Wednesday, March 27, 2024

George at the door


 

Weird photo shoot



 Some people act like the Butcher album photo shoot was the first time the Beatles had a strange photo shoot --- nope -- it had been part of the Beatles photos since the start. 

Now


 March 27, 2009

Spring Break




 

March 27-28 1964 

The Beatles were given a short break over the Easter holiday and they took full advantage of it. 

Paul and Linda in NYC


 


March 27, 1969 -

It appears in the photos  Paul and Linda are looking at some photos a fan has handed them. 

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Wedding Reception


 Ringo at Pattie Boyd and Eric Clapton's wedding reception in 1979

George's sweater vest


 

Jumping in bed with John and Yoko




 

March 26, 1969

Happy birthday Julie Harris


 

March 26, 1964

Julie Harris was the Beatles costume designer on both A Hard Day's Night and Help!.   The Beatles and Wilfrid Brambell celebrated her birthday on the set of the Beatles' first film.   I don't think Ringo is very happy they are putting that little cake on his drums.   They loom large in his legend, you know.



Mad Mel Returns




 

Here are the Beatles at a press conference in Portland, Oregon, in 1965.  That guy in the striped shirt and big sunglasses is none other than Mad Mel,  the Australian disc jockey who orchestrated the knitting of a huge scarf that he presented to The Beatles during their tour of Australia.  You can read the story about that here. 

When I saw these photos the other day, I was confused about why Mad Mel would be at a Portland Beatles press conference.   I discovered that in 1965, Mel left Australia and was a DJ at CFUN in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada).    Portland would have been the closest town to Vancouver to have a Beatles concert that year.   Since Mel had a friendly relationship with the Beatles, it makes sense that CFUN would send him down to Oregon to attend the press conference.  He must not have spent too much time in Canada because I read that Mel was back on air in Australia by the end of the decade.  It is believed that Mad Mel still lives in Sydney.  As far as I know, he hasn't been interviewed about his time with The Beatles.  Hopefully I am wrong and the book about the Beatles in Australia that is supposed to be published this year will give us more information about this interesting disc jockey and his Beatle connection.