Pacman on the Atari

 

Pop Superstars at work

 

Arizona

 

Photo shoot time

Dhani's first Beatles cut (sort of)

Helping Dad

Linda and Paul

Happiness is a warm.....

Sweater love

Photos taken by Linda McCartney 

McCartney family takes flight

The taxi wait

Waiting for something

Walking through the airport

Isn't one of the McKids missing??   Maybe she just got cropped out of this photo

Signing for the girls

Record shopping in the early 1980s

My guess would be that this photo was taken after John's death and is in early 1981, when there was a splurge of new Beatles fans and a need for selling more Beatles albums.   From how I see it, this is when I think Beatles fandom when up in numbers:

1964:  When the Beatles came to America
1974:  10th year of the Beatles and rumors of Beatles reunion
1981:  John's death
1995:  Beatles Anthology
2000:  Beatles 1 release
2009:  Beatles Rock Band
2014:  Beatles 50th Anniversary of Beatles in America (hope so!)

So this is just my opinion.   There might be other smaller spikes in fandom (maybe in 1987 when the Cds were first released)  And I am not sure if the Beatles Rock Band really showed a big spike in fandom  or not.  It would be interesting to see record sales for these time periods.    Did you become a fan around the time of these events? 

Like father like son

Have I mentioned that I have tickets to see James McCartney in concert in June?   Oh well I do!  He is coming to St. Louis and tickets were only $15!  (waaaaaay less than what I paid to see his Dad in November)   I hope there is some sort of a meet and greet time so that I can get a photo with him and maybe get his autograph.  I thought of bringing this photo of James and his Dad with me, but then I thought it might be a tad bit embarrassing. 

Sweet Baby James

Must be the early 1980's....look at the blue eye shadow. LOL!

Paul "leather" jacket

During the "Broadstreet" years, Paul McCartney was often seen wearing a leather jacket. But obviously the mega-veggie Paul that you and I adore would not been ever seen wearing REAL leather. So obviously this isn't a real leather jacket that Paul was wearing during that time. Still it amazes me how often you saw him wearing this jacket. Paul seems to be someone that gets hooked on one article of clothing and wears for a long time.

Paul does the "write" thing

I recently purchased another back issue of "The Write Thing" fanzine. This one was from 1983 and had this photo of Paul in it. It was taken at AIR studios in the early 1980's.