French Autograph collection
A young man named Paul Bogaert was an autograph collector in France in the 1960's and he opened up his autograph book to make a blog about the subject. He was able to get the Beatles' and Brian...
View ArticleThe girls with the flag
I wonder how these two girls in red got the job of holding the poles of the British flag for the Beatles for this photo session? Wouldn't that have been a great job!
View ArticlePre-show pictures
Brian the Beatles and some other hangers on in Paris in 1965.*Note: June 23, 1965 was mostly a travel day for the Beatles and not a whole lot of photos are available. So I am taking the opportunity...
View ArticleThe fans in Milan
The fans here show many of the emotions that we see from Beatle fans around the world in 1965. But yet these photos are a bit different and I am not sure why. Do you think Coca-Cola was handing...
View ArticleA Beatle afternoon show in Milan
Some Beatles concerts I have very little photos in my files and others, like the afternoon Milan concert, I have a ton! So here are the photos to share with you from the afternoon show 50 years ago.
View ArticleAn evening concert with the Beatles in Milan
And here are some photos taken during the evening show in Milan. They wore their "Shea" jackets at this one, even though no one would know to call them "Shea" jackets yet.
View ArticleHigh chairs in Italy
The setup for this press conference always seemed like a strange one to me. What is up with those high backed chairs? July 25, 1965
View ArticleArriving in Genoa
Wow! This seems like it was a pretty wild arrival to Genoa. I know the Beatles took cars to get there--some sort of race car thing? Really---when is the book on the Beatles 1965 European tour...
View ArticleArriving in Roma
There is some confusion with these photos. Some claim that the Beatles left for Rome, Italy right after the concert in Genoa and others say that they didn't leave until the next day. Since it is...
View ArticleJohn, Brian and a girl
Before moving on with the 1965 European tour, I need to share this great photo Lizzie sent to me that was taken in Genova, Itlay by John Hayward. Thanks Lizzie! I love this one!Photo by John Hayward
View ArticleThe press in Rome
Being the John fan that I am----I personally find John to look extremely gorgeous in the photos of him from this time. Something with that black shirt and smile and everything. He just looks...
View ArticleRoaming around
Some interesting shots taken of the crowds outside of the theater when the Beatles were playing in Rome. Not very often you see two nuns outside of a Beatles concert.
View ArticleRoman fans
I love how in these European tour photos, we see the guys getting into Beatlemania more than what we see in photos from the U.K. or the U.S. We know that guys were totally into the Beatles in 1965,...
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