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Post by ROCKY on Nov 10, 2015 12:28:30 GMT
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Post by pothos on Nov 10, 2015 16:16:06 GMT
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Post by brewmaster on Nov 10, 2015 23:04:22 GMT
Amazing price. I wonder who bought it?
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Post by ROCKY on Nov 11, 2015 14:02:43 GMT
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Post by brewmaster on Nov 12, 2015 10:16:36 GMT
Thanks Rocky. I remember when John and George bought those Gibsons; there was a photo in the window of Rushworths.
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Post by ROCKY on Nov 12, 2015 21:45:42 GMT
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Post by brewmaster on Nov 13, 2015 10:36:59 GMT
Is that solid a Futurama hanging on the wall in the bottom photo?
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Post by ROCKY on Nov 13, 2015 14:53:56 GMT
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Post by brewmaster on Nov 13, 2015 18:34:35 GMT
I wonder if there are any cover bands playing early Beatles stuff, using a Futurama and Hofners?
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Post by ROCKY on Nov 14, 2015 2:20:34 GMT
Better yet here's a song the Beatles recorded and George used his Futurama on. Nice pics of George with it 0:52-0:58.
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Post by brewmaster on Nov 14, 2015 10:46:28 GMT
I always reflect how lucky we are that Jurgen Vollmer took those fabulous photos of the lads on stage in the Top Ten Club.
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Post by ROCKY on Nov 14, 2015 15:09:24 GMT
And also that Astrid was attracted to Stu and took those wonderful early photos. Without those people a lot of early photographic history of the group would have been lost forever.
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Post by ROCKY on Nov 22, 2015 21:07:06 GMT
I just found the 'Bill of Sale' for Lennon's Gibson!
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Post by pothos on Nov 22, 2015 23:32:06 GMT
Wow.
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Post by brewmaster on Nov 23, 2015 10:17:57 GMT
Interesting that John paid by hire purchase. I would have thought that by that stage in his career he could have afforded cash.
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Post by pothos on Nov 23, 2015 12:03:05 GMT
Brew isn't there some innate oddity in the music business that means bands earning are sort of log jammed for the first few years of their careers. Wasn't it U2 who had done many tours and sold millions of LP's had to wait until 1985/86 due to Island waiting for a movie investment to come through before paying the band. (don't quote me but that seems to ring a bell in my old brain) Also weren't many artists even at the levels of Plant, Bonham, The Beatles The Stones et al on salary for years. So even at that point maybe The Beatles were not seeing much return for their work.
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Post by ROCKY on Nov 23, 2015 13:01:30 GMT
I think I read Brian finally ended up paying for both guitars. Also as late as 1965, when they had tons of money, they still had to go thru Brian if they wanted anything. When they wanted those two strats (1965) they sent Mal over to Brian's to get the money for them. And Brian told Mal to get two of the same color, he didn't want any bickering. lol Of course by then they couldn't go anywhere and poor Mal had to be their goffer for just about everything. Also later on guitar companies would just send them guitars for an endorsement. I don't think Paul ever paid for anything. lol
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Post by brewmaster on Nov 23, 2015 17:03:29 GMT
At that stage, The Beatles would have been paid in cash for most of their gigs. It's true that royalties for recording could be tied up for years, due to various "creative accounting" practices by the big labels.
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