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Individually, each of the Beatles was great to be with,” recalled John Kurlander, a fledgling EMI engineer at the time of the Abbey Road sessions. “They were funny, warm, friendly—really a delight. If there were two of them, that was also great. If there were three, it could be a little dicey, but generally, it was fine. But when all four were together, they closed ranks, and it would be horrible. It didn’t matter how any of them had treated you on his own; when all four of them were in the room, everyone else was treated as an outsider.
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