The Beatles were a group of four, but they required many more people behind the scenes to support them. Many, like their longtime producer George Martin, proved to be excellent connections for the band , helping them improve their music. Others were not as beneficial for the band.
According to Ron Kass, the former president of Apple Records, the band trusted many people they should not have. Those who knew The Beatles said they were not good judges of character For much of The Beatles’ time as a band, they relied on their manager, Brian Epstein. He had concerns about their judgment when it came to other people.
“And as Brian once said, the boys were very bad judges of character,” press officer Derek Taylor said in the book All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines. After Epstein’s death , the band took on more business roles, which the people around them said was a bad thing. The band trusted people they shouldn’t have, seemingly viewing themselves as above getting scammed.
“They were terrible, terrible judges of character,” said Apple Records President Ron Kass. “They were boys from Liverpool who thought they couldn’t be taken, but they knew nothing.” Among these people were their manager Allen Klein and friend of the band Alex Mardas.
George Harrison said that The Beatles should not have trusted Alex Mardas When The Beatles worked on building Apple Studios, they hired Mardas to update their recording equipment..
