#the silver beatles

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The Silver Beatles audition for backing band for Billy Fury's upcoming tour (1960) Photographer: Cheniston Roland

[4rtbyl33]

McCliffe in Backbeat (1994) if the directors hadn't been Lenncliffe shippers

Idk, I heard this audio and thought of them, so here we are! ༼⁠ᴼ⁠ل͜⁠ᴼ⁠༽

I'm kinda mad that we didn't get many interactions of them in the movie ngl,, like I get that the main focus was the weird love triangle between Astrid, Stuart and John —tho, can it be called a triangle if both Astrid and John loved Stu? Anyway— but c'mon now, I needed to see these two fighting like real bad •́⁠ ⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠,⁠•̀ hopefully we will get to see more of them in the BBC series

[krispyweiss]

Ringo Starr to Quit Hair Dye; Will Join Paul McCartney for Silver Beatles Tour

- “Peace and love,” Starr says

Ringo Starr is ditching the hair dye and will join Paul McCartney on tour under the Silver Beatles banner.

“I told Rich to let it be,” McCartney said of the 84-year-old Starr’s jet-black hair. “He can’t be in the Silver Beatles looking like that.”

“Peace and love,” Starr said.

The name honors the Beatles’ pre-Fab moniker, but the new Silver Beatles will focus on the Fab years.

Starr will play with McCartney and his touring group for a set of Beatles tracks at each of McCartney’s 2025 tour dates, which will be announced soon.

“We’re going to get back,” McCartney said.

Said Starr: “Peace and love.”

4/1/25

[georgeharrisonswife-real]

guys Stuart has finally joined us! @askstuartsutcliffe go send him asks!

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[takeasadsongandanalyzeit]

I'll Follow The Sun

This recording is from the second Forthlin Road tape, recorded in June/July 1960.

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This song would eventually be released on Beatles For Sale. The verses of the original are basically the same, but the bridge is totally different (lyrics and melody). 

But the bassline is the same.

This is really interesting, because while the bassline in this version isn’t very loud, once you hear it, it is noticeably more complex than Stu’s usual playing. It’s not a very difficult line to play, so we assume it is being played by Stu, but was more than likely written by Paul. This is suggested by the complexity, and supported by the fact that he kept that bassline for the album version of the song.

The lyrics of the original bridge are:

Well don’t leave me alone out here Have courage and follow me my dear

(Both lines do not end in "my dear" as previously assumed, more on that later).

This is thematically very similar to In Spite Of All the Danger and You Must Write Every Day: needing courage, and being left alone. We believe that John living in Gambier terrace was looming large for Paul at this time, so that may be related. It also has an interesting echo in a much later song.

Here is the Beatles For Sale version for comparison:

If Paul was already writing basslines at this stage then maybe he was more familiar with the instrument than is usually assumed. This may be an early example of him “muscling in” on another band member’s territory, and could have contributed to the tensions between Paul and Stu. It is also possible that Paul is actually playing the bass here, but we can’t know whether this line was within Stu’s capabilities. Klaus, Pete, and Paul have all defended Stu’s playing, while acknowledging that it was basic.

Paul writing basslines and giving them to Stu could also have fed the idea that he was trying to take over the bass player role. We believe Paul when he says he didn’t want to play bass, but it could have looked a certain way to others.

Mike can also be heard playing ‘drums’ on a guitar case.

There's a short clip that precedes this song on the 2007 bootleg called Strong Before Our Birth, included here for interest:

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As far as we can tell this is John (though we considered Paul) putting on a Spike Milligan style silly voice, saying "I need de sun, I do". The "I do" could be Paul, even if the beginning is John.

[fairiesandbeatleslover]

“THE HAMBURG YEARS, 1960-1962″ BY KLAUS VOORMANN

A painting in the pure style of the "REVOLVER" album, but evoking those days in Germany when they were barely known and played in night clubs until dawn; note the presence of PETE BEST (instead of Ringo) and STUART SUTCLIFFE (in the center of the image), members of the group in those days.