#neil aspinall

[ceofjohnlennon]

Contact sheets of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Neil Aspinall, August 18, 1965, taken by Robert Freeman.

#john lennon #paul mccartney #the beatles #60s #1965 #neil aspinall #robert freeman #h:q

[muzaktomyears]

photos from Rishikesh by Denis O'Dell, from At the Apple’s Core: The Beatles from the Inside, Denis O'Dell with Bob Neaverson (2002)

#george on the roof!!!!!! #paul mccartney #jane asher #george harrison #pattie boyd #neil aspinall #denis o'dell #rishikesh #india #the beatles

[javelinbk]

George Martin and Michael Lindsay-Hogg discuss the John/Paul/George dynamic (with varying levels of accuracy) in The Beatles: Get Back (2021)

#george gets it #(michael does not) #urgh I've just realised how they're excluding mo from the conversation #you do not ignore maureen starkey #george martin #michael lindsay hogg #john and paul #neil aspinall #john lennon #paul mccartney #george harrison #the beatles #get back #javelin's gifs #javelin’s gifs: get back

[mrepstein]

‘North America tour, August 1964.’ photo by Paul McCartney (1964: Eyes of the Storm)

#The Beatles #Brian Epstein #John Lennon #George Harrison #Ringo Starr #Mal Evans #Neil Aspinall #US & Canada tour 1964 #1964 #60s #1964: Eyes of the Storm

[eppysboys]

John Lennon and Paul McCartney with Beatles associates (Peter Brown, Derek Taylor, Neil Aspinall) in the Apple office in 1968. Photograph by Jane Bown.

#Lennon McCartney #John Lennon #Paul McCartney #Derek Taylor #Peter Brown #Neil Aspinall #photos by Jane Brown #Apple #John #Paul

[harrisonarchive]

George Harrison greets a fan at the Southern Area Beatles Fan Club convention, Wimbledon Palais, London, December 14, 1963. Photo: The Beatles Book.

“On 14th December there was a performance at the Wimbledon Palais for the Southern Area Fan Club Convention. All 3,000 fans present got to shake hands with The Beatles — when they weren’t bombarding them with jelly babies. Halfway through, George said, ‘I’m not doing this,’ and he packed up, went to the stage door and began looking for a cab. I ran after him and said, ‘What are you doing? You can’t walk out, we’ve got to finish.’ And then John turned up with his guitar. I said, ‘What are you doing?’ and he said, ‘Well, if he’s leaving, I’m leaving.’ But they did finish the gig and they shook hands with all the fans — about 10,000 of them, actually, because they kept going back to the end of the queue and coming round again.” - Neil Aspinall, The Beatles Anthology (2000)

“When it actually got nearer to my turn, I suddenly felt this awful panic come over me, and I thought, ‘Oh, I can’t - I can’t meet them,’ you know. And I said to my friend, 'You go first.’ She said, 'Oh, no, I’m not going first; you go first!’ And she pushed me, and I came face to face with John Lennon. And I just, I couldn’t believe it - there he was in real life, you know, after seeing him on telly and having him all over my bedroom wall… And I just, my mind couldn’t take it, I passed out straight onto the floor. And my friend told me later that John looked over the bar and said, 'Oh, where’s she gone?’ And then my next recollection was being picked up, being taken away by the St. John’s Ambulance.... and I sort of struggled to my feet and I said, 'I’m alright, I’m alright.’ And I went back to where The Beatles were, and John Lennon said to me, 'Are you alright?’ So I said, 'I’m alright’ - and I went to walk away, because seeing him was enough. And all of the sudden somebody touched me on the arm, and I looked up and it was George Harrison. And he says to me, 'Are you alright?’ George Harrison was my idol, he was the one I’d come to see.... I saw him there, I said, ’Oh, George!’ And I held my arms out to him. He looked a bit bewildered, I think I frightened him a bit; I don’t know if he thought I was going to jump over the bar, but he sort of held back a bit. And when I realized I wasn’t going to get hold of him - he had his hands on the bar, and I just took hold of his hand and kissed his hand, and thought, 'I’m not gonna let you go now.’ I just held onto his hand. And then I was gradually led away by the officials, you know. I was sobbing, and my friend was sobbing; everybody who had met The Beatles were all sobbing.” - Sue, a fan attending the event, from a 1982 Beatlemania documentary (x)

#George Harrison #The Beatles #fan recollections #fan recollections: 1960s #Beatlemania #John Lennon #Ringo Starr #Paul McCartney #Neil Aspinall #George and John #1963 #fits queue like a glove

[twixnmix]

The Beatles and Neil Aspinall (standing-in for an ill George Harrison) during rehearsals on the set of "The Ed Sullivan Show" in New York City February 8, 1964.

#the beatles #john lennon #paul mccartney #ringo starr #1964 #ed sullivan show #sixties #1960s fashion #1960s music #pop culture #neil aspinall

[with-eyes-closed]

Ringo Starr John Lennon Paul McCartney lounge about on a hotel sofa in Blackpool while Derek Taylor and Brian Epstein and Neil Aspinall talk in background. Sunday 19th July 1964.

#paul and ringo look so confused in the second one haha #the top one is really cute #ringo starr #john lennon #paul mccartney #derek taylor #brian epstein #neil aspinall #the beatles #1964

[franklyimissparis]

neil aspinall having a fucking BABY with pete best’s mum will always be one of the wildest, most random bits of beatles lore like truly what the fuck—

#imagine within a few weeks of each other you get sacked from your band which will blow up to be the biggest band in the world without you #and one of your best mates has been shagging your mum and now you’ve got a little brother 😭😭 #insane #neil aspinall #the beatles #pete best #mona best #roag best #beatles lore #beatles

[beatlepaul4ever]

John’s an absolute menace behind the wheel. His poor car.

#the beatles #paul mccartney #john lennon #neil aspinall

[zilabee]

Neil arrived at his door late at night with a carton of 12 boxes of cigarettes, a chunk of marijuana and some roll-up papers. “He asked me to make up some joints for the tour. To be honest I didn't really think about the consequences. Had I known how serious this was then, I'd never have agreed. Can you imagine what would have happened had I been caught?” Alf had his work cut out for him. He'd take each pack of 20, split open the cigarettes, add the hash and re-seal them into joints. For each pack of 20, an industrious Alf would replace the contents with 25 marijuana cigarettes. “I sat up practically all night rolling joints for the American tour. I made them all and then carefully placed them in the cartons. Then I got the cellophane I'd peeled off and wrapped it back around the packs. Then I'd use a warm iron to seal the packs, as if they hadn't been opened. “The next day I carried it to the airport under my arm. Neil had asked me to do it. I suppose in my own naive way I was happy to do it.” It was just another little Beatle chore. Little did he know that as a drug courier - carrying around hundreds of joints - he would have faced a lengthy spell inside if caught. In hindsight he is still a bit peeved that Aspinall didn't warn him of the terrible consequences, if he'd been busted. “In the 60s, can you imagine? I'd have probably been put away for 10 years," sighs Alf. "That's what always bugged me. He never said a thing. I'd have been in serious trouble. I've often wondered if he thought that was funny in a perverse way.”

On the way back into England Alf's case does get searched and contains the remaining few joints: “I'll never forget it, [the customs official] started flicking through my shirts and all these bits of joints were popping out everywhere. To my amazement he just looked at me for a second, flipped the case shut again and said 'OK'. There's no question about it, he knew what I was carrying but he let me go. To this day I'll never know why, but boy was I grateful.”)

Ticket to Ride, by Alasdair Ferguson and Alf Bicknell

#alf bicknell #beatles books #the beatles #the US tour #neil aspinall #(I think that 'wonder if he was laughing at me about it' thing really sad - he probably wasn't - he probably knew it was kind of safe #because custom officials were clearly waving stuff through for rock groups all the time - but it's a sad thought to be left with)

[muzaktomyears]

#lol #neil aspinall #magic alex #the magic alex chapter/section is certainly something

[javelinbk]

Neil Aspinall tries to keep Paul McCartney and George Harrison under control backstage at the ABC Cinema in Manchester, 20th November 1963 - part 3 (part 1, part 2, part 4, part 5)

#they are such children #meanwhile john and ringo are next door smoking and reading the newspaper #or something #paul mccartney #george harrison #neil aspinall #the beatles #it was sixty years ago today #november 1963 was just the best month #november 1963 #paul and george

[beatlesdiscord]

Mal: if something happened to the Beatles... I couldn’t live with myself.

Neil: of course you wouldn’t have to. because Eppy would kill you.

#happy global beatles day! #mal evans #neil aspinall #brian epstein #the beatles #source: modern family

[eppysboys]

Neil Aspinall, John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the Apple Building, Wigmore Street, Central London. 11th June 1968. 

#John Lennon #Paul McCartney #Neil Aspinall #Apple #John #Paul #Lennon McCartney

[ilovedig]

For anyone who is seeing all the things about Paul's new book and thinks that it's just McLennon.

it's not. Not even close. In fact, in my opinion, by far, the most intimate photo is one of Ringo in Paris.

I'd say about 10% of the book is John, if that. The boys are all pretty evenly photographed throughout, including Paul himself.

Lots of fantastic shots of Brian, Neil and Mal too...oo and their driver Bill, who I didn't even know of before this book.

I'm learning a lot and have many new theories to hash out.

So if you're not a McLennon, don't get discouraged, the book is gay, very gay, but John only plays a small part as to why.

#eyes of the storm #paul mccartney #ringo starr #mcstarr #brian epstein #neil aspinall #mal evans