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Post by Girl on Nov 5, 2004 16:16:30 GMT -5
People, people, people... Stop the War! (of the fades).......... If this doesn't say it all....... I don't know what does! N.B. Side One, song 2, on the album jacket is printed: "Cry For My Shadow", instead of the correct "Cry For A Shadow". Here's that link: www.rarebeatles.com/photospg/veryto.htmand 4-1 = ? Very good, class.
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Post by -Wings- on Nov 5, 2004 16:28:59 GMT -5
The only problem I've always had with that album is that there's the possibility it was released to make money off of the PID rumors. It's just so ridiculously blatant.
Did Apple have any part of it?
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Post by Goldfinger on Nov 5, 2004 16:35:35 GMT -5
Yes, anything, like this album, that came out after the PID hoax broke is likely to be trying to profit from publicity.
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Post by Girl on Nov 5, 2004 16:43:49 GMT -5
Ah, here they come...
According to the info I have, this was a Canadian release in '69 by Polydor records...
Don't you think they could have been SUED for such a stunt?
And since the Beatles were (usually) referred to as "John, PAUL, George, Ringo"... whose candle would appear to be extinguished?
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Post by Goldfinger on Nov 5, 2004 16:56:50 GMT -5
Ah, here they come... According to the info I have, this was a Canadian release in '69 by Polydor records... Don't you think they could have been SUED for such a stunt? And since the Beatles were (usually) referred to as "John, PAUL, George, Ringo"... whose candle would appear to be extinguished? Ya know, I am not an attorney so I don't know if anybody could have been sued. But it seems reasonable that if someone was trying to profit from the rumor, they would make it as obvious as possible. And if Apple was trying to cover-up the fact that Paul was dead and trying to quash the rumors, would they let loose such an obvious clue? I doubt it.
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Post by DarkHorse on Nov 5, 2004 17:05:36 GMT -5
The Beatles didn't need the publicity. They were already almost too popular. For example the screaming girls were one reason they stopped touring. I find it very hard to believe this was used to sell records because their record sales were quite good and the majority of people still didn't believe the rumor even at its height.
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Post by Goldfinger on Nov 5, 2004 17:11:34 GMT -5
The Beatles didn't need the publicity. They were already almost too popular. For example the screaming girls were one reason they stopped touring. I find it very hard to believe this was used to sell records because their record sales were quite good and the majority of people still didn't believe the rumor even at its height. For the Beatles themselves? No, I agree. Also, if you are involved in a cover-up and trying to quash rumors of Paul's death, this would hardly be the album cover to choose. But the record company distributing the album in Canada sure had a monitary interest in the album, sort of like Capital in the U.S. I know that they were many times at odds with the Beatles and it was because they were try to make as much money as possible off the Beatles.
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Post by DarkHorse on Nov 5, 2004 17:32:41 GMT -5
...but wouldn't they have to have the Beatles' permission to make a cover like that? Wouldn't the Beatles have to be involved?
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Post by Girl on Nov 5, 2004 18:28:31 GMT -5
The Beatles didn't need any extra publicity here, either. But I'm sure the record company would have needed approval before releasing anything.
The photo was taken by French-Canadian Jean-Patrick Amish... shouldn't be too hard for me to track him here in Quebec... I'll give it a go...
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Post by revolver on Nov 5, 2004 20:54:29 GMT -5
The Beatles didn't need any extra publicity here, either. But I'm sure the record company would have needed approval before releasing anything. The photo was taken by French-Canadian Jean-Patrick Amish... shouldn't be too hard for me to track him here in Quebec... I'll give it a go... You go Girl! Sorry, couldn't resist. ;D Best of luck tracking that down.
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Post by Girl on Nov 5, 2004 23:21:46 GMT -5
Cute one, Revolver! I like your sense of humor. I'm not having much luck on the net, maybe I'll try the Yellow Pages.
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Post by pennylane on Nov 6, 2004 0:27:56 GMT -5
Good Luck I myself just did a little William Shepherd search of Liverpool, i found 4. but what are the chances it's the same guy from the pepperpots.. still residing in Liverpool.. slim to none. But it would be good to find him and ask his connection to the whole thing if any! I don't believe it to be Faul, but there is some sort of connection... Billy Pepper.. Sgt Peppers.. Billy Shepherd.. shears.. i dunno.. but it might be worth a looksie. Their album does contain Beatle songs.
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Post by xpt626 on Nov 6, 2004 1:37:30 GMT -5
You go Girl! Sorry, couldn't resist. ;D
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Post by Doc on Nov 6, 2004 3:55:51 GMT -5
The Beatles.......how inviting; such a business acquisition that would be! There must have been all KINDS of parties far and wide who would like to have seized what the Beatles had, gotten control over what they created. Taken captive their talents, gifts, creations. There are always greedy folks out to devour and take away from somebody else. People in a position as the Beatle's were in needed protection from the hungry wolves. You know that the boys, and Brian, and Neil and Taylor and the others must have run across every opportunist alive in the business in the 60's . And then, sickeningly, John met total disaster at the hands of a dangerously unbalanced young man in 1980. In this world, getting too much, or having too much, can be a "loaded" proposition. Still wish Mark Chapman had come to his senses and turned away from the irrational, cold blooded stunt he pulled that night.
He said he did it, in part, to steal fame, to garner attention from whacking a Beatle. Plus, he thought, inexplicably, that John was insincere about his renouncing of materialism. My interpretation of his interview quotes: He wanted to: "make a point at John Lennon's expense."
So, even when John checks out at the hands of a disturbed killer, the killer, too, turns out to be an opportunist, of sorts.
Could Ringo, George, John, Paul, and Bill, after the experience of having been the world famous "Beatles", ever have another life experience with another human being that wasn't somehow motivated by that knowledge of, :"Hey, wow, like, he was a Beatle, man....."
At least other famous people would understand one's plight... I guess that's why celebs tend to flock with celebs.....they are carrying the same "cross."
Fame.
Tell us about it, Mr. Bowie.
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Post by FlamingPie on Nov 6, 2004 12:51:25 GMT -5
Look at how Ringo is represented as the "shorter" candle. Poor Ringo.
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Post by Girl on Nov 6, 2004 19:50:41 GMT -5
Yeah... it's not his fault he's short... Glad to see you also have a sense of humor, FP... ;D Careful now, any moment someone's going to say that the billows of smoke on Paul's outed candle seem to vaguely spell out O.P.D. or something...
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