| Back at Apple, Neil Aspinall feared an all out breakdown of the band, and assembled Peter Brown, Mal Evans, and Derek Taylor to pay Paul a visit. Paul politely informed the four gentlemen that his album would also have a press release stating the end of the Beatles, and they needed to convince him otherwise. They knew that all four Beatles had a desire to get solo material out and devised a plan to keep Beatles' albums moving in conjunction with Allan Klein's record contract renegotiating. They pointed out to Paul (and previously to the other three) that bands such as the Monkees were putting out albums that were basically solo collections of individual members with their own selected musicians. They scoped out a dual plan where The Beatles could continue to put out solo albums while spontaneously releasing these "collections" as well. Paul was reluctant to compete against himself but nevertheless agreed on the hope of someday working out issues with his fellow band members (but he absolutely refused to change the release date). Meanwhile, George, John and Ringo discussed reforming the group with Billy Preston and Klaus Voorman. They would call themselves “The Ladders”. |
