
0:19.3	Hello and welcome to the second episode in our series on John Lennon.
0:24.3	As we take up the story, it's 1962, near the start of a decade of unprecedented agency and choice, particularly for young people.
0:33.8	John Lennon is 21 years old.
0:36.8	The Beatles are established as the House band at Liverpool's Cavern Club,
0:41.6	the place to see hot new acts.
0:44.6	But they need a record deal.
0:46.8	Are they good enough to impress the label executives? From Wondery and Gollhanger, I'm Peter Frankopern.
1:10.2	I'm Afwa Hirsch.
1:11.7	And this is Legacy, the show that tells the lives of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived, and asks if they have the reputation that they deserve.
1:34.1	This is John Lennon, Episode 2, Love Me Do. It's New Year's Day, 1962, and the Beatles are excited.
1:52.0	They're on their way to an audition at the North London offices of Decker Records.
1:57.2	Their manager, Brian Epstein, chooses a bunch of cover versions for them to play.
2:01.3	This is supposed to show how versatile they are.
2:03.8	But to the executives in suits, it just comes across like a confused mess.
2:08.5	And they're rejected.
2:10.5	In favour of, clearly more destined for success, Brian Paul and the Tremelows.
2:16.9	Well, they did okay, but not like the Beatles. Do you have any Brian Paul and the Tremelows. Well, they did okay, but not like the Beatles.
2:19.1	Do you have any Brian Paul and the Tremelow's records?
2:21.4	One or two of their tracks, but probably the suits made the wrong choice.
2:26.3	Epsine is furious for Decker.
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