First Beatles drum logo?
Here’s a picture we were reminded of today. The Beatles and Rory Storm and the Hurricanes alternated playing sets at the Kaiserkeller in Hamburg in 1960. There has never been published a photo of...
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New book from Pattie
“My Life Through A Lens” by Pattie Boyd. Final cover to be revealed. Due out next year is a new book from former Beatle wife Pattie Boyd, this time concentrating on photography. The book’s...
Stage photo from Clapton’s wedding party
Eric Clapton and Pattie Boyd. Pattie Boyd and Eric Clapton were married in Tucson, Arizona on the 27th of March 1979. A couple of months later, on May 19th, they held a wedding reception...
The Quarrymen live in Eger, Hungary
The Quarrymen on the stage in Hungary. From our Hungarian correspondent, Gabor Peterdi: John Lennon’s original The Quarrymen – Colin Hanton, Len Garry, Rod Davis and Chas Newby – have given their first concert...
Lindsay-Hogg about Let It Be
A few blog posts ago, we linked to an interview Ken Sharp had with movie director Michael Lindsay-Hogg about The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. At the end of that interview, Lindsay-Hogg replied...
“Hutch” is dead
Larry Parnes audition, with Hutch behind the drums. Johnny «Hutch» Hutchinson from Liverpool group The Big Three passed away yesterday, he was 80. Hutch filled in on drums when The Beatles’ regular drummer Tommy...
An interview with (Aunt) Jessie Robins
An old interview with the actress who played Ringo’s Aunt Jessie in Magical Mystery Tour, Jessie Robins recently reappeared in a Facebook group, courtesy of John Bezzini. It was an interesting read, so I...
The Beatles – Made on Merseyside
Next Friday, 29 March 2019, BBC Four will be broadcasting a special TV programme, “The Beatles – Made on Merseyside”. They defined music and popular culture like no other band ever will. But how did...
Vaginal Apple label
The offending B-side label from Apple Records. A recent story in the Daily Mail reveals that there were some doubt among executives at Capitol Records as they were about to distribute the first records...
RIP, Stan Lee
Stan Lee with Marvel’s Beatles Story. November 12, 2018, 95 year old Stan Lee passed away, the year after his British-born wife had died. Born in 1922, Lee was the brains behind the Marvel...
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