December 20, 1963 – The Beatles Christmas Show

Paul bought this hollow body made in Holland by Egmond and renamed by the Rosetti Company at Hessy’s Music in Liverpool (sometime later it was restrung with four piano strings for bass). When he switched to the Hofner Bass in April 1961, this Rosetti was demolished. “I didn’t want to get rid of it, but…

The music publishing I own is fabulous. Beautiful. I owe it all to Linda’s dad Lee Eastman and her brother John. Linda’s dad is a great business brain. He said originally, ‘If you’re going to invest, do it in something you know. If you invest in building computers or something, you can lose a fortune….