Candid Photographs Of John Lennon And Paul McCartney During A Press Conference In New York City To Promote

These pictures together are really good!

What does Pattie know? 🧐

Question: Is there anything about one of your photographs that make you smile because you know what is going on behind the camera?

Pattie: There was a photograph I took in India and the Beatles where writing music for the white album. It was a very creative time. But I got one shot of Paul and John sitting together. John is just looking at Paul and Paul is making some sort of face. And I just wish I knew what they would have been saying. But something...there's something going on.

Interestingly, Pattie tweeted this on Paul's birthday:

sorry but why is this comment making me go insane rn

“To Ann Hope you will be out of hospital soon, Love from George Harrison xxx”

Pictured are two autographed photos, sent to a Beatles fan, Ann Bartlett, who was just 16 years old when she died of leukemia in the 1960s. It appears that George Harrison signed his own name, and then forged John, Paul and Ringo’s autographs for this critically ill fan:

“‘My daughter died of leukaemia in the late 1960s when she was 16. She was a mad Beatles fan and our next-door-neighbour in Barnet was John Riley, The Beatles’ dentist,” [Harry Bartlett] said. ‘When Ann was ill, she and a friend did some drawings of The Beatles which he volunteered to give them, and they sent back some photographs. I gave them to my solicitor Colin Wright who is raising money for leukaemia research at the UEA, and has also lost a daughter to leukaemia.’ Mr Bartlett said it came as no surprise to find out that three of the Beatles’ signatures could be phoneys. ‘I’d heard in London that George Harrison was the master forger of the group,’ he added. Andrew Bullock, head of the book department at Keys, said they have consulted a leading dealer in Beatles autographs who believes it ‘more than probable’ that all the names on the two photographs are Harrison’s work. ‘There are quite a few signatures that were all done by George Harrison, as he was quite pleased that he had got so good at doing them,’ he explained. ‘There is this young girl who is sadly not at all well, George is aware of this and he is not able to get the other three members to sign. It adds a certain something and it’s actually quite nice.’” - Autograph Market, 2 May 2009

This may or may not relate to the following letter: “Dear Beatles Monthly people, We want to tell you what great fellas the Beatles are. About three weeks ago, we wrote to George Harrison’s address, saying that our friend, Anne, was very ill, and requesting a pic (signed) to be sent to her. Within a very short time, she received a pic of the lads, signed not only by George, but by every single Beatle! We think they are the kindest boys in showbiz. Ann and Jane, York” - The Best Of The Beatles Book (x)

The audio of the previous reblog of Paul's 'John was a darling then'-quote.

Brian Epstein watches The Beatles performing at the Washington Coliseum, 11th February 1964

Stevie Nicks during the Mirage Tour, 1982.

Drop everything, new John & Paul photo from 1974 just dropped!

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, May Pang and Harry Nilsson in LA, 29th March 1974. Photo taken by Mal Evans.

For Mal, the sunny afternoon of March 29 would bring pure magic in contrast with the previous evening’s lackluster proceedings. The McCartney clan showed up [at the Santa Monica beach house] out of the blue, this time with daughters Heather, Mary, and Stella in tow, and Mal was thrilled at the prospect of seeing John and Paul together again—twice in the span of two days, no less. And he was by no means disappointed, observing the two old friends reclining on the patio together and, later, walking along the beach, with May, Linda, and the McCartney brood trailing along behind them. “Nice to see him and John together,” Mal scribbled in his diary later that month.

At one point that afternoon, Evans reached for his camera and snapped a photo of the two old friends lounging at the beach house — flanked by their partners, Linda and May Pang, and Harry Nilsson. May would also take some Polaroids of the meeting at some point this day, but there's a very real possibility that Evans' picture is the last photo ever taken of the 20th Century's greatest songwriting duo. (It will be included in the upcoming collection of Evans' diaries and archives, slated for publication in 2024.)

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