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Post by Superclassic on Apr 27, 2015 20:52:50 GMT
I'll second that one,the pics of the band are superb.I am especially fond of the photo of Macca getting into his Mini at Abbey Road in August 1969,I've never seen that one before.Any others of that era you can post up,Villain?With me being a massive fan of the Beatles,I am addicted to any photo I've not seen.
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Post by Stan on May 4, 2015 19:29:16 GMT
The Stones made a massive contribution in their own right.
However, The Beatles were and remain phenomenal. 4 pieces of a jigsaw that fitted perfectly - with John & Paul driving each other on; George and Ringo just as important.
About 20 years ago did The Beatles Story and tour; agree with super this is worthwhile - must go again!
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Post by Gene Hunt on May 4, 2015 21:15:15 GMT
Me & Bols did the Beatles tour back in November last year. Had a private 1 hour tour of the Casbah too and had a lengthy chat with Vincent "Roag" Best. Great bloke. I'll dig out some photos tomorrow and post them up here.
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Post by Superclassic on May 4, 2015 21:25:39 GMT
Sounds good,Gene.I met Roag a few years back at a book signing with his brother,Pete.Both absolute gents,down to earth and very friendly.
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Post by Jason King on May 13, 2015 21:14:42 GMT
stones for me,,i love a lot of the beatles music too but being brought up listening to my mum doing the ironing while listening to early stones in particular - magic,looking at those album covers,so many memories.
i now drive past the mick jagger centre on my way to work,my partner works by dartford station where mick and keith met up again after losing touch for a while,,the rest is continuing history.........
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Post by Villain on May 14, 2015 11:48:59 GMT
Superclassic asked for some more car related Beatles pics so here goes - first up some candid shots taken by fans of John's psychedlic Rolls in September '67 during filming of 'Magical Mystery Tour', at West Malling airfield in Kent... 29th September '67, John arrives at Abbey Road in the Rolls... 18th May '67, the Fabs arrive at Hyde Park in the Rolls for the photo session which produced some of the 'walkabout' shots I posted earlier... John's chauffeur Alf Bicknal at John's house 'Kenwood' in Weighbridge with the Rolls... Back to Paul's gorgeous Radford Mini Cooper S... Late '65 in Mason's Yard, Chelsea... On the drive at his house in Cavendish Avenue just round the corner from Abbey Road - like John's Radford this one has Aston Martin DB5 rear lights... John and Ringo arrive at Abbey Road in March '67, Ringo's Cooper S on the left, with Paul's on the right... John and Paul arrive in Pauls' Cooper, March '67... December '68 and Paul closes the gate at Cavendish Ave, you can see the Aston rear lights on the Cooper S... July '69 and Paul arrives at Abbey Road - the pale green colour of the Cooper S is 'Aston Martin California Sage Green'... 27th December '67, Paul arrives home at Cavendish Ave in the Cooper S after appearing on the BBC to talk about the Magical Mystery Tour which had received very bad reviews when it was broadcast (in black and white) the previous day... The same day with his Dad Jim... Paul arrives at Abbey Road in late '68... Paul arrives at Saville Row for an Apple Corps meeting, not long after the band returned from their Indian trip to see the Maharishi in the Spring of '68... Another Saville Row shot with the Cooper S, taken in January '69 during the 'Get Back' / 'Let It Be' sessions... Next up will be some of George's Radford Cooper S once I've loaded them onto my photo-bucket account ;O)
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Post by Villain on May 15, 2015 14:50:57 GMT
Some more Fabs related images - the earliest one I have is from 1965 so I'll start there and work forward cronologically (their earlier happy go luck mop top period doesn't interest me as much as their far more creative period from '65 onwards)... This is the original Robert Whitaker shot taken in John's back garden for the cover of 'Rubber Soul' in the Autumn of '65... October '65 and the lads arrive in style at Buck House to collect their MBEs from HMQ in John's blacked out Roller 'FJB 111C'... Late 1965 at the Radford works in King Street, Hammersmith, George's modified Mk1 Cooper S takes shape (it left the factory in 1965 but wasn't registered until 8th February 1966)... 20th May 1966, George arrives at Chiswick House in West London in his newly finished blacked out Radford Cooper S 'LGF 695D' for the filming of the 'Paperback Writer' and 'Rain' promos... September 1966, John is on location in Spain for the filming of his part in Dick Lester's 'How I Won The War', he took his faithful Rolls Royce with him... it had a state of the art stereo system which he used to keep him entertained during the six weeks he was away from home, and it was here that he wrote 'Strawberry Fields Forever' as he was feeling very homesick... October 1966, George gives his new toy a tickle... 26th October 1966, dressed in Indian garb George arrives at Heathrow Airport in his Ferrari 275GTB to pick up his Sitar tutor Ravi Shankar... Late 1966, a fan has her piccie taken at John's house in Weighbridge with the Roller as a backdrop, you can just make out John's black Cooper S 'LGF 696D' in the background, and like Paul's it also had Aston Martin DB5 rear lights... it was also registered on the same day as George's Radford...
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Post by The Saint on May 15, 2015 21:13:43 GMT
Great photos Villain, thanks for posting The Saint
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Post by Sam Tyler on May 15, 2015 21:59:42 GMT
Great pictures Villain, thanks for posting
Do you know if the Mini's still exist?
Sam.
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Post by Del Boy on May 15, 2015 23:04:02 GMT
Great photos of the Beatles Villain. Cheers for posting.
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