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Photos taken by Sonny McCartney (Paul's nephew / Mike's son)

 May 5, 2026 -- Notice the socks my friends -- Paul is wearing Beatles Help! socks.  I would love to take a peek into this man's sock drawer. 

Anthology work to do

 May 24, 1995

Just like the olden days -- Paul is photographed walking into Abbey Road Studios to work on a Beatles album.  

A day at Abbey Road

 

This session sure is "Something"

 

August 15, 1969

Harrison-McCartney

Photo by Linda McCartney 

 

July 10, 1969 

Abbey Road Canteen

 Last week, Paul stopped to have a salad and Coke at the Abbey Road Canteen -- think he might be working on new music in the studio?   Why else would he have lunch at the canteen? 

Paul and Linda at Abbey Road

 

Spring 1978 - photo taken by Martinski

Photo and story found here

Here’s the story. My friend Peter and I had a stopover in north London, on our way to France. (We were going to Paris in the spring.) We had a day to kill, and decided not to go into the city, but to look for interesting things, locally. So went went to Highgate Cemetary, and paid our dues to Karl Marx, whose tomb is there. We then decided to go to Abbey Road, probably to take silly pictures.  We were approaching the famous zebra crossing when we spotted a famous person – Linda McCartney! She stood out with her feather-cut blonde hair. Then an omigod moment: ‘That’s Paul McCartney.’ Some girls were talking to them and taking photos, when they turned to go into the recording studio. Oh no, I thought, so I shouted, and Paul in the moment you are seeing, said to Linda: ’Wait. There’s another one.’ I got my pic and my knees started to shake. No kidding. They had never shaken before, and they have never shaken since. What a moment. (And there’s a Volkswagen on the pavement!)

This print is a Boots enlargement, and they did a great job of it, considering it’s on the 110 cartridge format. The photograph, unfortunatlely, is now deteriorating badly. (See extra. If you are puzzled I’ve monoised the main blip.) A year or so ago I repositioned it out of any direct sunlight, but it’s made little difference. I will probably have to retire it now. I still have the original print and negatives, so all is not lost.

Name change to Abbey Road Studios

 

Going into Abbey Road

 

There was a party at Abbey Road

December 12, 2022 
 

Walking into Abbey Road

 

In car park of Abbey Road Studios

 

Wings head into EMI for another album

 

Back to recording

Paul talks to Ringo about drumming....

Inside the hottest party of the year

Quite a party was thrown on September 26, 2019!   Inside Abbey Road Studios anyone who was important in the world of the Beatles was inside to hear the new release of Abbey Road.   Family, friends and of course Paul, Ringo and Olivia were all there to celebrate 50 years of an amazing album. 

Macca wave

Something

August 15, 1969

A tribute to Geoff Emerick

I am sure that you a were just as shocked as I was to learn of the death of the Beatles / Wings engineer, Geoff Emerick yesterday.     I think it was such a shock because he was younger than Paul or Ringo (73) and Geoff had been in the public eye for the past year, making his way around the Beatles conventions and other Beatles events.   He had many events on the calendar for the rest of this year and into 2019.    I had just heard him speak at the 2018 Fest for Beatle Fans in Chicago less than two months ago, and he didn't appear to be frail or sickly.     If nothing else, when someone passes away as Geoff does, it gives us all a chance to remember how sudden our lives can end and to make the most of it while we are here.   From all of the things I have read about Geoff, it seems that he did live his life to the fullest and had a great one.       May he rest in peace and his family and friends be comforted during this time of grief.


Here is the review I wrote on his book Here There and Everywhere

http://www.meetthebeatlesforreal.com/2017/02/here-there-and-everywhere-by-geoff.html

Photo Paul McCartney posted on Twitter
Photo by Linda McCartney 

Geoff at The Fest for Beatle Fans Chicago August 2018
Photo by Sara Schmidt 

The EMI crew
Photo by Linda Bruce

With George Martin and working together at Abbey Road Studios

With Neil, George M and the Beatles during Sgt. Pepper
Photo by H. Grossman (?)

At Abbey Road

The photo was taken by Richard Porter

This photo of Paul leaving Abbey Road Studios was from 1995 when Paul was often seen coming in and out for the Anthology CD project.    It was taken by Beatles tour guide, Richard Porter, who luckily saw Paul during this time.   Notice that Paul is wearing my favorite shoe, Birkenstocks!


You never know when Paul might be in London and show up!   Even without Paul, Richard's Beatles tours are something you must do if you are in London.   Check out his site   http://www.beatlesinlondon.com/     And thanks to Richard for allowing me to share this great photo.