Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Another photo of Paul in India

I think it is important to document where Paul was and where he wasn't in 1966.  That's why I'm always on the lookout for rare photos of him in '66. 

I found another photo of him in India:

He's wearing the same shirt as in the photo I
posted on October 10, 2010.  So, apparently,
both he and a replacement were in India at that
time.
(Thanks to the Facebook page, "John Lennon
is my life" for the photo.  Check this Facebook
page out:  there are many new photos there.)

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Speaking of a John Replacement . . .

Take a look at The Swinging Blue Jeans ( a Liverpool Merseybeat group who were recording at the same time as The Beatles.)  This is the cover of a 1967 single by them.  The man in the middle is Ralph Ellis.  Look like someone familiar?

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Is This Paul? I Think So.

I believe Paul was in and out of the group when they made their German and Far East tour in 1966. (More on that later.)
 
I think a good example of our Paul in and out of the group is their press conference in New Delhi, India on July 5, 1966.  I have finally found news footage of that in the Youtube video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSwLIkcRhTw beginning at 3:03 in the video.  Take a look.  The footage of "Paul" with the striped tie leaving the plane at 3:11-3:17 in the video could very well be a replacement.  In contrast, at the New Delhi press conference footage between 3:36 and 3:46 in the video, Paul with what looks like a lei around his neck is, I believe, our Paul.  Paul was definitely in New Delhi at that time--see my post of October 10, 2010 that has a photo of Paul and George and an Indian musical instrument dealer.

And again, take a look at The Beatles' "Manila incident" interview beginning at 4:30 in the video I mentioned above.  Although I've read other comments saying that this man is our Paul, I think he was NOT.

They could have been "breaking in" Paul's replacement on that tour--giving him experience on a tour and getting fans used to seeing different images of Paul.  Blurring the lines, so to speak.

Monday, December 5, 2011

More On The Outtakes Recording

My last post talked about the outtakes recording of The Beatles' 1965 Christmas record and several interesting things I found in it.  Again, the Youtube recording is at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50dI7WJZbBo  .

I found several more interesting aspects to the recording that I'd like to share.

The first begins at 0:18-0:26 in the recording when John says, "Bring back the cat, that's what I say.  Bring back the cat, that's what I say, and let's get rid of all these mice once and for all."  Then beginning at 0:29, The Beatles are making their annual thanks to the fans.  John's thanks--from 0:39-0:42--are:  "For coming to our shows and collecting our records."  Listen very carefully to these "sound bites."  Do they sound like John imitating an older man or do they sound like John as an older man?

The second--at 3:34-4:42-- is an extremely sick discussion amongst The Beatles about babies being sliced up and put into meat sold at stores.  Do I think The Beatles were randomly that sick?  No.  Remember the famous Butcher cover that was supposed to have been photographer Bob Whittaker's idea?  My guess on this segment is one of two things:  1.)  Either The Beatles had early ideas about wrecking the image of The Beatles in the event that one or more of them was replaced;  or 2.) (And I speculated about this before in my June 12, 2011 post) that the Butcher cover had to do with abortions, that one of The Beatles had a girlfriend(?) who had had one, and this was their way of wrapping their minds around something they considered awful.  Someone's third guess--that The Beatles were describing something literal that they caught wind of--is too awful to contemplate.

Again, listen to this recording.  It is a gold mine of information.