Talk:The Decca audition

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the assessment scale.		This Beatles-related article is within the scope of The Beatles WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve and expand Wikipedia coverage of The Beatles, Apple Records, George Martin, Brian Epstein/NEMS, and related topics. You are more than welcome to join the project and/or contribute to discussion.	High This article has been rated as High importance on the importance scale.
		Suggested article edit guidelines: New additions to articles should be attributed to reliable and verifiable sources, using inline citations per the Project's style guide. The system is very easy to use so please do try to help by following this guideline. Most articles should be written in British English. Some terms may be different from - or non-existent in - American English, and some spellings may differ. For more information, see American and British English differences. If this article is Unassessed, please assess it. See the Article Assessment Department for instructions. If you disagree with a rating, you can change it or discuss it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject The Beatles/Assessment. This article has been marked as needing immediate attention.
Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · refresh) This article has templates plastered all over it suggesting it needs cleaned up etc! It certainly needs a lot of work: sources, sections, possibly a photo of the old Decca logo of the time. It needs merged in any case, probably with History of The Beatles.--Mal (9 March 2006)
The Beatles To-do: You can HELP!: Open tasks for WikiProject The Beatles. Edit or discuss these tasks. To Expand: Apple Records See also: Adopt an article To Clean up: Apple Records discography (wikify). The Beatles' 1965 USA Tour. Italian Cover Versions of Beatles' songs To Merge: To Create: Phil McDonald (engineer). Lennon/McCartney songs: I'll Keep You Satisfied (produced by George Martin), From A Window. George Martin produced Billy J. Kramer song: Magic Carpet (song). Bag o'Nails, where Paul met Linda. Articles on each Beatle tour (Category:The Beatles tours). The Lost Lennon Tapes, notable radio series which has spawned many bootlegs. Full list & instructions. Lists to complete: Wanted Pics/Graphics: Jimmy Nicol, Alistair Taylor, Ivan Vaughan, Tittenhurst Park, Tony Barrow. Project Discussions: The Beatles history, Individual songs vs longer album articles, Beatle wives, Merge/split proposals Project: Add {{WPBeatles}} to the talk pages of all Beatles-related articles. Send a newsletter to members, canvas for new members, and coordinate tasks. Enter articles classed as stubs into this list (under To Expand) and also list articles needing cleaning and other work here. If you complete one of these tasks, please remove it from the list and add your achievement to the project log.

[edit] Total rubbish

total rubbish at the moment unfortunately. I've never seen so many tags at the top of the article, but each of them (and more besides) is spot on. Most obvious of all, it doesn't actually seem to say anything about the actual auditions. Should be drastically contracted and merged with History of the Beatles. Badgerpatrol 02:49, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal Experience

I met Dick Rowe briefly in about 1981. The version he told me was that he had gone to Liverpool to follow up on a recent visit by his assistant. He had gone to see two bands in the same night: The Beatles and The Tremeloes. He knew before he arrived that he could only sign one group. He thought that the Tremeloes gig had more of a buzz so went for them. He also showed me an unpublished manuscript of an autobiography, 'The man who turned down the Beatles'. With luck this manuscript may come to light one day. Ianerc 16 August 2006