Unseen 1968 Beatles pictures and Paul leaving the band (?)
Extraordinary never published before pictures by Michael Herring of The Beatles in 1968. George Harrison has in his shirt pocket a resignation letter from Paul McCartney
Extraordinary never published before pictures by Michael Herring of The Beatles in 1968. George Harrison has in his shirt pocket a resignation letter from Paul McCartney
From a speech David Bowie gave to the Berklee College of Music’s Class of 1999…
“It’s impossible for me to talk about popular music without mentioning probably my greatest mentor, John Lennon. I guess he defined for me, at any rate, how one could twist and turn the fabric of pop and imbue it with elements from other artforms, often producing something extremely beautiful, very powerful and imbued with strangeness
The Beatles arrive in Wellington on 21 June 1964. 7000 fans turn up at the airport. The event is documented in one of the earliest colour clips of the Beatles which has never been seen before.
Here’s a chronology of the Beatles’ visits in Birmingham in the 60s and a gallery of images. The Beatles first visit in Birmingham was in 1963, the last on December 9, 1965.
Beck, Paul Simon, Norah Jones and Dhani Harrison performed live on stage playing songs from All Things Must Pass and Abbey Road as Conan O’Brien hosted the George Harrison Week.
George Harrison’s first six solo albums, released between 1968 and 1975 on The Beatles’ Apple Records label, have been digitally remastered from the original analogue masters for CD and digital release on 22 September by UMG.