The Beatles (191 page)

The classic Cavern stage shot, under the club’s distinct brick archway.

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The gang celebrating Paul’s birthday: that’s Arthur Kelly with a date, Gerry Marsden, George Harrison and Pattie Boyd (smoking).

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The Beatles posing in the backyard of one of their houses, 1964.

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Brian Epstein in 1964, caught sitting alone and ignored at the Cavern, where he first discovered the Beatles.

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The Beatles in 1963, performing live at an EMI reception launching their first album.

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HILIP
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OTLOP

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The Beatles in December 1964, performing in silly costumes on one of the myriad BBC-TV musical shows, which they hated doing.

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IRRORPIX

The Beatles carefully groomed their image, working on those iconic hairdos before going onstage in 1964.

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ERENCE
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Paul and John backstage at East Ham in 1963, perusing reviews of their shows. The Beatles avidly read all press reports of their exploits.

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ANE
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Brian Epstein surrounded by his budding NEMS roster: the Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, 1964.

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IRRORPIX

Ringo and John reminisce with Astrid Kirchherr en route from Munich before the Beatles’ triumphant return to Hamburg in 1964.

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The Beatles read one of Don Short’s daily articles about them in the
Mirror.

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IRRORPIX

Ringo at home with his mother, Elsie, and his stepfather, Harry, before the release of the Beatles’ third album in 1964.

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