Big news from Ringo!

I am sure that by now most of you have heard the exciting news that Ringo is publishing the photographs that he took  during his time with the Beatles.   It is well known that Ringo took a lot of photographs during the Beatles years (actually all of the guys did, but I think Ringo was the one you see the most often with a camera).    As fans we once saw some of Ringo's shots in a teen magazine called "Ringo's photo album."  For many years I have enjoyed the photos of the guys that Ringo took from that 1964 magazine, but I also knew that there were more out there in Ringo's archives.   I can't wait to see these photos.   I sort of lump photos taken by one of the guys in with photos taken by fans because they are snapshots that show a much more intimate picture of the four guys than a professional photo does.   From what I can tell, we will be seeing photos from John and Ringo's holiday in 1966 and many more vacation shots.   Fans of Maureen should be excited because there are sure to be many photos of Ringo's former wife as well.

The catch to all of this is that you cannot just order this book from your local Beatle book retailer.   The only way you can get a hard copy of this book is to buy one from Genesis books.  Those are books are very expensive and are limited in number.  Although I did see on their website that they have a three month payment plan available on their books.   Silly as it sounds to make payments on a book, that is a freezable option.   The book is also available to see if you own an ipad.   My mom has an ipad (I just have a cheap tablet and my expensive touch-screen desktop), so I will be able to at least look at it on her ipad.    But you won't be able to save any of the photos, but I guess we can't be overly picky Beatle freaks now can we.  What concerns me about this is what will happen once the ipad is no longer around or no longer compatible with the program of Ringo's book.  But I know next to nothing about ipads.   A preview of some of the photos will be in the next issue of People magazine. 

What photos do you hope are shown?   Do you think the other Beatles (or their estates) will follow suit in the coming years?

If Facebook was around in 1966, this would have been Ringo's profile picture.  

Ringo showing off the ipad version of his photo book.