It’s been A Hard Day’s Night

Interesting

I’ve recommended this tumblr site before. Full of interesting photos, gifs and er… stuff, some of it in German but mostly in English. Here is a selection of photos I found there:

Oh Yeah?

On this day in January 1962 a beat group from Liverpool auditioned for recording giant Decca. The audition took just over an hour and involved the group recording, in live takes, fifteen songs. Decca A&R chief Dick Rowe told the group’s manager “Guitar groups are on the way out, Mr Epstein” and decided not to [...]

Abbey Road? or Glebe Street?

Those Old Photos

The photos in the quiz below came from this site and as you know I always like to credit my sources and in this case that was Stu Who who delivers a veritable stream of good and interesting stuff both on his blog and Facebook. Here are another few crackers from that photo site:

Just How Old IS Sonsdiary?

Regular BLFP correspondent Sonsdiary, alias Campbell, perhaps gave away his vintage by posting this picture on Blipfoto yesterday: To be fair, I’m sure he was very young at the time.

Famous Zebra Crossing

One After 909

Here we are. It’s 1009. You know what? amidst all this Beatles hoo ha I’m beginning to really like them!

One For Anoraks

The audio tracks in my previous post were taken fromthefreeinfosociety which has a fascinating series of historical MP3 files. For instance: John Lennon tries to explain what he meant. CLICK HERE.

Sir Faul McCartney?

Ever heard of William Campbell? What about Philip Ackrill? Who they? They are names put forward as “replacements” for Paul McCartney in one of the longest running and persistent conspiracy theories of the modern age. The story goes that the “real” Paul died in September 1966 (or if you prefer 1969) and that he was [...]