Monday, March 25, 2013

New York style


I always had photos similar to these labeled as "1973," but Getty has them labeled as "1979."   John looks a little younger than 38-39 to me.   What do you think?

Is the guy in the photos a driver or a fan? 

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  1. I think this is when John was in LA march 1973 helping Ringo with I'm Greatest, other photo's from this day look more like downtown Hollywood , than New York
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  2. Looks like 74 to me, no way is it 79. John looks like he did when he got on stage with Elton

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  3. Put me in the '73 camp. John's sideburns, Yoko's hair, the driver's hair, and the car all scream '73. (The good folks at Getty are not the Beatle-watchers we are, after all!) You have other photos of John from either this day or close to it. He's wearing the coin necklace, and the curly-haired dude is in those photos as well. As an L.A. girl, I'm not convinced this is Hollywood, but it very well may be. John recorded with Ringo at Sunset Studios, which looks almost the same today, but the other buildings and neighborhood around it have changed A LOT since '73. Looks like they're in a parking lot. Does anyone know if John and Yoko stayed at the Sunset Marquis in '73? The first photo kind of looks like it...

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  4. P.S. Btw, here's a photo from the Sunset Sound website of John with Ringo and Richard Perry during the recording of the Ringo album: http://www.sunsetsound.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/06_lennon.png

    John's hair and sideburns look a bit neater than the photos with Yoko.

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  5. Both were taken in Los Angeles 1973

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  6. I think the guy is a driver not a fan, in the color picture he seems to be seated in the driver's seat and about to close de car's door.

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  7. I think it might Derek Taylor.

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