"They liked what they were told to like."


Really? By whom? Queen Elizabeth or George Marshall? grin



"Look, The Beatles were a seriously backed bidness endeavor to bring US dollars into Britain in a successful effort to create a good export industry at the time the country sorely needed same.

The book might just be more of same, actually."


It might be, but it isn't really. The book was published in 2001. That Marshall Plan really was long-lived, no?




"Maybe the kids got to make some choices, but judging from the brands they chose, I'm absolutely convinced that the choices had to come from products made in England. The two famous guitars notwithstanding, the brand-new-always Vox amps, even those funny little mics with the perspex "ring of saturn" around 'em..."


Yup. Hofner, Rickenbacker, Fender, Gibson, Epiphone, Hohner,Telefunken; all of those British brands. The Vox amps they played in the U.S. Were U.S. Made Vox amps, not the British ones. That's also in the book. wink


"The sad thing to me is that it appears that far too many think they know what happened merely from their experience as consumers viewing the situation from the outside."


Yes, sad indeed. grin

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