#dezo hoffmann

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The Beatles and their touring van in England, 1963; photo by Dezo Hoffmann, scanned from With The Beatles: The Historic Photographs of Dezo Hoffmann.

“There were a lot of good times in the van; all the rough-and-tumble stuff that happens. And there were some hysterical things that happened. I had a good crash once. We were coming over the Apennines, the roads were icy and I was driving pretty quickly as we came through what turned out to be Goole in Yorkshire. Everything was fine until suddenly I went into a right-hand turn. It was a bit sharper than it looked and we went up onto the grass bank, which then sloped down to the left. The whole van tipped as we went down the embankment, at the bottom of which was a wire-mesh fence with concrete posts around a Burton’s factory.We bounced along — bump, bump, bump — knocking down all these concrete poles and finally came to a stop with Neil [Aspinall] sitting in the front seat next to me, howling, ‘Ow, ow, my arm!’ The accident had ripped the filler cap off and the petrol was pouring out. We got out and had to shove T-shirts and things into the hole to try to stop the flow of petrol.We’d started to push the van back up on the road when, out of nowhere, came, ‘’Allo, ‘allo, what’s all this then?’ It was a cop, and he booked us for crashing. A couple of months later I went to court; Brian came with me for moral support. (He did stand by his lads.) I think they banned me for three months.” - George Harrison, The Beatles Anthology (x)

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Happy 60th Birthday to this truly iconic photoshoot, featuring Paul in his best boyfriend jumper and John’s love affair with an ice cream

A Day in The Life of The Beatles, Dezo Hoffman. 2nd July 1963

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The Beatles by Dezo Hoffmann

fun fact about the last photo: George has a black eye, because he was involved in a fight with a Pete Best fan, who was upset about Ringo being the new drummer. Dezo Hoffmann tried different angles and lightning to hide it.

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The Beatles riding some burros, July 1963. Photo by Dezo Hoffmann.

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Dezo Hoffmann about John:

»John is smiling right at me but you could never tell – like a dog who has rabies, you never knew when he would jump and bite.«

Dezo Hoffmann’s photos of John:

[ceofjohnlennon]

The various moods of John Lennon during a meet and greet with fans in Wimbledon. December 14, 1963. ㅡ From the book "John Lennon" by Dezo Hoffmann.

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📷 Dezo Hoffmann

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From The Beatle Book, 1964. Photo c.: Dezo Hoffmann. Caption reads: “The man responsible for the Beatles’ personality and style--Brian Epstein.”

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THE BEATLES wearing their famous Pierre Cardin Collarless Suits 1962 - PT 2

Photos taken by Dezo Hoffman

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This pleasing image of John Lennon, making tea at Paul McCartney’s Liverpool home in April, 1963, wa... Photograph by Dezo Hoffman

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17th June 1963. After recording their fourth episode of ‘Pop Go The Beatles’, John, George and Ringo give Paul ‘the bumps’ on the eve of his 21st birthday.

Delaware Road, London, 17th June 1963. Photographs by Dezo Hoffman.

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Guyliner Beatles by Dezo Hoffmann

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Close up photo of Paul McCartney, taken by Dezo Hoffmann.

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With Motown’s Berry Gordy and one of his children; photo by Dezo Hoffmann.

“Tamla Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. The Impressions. Marvin Gaye. The Exciters.” - George Harrison, The Beatles’ Detroit press conference, September 6, 1964 “I’ve always liked Smokey Robinson and The Miracles.” - George Harrison, A Personal Music Dialogue With George Harrison At 33 & 1/3, 1976 “We [The Beatles] always loved those American girls groups, like the Shirelles and the Ronettes. So yeah, we developed our harmonies from trying to come up with an English, male version of their vocal feel. We discovered the option of having three-part harmonies, or lead vocal and two-part backup, from doing that old girl-group material. We even covered some of those songs, like ‘Baby, It’s You,’ on our first album.” - George Harrison, Guitar World, 1992, published January 2001 (x)

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John Lennon enjoying a cigarette during a break at rehearsals on Granada TV, Manchester, November, 1963. ㅡ From the book "John Lennon" by Dezo Hoffmann.