Close Encounters of the Best Kind (part 1)
I have shared many stories of George fan meeting George at the Long Beach Grand Prix in the late 1970's and early 1980's, but this is the very first one. I found this story in the May 1978 issue of...
View ArticleThe Prince of Egypt
I just recently found this photo of John from when he and Yoko took a trip to Egypt in January 1979.
View ArticleMerry Crimble!
I just wanted to take the time to wish each and every one of you who visit Meet The Beatles...for Real a very happy Christmas! I hope you all get everything you wish for today and much more. Peace...
View ArticleYellow Matter Custard
In looking through the blog's stats, I noticed a large number of hits recently on a story that I had typed up from Beatlology magazine about the Beatles fan, Dave Morrell who met John Lennon in 1971 to...
View ArticleClose encounters of the best kind (part 2)
I am so sorry that it has taken me longer than I had anticipated to get the second part of this story up. Photo by Karen Dyson 1978This is the 1978 Long Beach Program like the on the girls in the...
View ArticleThe Beatles at Shea Stadium: A Book Review
When I had told some online Beatles pals that I was supporting a book all about the Beatles 1965 Shea Stadium concert on Kickstarter, I got a bunch of gripes. "Uh...another book about Shea? Don't we...
View ArticleOut for a Wirral
Some fan taken photos of Paul and Linda taken on New Years Eve in Wirral, England in 1982
View ArticleWishing you all a very happy new year!
A man we all love once sang "Another year over and a new one just begun..." And so it goes, doesn't it? The end of 2013 somehow snuck up on me. For me, 2013 was a wonderful year. I was able to...
View ArticleGreek Treat
I wanted the last post of the year to be a special one, and it is indeed. I was actually trying to find some information about the stickers from early 1964 that said "The Beatles are coming." While...
View ArticleGo to the window
I spotted this on beatlesneveroutofstyle tonight and I really liked the photo, so I nicked it.
View ArticlePosing for the fans on Broadway
Paul and Linda at the Broadway play, Equus in December 1974.
View ArticleHappy 2014!
It has been snowy here in Illinois, but not enough to make four snow-Beatles like these young ladies did in 1964. I do love the idea of snow Beatles.I hope all of you are staying warm or staying cool...
View ArticleHoney Hush Hush
After all of these years, George's "Mystery Date" from these photos remains unknown. If this George was a pop star of today, the girl's name would have been plastered all over the tabloids, but...
View ArticleGeorge and Mylon
George and Mylon Lefevre at Friar Park. I am not sure of the year, but I know that Mylon joined Warner Brothers around the same time that George did (1976 or so), so I would image this is from that...
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