“There are four drummers on the Beatles records. Ringo’s not one of them.” - Bernard Purdie
Taken at face value, this is a bold claim, if not a crazy one.
But consider that it’s the same person who said, “I overdubbed the drumming on twenty-one tracks of the first three Beatle albums.” And then consider that the same man is one of the must influential and famous drummers in recorded music history.
In this video, I’ll detail Purdie’s claims, explain why he said what he did, and separate fact from fiction.
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Footage and Music:
Toto - Live at Montreux 1991 (Eagle Rock Entertainment), [ Ссылка ]
Jeff Porcaro - Instructional Drum (Hal Leonard Corp), [ Ссылка ]
Red Bull Music Academy - Bernie Purdie Lecture (Rome 2004), [ Ссылка ]
“Bernard Purdie Drum Lesson - 16th Ghost Notes,” [ Ссылка ]
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja (Eagle Rock Entertainment), [ Ссылка ]
“Bernard Purdie recording session ‘If You Need Me,’” [ Ссылка ]
The Beatles - “Let It Be” (Film), [ Ссылка ]
“Pretty As I Wanna Be - The Story of Bernard Purdie” - GASFACE, [ Ссылка ]
“The Purdie Shuffle: An Iconic Drumbeat“ - New York Times, [ Ссылка ]
The Beatles - “She Loves You (Live)”
The Beatles - “You Can’t Do That (Live)”
The Beatles - “I Want To Hold Your Hand (Live)”
Tony Sheridan and The Beatles* - “If You Love Me, Baby / Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby,” [ Ссылка ]
Aretha Franklin - “Rock Steady,” [ Ссылка ]
Steely Dan - “Deacon Blues,” [ Ссылка ]
The McCoys - “Hang On Sloopy”
Ohio State Marching Band - “Hang On Sloopy,” [ Ссылка ]
Hall & Oates - “She’s Gone,” [ Ссылка ]
Images:
bernardpurdie.com
45cat.com
discogs.com
Research sources:
Mark Lewisohn - 1: The Beatles - All These Years - Extended Special Edition: Volume One: Tune In, [ Ссылка ]
Max Weinberg - The Big Beat, [ Ссылка ]
Gig Magazine, “Bernard Purdie: The Real Fifth Beatle?,” Steve Weitzman, Feb. 1978 issue
Diane Gershuny - “Bernard Purdie: The Session Legend” (DRUM! Magazine, 1991), [ Ссылка ]
Billy Amendola - “On the Cover: Bernard Purdie” (Modern Drummer), [ Ссылка ]
The New Yorker, November 18, 1967 issue
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie - Let the Drums Speak!, [ Ссылка ]
John Lingan - “You Have Heard Bernard Purdie Play Drums” (Buzzfeed), [ Ссылка ]
Jim Vallance - “Bernard Purdie - Did he really record with The Beatles?,” [ Ссылка ] (Amazing work by Vallance here. It’s a shame his site is down!)
Hans Olof Gottfriedsson - “Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days (booklet),” [ Ссылка ]
The Nerdwriter (Evan Puschak) - “How Steely Dan Composes A Song” (Deacon Blues), [ Ссылка ]
Special thanks to John Lingan, the team at DRUM! magazine, and the friends of the late Diane Gershuny for your help.
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