I remember when The Love You Make was released in 1983. It did polarize fans as it was so revealing that the Beatles were human beings like everybody else. The Beatles had egos, flaws and warts, but the book also showed they were immensely talented, empathic, & caring people as well.

Another great interview. I haven't read The Love You Make in 40 years, maybe time for a re-read. It went over my head that it was so controversial, and Brown was considered a traitor at the time, with the book being known as The Muck You Rake. Paul was on the defensive at the time, also feeling attacked by Philip Norman in 1984.

Have the book on order and really enjoyed this interview with Steven Gaines, forthcoming and engaging.. Thank you very much.

A really nice interview and I was pleased to see that weren't reluctant to ask Steven some challenging questions about both books. I own many dozens of Beatles books and I must say that I learnt lots of new things. What's great is that it is a contemporaneous record of what people thought, felt and remembered in 1980/81, and before the death of John Lennon. I found it fascinating to read the words of people who gave few interviews about their association with the Beatles, such as Dick James, Neil Aspinall, Magic Alex, Allen Klein, and Maureen Starkey. Ron Kass's interview was revelatory. It's a shame they didn't get to interview John Lennon and I would have loved to hear what the likes of Jane Asher, Linda McCartney, George Martin, Geoff Emerick and Billy Preston thought at the time. Even so, I really enjoyed this book and your interview.

I don't think Paul likes or speaks to Peter Brown anymore based on his last book 'the love you make'. Super impressed with all your interviews and guests. Love it. 🤩

What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

Pete Shotton should have been interviewed. He was John’s’ best friend. Pete’s book does say what happened between Brian and John. He said John told him.

John and Paul always still loved each other deep down. And John in a car just hours before that crazy horrible one time Beatles fan since he was 11 and John had been his favorite Beatles,even called Paul his brother and said he loved him and that he would do anything for him and vice versa.

This book already has become a best seller on Amazon months before it even came out with people pre-ordereing it!

I just read the NYTimes interview with Peter Brown and I have some thoughts about why people felt betrayed. Here Steven mentioned being surprised by the vehemence of Paul's reaction because in his interview he had been very open and forthcoming. One could infer that perhaps this supports the idea that Paul had a different understanding of the nature of the project, since he may not have been so candid had he realized that everything could end up in the book. However, Peter makes the point that everyone KNEW what they were getting into. He'd understand their reactions if it had been just him at the interviews, but he'd introduced everyone to Steven and all the interviews were recorded on tape, so what did they expect? Well, I think they expected it to be an authorized history of The Beatles as told by an a trusted insider who would show discretion. Like Steven said, "Omerta." This wasn't a memoir where Peter could say whatever he liked because it was HIS story. He conducted widespread interviews with ALL the players. I think they believed it would be like an update of Hunter Davies' book, but with the insight of an insider, so that they could be confident of the truth. With the example of the affair between Maureen and George, they say they went back to George and Patti. But they admit that it was to confirm the story, not to get permission to publish it. They neither confirmed nor denied, which they took as confirmation, but when someone doesn't want to talk about something, it means they don't want it published either. Steven recounts that the story that most upset Paul was the one about his VD. I think this is telling, because it was Alastair Taylor who told that story, not Paul. Paul would've understood that whatever he said was fair game, but he must have felt that anything someone else said about him, would get checked, that they would come to him to A. Confirm it is true and B. Ask permission to publish it. So I think the point of misunderstanding between everyone was whether or not this was to be an authorized or unauthorized book. The Beatles believed it would be authorized and it wasn't.

Edited or unedited transcripts? It's the latter we'd be interested in, yeah?

There was no HATE between the Beatles . If there was a fifth Beatle, it was George Martin.. Very interesting listen.. thanks

After the Lennon Remembers interview I wonder how many fans could have thought The Beatles had ‘unscuffed shoes’? 🤔

Fans have little appreciation for The Love You Make not only for its fictionalized episodes but also for being sensationalist and biased. It is in the same league with Philip Norman's 'Shout' and Albert Goldman's 'The Lives of John Lennon'. It was the narrative of the eighties...😒

Of course, Allen was charming! The man could kiss ass like no one else. No one would've been taken in by him otherwise. It's funny Steven saying that Ringo at the time of his interview ( late 70s -- 1980?) was still under Allen's spell, since when you watch Get Back, Ringo's first impression of him was that he was a con man -- but that it would be nice to have a con man on THEIR side for once. :D

Wouldn't it be better to put out the tapes while people are still alive so they confirm it's really them? Otherwise people may think they're AI fakes.

Allen Klein seems like such a slimeball to me. Good thing he never ran for president. 🙄 How could these guys be taken in by the likes of him? Scary.