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Brian Epstein inside The Savile Theatre in London | 11 June 1965

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MBE Awards Press Conference, 26 October 1965

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Brian Epstein at New York’s Plaza Hotel, February 1964 (footage: The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit documentary by film-making team Albert and David Maysles)

“It’s hard to tell exactly who Brian was because I think in a situation like that he’s so busy, so distracted with the details of the management of the tour. But I came to think that even out of those activities he was somebody that - I wouldn’t say he had problems, I don’t know about that, but his mind seemed to be somewhere else. And that to me suggests somebody who isn’t content with himself, isn’t at ease. But there would be lot of that unease for anybody in that situation not knowing what was coming up next, having to make plans on the run.

I don’t think we offered any problems and he never seemed to have any irritation from us being there. From their experiences in England, I think the boys and he were, as young as they were, used to the press and all that kind of stuff. 

And also I can’t say that I really got to know Brian that well. In the course of filming the Beatles, I assumed the best. After all, he had a good name, Brian Epstein. My mother’s name was Epstein before she got married and then I had a cousin whom we called Eppy. So I took him as a member of the family and I think that helped. We hit it off well.” 

- Albert Maysles (The Brian Epstein Story by Debbie Geller)

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When we reached New York, [the Beatles] were confined to their hotel suite for much of the time, including the evening I went out to see the film Spartacus with their road manager Neil Aspinall. When we returned that night, I was just about to unlock my door when Neil whispered: ‘Come and look at this.’ Through the doors of The Beatles’ grand rooms we beheld a strange sight. Seated on five chairs arranged in a line were the Fab Four and their manager Brian Epstein, all stoned. Every now and again a man standing at one end of the line would push the closest Beatle off his chair and, in domino effect, each would knock the next one off, ending with Brian who would collapse to the floor laughing helplessly, setting the others off. It was a surreal scene, made more bizarre by the fact that the man doing the pushing was Bob Dylan.

Chris Hutchins (journalist), Daily Mail. (May 9th, 2015)

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Brian Epstein on his early efforts to make the Beatles a success. (September 1964)