John, George, and Ringo have Allen Klein audit Apple's books - February 3, 1969
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| Date | February 3, 1969 |
| Short description | John, George, and Ringo have Allen Klein audit Apple's books. |
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John, George, and Ringo invited Allen Klein over to have him audit Apple's books, before he took over The Beatles. Paul, however, did not like the idea of having Klein, after Mick Jagger had warned Paul about the money Klein stole from The Rolling Stones. Because of this, he invited Jagger to come to the meeting. Peter Brown recalls, "Mick wanted to come and tell the Beatles what Klein was really like. He went and told John, ‘Before you make a commitment to Klein, let me tell you about my experience… He’s a person to be avoided as far as I’m concerned. He’s just interested in himself.’ And I told John that Mick was gonna come around and do this which was a very sensible thing to do. Mick was a very bright man and he was far more business orientated than either John and Paul. So Mick was going to say, as a friend, ‘Listen, before you make any decision I should tell you what happened to me,’ so when Mick arrived he was presented with not only the four Beatles, but also with Klein! So there wasn’t much that he could say… It was a very, very bizarre thing for John to have done." John had stongly wanted Klein to manage Apple, putting his foot down at a time when Paul was making all the decisions. As George recalled, "It was more of a personal thing, you know, the management situation, because Apple was all Paul’s idea. And once he started going he was very active in there, and it got very chaotic. Then, once we all started doing something about it, obviously, Paul didn’t have as much say in the matter. And then, because he wanted Lee Eastman, his in-laws to run it, and we didn’t, it soon became a problem. But that’s a personal problem that he will have to get over. The reality is that he’s been out-voted, and we’re a partnership."
