Beatles ’73 pt1

It’s 1973 and another major year of transformation and activity for each of the four former Beatles has begun. As Paul McCartney and his band Wings prepare for their impending UK tour, trouble strikes at home in the form of a pot bust wherein police seized several marijuana plants growing in the McCartneys’ garden. Let off with a fine much in the same way the Lennons were several years prior, Paul & Linda would feel the ramifications from this for several years to come. John & Yoko, meanwhile, found themselves continuing to drift apart following the disastrous election night mishap of the year prior. As Yoko prepared her latest album for release, news of a marriage on the rocks began to seep into the press, and the once-inseparable couple looked ahead to an uncertain future. While trouble may have plagued Lennon and McCartney in the early weeks of 1973, George and Ringo were immersed in musical productivity. Work on the Living in the Material World album continued, amidst George scoring the coveted Record of the Year Grammy Award for The Concert for Bangladesh. Ringo Starr was in the studio in LA, joined by John Lennon, a band of all-star players and producer Richard Perry, working on an album of new pop material that was downright startling in quality...