Who’s that girl?
Embed from Getty Images You’ve seen her. That girl posing with the Beatles in French hats. At present, the copyright is held by Getty Images. This is how they caption the image: “English group...
Category: Beatle People
RIP, Johnny Hallyday
Embed from Getty Images French rocker Johnny Hallyday has passed at the age of 74. He was born June 15, 1943 and died on December 6, 2017. Johnny met the Beatles when the Beatles...
Harry Benson’s book republished
Harry Benson: The Beatles Beatles photographer, Glasgow-born Harry Benson’s book, previously out-of-print, is made available again at a cheaper price. This re-edition brings back the best of Benson’s luminous black and white Beatles portfolio. Complemented...
It was 50 years ago today: Shooting the Sgt Pepper album cover
Just a quick post to honour the fiftieth anniversary of the photo session for the “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album cover. Peter Blake and his then wife Jann Haworth conceived the idea, and...
In between The Beatles
A Norwegian pressing of Ken Dodd’s “Tears” single was among the catch from the record fair. We had the pleasure of attending a local record fair this past weekend, and among the cheaper records...
The Beatle Who Vanished – film
Embed from Getty Images In Ron Howard’s documentary film about The Beatles’ touring years, “Eight Days A Week“, Jimmie Nicol literally was “the Beatle who vanished”. Although briefly seen in the film, his presence...
The Casbah Story – by Pete Best
Tune in to Pete Best’s account of the Casbah Club story Over at BBC radio, a two-part series of the story of Liverpool’s Casbah Club narrated by ex-Beatle Pete Best is still available for...
Magic Alex
I feel very sad. “Magic Alex” Mardas was a good friend to both John and I. He was not just talented, he had a big heart. love, yoko pic.twitter.com/Aw01TxUSLn — Yoko Ono (@yokoono) January...
Sweden 1967
On the 14th of October, 1967, George Harrison and Paul McCartney went to Sweden to visit the Maharishi at the hotel where he was staying in Falsterbo, a seaside resort in southern Sweden near...
Welcome to 2017
Wiping the slate clean for 2017. Illustration: Jeff S. Levy 2016 was a tough year for Beatle people. During the final weeks, we mourned the likes of Sam Leach, Carrie Fisher, George Michael and...
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