Among the topics discussed by Desiree, Mark and myself in Part 3 of this podcast series, the seeming contradictions in the mainstream narrative surrounding what was deemed to be the recent fiftieth anniversary date of the break-up of The Beatles, April 1970, a date which was also the date of the release of Paul McCartney’s first solo album proper, ‘McCartney.’ The LP came, at the time, enclosed with a question & answer sheet prepared by the group’s trusted PR man, Derek Taylor and it’s this that prompted the subsequent newspaper headlines stating that the band was over. However - from that Q & A - see for yourself just below here, do the quotes spell out the split of the group? Because, they don’t to me:

Q: “Are you planning a new album or single with The Beatles?”

PAUL: “No.”

Q: “Is this album a rest away from the Beatles or the start of a solo career?”

PAUL: “Time will tell. Being a solo album means it’s ‘the start of a solo career…’ and not being done with the Beatles means it’s just a rest. So it’s both.”

Q: “Is your break with The Beatles temporary or permanent, due to personal differences or musical ones?”

PAUL: “Personal differences, business differences, musical differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family. Temporary or permanent? I don’t really know.”

Q: “Do you foresee a time when Lennon-McCartney becomes an active song-writing partnership again?”

PAUL: “No.”

As I’ve attempted to explain in a past article on my site, 'The Occult Beatles,' there is a distinct possibility that, actually, the break-up was the unintended result of an uncontrollable sequence of events affecting all the members of the band. This is discussed in the third instalment of Magical Mystery Talk and also how it may have tied into at least two not-so-widely-reported attempts during the 1970s, and into 1980, for a reunion between Lennon and McCartney and, ultimately, The Beatles as a whole, but that were scuppered under dark circumstances.

Also discussed during this latest edition of Magical Mystery Talk, the recent passing of German photographer Astrid Kircherr, who played a key role in the early development of the pre-fame Beatles when they were performing in the clubs of Hamburg and (as you’ll most probably know) she was romantically involved with one of the music-group’s earliest members, Stuart Sutcliffe, John’s fellow Liverpool friend who died aged just 21 in 1962. Very little is known about her life, with the exception, to some extent, of her times with the band back in those early days, but it would appear also that she was the main inspiration for the front-cover photo of the band’s second album, ‘With The Beatles,’ a picture that was taken by Robert Freeman and is an especially interesting image if looked at from an occult/esoteric perspective given that we see John, Paul, George and Ringo looking at us with one eye each, and there’s also the possible symbology pertaining to duality what with it having been shot in black and white.

In Magical Mystery Talk Pt.3, Desiree, Mark and myself also mention recent Beatles-related topics connected to ‘Black Lives Matter’ and how there’s been apparent attempts by at least one so-called ‘activist’ to co-opt John Lennon’s song ‘Imagine’ into this. We also talk about ‘Penny Lane,’ the Liverpool road made famous in song, but that has alleged connections to English Black slave-trader of the 1700s, James Penny.

We also revisit the 2019 Brit movie ‘Yesterday,’ which tells the tale of an alternative world in which The Beatles have never existed (it’s also got some ‘Paul is Dead’ references in it if you ask me). In recent months there’s been reports that Richard Curtis, famous for being the screenwriter of the hit film ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral,’ and who’s credited for main writing duties on Yesterday, actually (allegedly) plagiarised this hit flick from the script of a lesser-known writer by the name of Jack Barth.
In the link below, you can check out Jack’s script, the version of what, he alleges, eventually became Yesterday. It’s titled ‘Cover Version,’ and it’s radically different to Richard’s:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2lfuDDU8ewxM1laUjNCUkwtWTQ/view

You can check out my aforementioned 'Beatles split/reunion' article here:

https://theoccultbeatles.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/after-the-break-up-1970-1980-putting-it-back-together-again/

'With The Beatles' album cover:

https://img.culturacolectiva.com/content/2015/11/portadas-beatles-3.jpg?_ga=2.109940032.458090204.1595988079-1084366346.1595988079

My site, The Occult Beatles:
https://theoccultbeatles.wordpress.com/

Check out Desiree's blog here:
https://thenumbernineblog.wordpress.com/

More from Mark Devlin here:
https://djmarkdevlin.blogspot.com/?m=1

This podcast was recorded July 27th 2020