Brian Epstein Interviewed by Murray The K, 1967

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  • Beatles' Manager Brian Epstein is interviewed in New York City by Murray the K for WOR-FM Radio in March 1967.
    Epstein had travelled to New York to announce the merger of his company NEMS with the Robert Stigwood Organisation, and to promote Stigwood's premier acts the Bee Gees, Cream and The Who.
    This is the complete raw interview, minus a Janis Ian song which I have removed for copyright purposes (the other songs Murray introduces were to be edited into the show at a later date).
    Epstein's business associate Nat Weiss later recalled of this interview:
    "Before he was to give a radio interview with Murray the K, I came into the room (in the Waldorf Towers) to find Brian slurring his language. Obviously he had taken several Nembutals. He had this interview coming up and there were people in the waiting room waiting to see him, and he was like this. I found the bottle. I had to wrestle with him on the floor, throw the bottle out of the window of the hotel and just yell at him. Eventually, with coffee and things like that, we got him together and we took him to the interview."
    In spite of this- and Murray's incessant, self-indulgent waffling- Epstein quickly sobers up and provides fascinating insights into a variety of subjects, including rumours of a Beatles split, the work-in-progress that would become Sgt. Pepper, the "Bigger Than Christ" furore of the 1966 US tour, and enthusiastic appraisals of Jimi Hendrix and the Four Tops.
    This interview is as close as we will ever get to spending an hour with Brian Epstein. Enjoy...
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Komentáře • 322

  • @peacemonger1967
    @peacemonger1967 Před 10 lety +154

    without Brian, The Beatles likely would not have been famous beyond Liverpool. He's a very important figure in 20th century culture and basically doesnt get enough credit

    • @davefk
      @davefk Před 9 lety +22

      +peacemonger1967 I have to strongly agree with you. Liverpool has its Beatles tours, but they never visit Brian's grave.....

    • @MichaelLantz
      @MichaelLantz Před 6 lety +6

      If it wasn't for Andrew Loog Oldham and Peter Grant The Stones and Led Zeppelin would not have been famous.

    • @CAVERN1234
      @CAVERN1234 Před 6 lety +3

      He also lost them millions. As Paul said later Brian was green.

    • @barbj9785
      @barbj9785 Před 6 lety +5

      True. It was Epstein who went everywhere asking for their record to be heard. He came upon George Martin, who decided to take a listen.

    • @gerrydooley951
      @gerrydooley951 Před 6 lety +2

      well you're a moron, so what can you expect

  • @julio_scissors
    @julio_scissors Před 6 lety +72

    Brian has one of the most relaxing voices I've ever heard.

    •  Před 5 lety +1

      All that protein he has swallowed

    • @charwest9449
      @charwest9449 Před 5 lety +8

      Agree, and his choice of words. Very classy.

    • @philjames6206
      @philjames6206 Před 4 lety +4

      Ripped on Seconal.

    • @Romany1111
      @Romany1111 Před 4 lety +3

      @@philjames6206 Yes he was; probably with a number of other additives as well. Peter Brown tried to get him to cancel the interview, scared that Brian would embarrass himself but Epstein insisted. Slurring away, exhausted, but still kinda "there."

    • @seltaeb3302
      @seltaeb3302 Před rokem +1

      We all speak like that in the UK, annnnd sleep..😴.

  • @williambagley5415
    @williambagley5415 Před 6 lety +56

    He was only 32 when he died...so young, so sad

    • @marcusmorrison3292
      @marcusmorrison3292 Před 5 lety +11

      A very complex and sad death. We will never know exactly what happened that night. Brian was involved with some very dangerous people in London and was being blackmailed by serval rent boys. He got to far over his head and if The Beatles hadn't exsisted then one wonders if he would maybe still be alive ?

    • @robbhahn8897
      @robbhahn8897 Před 5 lety +4

      Yeah, he went out in the same car crash as Paul. Neither had noticed that the lights had changed.

    • @lisettegarcia7013
      @lisettegarcia7013 Před rokem +1

      No one knew this but his death happened a couple weeks after his dad, Harry Epstein, died.
      Edit: Brian's death was accidental, he would never take his own life and upset his mother.

    • @seltaeb3302
      @seltaeb3302 Před rokem +6

      Oddly he was only about 6-7yrs older than them but such was the gulf of pre & after Elvis era that he was viewed more like a father.

    • @LollieVox
      @LollieVox Před 11 měsíci +2

      I wonder if he had a pill cocktail, similar to Heath Ledger.
      It’s a complete shame that he died so young.

  • @patricias5122
    @patricias5122 Před 5 lety +43

    What a modest man, "I sold records over the counter" it's such a pleasure to hear from someone who isn't relentlessly boasting about himself. Then he deflects interest away from himself, talks admiringly of Jimi Hendrix. He recognized Jimi's genius, long before others did. What a kind man. I really wish he had not died so soon! I wish that he had lived longer, to an age when being gay didn't mean being in the closet.

    • @backslang
      @backslang Před 2 lety +2

      Unlike Murray the k who loves sound of his own voice,wish he shut up and let Brian talk,

    • @reinpost
      @reinpost Před 2 lety +2

      @@backslang That's unfair. Clearly he is genuinely interested, his questions are very sincere. Unlike many interviews where the interview just rattles off a script and hardly listens to the answers.

    • @kenkinnally6144
      @kenkinnally6144 Před 2 lety +1

      I see both sides here, I too thought the interviewer was a bit too gabby toward the beginning, before I even realized it was Murray the K. But after awhile they settle into a good conversation and Epstein has plenty of time to speak.

    • @elenatramsti5176
      @elenatramsti5176 Před rokem +1

      He sounds like a genuinely decent person. If he had not died, the music industry would have destroyed him.

  • @charwest9449
    @charwest9449 Před 5 lety +38

    I LOVE Brian Epstein's accent. He's so posh.

  • @atleengelstad5303
    @atleengelstad5303 Před 2 lety +13

    This is just a fabulous piece of historical content! To get Eppys thoughts and vision for the beatles , pre sgt.pepper, and only months before his death is just soo good and interesting!

  • @terrypussypower
    @terrypussypower Před 7 lety +29

    The FACT is that The Beatles would not have been "The Beatles" without Brian Epstein. None of those fantastic records would exist if Brian hadn't came into the picture. It's amazing to think that something so fantastic could pivot on one person.

    • @tomwilson8607
      @tomwilson8607 Před 4 lety

      it was never about one aspect pr person,, ,, it was several about events and people all synchronised, Klaus Voorman, astrid, bob wooler, tony barrow, neil, mal, pete best, larry parnes,, johnny gentle,, mimi, stu sutcliffe, allan williams, mona,, brian brought ellements together and introduced calm , order and presentation flair,, without epstein, the beatles would have been as chaotic as the stones but still successful without the longevity,,he had hos own demons which took him down eventually and the beatles continued without him,, until they shot their load,, and became a spent farce,,

    • @terrypussypower
      @terrypussypower Před 4 lety +1

      @@tomwilson8607 Astrid died a few days ago. She was 83 if I remember correctly.

    • @jnagarya519
      @jnagarya519 Před 4 lety +3

      "The Beatles" told him to stay out of their music, and he did. They created themselves in Hamburg. Epstein cleaned up their image, and got them their contract.

    • @gcrichman53
      @gcrichman53 Před 8 měsíci

      Brian Epstein didn't say or write about the kids in AD 2000 would like The Beatles music etc that was written inside The Beatles For Sale album by their great intellectually intelligent neat guy, their press officer Derek Taylor.
      And in the September 1971 interview in the St.Regis hotel John said that he had nothing against George Martin but that George had recently given an interview where he overstated what he did with their music.
      But George Martin always said that John Lennon and McCartney were incredibly talented people,and he said they both were extraordinarily talented song writers and both great singers and he said he had never known or worked with anyone as brilliant as The Beatles.
      And he produced many music artists after them,but he never had the same success as a producer before or after producing them.
      John also said that Brian Epstein was more of a theatrical man more than a business man,and that in the early days they were the talent and he was the hustler of it.
      I'm pretty certain that if it hadn't been Brian Epstein that discovered The Beatles some other very lucky business man would have with talent as rare,natural and extreme as John and Paul's it just would may have been a few more years later.
      Both Brian Epstein and George Martin got very lucky to have discovered them because they never had nearly as much success until they did.

    • @terrypussypower
      @terrypussypower Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@gcrichman53 You do realise this video is about Brain Epstein…right?
      And that this is CZcams comments, and not the Encyclopaedia Brittanica!
      You’re doing exactly what that @tomwilson8607 guy above did 3 years ago….expecting a comment on everyone that ever had anything to do with the group.
      It’s ridiculous. This vid is about ONE man who was essential to the group’s success. Acknowledging that fact doesn’t mean there aren’t others in a similar position. And pointing out such an obvious thing is, quite frankly…pointless.

  • @davefk
    @davefk Před 9 lety +24

    Brain was an amazing individual. On the 1st January 1992 I stood at his grave in Liverpool, and remembered......

    • @barbj9785
      @barbj9785 Před 6 lety +3

      Nice to honor Mr. Epstein that way.

    • @CAVERN1234
      @CAVERN1234 Před 5 lety

      It must have been unlocked as it is locked most of the year unless there is a funeral

  • @photonotavailable7936
    @photonotavailable7936 Před 7 lety +13

    Wow, thank you so much for sharing. Brian Epstein's responses are fascinating. He was such a gentleman.

  • @airdog1829
    @airdog1829 Před rokem +4

    Sadly, only 5 months before he died. Some excellent, rare photos here too.

  • @billbarrett6285
    @billbarrett6285 Před 2 lety +10

    A true gentleman, Brian Epstein. Very sad he died so young.

  • @chriselms2422
    @chriselms2422 Před 9 lety +9

    Thanks to whoever shared this recording not to mention these amazing photos

  • @pablofarreras8254
    @pablofarreras8254 Před 5 lety +11

    Best relax and educated man's voice ever

  • @TheYellowTulips
    @TheYellowTulips Před 10 lety +52

    "When Brian died, I thought, 'We've f**kin' had it.'" --John Lennon

    • @BlueDodgerman
      @BlueDodgerman Před 7 lety +1

      Sir u are correct, he say's those very words in a radio interview, my fellow Beatle Lover, ;-))

    • @georgemiser
      @georgemiser Před 6 lety +1

      Well he wasn't wrong. :P

    • @tonylaughlin6663
      @tonylaughlin6663 Před 6 lety +6

      Brian died in 1967. The White Album, Abbey Road and Let it Be followed. They hadn't quite had it.....

    • @sjdrifter72
      @sjdrifter72 Před 6 lety +8

      Tony Laughlin True, but Brian's death was the first crack to appear in the eventual break-up of the Beatles.

    • @msl381
      @msl381 Před 5 lety +4

      he should've said that when yucky ono stuck her ugly head on the scene. if not for her, lennon wouldn't have been killed.

  • @clarencecluna
    @clarencecluna Před 9 lety +15

    all beatles fans need to hear this
    its great a gift to hear his views before his death

  • @Twotontessie
    @Twotontessie Před 8 lety +28

    Seems like overall Brian was a great guy. Incredible guy to have on your side. Very sad he couldn't find any real happiness through all they accomplished.

    • @mariahmmm1845
      @mariahmmm1845 Před 7 lety +13

      Twotontessie Sadly i think it had to do with his sexuality. If it wasn't for Brian i dont think the beatles would be the beatles we know today.

    • @angelicagonzalez151
      @angelicagonzalez151 Před 2 lety

      @@mariahmmm1845 true

  • @nevronews8279
    @nevronews8279 Před 8 lety +22

    Brian is a great man he is the father of Beatles career

  • @r.huiskamp2368
    @r.huiskamp2368 Před rokem +6

    It is a brave thing, to give this interview, when you are actually very depressed - correct me if I’m wrong.

  • @kw99190
    @kw99190 Před 3 lety +4

    Great to hear this stuff, that is, where Brian was during these very interesting times and near the end of his life. Thanks for posting!

  • @Iae86
    @Iae86 Před rokem +3

    Media in march of 1967: "They are breaking up!" May of 1967: They release Sgt. Pepper.

  • @charliechan1966
    @charliechan1966 Před 8 lety +2

    excellent piece off history.I read about it,but,of course,never heard the interview meself.thnaks so much for the upload.

  • @Drenwickification
    @Drenwickification Před 9 lety +28

    12:55 "because the album is going to be - well, I don't want to be particularly swanky about it - great" (referring to sgt peppers).
    The guy wasn't lying.

    • @CAVERN1234
      @CAVERN1234 Před 6 lety +2

      Drenwickification Brian's request for sgt pepper was a brown paper bag.

    • @emilypurcell2659
      @emilypurcell2659 Před 6 lety

      Only if he died before he could get permission to put all those people on the cover (he was having a panic attack about boarding a transatlantic flight). It should be noted that the next studio album they did --- they ran into image rights issues and put it in a plain white cover.

    • @patricias5122
      @patricias5122 Před 5 lety

      One of the greatest understatements ...

    • @lefunk22
      @lefunk22 Před 4 lety +1

      The 'white cover' album was NOT a decision made due to "image rights issues".

    • @gcrichman53
      @gcrichman53 Před 8 měsíci

      @@CAVERN1234 Yes because he didn't like the sgt Pepper cover at all.

  • @3hooks781
    @3hooks781 Před 5 lety +10

    Wow, this is JUST before Hendrix's explosion; Brian was already well versed in Jimi's movements in NYC prior to going to UK! Brian was brilliant!

  • @alramone1
    @alramone1 Před 9 lety +8

    great interview, thanks for posting

  • @LollieVox
    @LollieVox Před 11 měsíci +1

    Excellent interview! Thanks for posting this!!!

  • @L_Martin
    @L_Martin Před rokem +5

    This interview is from March, he died later this year in August.

    • @LollieVox
      @LollieVox Před 11 měsíci +1

      Thanks for the perspective, I was wondering.

  • @latteliz1944
    @latteliz1944 Před rokem +4

    Brian knew music period ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @johnnyhartley4330
    @johnnyhartley4330 Před 2 lety +4

    It is amazing how good his musical taste was, and how ahead of the times. After listening to this interview I looked up who he put on in his Savile theatre, and he was so sound in his tastes of who performed, Hendrix, Cream, Pink Floyd, The Who. Also interesting to hear him talk about Beatlemania as in the past, something they had moved on from.

  • @MrEdZareh
    @MrEdZareh Před 8 lety +13

    Sgt. Pepper released on 1 June, 1967. Just for context

  • @dimitreze
    @dimitreze Před 7 lety +2

    thanks for the upload

  • @ProjectFlashlight612
    @ProjectFlashlight612 Před 6 lety +41

    Brian sounds utterly tired and depressed here. Heavily tranked.

    • @drummer78
      @drummer78 Před rokem +3

      Yes, sadly it is likely he was in downers. He was still very articulate.His pill problem was getting worse that last year. He had a lot of stress with the Beatles not touring, his own contract too was up for renewal and he was insecure about it as he wasn’t quite sure of his position as manager of The Beatles post touring. Brian also was being blackmailed by one of the men he had a relationship with in NYC. Poor guy.

    • @haysfordays
      @haysfordays Před 9 měsíci +1

      That's what I hear too. Compare this to an interview from just a few years prior. Much different.

  • @carljames3547
    @carljames3547 Před 10 měsíci

    Fascinating interview, description and selection of pix thanx nice one Matooli ❤🎉

  • @Chimbo65
    @Chimbo65 Před 10 lety +22

    The song Murray can´t remember at 14:15 is "For No One".

  • @daphnekhang7577
    @daphnekhang7577 Před 2 lety +3

    In the photos, all four of them look very satisfied and secure with Brian. The only true manager for the Beatles. Only Brian could have hold them together as a team.

  • @markdrouin8094
    @markdrouin8094 Před 6 lety +52

    If he had lived we would have 3 or 4 more album masterpieces and he would have kept yoko out of the recording studio

    • @ineffablemars
      @ineffablemars Před 5 lety +13

      Mark Drouin he would also have eventually had a really fulfilling life, I believe.

    • @regaltip8A
      @regaltip8A Před 4 lety +6

      @Marc Bell He would have been too smart to have anything to do with Yoko. Cilla Black to Yoko ????....I don't think so.

    • @christy7698
      @christy7698 Před 2 lety +5

      Why did you have to die, Brian? We had to deal with Yoko and her lack of talent! Why?!!

    • @newcoffee5645
      @newcoffee5645 Před 2 lety

      Ah, facile sexism for the daft

    • @mariogiresi6792
      @mariogiresi6792 Před 2 lety +3

      Most definitely. She was John’s shadow during the recording of their last album. I’m surprised the boys allowed this to happen. And no, I am NOT a supporter of Yoko. Never was, never will be. Frankly I always found her irritating.

  • @mulvavroop
    @mulvavroop Před 9 lety +9

    Poor Brian! Very troubled, and I reckon people tried to help him but didn't know how. I'm going through a Beatles mania learning their songs & reading about them, seems he got backed into a corner and couldn't get out.

  • @davidakulian
    @davidakulian Před 4 lety +6

    The interviewer talks so much that Brian has to interrupt him from time to time to answer the never ending questions.

  • @dummytree
    @dummytree Před 8 lety +10

    Murray the K's breathing (that nose whistle) freaks me out. It's nice to hear Brian in 1967. I thought it was going to be a shambles, he sounded so out of it at the start. His speech doesn't have its usual cadence etc. And then he got together. He's the regular Brian Epstein towards the end of the interview.

    • @wmg1958
      @wmg1958 Před 7 lety +3

      dummytree Back then the breathing and mic handling noises were muffled by the limited clarity of AM radio. Add to that the sound of a moving auto or the strain of a transistor radio trying to pull in the signal and pump it through a speaker that was less than an inch in size...All we knew was we were hearing about the Beatles which was cool! My thought is that the sound of the lighter, cigarette paper igniting, the first puff, THOSE are as much the sound of the Sixties as any record or artist mentioned here. It was very visceral to hear all these incidental noises and really took me back.
      I agree with your observances otherwise; Brian Epstein, weary at first eventually got into the interview.

    • @SalS83
      @SalS83 Před 7 lety +5

      Meanwhile, I found Epstein's breathing soothing...god that sounds weird.

    • @emilypurcell2659
      @emilypurcell2659 Před 6 lety

      He was jet lagged. The plane was late getting into New York and he no time to sleep before the interview.

    • @dummytree
      @dummytree Před 5 lety +1

      I do remember AM radio :) Being from another continent though, I only heard Murray the K years later when researching about the Beatles, the Beach Boys and so forth.

  • @brandyboyce2617
    @brandyboyce2617 Před 2 lety +4

    I love listening to his voice. So relaxing

  • @mattpadden5631
    @mattpadden5631 Před 8 lety +6

    First of all, thanks for the upload matooli - and the wonderfully varied pictures that accompany it. Brian is indeed fighting the effects of sedatives at the beginning of the interview, but recovers well as his mind begins to open on various subjects. Murray The K is beyond criticism here as he was easy friends with Epstein - and must've realised that he was in a fragile chemical state...he gently pulls him back to reality and the interview turns out great. It illuminates the tragedy of his loss because it's clear that the man could easily have had a very interesting career in the future - both with the Beatles and all his other projects.

    • @charwest9449
      @charwest9449 Před 5 lety +1

      That sounds right.

    • @jnagarya519
      @jnagarya519 Před 4 lety

      Murray the K was a SELF-promoter. He's obnoxious.

    • @mattpadden5631
      @mattpadden5631 Před 4 lety +1

      It's so funny, when you're notified of a comment you wrote three years ago...! (You can't remember it, but still agree with the sentiments...) :-)

  • @andygaines9686
    @andygaines9686 Před 5 lety +11

    People can criticize some of the decisions he made regarding the Beatles in business (Often undersellling merchandise rights etc) BUT, he never deliberately ripped them off like so many managers of the time.
    He loved them and they he. When he died it was like the heart was ripped out of The Beatles. As John Lennon said about when he died. "I just thought - we've fucking had it now!"
    They may not have lasted for many many years after 1970 but I am sure he would guided them away from some of their mistakes and their break up would probably not have been so bitter.

    • @jonjoyce
      @jonjoyce Před rokem

      You are being a trifle naive: Eppy gave all the Beatles merchandise rights over to his American cousins for free...

    • @MrJbuzz19
      @MrJbuzz19 Před rokem

      He did do things behind their back, John said he ripped them off like anyone else would and was made an Angel after death

  • @ced95570
    @ced95570 Před 2 lety +2

    I like the photo at 6.30 during the Shea Stadium concert 23 august 1966 and at 31.10 with Paul.

  • @seltaeb3302
    @seltaeb3302 Před rokem +1

    Surprisingly good interview for an American DJ who obviously brushed up his Ps & Q's to interview a British gentleman, which he was. John told Brian to count the money & leave the music to them, which he did but must have hurt him to be told to stay away from Abbey Road. The Beatles in hindsight should have been more considered to Brian & realise he now felt rejected by those he moved heaven and earth to get them a record contract & planned their every move out of the studio. They were lucky to have him & should have been more grateful really.

  • @damon744
    @damon744 Před 7 lety +9

    Nice little capsule of where the music world was at in early 1967, at the crossroads of Beatles and Hendrix. Interesting to think that Magical Mystery Tour might have emerged as a worthy contender had Brian Epstein lived. I don't think we would have got the raw genius of the White Album, however.
    #endwriter

    • @lefunk22
      @lefunk22 Před 4 lety

      The 'white album', the official title of which is actually just 'The Beatles'.
      Although so much of the public think it's actual title IS 'The White Album'.

  • @A_M_P_
    @A_M_P_ Před 11 měsíci +1

    Probably the most consequential death in rock and roll history. So sad.

  • @georgeharrison243
    @georgeharrison243 Před 4 lety +10

    Listen to an early Brian Epstein interview, then listen to this again, and you'll notice the difference in Brians speech. In 67 it was slower & more slurred. Very sad he needed to turn to drugs. If he hadn't he might well be alive today!! RIP Brian.👍👍💖💕❤💗

  • @davecarryon9425
    @davecarryon9425 Před 3 lety +1

    wow! build a tv show around the album! I'm looking forward to that!

  • @jumpers3
    @jumpers3 Před 11 lety +4

    What a find!Without Brian there would be no Beatles.

  • @ohnonotheragainn
    @ohnonotheragainn Před 4 lety +12

    7:51 "The hostess, who was very pretty and very nice."
    Brian trying to be straight. Nailed it 👌

    • @MrJbuzz19
      @MrJbuzz19 Před rokem +4

      Gay guys still notice if a woman is pretty

  • @genericgeorge
    @genericgeorge Před 7 lety +16

    Man this guy is longwinded. He takes forever to spit out a question. Epstein sounds like he's sighing with frustration

    • @charwest9449
      @charwest9449 Před 5 lety +9

      At times Brian is trying to talk, to get a word in edgewise, and this guy just talks right over him, as though they're in a regular conversation, rather than an interview situation. TWICE Brian tried to break in and speak to John's Christ statement, but the interviewer talked right over him. Unbelievable. He did make some good points, but to talk OVER the guest repeatedly -- we want to hear BRIAN'S take on things!

    • @francisheperi4180
      @francisheperi4180 Před 2 lety

      Typical of American broadcasters, not very articulate!

    • @hardyfunk619
      @hardyfunk619 Před rokem

      Brian is saying at the end that this interview was one of the best he ever had.

  • @lisamchugh7287
    @lisamchugh7287 Před rokem +2

    He’s very in intentional asmr

  • @WInnerwinnerchickendinner.
    @WInnerwinnerchickendinner. Před 11 měsíci +2

    It's sad Brian never lived to see one of his other bands at that time The Bee Gees rise to Ultra stardom selling hundreds of millions of records far far more than the who or the cream combined ever sold.I wonder what he wold have thought about Saturday Night Fever and The Bee Gees moving to Contempary R&B/soul.

    • @LollieVox
      @LollieVox Před 11 měsíci

      I’m sure he would be over the moon about it, & also not surprised cause he trusted his instinct. 😊

  • @michaelvaladez6570
    @michaelvaladez6570 Před 3 lety +2

    He wasn't the first manager in Rock n Roll music but he was fairly good at keeping an eye on " the boys ",He was careful bootleg music, the image( people copying. their image for sale , bowing after finishing a set, smoking on the stage,and speaking out of political unrest.All this what helped propell them in the music industry.He said if you surround them with the elite it well help with their sucess.Hre was very much unlike Col.Tom Parker.Yes he was green and he could have made The Beatles and himself as far as making more money.It also his private life being a homosexual in the50's and 60's very much taboo and against the law.He was troubled by this of course.I don't believe he committed suicide after listening to this interview.Thank you for this post Greatly appreciated!!!

  • @paulharris8551
    @paulharris8551 Před 10 lety +3

    Good interview by Murray. But I'm hoping to find a tape of one of his old AM radio shows, "Murray the K on the Swingin' Soiree" with non-stop Olatunji in the background, Mee-a-surry language, "music for submarine race watchers" and the whole schtick. As a kid I often thought I should tape such stuff but assumed that somebody else would.

    • @TheWizardofRandR
      @TheWizardofRandR Před 9 lety +1

      Finally someone besides me , gives Olatunji and the Drums of Passion a mentio , especially everyone remembers the war chants but not who Murray gave credit to for them ! He was the Best ever Paul , he made Radio a lesson of life and Fun !

  • @ADAMSIXTIES
    @ADAMSIXTIES Před 3 lety +3

    5 months before he died. He talks about Sergeant Pepper, John's comments about Christ, The Monkees, Cream, the Who, Hendrix, possible breakup, etc

  • @spookbones
    @spookbones Před 4 lety +1

    Mr E a lovely soul. Unable to be free and express himself under the laws of the day. The Beatles gave him some respite. Without Mr E would the Beatles ever have been known?

  • @geekay1349
    @geekay1349 Před 5 lety +6

    Murray takes a long time to make his point if he has one

  • @burmansmith3944
    @burmansmith3944 Před 10 lety +21

    Brian near the end of his life. He sounds weary here . The Beatles had come off the road and day to day had to rely on him less and less. Sgt Pappers had yet to be released and was actually being recorded at the time of this. Interesting is that he mentions Jimi, then unknown at 4:40

    • @MichaelLantz
      @MichaelLantz Před 6 lety +3

      When Paul McCartney visited San Francisco in April him and his Fiance Jane Asher stayed with The Jefferson Airplane and Jack Cassidy asked him what the music scene was like in England and Paul Said" That there was this left handed guitar player (Jimi Hendrix) was taking the country by storm".The funny thing about that is that Jimi and Jack Cassidy became very good friends.

    • @jnagarya519
      @jnagarya519 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jamesb.9472 PeterBrown trash-talked Lennon -- AFTER Lennon was dead and couldn't talk back. Lennon had said that "The Beatles" breaking-up pissed off the gravy train -- especially Peter Brown, who he said was a late-comer.

  • @cleorasile2502
    @cleorasile2502 Před 3 lety +3

    The Four Tops are phenomenal performers.💕💕💕💕

  • @dailyflash
    @dailyflash Před 2 lety +4

    He wasn't the shrewdest manager, but he was honest and loyal to the end. Being closeted probably contributed to his suicide.

  • @mirjanamilovanovic7904
    @mirjanamilovanovic7904 Před 7 lety +17

    OH MY it gets on my nerves that murray is talking so much

    • @jnagarya519
      @jnagarya519 Před 4 lety

      Murray the K promoted himself as being "The Fifth Bestles". He hleped brea "The Beatles" in the US, so they tolerated him.

    • @andydixon2980
      @andydixon2980 Před 3 lety

      Yeah right, just skip to the question and shut up Murray the EGO.

  • @RichardFriendartist
    @RichardFriendartist Před 4 měsíci

    excellent!!

  • @backslang
    @backslang Před rokem +1

    Brian struggling to recall the song"For no one" haha.....what a tremendous guy......rip Brian,

  • @TheWizardofRandR
    @TheWizardofRandR Před 9 lety +2

    A girl named Karen I had dated after I went into the Air Force in 1965 , from my HS in NYC worked for his NY Company NEMS , I always thought it was Nemser Enterprise but it only shows NEMS in articles. I agree Jimi was better then HEY JOE , I saw him play with someone at TRUDE HELLERS in the Village on 6th Ave. and 9th or 10th St.before he really got famous ! Karen would get all kinds of Promo albums and gave me some , I remember the one most of all was by THE BEE GEES !
    BTW, TYVM for this blast from the past interview ! Shame Brian was un-able to handle his sexuality , but tolerance has just only reached a sensible understanding in this new Millennium !

  • @dralfredcarroll9567
    @dralfredcarroll9567 Před 4 lety +7

    AGGHHHH CHRIST, MURRAY THE K'S NOSE WHISTLE IS DRIVING ME INSANE!!!!

    • @LollieVox
      @LollieVox Před 11 měsíci

      Someone mentioned it might be from cocaine - didn’t the djs get payola back then?

  • @robbhahn8897
    @robbhahn8897 Před 5 lety +6

    MTK certainly enjoys pontificating, but he's never dull and in the context of the times, correct in much of what he says, but it would have been nice to hear more from Brian, wasted or not.

  • @MediaWest
    @MediaWest Před rokem +2

    if he had lived, the band wouldn't have had such business problems 🎉

    • @sg-yq8pm
      @sg-yq8pm Před 8 měsíci

      Epstein was a financial disaster for The Beatles, they lost a massive amount through his mismanagement, they were continually ripped off to a ludicrous degree because he had no idea how to negotiate, no idea as to what percentage they could actually get and he would not delegate to those who did.

  • @PAULLONDEN
    @PAULLONDEN Před 2 lety +1

    Very interesting this.....

  • @IAMDRREMULAKK
    @IAMDRREMULAKK Před 5 lety +12

    Kinda sad to hear how his voice changed over a cpl of years. In all of the 1964 interviews, he sounds strong, clear and articulate. In these later interviews he sounds like he's 80 years old.

  • @jnagarya519
    @jnagarya519 Před 4 lety +11

    We who grew up with "The Beatles" don't at all short change Brian Epstein. There were two "Fifth Beatles" -- Brian for business, George Martin for music.

    • @gcrichman53
      @gcrichman53 Před 8 měsíci

      In the September 1971 interview in the St.Regis hotel John said that he had nothing against George Martin but that George had recently given an interview where he overstated what he did with their music.
      But George Martin always said that John Lennon and Paul McCartney were incredibly talented people,and he said they both were extraordinarily talented song writers and both great singers and he said he had never known or worked with anyone as brilliant as The Beatles.
      And he produced many music artists after them,but he never had the same success as a producer before or after producing them.
      John also said that Brian Epstein was more of a theatrical man more than a business man,and that in the early days they were the talent and he was the hustler of it.
      I'm pretty certain that if it hadn't been Brian Epstein that discovered The Beatles some other very lucky business man would have with talent as rare,natural and extreme as John and Paul's it just would may have been a few more years later.
      Both Brian Epstein and George Martin got very lucky to have discovered them because they never had nearly as much success until they did.

  • @gcrichman53
    @gcrichman53 Před 8 měsíci

    George Martin Says In This book his biography,All You Need is Ears,There's No Doubt Lennon and McCartney Were good Musicians,They Had Good Musical Brains and The Brain Is Where Music Originates,It Has Nothing To Do With Your Fingers,As It Happened They Could All Play Their Own Instruments Very Well,And that Paul is an excellent music all- arounder, probably the best bass guitar-player there is, a brilliant guitarist,a first class drummer and a competent piano player.
    George Martin said in The Beatles early days he tried to learn to play the guitar in order to have a better musical communication between him and The Beatles,but he couldn't learn it and gave it up,but he says that John and Paul learned to play the piano far more quickly than he was able to master their instrument.

  • @jonjoyce
    @jonjoyce Před rokem +1

    Eppy's one true unrequited love, John Lennon :(

  • @cuda426hemi
    @cuda426hemi Před 3 lety +3

    You can hear in his voice he is not long on this earth, the fire is gone..no tours, nothing to do, the Beatles long stopped obeying him or needing him for that matter and in fact as the Beatles gained knowledge they found out how bad Brian was at business how naive, how many millions of dollars Brian cost them - and they let him know it, too. He dies a few weeks after this. 🎬

    • @LollieVox
      @LollieVox Před 11 měsíci

      That whole “Jesus comment controversy” wore him out.

  • @JohnDoe-ol3yz
    @JohnDoe-ol3yz Před 5 lety +12

    Being interviewed by Murray the K, must have been torture. The guy LOVES to hear himself talk. He can turn a simple question into a soliloquy, so he can hear himself drone on and on. I think this interview drove brian to kill himself.

    • @user-ns3vi4xs5x
      @user-ns3vi4xs5x Před 3 lety +1

      Who knows the long drone may have been a hypnotic trance inducing that very reality.

    • @jeffkaufman9875
      @jeffkaufman9875 Před 2 lety

      @John Get a grip, John…😂

  • @tonyn9858
    @tonyn9858 Před 5 lety +7

    Brian was such a nice guy wasn't he a friend to the beatles

    • @charwest9449
      @charwest9449 Před 5 lety +2

      yes, I think he was best man at John's wedding; and he and John took a trip together after Cynthia had Julian. Brian definitely was one of the guys.

  • @user-yz9kz6vt9y
    @user-yz9kz6vt9y Před 2 lety +2

    I'm surprised they still had anything nice to say about Maureen Cleave. Her original article read like a hit piece. It was very unflattering, to say the least.

  • @robbybonfire23
    @robbybonfire23 Před 10 lety +2

    Actually it was George Martin, not Brian, who first suggested that Pete was not up to par as the group's drummer. George did not like was Pete brought to one of the group's recording sessions, and lobbied for a new recording session drummer.

  • @darwinblinks
    @darwinblinks Před 4 měsíci

    I love Ringo 4ever but it's hilarious when Brian says during their pre-Pepper break that Paul wrote a film score, George went to India, John acted in a film...and Ringo sat in contemplation.

  • @felixthelmocevallosmorales41
    @felixthelmocevallosmorales41 Před 10 měsíci

    Brian Samuel Epstein (Liverpool, 19 de septiembre de 1934-Londres, 27 de agosto de 1967), fue un hombre de negocios británico, conocido principalmente por su rol como representante del grupo de rock The Beatles, puesto que llevó a que fuera nombrado en numerosas veces como "El quinto Beatle".

  • @seltaeb9691
    @seltaeb9691 Před rokem +2

    Great interview by a DJ who normally is obnoxious to British ears.

  • @RussellRoesner
    @RussellRoesner Před 6 lety

    1.5x makes Brian sound as if he is speaking at a normal pace. Its unbelievable how slowly this man spoke compared to the people of his day except for the other wealthy British people. I'd love to see comment from an older person from those days confirm what I'm saying. This interview that is 1 hour is only 30 mins at 2x and completely easy to understand.

    • @gerrydooley951
      @gerrydooley951 Před 6 lety

      I think there is some truth in what you are saying.

    • @ineffablemars
      @ineffablemars Před 6 lety

      His voice is soothing. I want him to whisper in my ear.

    • @ineffablemars
      @ineffablemars Před 6 lety +1

      Also, it has to do with his personality.

    • @slothfromthegoonies8201
      @slothfromthegoonies8201 Před 5 lety +1

      People are often taught that talking slowly is the best way to be understood. You have to remember that Epstein was from Liverpool, the RP accent probably wasn't natural to him.

  • @michaelbrownlee9497
    @michaelbrownlee9497 Před 3 lety +1

    He sounds like aldous huxley. Can we just take a moment too grasp that it is 2021, we are listening to a recording on a handheld device.

  • @Philmod68
    @Philmod68 Před 2 lety +2

    It sounds like Murray is chewing gum?! 🙄 Oh brother....or am I wrong? Haha 😄

  • @ineffablemars
    @ineffablemars Před 6 lety +2

    3:27 great picture

  • @jean-marieboucherit4716
    @jean-marieboucherit4716 Před 5 lety +3

    What other managers do people know?

  • @gcrichman53
    @gcrichman53 Před 8 měsíci

    Sadly Murray the K died kind of young too in 1982 from cancer at only age 60.

  • @jedi767
    @jedi767 Před 3 lety +3

    While Murray the K could be a bit annoying, overall this was a great interview. Too bad Bill Murray the K never got to interview him.

  • @heinkle1
    @heinkle1 Před 7 lety +4

    Interesting he suggests there would be a television show "around the album" (Pepper) and then a film. Neither of these came into fruition, even though Brian was alive when the album was released.

    • @paulfini402
      @paulfini402 Před 7 lety +3

      I wonder if that sort of evolved into Magical Mystery Tour after Brian's death. I'm curious now and have to do a bit more Beatle research.

    • @kleinabomber
      @kleinabomber Před 3 lety +2

      The film ended up being Yellow Submarine which was in the works at the time Brian died.

  • @robharding4028
    @robharding4028 Před 2 lety +1

    So Sad ! for a guy as genuine as Brian Epstein, and as knowledgable, of musical talent, Not only did he mould the Beatles into a public acceptance , with the mop hair and suits, but he was bang on the money about Hendrix, Hey joe was no where near his best work,and He was right.And the four tops.of course, This guy knew his stuff.

    • @gcrichman53
      @gcrichman53 Před 8 měsíci

      Brian Epstein had *nothing* at all to do with The Beatles hair styles, before they ever even met Brian they got those Beatle hair cuts while they were playing in the Hamburg German clubs from 1960-1962 by their German friends Astrid and Jurgen Vollmer who had this hair cut first.

  • @CAVERN1234
    @CAVERN1234 Před 8 lety +1

    I live about a mile from Brian's grave, the one thing I don't understand is why he was buried in a small cemetery in Walton and not woolton ?

    • @msgrime1981
      @msgrime1981 Před 7 lety

      CAVERN1234 I think it's because his parents are buried there. However, I could well be wrong. Pete Best forever, Ringo never...

    • @CAVERN1234
      @CAVERN1234 Před 7 lety +3

      +Betty Rose he wouldn't be buried with his parents as Jewish people are buried on to a grave.

  • @sugarjoe50
    @sugarjoe50 Před 6 lety

    Interestingly, it was Murray who brought Cream & The Who to the U.S. for their first concerts.

    • @jnagarya519
      @jnagarya519 Před 4 lety

      Bullshit. Murray the K was an AM radio disc jockey -- and a SELF-promoter.

    • @sugarjoe50
      @sugarjoe50 Před 4 lety

      @JNagarya: Aside from his DJ duties Murray emceed concerts. Cream & the Who's debut U.S. gigs were at Murray's 1967 NYC shows.

  • @atomicflash1753
    @atomicflash1753 Před 6 měsíci

    Murry the k just likes to hear himself talk

  • @andiholman2543
    @andiholman2543 Před 4 lety +8

    Brian sounds so out of it here, its unreal. John states in a much later interview that he felt responsible for introducing Brian to drugs, we all know how that ended....

  • @jean-marieboucherit4716
    @jean-marieboucherit4716 Před 5 lety +6

    In those days people didn’t take rock music seriously. The Beatles were looked down upon by the highbrows. Brian Epstein was considered a small person, not the giant he is now. Same for the Beatles of course. The first inkling of a sort of reconnaissance came with George Melly’s analysis of Eleanor Rigby. Before that the Beatles were incrrrredibly successful but were considered as crap by the adults. Never forget this.

    • @gcrichman53
      @gcrichman53 Před 8 měsíci

      That's totally untrue but I can't post all of the great strong information that debunks this right now.

  • @user-fc4wn2jm3q
    @user-fc4wn2jm3q Před 6 měsíci

    Don't get me wrong, I admire the man because he was a visionary

  • @helloschoales
    @helloschoales Před 2 lety +1

    Think it was a night time interview why he was so tired sounding

  • @grahamjarman
    @grahamjarman Před 6 lety +1

    a sgt peppers movie would have been off the chain

    • @ineffablemars
      @ineffablemars Před 6 lety

      grahamjarman lol is this 1998? Who says off the chain?

  • @gcrichman53
    @gcrichman53 Před 8 měsíci

    Sadly Brian died only 5 months later from a drug overdose at only age 32.

  • @SenorZorrozzz
    @SenorZorrozzz Před 6 lety +5

    Epstein was tall. He did work hard. It was too much. He ODed. Sad.

    • @ineffablemars
      @ineffablemars Před 6 lety +1

      Don Diego Vega wait, what does his being tall have to do with anything?

  • @doctorratinho
    @doctorratinho Před 4 lety +6

    The sounds of Murray puffing, panting and slopping away in the background annoys the f#@kin s%&t out of me!

    • @Philmod68
      @Philmod68 Před 2 lety +2

      Murray the K has always annoyed me haha! 😉😁

    • @LollieVox
      @LollieVox Před 11 měsíci

      Could be the cocaine from Payola- too early for that- 1967?