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In the summer of 1967 The Beatles, encouraged by John Lennon, visited the Greek islands which they intended to buy to live and work alongside family and friends.

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a sort of backing track for the Beatles in Hamburg i made whilst stuck on the train for 2½ hours

[the song is Love Me Tender sung by Stuart Sutcliffe]

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I’d like to talk about how much Stu likes to creep in the background.

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"𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸. 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻' 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗲, 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆. 𝗴𝗼𝗱, 𝗶 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶'𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱, 𝗶'𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻' 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺. 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗶 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁. 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂"

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More gifs of this baby

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Jason Anderson

British artist Jason Anderson creates colorful abstract paintings composed of pixelated swatches of pastel-toned oil paint. Up-close, the artist’s paintings look like blocky layers of shapes and color; but, from afar, his scenes—featuring cityscapes, roads, trains, and marinas—are revealed.

Anderson began his career as a stained glass apprentice, where he worked on restoring the windows of cathedrals. He soon progressed onto designing the glass murals himself, where he learned how to break down subject matter into “jigsaws” of colored sections. This approach still shines through in his paintings today—complex scenes are brought to life with simple shapes and careful consideration to hue and tone.

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Johnny 🥺🤍

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some rare photos of baby Stu!!

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We’re the band. Our drummer, Mr. Pete Best. On guitar, Mr. Paul McCartney. On bass, recently arrived from the dark side of the moon, Mr. Stuart Sutcliffe. And on guitar, Mr. George Harrison. He’s only just on solid food. My name’s Lennon. John Winston Lennon. I was named after Churchill, John Churchill, the wet fish man.           BACKBEAT (1994) dir. Iain Softley

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stu/paul rivalry appreciation post (click for better quality on the second one)

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thinking about this image of stuart specifically 

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Klaus Voormann’s drawings of Stuart Sutcliffe in letters. At the beginning of one letter, Astrid Kirchherr writes ‘dear Pauline, just a little drawing of your beautiful big brother in heaven I hope it makes you happy. I hope! all the little angels are Stuart’s fans and he have a Stuart fan-club. the angels say Stuart is much better than Elvis and he looks much more beautiful. i think so too.’

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