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John Lennon and George Harrison play the fool while Paul McCartney chats to host Cathy McGowan during rehearsals for The Beatles' second appearance on Ready, Steady, Go!, 20th March 1964.

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Paul McCartney singing ‘And I Love Her’ in A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

Here you go @ljblueteak !

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The first time Yoko spoke out at full volume during a recording session it was to convey some relatively trivial word of advice to John about whatever he was singing at the moment. The other Beatles looked around, straight-faced, startled, stunned. There was a moment's dead silence that was broken by Paul: "Fuck me! Did somebody speak? Who the fuck was that?" Of course he knew full well who had spoken. The others joined in: "Did you say something, George? Your lips didn't move!" "Have we got a new producer in?"

John, Paul, George, Ringo & Me: The Real Beatles Story, Tony Barrow (2005)

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Brian Epstein (19 September 1934 - 27 August 1967)

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I just wanted to say a massive THANK YOU for doing the lord's work with all your gifs!! I've already spent wayyyy too much time elatedly looking at all of them on repeat, and it's not going to stop any time soon judging by all the happy butterflies they're giving me 💓

You're very welcome! Thanks should also go to @i-am-the-oyster for bringing the video to my attention and saying 'gif it'.

It's a little 4-minute goldmine isn't it? I could happily watch 4 hours of it. There was a similar reel from the Around The Beatles show as part of the auction too, so hopefully that will appear soon!

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How did I not spot this?

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr during rehearsals for The Beatles' first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go, 4th October 1963. Part 4 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 5)

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some of the like real life actual facts about them sound like they're just from fanfiction some lonely gay 16 year old wrote but no. they really did first meet multiple times without knowing each other's names & john doesn't remember it. they first talked after being Enraptured in a crowd full of people. john was singing "come go with me" when they met, which is extremely thematically accurate. john would throw rocks at pauls window & climb up the side of his house. their guardians didn't approve of their relationship. they hitchhiked to scotland together. they wrote a song about running away together. john dedicated his first real love song to paul. they named their cats after lovers they played in a skit & each had the other one. and that's not even getting into literally anything else going on.

none of that sounds like anything that actually happened it sounds like it'd be in some coming of age period drama about being a gay boy in the 1960s but no

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Ok, sorry everyone for the spam but I think I’m finally done giffing every second of that Ready, Steady, Go vid now. But if there’s any moments you think I’ve missed, please let me know

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John Lennon, Paul McCartney and host Keith Fordyce during rehearsals for The Beatles' first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go!, 4th October 1963. Part 10 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 9)

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John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison enjoy a smoke break with host Keith Fordyce (with Helen Shapiro, Ringo Starr and Mal Evans in the background) during rehearsals for The Beatles' first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go!, 4th October 1963. Part 9 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 10)

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John Lennon during rehearsals for their first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go!, 4th October 1963. Part 8 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 9, part 10)

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John Lennon and Paul McCartney performing ‘I’ll Get You’ during rehearsals for The Beatles' first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go!, 4th October 1963. Part 7 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 8, part 9, part 10)

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George Harrison and Dusty Springfield during rehearsals for their first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go!, 4th October 1963. Part 6 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10)

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wait the naked man collage? 👀

John used to make collages for his friends, and once made one for Elton John that featured a naked man in a garden. There’s lots of speculation that the man might be Paul. Someone did some very detailed analysis but I can’t find it right now!

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John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Brian Epstein and Tony Barrow during rehearsals for The Beatles' first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go, 4th October 1963. Part 5 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10)

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PAUL MCCARTNEY. 1974. Photo taken by DAVID LITCHFIELD.