Martin’s first recording session with the Beatles took place at EMI Recording Studios (later Abbey Road Studios) in London on 6 June 1962. He immediately complained to Epstein about Best’s drumming and suggested they use a session drummer in his place.
In June, Jagger, Taylor, and Richards left Blues Incorporated to join Jones and Stewart.
Having left Blues Incorporated, Jones advertised for bandmates in Jazz News in the week of 2 May 1962.
On 7 April, they visited the Ealing Jazz Club, where they met the members of Blues Incorporated, who included slide guitarist Brian Jones , keyboardist Ian Stewart , and drummer Charlie Watts . After a meeting with Korner, Jagger and Richards started jamming with the group.
Throughout early and mid-1962, to secure a UK record contract, Epstein sought to free the Beatles from their contractual obligations to Polydor and Bert Kaempfert Productions. He eventually negotiated a one-month early release in exchange for one last recording session in Hamburg backing Tony Sheridan. On their return to Germany…
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In March 1962, the Blues Boys read about the Ealing Jazz Club in the newspaper Jazz News , which mentioned Alexis Korner ‘s rhythm and blues band, Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated .
Wilson was fired in mid-1962 and replaced by Doug Sandom , though he was older than the rest of the band, married, and a more proficient musician, having been playing semi-professionally for two years.
After a New Year’s Day audition, Decca Records rejected the band , saying, “Guitar groups are on the way out, Mr. Epstein.”
Epstein courted the band over the next couple of months, and they appointed him as their manager in January 1962.
After the Beatles completed their second Hamburg residency , they enjoyed increasing popularity in Liverpool with the growing Merseybeat movement. However, they were growing tired of the monotony of numerous appearances at the same clubs night after night. In November 1961, during one of the group’s frequent performances at the…
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