[John Hitz]

Artistic influences aside, I wonder when Mona and Lisa first heard the Beatles at the BBC recordings. I have the old two-cassette issue that came with a little booklet and all the track information. They once recorded 16 tracks at the BBC in one day! Many people who have Beatles albums have never heard these recordings, and to anyone who has missed them, especially John Lennon fans, look them up! I would love to have them on vinyl, but my cassettes still play fine. There are no pauses between tracks, in the spirit of Beatlemania.😎🎸

[John Hitz]

Thanks for posting this, Roe. I hadn’t watched it all the way through before, but he did a great job with a challenging subject. I saw some commentary by Ray Davies about the sketchy circumstances leading to he Kinks being banned in America, and he said it was a blessing in disguise in that it made them focus on their U.K. audience, which in turn helped his songwriting. Cost them a fortune at the time, though. I think that perspective, in a way, relates to what the MLT are doing in their career now, which needless to say we all are quietly excited about!