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Frequent commenter LeighAnn pointed me to this great photo which Ringo put up on his Instagram (@ringostarrmusic) in remembrance of the late, great Gerry Marsden.
“3..2..1..JUMP!”
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Thanks for posting Michael!
This is another rare instagram photo I found of John that gives me Russell partying and taking acid with high school students in Almost Famous vibes lol
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKK6l5ZMCSV/?igshid=3hfm8nbnqkc9
Great pic! It reminds me of the kind of photo you would find on the ‘Meet the Beatles for Real’ site which has an array of snapshots of the Fabs taken with/by fans.
Oh I love this!
I have a close friend who saw all that Penny Lane stuff in action in the early 70s.
That’s the thing I love about Beatle instagrammers- a lot of who are young too- they find so many rare hidden gems. I don’t know where they find them but I love seeing the rare or candid photos of the Beatles and co that aren’t the images seen a hundred times before because they usually make me feel like I’ve learnt something about them I didn’t know before. Maybe it’s because I’m a visual person I don’t know.
I like this one of the boys playing pool (including a shirtless Paul) it looks like maybe Florida:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKeM2w7s_h0/?hl=en
I have never seen these photos of John and Sean before
https://www.instagram.com/p/CI3-dAjMjyX/?igshid=eetv4lnep68y
Third photo on this link:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGIdEeYsMM7/?igshid=1ozl71nja4n88
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGGZT-UsZwH/?igshid=6el09ffufonn
John Paul and Georgie Flame in a very campy photo:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CK-PPqusTFW/?igshid=100yir0ruilf0
John and Julian with the cast of Happy Days: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f2/b6/46/f2b6465a90a29f529f0fd7646238f2b6.jpg
Love that!
George and Pattie really were a very pretty couple- they remind me of a prototype Johnny Depp and Kate Moss:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bYbc6fC02as/S0qrAYfBuJI/AAAAAAAADXU/U_aI9PgCV8E/s1600-h/_1968KinfaunsFanPic.jpg
This is a really cute photo I’ve never seen before of John Yoko and Julian cuddle together in a snowy Central Park in 1977
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMpJvbes75K/?igshid=ggh0couvzx95
Ringo Starr and his extended family at Tittenhurst in 1981
https://www.instagram.com/p/COIFNzVMIit/?igshid=176zuzrp9yf0u
John hanging out on a roof top with his cousins
https://www.instagram.com/p/CO7EL3sr7K1/?igshid=1ge4l5n3ncuxr
Great find, LeighAnn.
Have you seen this one before, of John with Joan Baez?
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d5/72/fe/d572fe22f7d0f339a0b1ca8efe8dda61–joan-baez-john-lennon.jpg
Does anyone know who this kid photobombing the Beatles is?
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c2/6a/4a/c26a4a35b943a8dd593063d549d4d74e.jpg
looks Photoshopped —
According to this article, the photo was included on Paul’s concert DVD ‘The Space Within Us’. Some speculated it was Eric Griffiths of the Quarrymen, but he was ousted from the group when George joined.
I agree it looks off.
Sorry, forgot the link. Source: The Savage Young Beatles. http://www.beatlesource.com/savage/1950s/58.xx.xx%20unk/58.xx.xxunk.html
Thank you for the correction! The resolution on the photo is so poor and the brightness/contrast so savage, it’s hard to make anything out. But now that I look at it more closely, it does seem that the light source is similar on all four figures, and the hair of the mystery man could plausibly be 50s. It looked 80s New Wave to me. 🙂
Yes, the kid’s new wave hair is what looks out of place to me. Some people think there was a very modern look about Stuart as well, despite the James Dean comparisons.
This is adorable:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3f/b0/47/3fb047042716ee4d269a7620536c52f2.jpg