It Was The Morning That We Recorded 'Arrow Through Me'. The Night Before Had Been A Particularly Long

January 26th, 1969 (Apple Studios, London): As the Beatles work on the arrangement for Octopus’s Garden’, Ringo tells Paul about the basis for the song, piquing George’s memory of what he was once told about octopuses. (Note: John’s on drums. This clip from the sessions is shortly followed by Heather sharing her personal octopus anecdote with John - which I can’t make out, unfortunately - and more animal banter.)

GEORGE: Hey, it was somebody – he was telling me octopuses go and pick up all the seashells. You know about that?

RINGO: Yes, that’s why I wrote it! ‘Cause the guides told me [about them] on the boat in Sardinia. [inaudible]

GEORGE: Yeah. [to Paul] You know about that? They collect all nice-looking things and make a garden around where they are and just with all their groovy things to sleep behind.

RINGO: Yeah.

GEORGE: [laughs] It’s great.

-Ehi how do I look?-

-Groovy, groovy-

-Ehi how about me?-

Boys please...

John and Paul: ...

George: Are you serious? Right in front of my TUBA?

✽ Brian Epstein & George Harrison ✽  

‘Strangers find him an easy conversationalist because he is a good listener and shows a genuine interest in the outside world. He wants to know and I find this an endearing trait in a young man who is so successful and so rich that if he never learned anything new he would not suffer any loss.’ - Brian

‘We didn’t think we were going to make it at all. It was only Brian telling us we were gonna make it. Brian Epstein our manager, and George Harrison.’ - John Lennon

‘From the beginning we’ve always met the right people. Before we got wise to the business, we heard and experienced so many sharks who were raking in the loot and paying the groups nothing. […] But this is where I can give an example of our luck: we were lucky to meet Brian Epstein.’ - George

‘I always think of George as a friend.’ - Brian 

john lennon's lyrics for now and then (2023) // andy peebles for daily mail uk (2015) // john lennon, i'm losing you (1980) // now and then doc (2023) // wings, dear friend (1971)

he knows what you are

He is so versatile he is even a dancer

middle aged man tries to dance. 100 injured 50 dead

Paul loves parkour doesn't he?

The Beatles being helped to climb over their car to avoid fans waiting outside the Futurist Theatre, Scarborough, 9 August 1964