The Beatles before fame - photo thread!

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Purple Jim, Sep 14, 2020.

  1. LilyMarz

    LilyMarz Forum Resident

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  2. the pope ondine

    the pope ondine Forum Resident

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    her photos are really stunning, she's such an enigma from the beatles past
     
  3. nikh33

    nikh33 Senior Member

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    There's no easy answer...

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  4. Monasmee

    Monasmee Forum Ruminant

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    Thanks, any reference that the town of Bootle was an influence to the band's ultimate name The Beatles?
     
  5. SgtPepper1983

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    Went to a Beatles convention in Berlin in 2004 (?). Crossed the parking lot when I noticed a woman was about to cross paths with me and I thought to myself "that's what Astrid could look like today" and chuckled inside. She went on to hold the entrance door open for me and was immediately greeted "Astrid, over here!" by the promoter. Closest I ever got to a Beatle person in everyday life.
     
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  6. dsdu

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    Ward, I'm worried about the Beaver.
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  7. LilyMarz

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    Astrid 's portraits of Stuart and Klaus. She had a signature style.

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  8. Seabass

    Seabass Old Git

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    Bootlemania
     
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  9. rswitzer

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    Do any photos exist of Neil Aspinall with Mona Best?
     
  10. nikh33

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    Britishers may remember the spoof of The Beatles that The Goodies did in the 70s called "The Bootles", but that was as far as it went. Like The Rutles after it (The Goodies and Pythons were friends, colleagues, room mates etc) their George was silent, in this case, a cardboard cut out!
     
  11. nikh33

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    What kind of photos you lookin fer?
     
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  12. Glenn Christense

    Glenn Christense Foremost Beatles expert... on my block

    Yeah, long before this picture thread though, I’ve always. found it interesting how many different “looks” Stu had , over a fairly short period of time.

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  13. Seabass

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    A brief clip here

    The Goodies: The Goodies ...At Last the 40th Anniversary!
     
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  14. Steve Hoffman

    Steve Hoffman Your host Your Host

    Great story!
     
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  15. Monasmee

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    Good to see you pick your Bootles carefully. ;)
     
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  16. LilyMarz

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    I've never come across any photos of them together which makes sense due to the unconventional nature of their relationship.


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  17. Ken Wood

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    Whenever I see this photo I think he has either broke a collar bone and wears a sling behing his neck to hold it in place (because that is exactly how my brother looked when he broke his) or he has some football gear underneath his shirt (unlikely).
     
  18. Ken Wood

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    Yes, that is it. You are right. But there are two pictures of them in the Casbah I don`t think they come from the same gig (look at the way Paul wears his shirt collar above the jacket in one and under it in the other). So there is one where no Stu is in sight and it is re-strung and and one where Stu plays bass and Paul his Rosetti and in this one you can not tell wether it is restrung. That is what I tried to say.
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  19. vulcangascompany

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    I love Astrid's work but somehow this early studio session doesn't quite work for me, the band seem stiff, maybe Astrid felt uncomfortable technically/creatively stifled in a studio setting (although she was trained in it) Maybe they were hung over/tired/frustrated/out of ideas..Still great tho..

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  20. edenofflowers

    edenofflowers A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular!

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    Candid. Candid photography...he asked him knowingly *nudge nudge* *wink wink* :angel:
     
  21. raveoned

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    Isn't this from the early Hoffman photo sessions?
     
  22. vulcangascompany

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    No - November 1962 - likely to be shot in Reinhard Wolf's Hamburg studio, where Astrid was his assistant.
     
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  23. nikh33

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    What, you didn't like my Victor Spinetti story? I'll repeat it! In 1981 at the Beatles Convention at the Adelphi in Liverpool, Vic was guest of honour and we got chatting. He said "You're a great talker, I've got to go now, but I'm going to have dinner with a couple of friends, will you join us?" I demurred (for *ahem* various reasons). Twenty minutes later as I left the venue, I heard shouting. Looking in that direction, who should I see but Victor leaning out of a car window hurtling past me, cheerfully waving, with his two friends also cheerfully waving... Paul and Linda McCartney.
     
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  24. docwebb

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    So this was 1957! The same year Elvis released "Jailhouse Rock". The Beatles really were there near the beginning.
     
  25. Wildest cat from montana

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    The top left picture should have been one of his album covers.
     
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