00.00 It's all about the journey 01.02 Chapter Two (1964) A Sweet Adventure in New York: A Tale of Chocolate Eggs, City Exploration and John Wayne 01.03 Chapter Three Making Up for Lost Time 02.00 Part Two The Journey Begins 02.05 Chapter Five (1963-64) Boy Scouting … for Music 02.07 Chapter Seven (1968-70) A Tech Odyssey / Johnny Cash 03.00 Part Three (1968-71) Washington, D.C. 04.12 Chapter Twelve (1973) Air L'America Spooks 08.25 Chapter Twenty-Five (1998) An Enemy of The People 08.26 Chapter Twenty-Six (1998-99) Oscar Season 09.29 Chapter Twenty-Nine (2000-04) A Tale of Two Franchises: X-Men and Middle-earth Collide 09.30 Chapter Thirty (2001) Broadway 9/11, Iain Armatrading 10.00 Part Ten (2005-2024) The Road Goes Ever On 10.36 Chapter Thirty-Six (2010-14) From a Shilling to Billions, The Hobbit, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett 10.40 Chapter Forty (2024) Ian McKellen takes a stage dive 11.00 Part Eleven Epilogue: Hollywood in my rear-view mirror 11.41 Chapter Forty-One (2014-23) Shifting to Las Vegas 11.44 Chapter Forty-Four The Future of Hollywood
Category: 02.05 Chapter Five (1963-64) Boy Scouting … for Music
In October 1963, my local record stores didn’t stock and wouldn’t order Beatles’ records but, for Halloween, there was a costume contest that promised “the prize of your choice.” Dressed as a “madman” (not much of a stretch), I won. My modest request was a copy of She Loves You, that had been released in the UK in late August. Nobody had ever heard of The Beatles and the record was unobtainable—I never got my well-deserved prize.
