5 FAMOUS DEATHS ON THE ROAD OF "STRANGE DAYS" (PART 4)

 

In August 1967, the recording sessions for "Strange Days", The Doors second LP (released in September 1967), were coming to an end. On August 27 Brian Epstein, The Beatles' manager since the beginning of their success in 1962, passed away (aged 32). Epstein's importance in the history of music stems from his work in promoting The Beatles.

Through this work, his entrepreneurial and managerial skills indirectly influenced other groups and artists of the time, including The Doors.

In fact, The Beatles played a particularly important role in the musical development of The Doors' LP "Strange Days", inspiring the psychedelic atmospheres still absent from their debut album "The Doors" (January 1967). The Beatles' artistry in 1966 and '67 also introduced the sonic effects and distortions that made "Strange Days" such a fascinating record shrouded in an aura of mysterious enchantment.

As mentioned, Epstein played a significant role in promoting The Beatles to international stardom, enhancing their public image and establishing them as a musical and cultural benchmark for the West and beyond.

In doing so, he helped to shape the history of music in a way that few others could match. We have selected three key moments from The Beatles' career in which Epstein played a pivotal role. Here they are:

First, he came up with the idea of radically changing the band's image to give them a “cleaner” look. For two and a half years at least, this included suits, ties and elegant trousers.

The second breakthrough attributed to the manager came when he took the band from Liverpool to London, having secured them auditions and concert engagements.

The third and final episode concerns the dismissal of the original drummer, Pete Best, and the subsequent recruitment of Ringo Starr in August 1962. Three months later, the first single was released (“Love Me Do” / “P.S. I Love You”), marking the beginning of a whole new musical era known as contemporary music.

It should be noted that Brian Epstein's death, among other important factors, marked the beginning of the group's artistic disintegration. In fact, a year later, The Beatles no longer had the necessary cohesion to continue, and less than three years after Epstein's death, the Fab Four officially broke up.

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