John Lennon at the Scala Theatre on the set of A Hard Day’s Night, 1964. Photos by David Hurn
Press launch for Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, held at Brian Epstein’s place at 24 Chapel Street, London, on 19 May 1967.
John and George signing autographs at the after party of the Royal Variety Show, 4 November 1963. Photo by Philip Jones Griffiths.
18 July 1964, London, England, UK
Original caption: Mop violence…Getting “away from it all,” Beatle Paul McCartney gazes wistfully into space while dangling from a stage rope on the set of United Artists’ A Hard Day’s Night, the Beatles’ first full-length movie. Meanwhile, director Richard Lester was searching everywhere on the set below for the missing Beatle, who was “hanging around” far above the commotion below. The stunt set the mood for the riotous days of shooting that followed. Some of the real-life pandemonium created by the Beatles and their fans has been kept in the film as a touch of realism.
George and Ringo abusing the nose of a poor Blue Meanie at the press preview of ‘Yellow Submarine’ at the Bowater House Cinema in Knightsbridge, London. 8 July 1968.
John at the 14-Hour Technicolour Dream at the Alexandra Palace in London on 19 April 1967.
The lady in the top row of pictures I believe is part of Yoko Ono’s “Cut Piece” in which members of the audience were invited to cut away pieces of her clothing.
John, Paul and George, Abbey Road Studios, London
Tony Bramwell: “They’ve just tried out Hey Jude here and Paul’s looking to see the response. The Beatles would come along with ideas and bits of songs and it would look like they were just sitting around for days on end and then suddenly this song would appear. It was very different to the early days when they came into the studio with 12 songs all thoroughly rehearsed and would record their album in two days flat. After Sgt Pepper they’d take months.”
Press launch for Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, held at Brian Epstein’s place at 24 Chapel Street, London, on 19 May 1967.
