Talk:Jimmy Nicol

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[edit] Liverpool

Not sure about the playing in a Liverpool band bit. My research has him living in London at the time he was approached to stand in for Ringo. Epstein and Martin discussed the possibility of using a stand in, and Martin suggested Nicol as he had recently done a Tommy Quickly session with him. Nicol had also drummed on a budget label album called "Beatlemania" and knew the songs. The whole thing happened very quickly, from a phone call to attend a run through at Abbey Road studios to packing his bags all in the same day. Nicol used Ringo's suit and apparently had to peg the jacket! He thought that after this he would be made for life but just like Pete Best he was to realise that you were either in or out, there was nothing in between. Actually, I would be quite happy to research this properly if anyone thinks that it would be useful. I will need advice though as I am a novice on Wikipedia. --Patthedog 10:04, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Ok, went ahead with some edits verified from two sources. --Patthedog 17:02, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Son

The last half of the article seems to be a rewrite of this. It mentions a son, Howard, a sound engineer "who in the 1990s was to win an award as sound engineer for his work on a BBC collection of Beatles recordings". It must be a reference to the "Beatles Live at the BBC" album that came out in 1994. That fact should be verifiable but I can't find anything on Google about an engineer called Howard winning an award for this album; it was nominated for a Grammy, and it was remastered from the original tapes, so it's entirely possible that someone won something for engineering the record. Could this be the chap? Roughly the same date of birth, "engineer", same name. -Ashley Pomeroy 16:31, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Alright, if it's not verifiable, then it must be taken out. Go ahead.--Patthedog 21:50, 9 December 2006 (UTC)