The Russian Revolver Cover Is Different and Revealing

When the former Soviet Union released the Revolver album, it had the large drawn images of the four Beatles BUT the small photos interspersed between the drawings are different.

Take a look at the two album covers.  The American and British release is on the left.  The Russian release is below on the right.  The US/Brit release appears to have only our Paul and our John on it, except for the curious photo of a "Paul" with a sharp nose and long sharp chin--seen just behind and below the Paul drawing's ear.  I've commented on this before:  the same sharp-faced "Paul" shows up in a photo from George Harrison's autobiography that was supposedly taken when the Beatles were originally in Hamburg around 1961.

It appears as though that photo is the only one that survives in the Russian cover.  The photos that grace the Russian Revolver show the spectrum of the various Pauls and Johns from the original real Paul and John, through our Paul and John, and then the John that replaced our John.  The only original photo of "Paul" that survives from the US/Brit cover is that sharp-faced Paul and the replacement for our Paul is not seen in any of the photos.  So the question to ask is:  was the Russian cover's sharp-faced "Paul" a photo of the man who was retooled into our Paul's replacement?

 

 

How Old Is Paul In This Photo and Why Are They Claiming He Was Alive And Six Years' Older?

I found an article at BBC Leeds online that gives you an idea of the length they'll go to perpetuate the farce that Paul of early 1966 is the same Paul that was around and kicking in 1972.

First, take a look at the photo from the article. If you are a Beatles fan you know that this is our Paul from 1966. But the article--at:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/features/radio_leeds/macca.shtml leads you to believe that the Paul in the photo is our Paul in 1972.  (NOTE:  You will need to type the website info above directly in your computer's address box to link to the article;  I tried the link, and BBC gives an error message.)

The gist of the article is that the teenage reporter got a phone call from "Paul" in 1972 and "Paul" told him that he was going out on the road with wife Linda and a new band called Wings.  If you saw the photo and then read the article, you would conclude that our Paul is the Linda and Wings Paul.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how they perpetuate a farce.