Sounds Fine - Rock Collectors Magazine 3-1976 Issues

Description: Sounds Fine - Rock Collectors Marketplace Magazine - Three 1976 Issues - The Beatles Reunited March No. 6 and January No. 4 - One of the January issues is torn on edges. See photos Ringo Starr says The Beatles nearly reunited in 1976, except they were so put off by the promoter's plans for an opening act that they backed out. Speaking before his online birthday concert, which also featured Paul McCartney, Starr recalled the "crazy offer" from promoter Bill Sargent, which was enough to make the Beatles reconsider their post-breakup acrimony from a few years prior. The band was offered an astounding £50 million — about $250 million in today's money — to take part in the biggest rock and roll reunion of all time. The ex-Beatles were intrigued, but the novelty act Sargent cast as main support was too much cause for concert. "We called each other to see what we think. We decided not to do it because the opening act was a guy biting shark. So we thought no," Starr said. The Mirror reports that Sargent wanted The Beatles to take the stage after a 'wrestling match' between a man and an 18-foot Great White Shark. Even though the Beatles had only disbanded a mere six years earlier, the public demand for them to "get back" was peaking in 1976, leading to a mammoth $230 million reunion offer – which they turned down. The man who made the offer, promoter Sid Bernstein, was no stranger to the Fab Four, having promoted their early tours of America. But on Sept. 19, 1976, he decided to lay his wallet on the table, publicly offering the unprecedented sum for a one-time-only charity concert by taking out an ad in the New York Times. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all politely declined the offer, although McCartney later admitted they considered it. This offer came after previous stabs from from promoter Bill Sargent, who had tossed around the figure of $10 million two years earlier. Sargent upped the ante in January 1976 to $50 million. In the April 5, 1976 issue of People magazine, an unnamed "top-level rock functionary" said he knew "for a fact that George, John and Ringo have talked among themselves about a reunion, and their attorneys say it is possible. But they would rather go with someone less carnival-like than Sargent."

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