What was wrong with Pete Best?
MARTIN: He was the best looking of the group, which was rather curious, but he never joined in with the others. He was always a bit quiet, almost surly. But the basic thing was that I didn’t like his drumming, it wasn’t solid and he didn’t bind the group together. I said to Brian that I didn’t want to use him on the records, although he could do what he liked with him outside the studio, as part of the group, but there was no reason why I shouldn’t use a session drummer. No-one was going to know. This was obviously the trigger, because the boys had been thinking of getting rid of him anyway, but they wanted someone to do the dirty work for them. MM: What did you think of Ringo’s drumming when you first heard him? MARTIN: I didn’t give him a chance, to begin with. He suddenly turned up an a session – I didn’t know he was coming and I booked Andy White, and I said well Andy’s here and he’s paid for, so he’s going to play .. you can join in on tambourine if you like. MM: This was the “Lov
