JUBER'S SECOND BEATLE CD COMING IN AUGUST: "LJ Plays the Beatles, Vol. 2" will be out Aug. 10 on Solid Air Records. Here's the track list: "Penny Lane," "Eleanor Rigby," "Drive My Car," "Here There & Everywhere," "You Can't Do That," "Blackbird," "I Feel Fine," "Dear Prudence," "When I'm Sixty-Four," "Please Please Me," "No Reply," "I Am The Walrus," "All I've Got To Do," "Michelle" and "The Long & Winding Road." Can't wait to hear this new album. (See the video below of Juber performing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps.")
AVEDON PHOTOS BLEW MINDS: Anyone who saw the photos at left when they were first published in 1967 couldn't forget them. Photographer Richard Avedon snapped them and they became a Beatle trademark. Christie's Auction House in Paris will auction a set of these in the fall to raise money for the New York-based Avedon Foundation.
EXODUS FROM MANILA: On July 5, 1966, the Beatles left the Philippines after they were accused of snubbing Imelda Marcos. By all accounts, it was one of the scariest moments the Fabs ever endured and played a role in the end of touring.
QUICK NAME CHANGE: The Wachovia Center, the venue we wrote about recently regarding Paul McCartney's concert there Aug. 14-15, has taken on a new name. It became the Wells Fargo Center July 1.
SPACEY AND McCARTNEY: This Is London has a picture of Kevin Spacey with Paul McCartney at the Old Vic benefit last week. (Thanks to Sylvia for the link.)
QUITE A COLLECTION: Original Beatle drummer Pete Best, Andy White, who played on a version of "Love Me Do," May Pang, Fred Seaman, Beatles promoter Sid Bernstein, Lennon recording engineer Dennis Ferrante, Beatles associate Tony Bramwell, Denny Laine of Wings, Beatles artist Shannon, Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork of the Monkees, Sal Valentino of the Beau Brummels and Billy J. Kramer are just a few of the names at the Super Maga Show July 9-11 at the Crowne Plaza in E. Fairfield, N.J. (Note: We originally wrote it was in Boston. That was wrong.) Here's the website.
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The psychadelic "photos" were actually photos that were doctored in the studio. Over the years I have seen photos of the photo sessions for John and George. John had the glasses with the wavy lines on the lenses, but that was the extent of it. Everything else was done in the studio. The same with George. George refused to have his body painted, so he posed stripped to the waist and everything you see was altered in the studio. So for the works to be portrayed as "photos" is something of a misnomer.
Was intrigued to note Fred Seaman's name among the guests at Boston's Megashow. As the man who stole several of Lennon's diaries following his death, the odds favor an unpleasant encounter or two with irate Lennon fans.
In some circle Fred Seaman is actually applauded. At least he isn't into revisionist history like the merry widow
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