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Neil Stanley Aspinall (13 October 1941 – 24 March 2008) was a British music industry executive. A school friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, he went on to head the Beatles ' company Apple Corps. The Beatles employed Aspinall first as their road manager, which included driving his old Commer van to and from shows, both day and night.
Jan 12, 2009 · Born October 13, 1941, Neil Aspinall was friends with Paul McCartney and George Harrison when all three were children. When Mal Evans was later hired by Brian Epstein, Aspinall became the Beatles personal assistant. By early 1961, the Beatles were playing two, and sometimes three, clubs each night. Pete Best asked Aspinall, who rented a room at ...
Mar 24, 2021 · George Martin, the producer of The Beatles, was reluctant to promote Aspinall to the position, as he thought that Neil lacked the social skills necessary to deal with label executives. Regardless, Aspinall was still promoted. “We did not have one single piece of paper. No contracts,” Neil said about managing Apple Corps.
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As The Beatles’ career took off in the early 1960s, they became in need of a driver. Aspinall was asked by Pete Best to be their part-time road manager, and bought a grey Commer van for £80. He charged each band member five shillings per concert. When The Beatles returned from their second Hamburg trip in July 1961, Aspinall left his accountancy jo...
Aspinall was kept busy at Apple, which originally had five divisions: music, electronics, films, publishing and retail. He later said of the company’s business practices: Aspinall was reportedly unhappy at being kept at the Apple office at 3 Savile Row while the band recorded the White Album and Let It Be. He was briefly sacked by The Beatles’ new ...
In the early 1990s he was appointed executive producer of the Anthology project, which had its roots in the 1970s as a film called The Long And Winding Road. However, legal issues and changing priorities ensured that the film was never finished. By the 1990s Apple had resolved many of its legal issues with EMI. Work on the project resumed, and the ...
Jun 14, 2016 · Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Strange but True: Neil Aspinall and Mona Best. One of the stranger things that has came out over the years would be the relationship between Neil Aspinall and Mona Best. Their relationship and child was hush-hush in Liverpool at the time with few people knowing the truth, although there were rumors going wild.
Jan 25, 2017 · The Beatles and Me. By Neil Aspinall. 16 Magazine 1966. On the evening of October 8, 1966, John Lennon celebrated his 26 th birthday in an apartment in Almeria, Spain. Officially, he was 26 on Sunday, October 9 th, but the party took place the night before because John was about to move to a new location. At the time, we had been in Spain just ...
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Mar 29, 2008 · The man who knew John, Paul and George before Ringo, who served as a confidante and business manager to all four Beatles and who helped keep peace in the band after it split up — Neil Aspinall ...
