The UK’s Daily Mail recently published a series of photographs taken at Abbey Road on March 30th, 1967 during the recording of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The one aspect of the photographs that has created the biggest buzz is that they show Paul (standing on left) wearing a pair of thick horn-rimmed glasses.
Thursday, 5th April, 1962 The Beatles Fan Club organized its second gig at The Cavern. For the first half of the show the boys played in their old leather outfits, then changed into their new look Beno Dorn suits for the second half. A photo taken on this evening shows early clues to Paul’s musical [...]
According to a press release on the PRweb site – The World’s most famous vegetarian, Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney is to sing “We all live in a yellow aubergine” and headline a host of vegan stars at the International ethical living festival at the 5th Bristol Vegan Fayre in the heart of Bristol, UK, on the [...]
Wednesday, 4th April, 1962 The Beatles played both lunch time and night time gigs at The Cavern on Mathew Street in Liverpool city center.
In the latest video update on his website, Ringo Starr talks about his two upcoming CD projects plus the release of a DVD featuring last year’s All-Starr Band tour.
Monday, 2nd April, 1962 The Beatles played a lunch time gig at The Cavern before moving on to play their one and only appearence at the somewhat notorious Pavilion Theater on Lodge Lane in Liverpool. The “Pivvy” had long been known as Liverpool’s top striptease theater, although it was also used for variety shows and [...]
[Cross posted from my personal Live Journal blog]. I knew about this,,,but this is the first time I’ve seen any footage. The Beatles doing a cameo guest appearence on Doctor Who. Â This is from the Dr. Who serial “The Chase”, originally broadcast in 1965, and is the only surviving footage of this performance of [...]
498 Productions has announced the upcoming publication of the Sixth Edition of the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records by Perry Cox and Frank Daniels. The book is being edited by Bruce Spizer and will be in the same 9″ x 12″ size and color-throughout format as Bruce Spizer’s critically acclaimed books on the Beatles [...]
Sunday, 1st April, 1962 The Beatles played one of their regular Sunday gigs at The Casbah Coffee Club in the cellar of the Best family home in West Derby, Liverpool.
The BBC reports that a centre named after John Lennon is to be created at a children’s hospital in his home city of Liverpool. Plans for the John Lennon Foundation for Children’s Health at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital will be launched by the ex-Beatle’s widow, Yoko Ono.Ono will unveil an outline for the foundation, to [...]
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
