The Beatles together

 

Family trip to NYC

 March 29-30, 1974 

March 31, 1969

March 31, 1969 :  George and Pattie are in court in London,  John and Yoko are leaving Amsterdam and Paul and Linda (with Heather) are in New York City.    No word on what Ringo was doing on this day. 
 

Jumping Beatles

 March 31, 1964

George close up

 

What's New Pussycats?

Photos taken by May Pang 

 

March 28, 1974 

These photos may or may not have been taken on this date in 1974, but John and Harry were working on the Pussycats album on that day. 

Meeting fans

 March 29, 1969 -  On this date, John and Yoko  met some fans from the Dutch Beatles Fan Club.  Here you see John signing the copy of their fan club newsletter, Chains.    I saw this signed fan magazine on display at the Beatles Museum in Alkkmar in 2017.   

Happy birthday to Eric Idle

 

I am unsure what year these photos were taken (late 1980s/early 1990s?) , but they show George and Olivia at a party celebrating Eric Idle's birthday.  Eric's birthday is March 29, so I thought it was a good time to share them. 

Perectly Right!

 March 29, 1979

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. 

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. 

Eleanor is up to something

 

After hours with Paul

March 25, 2009

Henry at the bed in

 March 25, 1969

The long wait

 

March 25, 1964 

Flying across America

 Paul wearing the red anchor shirt -  I am thinking this might be on their way to Chicago in this photo becasue of this photo of Paul arriving in Chicago in 1965.