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General Statements:
•A proposed ad for the White Album: "You're eating breakfast
and in exactly forty-nine hours you could be the proud owner of
Beatles' album number 1. Or, of course, you might get number 3972,
but that's pretty good too".
•Prior to Apple purchasing the property, the building had
housed a theatrical management firm owned by bandleader Jack Hylton
(Granados, S. Those Were the Days. p. 36).
•The Sundance Kid (a member of the Hell's Angels) stated
that he needed money to fly back to the U.S. from London stating
that he would reimburse Apple by selling his bike when he returns
to the states. The Apple Press Officer gives permission for this
transaction. When asked what Allen Klein would say about the expense,
the Press Officer replied, "F*** the P.O. I'll pay for it myself
if I have to".
•Memo fr: The Beatles. to: Everyone. Try to think of suggestions
for a subsidiary for Apple which would put out more freaky sounds
(memo of June 26 '68).
•John referring to the Tonight Show appearance: ...it was
the most embarrassing thing I've been on.
Interviewer: The only thing that came across was that you had lots
of money to give away.
Yoko: That's bad. (McCabe/Schonfeld p. 106. For the Record).
•Richard Branson came to Apple to see if he could get one
of the Beatles to contribute music for a flexi-disc that was to
be distributed with a magazine he was running called Student. It
was in early 1969 that Taylor finally got John and Yoko to submit
a tape, which turned out to be a recording of the fading heartbeat
of the couple's miscarried baby...Branson and his recently acquired
lawyers found the recording to be quite unacceptable. Soon after
that meeting, and using the Christmas card that Taylor had signed
as evidence, Branson served Taylor with court papers and attempted
to sue the hapless publicist for breach of contract claiming £10,000
in damages. Taylor was very upset by the incident and circulated
a memo to Apple management that they could take the damages out
of his wages should Branson prevail. Fortunately for Taylor, Branson
decided against taking him to court (Granados, S. Those Were the
Days. p. 120).

Credit/Debit Figures:
•Magic Alex's 72-track console was eventually sold for £5.
•Derek Taylor wants an ad agency to publicize the White Album.
The man at the agency asks Derek how much he plans to spend, and
is it closer to £6,000 or £60,000. Derek stated it was
closer to £60,000. Suggestions were made about flying a wind
sock from the post office tower and skywriting. Television would
cost £13,00 per minute.
•The White Album was to be sold for £4. A proposed
ad, costing £56,000, would have said that the value would
go up due to the numbers embossed on each record sleeve. Ron Kass
said that he could approximate sales of 500,00 and the budget should
only be 2 % of sales. £ 56,000 was too expensive.
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