John Lennon Interview on the breakup of the Beatles & the death of Brian Epstein - 1970

The Beatles break-up was a cumulative process attributed to numerous factors, such as the strain of the Beatlemania phenomenon, the death of manager Brian Epstein in 1967, McCartney's domineering role, Lennon's heroin use, his relationship with Yoko Ono, Harrison's prolific songwriting output, the floundering of Apple Corps and the Get Back project (later Let It Be, 1970), and managerial disputes.
During the second half of the Beatles' career, the members began to assert individual artistic agendas. Their disunity became most evident on The Beatles (also known as "The White Album", 1968), and quarrels and disharmony over musical matters soon permeated their business discussions. Starr and Harrison briefly quit the group during the making of The Beatles and Let It Be, respectively. Starting in 1969, the group split into two camps regarding who should handle their business affairs. McCartney lobbied for entertainment lawyers Lee and John Eastman, but was outvoted by his bandmates in favour of businessman Allen Klein.
The final time that the four members recorded together collectively was the session for Abbey Road's closing track "The End" on 18 August 1969. Lennon privately informed his bandmates that he was leaving the Beatles on 20 September, although it was unclear to the other members whether his departure was permanent. On 10 April 1970, McCartney issued a press release that stated he was no longer working with the group, which sparked a widespread media reaction and worsened the tensions between him and his bandmates. Legal disputes continued long after his announcement, and the dissolution was not formalized until 1974.
Rumours of a full-fledged reunion persisted throughout the 1970s, as the members occasionally reunited for collaboration, but never with all four simultaneously. Starr's "I'm the Greatest" (1973) and Harrison's "All Those Years Ago" (1981) are the only tracks that feature three ex-Beatles. After Lennon's murder in 1980, the surviving members reteamed for the Anthology project in 1994, using the unfinished Lennon demos "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" as the basis for new songs recorded and released as the Beatles.
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[@teddmented]

This is amazingly revealing

[@Ruud012003]

He sounds completely unhinged here.
Fascinating to listen to

[@andyparkinson7829]

I've never bought into the 'We were Paul's sidemen after Brian Epstein died' They were all grown ups. Why didn't John leave The Beatles ? But John does what most of us do. He says something in one interview and then contradicts it in another, sometimes a few years apart. Ask yourself, are you the same person you were 10, 15, 20 years ago ?

[@HarrisonHollers]

He’s an active addict? Had a lot of trauma in his life.

[@jonbailey4953]

Really good stuff here

[@jimperry4420]

Wow…

[@williamcolmer4184]

Bitter...being the the oldest,needed a break...just needed time,but it was a helluv a run!!!

[@johnnada6855]

I´ll never forget that footage of the Beatles arriving to Australia and they force them to be on a truck in the middle of a storm, they got all wet and stuff, so humiliating, the Beatles might have been the band that took more humiliation ever the rest just got easier, John is totally right, they gave it all to be the Beatles, they got cheated, exploited and humiliated to be the Beatles

[@freshtendrills5969]

Yoko....