Early Phofo Paul with 4001S

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Sun May 27, 2007 9:56 am

About 0:27 in. I've never seen this picture before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9_56HrzeUQ&NR=1

lyle_from_minneapolis · Sun May 27, 2007 10:08 am

Me either, but we've seen others from that batch. My question: why the glasses? Were they actually sunglasses?

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:08 am

Looks like one of those Beatles Book shots.

bosifis · Post by **bosifis** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:11 am

Looks like sometime during "Revolver".

35012 · Post by **35012** » Sun May 27, 2007 2:49 pm

I think I read somewhere that they had a photo shoot set up by some sort of a spectacle company, just for publicity. Other pictures from the session exist, and two can be seen on pages 206 and 207 of The Beatles Anthology.
And yes, this was right around the time of Revolver.

blazer · Post by **blazer** » Sun May 27, 2007 3:40 pm

Might even be at the "Rubber soul" sessions, according to the Beatles Gear book he not only used his ricky as his main studio bass (because it "Stayed in tune better") but he also took it with him on tour as a back up for his Hofner.

maplered · Post by **maplered** » Sun May 27, 2007 7:57 pm

Supposedly, the photo was from the Paperback Writer sessions. I remember it from a Beatle book and that was the caption.

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Mon May 28, 2007 7:54 am

I have seem photos of Paul wearing glasses before, and not the one from "AHDN," when he's in disguise. They were the same horn-rimmed variety that he has on in this photo. There seems to be some tint to them, so they might have been sunglasses.

beefandbones · Post by **beefandbones** » Mon May 28, 2007 8:04 am

http://www.eyeglasseswarehouse.com/beatlespaul.html

I think those frames are called "Alger" and can occasionally be purchased through this site, when they're in stock. They have lots of good specific information about John's many glasses, too:
http://www.eyeglasseswarehouse.com/beatleslennon.html
http://www.eyeglasseswarehouse.com/windsorpage.html
http://www.eyeglasseswarehouse.com/20thcent6.html

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Mon May 28, 2007 9:12 am

Nice work Ethan!

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Mon May 28, 2007 10:33 am

http://tabloidbaby.blogspot.com/2007/03/rare-photo-shows-beatle-paul-wearing.html

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Mon May 28, 2007 10:34 am