Jane and Paul at Heathrow Airport
March 26, 1968 – Jane and Paul at Heathrow Airport upon their return from India.
Thanks to The Beatles Photo Vault for the scan
1968
Rarely seen Mad Day Out pics
In the summer of 1968 The Beatles were tired of seeing themselves in the papers as either moptops or flower-powered hippies. To produce a new set of more contemporary publicity images, Don McCullin was commissioned for a day-long shoot known as ‘Mad Day Out’. These are some less known pictures from that session.
George’s birthday in Rishikesh
The Beatles and friends celebrated George’s 25th birthday while in Rishikesh, attending an advanced Transcendental Meditation training session at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
John Lennon & Paul McCartney: Apple Press Conference 5/14/1968
On May 1968, John Lennon and Paul McCartney traveled to New York City, to announce the Beatles’ newly-formed company, Apple. They held a press conference at 1:30pm on the 14th at New York’s Americana Hotel. Later, John and Paul would tape an interview with TV-station WNDT and in the evening they made special appearance on […]
Unseen 1968 Beatles pictures and Paul leaving the band (?)
Extraordinary never published before pictures by Michael Herring of The Beatles in 1968. George Harrison has in his shirt pocket a resignation letter from Paul McCartney
The Beatles at Maharishi’s ashram
In response to a request from a friend on Twitter, I recovered an old footage from Italian television in which the Beatles are shown during their stay at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram.