Paul Was A Millionaire In 1966.

I found an interesting post on the website dangerousminds.net that reproduced an article from the December, 1966 issue of Rave magazine, a English popzine from the 1960's.  George Tremlett, an English pop journalist and author used London Board of Trade information to estimate the wealth of the four Beatles.  Around 1966, Tremlett estimated Paul's wealth at 1,195,000 British pounds or--3,334,050 U.S. dollars.  That's 3 million.  Tremlett mentioned the confiscatory British tax rate but also said that Paul might have income unreported to the Board of Trade.  (See magazine chart below.)

There has been alot of speculation that our Paul just up and walked away from The Beatles.  He could have exited gracefully, if he had wanted to, and retired--publically--a very wealthy young man.  Instead, he disappeared and was replaced, and that's why Paul researchers are tracking down what happened to him.

Another Telling Interview From 1964

In my May 6, 2016 post, I talked about an April 30, 1964 interview with the four Beatles where George and Ringo played off of each other with comments about being themselves while the "John Lennon" and "Paul McCartney" with them might be other men.

I have just found a 1964 audio interview on Youtube where George makes another pointed reference that the REAL Paul McCartney was not in the present group.

The radio interview with the group was recorded backstage at their 1964 Christmas show.  The interviewer was Radio Luxembourg's DJ, Chris Denning.

You can hear the interview titled "The Beatles 1964 Christmas Show Rare Interview" at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anz0VcqTdno .

Our Paul had just sent out a message to Ivan Vaughan.  Vaughan was a member of The Quarrymen, the band that real John and real Paul and George Harrison played in.  Our Paul was claiming he had been in The Quarrymen.

So . . . . at 7:23-7:44 in the interview, George said the following:
     "Umm . . . I'd like to send a request to somebody who I used to go to school with, too, and he used to play bass in the group---Paul McCartney."  [Everyone laughs] "And if you're listening Paul--at work--it was great going to school with ya and we had a nice time and I'd like to play a nice one called--ah--'Love Me Do'."

Hint, hint?