THE BEATLES

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...THE BEATLES!

We went to England on May 11th through May 21st. One morning in London was spent on a Beatles tour. We spent part of an afternoon in the childhood homes of John and Paul in Liverpool, then the next morning we took a 4 hour tour in Liverpool of Beatles related sites. Let's start with London.

We took the Magical Mystery Tour with Richard Porter.

McCartney Productions Limited. This is Paul's office in London. Pictured are Jennifer, Dad, and me. Carnaby street. This was the center of fashion in the 60's. There isn't much there now, chains, but on the tour we were given a talk on how the Beatles influenced fashion. The London Palladium. One of the places claimed to be the birthplace of Beatlemania. Philip Norman's book, "SHOUT!" denies there was any pandemonium outside the theatre at all. He says that all the photographs were cropped so tight that one could not get a sense of crowd size at all. According to Norman's book there were 8 girls outside the theatre. Eight! Bob Spitz claims there were two thousand. A disparity if I ever read one. The Cavern is a very good place to name as the birthplace, but The Beatles never reached a huge audience there, not compared to the 15 million that watched "Sunday Night at the Palladium" on television. Pete Best would have you believe it was the Casbah. I tried to find a crowd shot outside the palladium from that night but was unsuccessful. The Royal Variety Show less than a month later clearly evinced a hysteria outside Buckingham Palace. It's a sight to see. Just look here: Screaming Beatles Fans 3 Savile Row. This is where the rooftop concert was. I wish I could have been there, but I wasn't quite born yet. The concert was Jan. 30, 1969. I was born 1 week and 1 day later.
Don't Let Me Down

3 Savile Row again. It's the third building on the right, past the two with British flags. Somewhat amazingly, at least to me, the building is unoccupied at the moment, containing no renters or business. (May 2007) Formerly the Indica Art Gallery where John and Yoko first met. Abbey Road Studios The famous crosswalk. The studio is the building with the white fence on the left. Geoff Emerick noted in his book, "Here, There, and Everywhere", that of the photographs the photographer took that day, the Beatles all preferred pictures of them walking away from the studio.

Through the magic of home editing I bring you my walk across Abbey Road. Make sure you have sound to watch it. The pauses are roughly where each Beatle is standing for the cover and accompanied by a song each Beatle sang on the album Abbey Road. The color of their names represent their uniform from Sgt. Pepper. I am of course wearing no shoes.

Get Back Jo-Jo!


McCartney Productions Limited. This is Paul's office in London. Pictured are Jennifer, Dad, and me.	Carnaby street. This was the center of fashion in the 60's. There isn't much there now, chains, but on the tour we were given a talk on how the Beatles influenced fashion.	The London Palladium. One of the places claimed to be the birthplace of Beatlemania. Philip Norman's book, "SHOUT!" denies there was any pandemonium outside the theatre at all. He says that all the photographs were cropped so tight that one could not get a sense of crowd size at all. According to Norman's book there were 8 girls outside the theatre. Eight! Bob Spitz claims there were two thousand. A disparity if I ever read one. The Cavern is a very good place to name as the birthplace, but The Beatles never reached a huge audience there, not compared to the 15 million that watched "Sunday Night at the Palladium" on television. Pete Best would have you believe it was the Casbah. I tried to find a crowd shot outside the palladium from that night but was unsuccessful. The Royal Variety Show less than a month later clearly evinced a hysteria outside Buckingham Palace. It's a sight to see. Just look here: Screaming Beatles Fans	3 Savile Row. This is where the rooftop concert was. I wish I could have been there, but I wasn't quite born yet. The concert was Jan. 30, 1969. I was born 1 week and 1 day later. Don't Let Me Down


3 Savile Row again. It's the third building on the right, past the two with British flags. Somewhat amazingly, at least to me, the building is unoccupied at the moment, containing no renters or business. (May 2007)	Formerly the Indica Art Gallery where John and Yoko first met.	Abbey Road Studios	The famous crosswalk. The studio is the building with the white fence on the left. Geoff Emerick noted in his book, "Here, There, and Everywhere", that of the photographs the photographer took that day, the Beatles all preferred pictures of them walking away from the studio.