Cassette tape portrait of John Lennon by @alynncor
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RINGO!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY RINGO!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY RINGO!
@ringostarrmusic
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RINGO!
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Portrait by Jack Mitchell at his studio on E74th St., NYC, 2 Nov 1980.
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THE BEATLES.
What’s your favourite track from ‘The White Album’?
MAD DAY OUT.
Photographer Don McCullin: It was quiet and they came to the Sunday Times building on Gray’s Inn Road. At the top of the building was a photo studio that had been created by Tony Snowdon. There was no agenda except they wanted to give Life magazine a cover picture, which I photographed in colour. I used Ektachrome, and Ringo’s chrome yellow shirt jumped out of the blue of his suit. I turned on the wind machine… The wind machine was throwing their hair around and their famous faces looked like the figures on Mount Rushmore. To my amazement it worked and we got a beautiful cover. Thinking back on it, Life used to pay five hundred quid for a cover so maybe I actually lost out on it, but I was thrilled.
#onthisday 28 July 1968
At school I wish they’d taught us practical things. I wish I’d been taught to type, so I could write quickly; to cook so I could look after myself when my Auntie was not there; to drive… instead of all this garbage.
MAD DAY OUT.
Ian Whittington remembers posing for Don McCullin with the Fab Four, 28 July 1968
Ian Whittington: This is St Pancras Old Church and gardens, in north London. My grandad, Jack, was the head gardener. He was visiting family in Derbyshire that day: he always said if he had been there, he wouldn’t have allowed the Beatles in, because they were the sort of “long-haired layabouts” he disapproved of. He was upright and Victorian, dressed in corduroy trousers, waistcoat, jacket and tie, even when he was working.
I’m the little boy on the left in the light blue jumper, and I’m six years old. Standing next to me is my younger brother Neil and behind us is our nan, Eunice. She’s holding paper and a pencil, as we got three of the Beatles’ autographs. Yoko Ono, who was there that day, kept calling John Lennon away, so we only got Paul, George and Ringo’s signatures. As young boys, we lived on and off with my grandparents for years, staying with them before we were finally offered a council flat in Shepherd’s Bush, west London.
There was no announcement that the Beatles were coming – they just turned up, with a small group of friends, assistants, photographers and hangers-on. The other kids were just knocking about in the park that day, as we were. King’s Cross and St Pancras was a poor area then; parts of it were Dickensian. According to my nan, I sat on Paul’s knee. At one point, she brought them out tea.
It was a beautiful park, much bigger than it is now. There was a Victorian bedding scheme, which my grandad was very proud of, a fountain, glasshouses, a playground, London plane trees. Sir John Soane’s mausoleum is there. In one famous picture, the Beatles are posing among my grandad’s prize hollyhocks. He had eight or nine staff, some of them in this photograph – the older man in the trilby at the back was the park keeper. He would take us to different London parks – Parliament Hill Fields, St James’s – and point out plants and birds. I got my love of the outdoors from him.
#onthisday 28 July 1968
JOHN LENNON AND HIS BAND, THE QUARRYMEN – PUTTIN’ ON THE STYLE, 6 JULY 1957.
#Onthisday @JohnLennon played Woolton Village Fete with his band The Quarrymen, and after the show @JohnLennon was introduced to @PaulMcCartney by Ivan Vaughan. Paul joined John’s band and so started the beginnings of @The Beatles. St Peter’s Church, Woolton, Liverpool
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RINGO!
You’re The Greatest! ✌️♥️
LENNON PEACE AND LIBERTY.
(Two Colorways: Blue & Red)
Obey Giant In Collaboration With Bob Gruen
Available Thursday, August 17th @ 10 AM PDT!
→ https://store.obeygiant.com
Shepard Fairey: John Lennon did some of his most potent and brave work as a solo artist. Listen to the lyrics of “Imagine,” “Gimme Some Truth,” “Instant Karma,” “Give Peace a Chance,” “Power To The People,” or “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” demonstrate a profound reflection on the struggles of humanity. Those songs were amazing statements, and John Lennon & Yoko Ono funded campaigns like WAR IS OVER to promote peace and end the Vietnam War. John & Yoko were persecuted for their politics, and the U.S. government under Nixon made several attempts to deport Lennon.
Bob Gruen: The US government, under the direction of President Richard Nixon, perceived John Lennon as a political threat because he was talking of peace in a time of war. They moved to have him deported from the country. I personally felt that was wrong and seeing the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of welcome to the United States, I felt that if we took a picture of John Lennon at the Statue of Liberty it would help dramatize his case for staying in the country. I suggested to John that we take a picture in front of the Statue and I was thrilled when he agreed. People relate to John Lennon as a symbol of personal freedom similar to the way people feel about the Statue of Liberty.
PRINT DETAILS:
Lennon Peace and Liberty (Two Colorways: Blue & Red). 18 x 24 inches. Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper. Original Illustration based on a photograph by Bob Gruen. Signed by Shepard Fairey and Bob Gruen. Numbered edition of 300. Comes with a Digital Certificate of Authenticity provided by Verisart. A limited amount of matching numbered sets will be available for $170. Sold separately for $85. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to ACLU and The Statue of Liberty Foundation.
Available on Thursday, August 17th @ 10 AM PDT at https://store.obeygiant.com.
Max order: 1 per customer/household. International customers are responsible for import fees due upon delivery (Except UK orders under $160). ALL SALES FINAL.
LENNON PEACE AND LIBERTY.
(Two Colorways: Blue & Red)
Obey Giant In Collaboration With Bob Gruen
Available Thursday, August 17th @ 10 AM PDT!
→ https://store.obeygiant.com
Shepard Fairey: John Lennon did some of his most potent and brave work as a solo artist. Listen to the lyrics of “Imagine,” “Gimme Some Truth,” “Instant Karma,” “Give Peace a Chance,” “Power To The People,” or “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” demonstrate a profound reflection on the struggles of humanity. Those songs were amazing statements, and John Lennon & Yoko Ono funded campaigns like WAR IS OVER to promote peace and end the Vietnam War. John & Yoko were persecuted for their politics, and the U.S. government under Nixon made several attempts to deport Lennon.
Bob Gruen: The US government, under the direction of President Richard Nixon, perceived John Lennon as a political threat because he was talking of peace in a time of war. They moved to have him deported from the country. I personally felt that was wrong and seeing the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of welcome to the United States, I felt that if we took a picture of John Lennon at the Statue of Liberty it would help dramatize his case for staying in the country. I suggested to John that we take a picture in front of the Statue and I was thrilled when he agreed. People relate to John Lennon as a symbol of personal freedom similar to the way people feel about the Statue of Liberty.
PRINT DETAILS:
Lennon Peace and Liberty (Two Colorways: Blue & Red). 18 x 24 inches. Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper. Original Illustration based on a photograph by Bob Gruen. Signed by Shepard Fairey and Bob Gruen. Numbered edition of 300. Comes with a Digital Certificate of Authenticity provided by Verisart. A limited amount of matching numbered sets will be available for $170. Sold separately for $85. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to ACLU and The Statue of Liberty Foundation.
Available on Thursday, August 17th @ 10 AM PDT at https://store.obeygiant.com.
Max order: 1 per customer/household. International customers are responsible for import fees due upon delivery (Except UK orders under $160). ALL SALES FINAL.
PEACE LOVE TRUTH posters in-store now
LENNON PEACE AND LIBERTY.
(Two Colorways: Blue & Red)
Obey Giant In Collaboration With Bob Gruen
Available Thursday, August 17th @ 10 AM PDT!
→ https://store.obeygiant.com
Shepard Fairey: John Lennon did some of his most potent and brave work as a solo artist. Listen to the lyrics of “Imagine,” “Gimme Some Truth,” “Instant Karma,” “Give Peace a Chance,” “Power To The People,” or “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” demonstrate a profound reflection on the struggles of humanity. Those songs were amazing statements, and John Lennon & Yoko Ono funded campaigns like WAR IS OVER to promote peace and end the Vietnam War. John & Yoko were persecuted for their politics, and the U.S. government under Nixon made several attempts to deport Lennon.
Bob Gruen: The US government, under the direction of President Richard Nixon, perceived John Lennon as a political threat because he was talking of peace in a time of war. They moved to have him deported from the country. I personally felt that was wrong and seeing the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of welcome to the United States, I felt that if we took a picture of John Lennon at the Statue of Liberty it would help dramatize his case for staying in the country. I suggested to John that we take a picture in front of the Statue and I was thrilled when he agreed. People relate to John Lennon as a symbol of personal freedom similar to the way people feel about the Statue of Liberty.
PRINT DETAILS:
Lennon Peace and Liberty (Two Colorways: Blue & Red). 18 x 24 inches. Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper. Original Illustration based on a photograph by Bob Gruen. Signed by Shepard Fairey and Bob Gruen. Numbered edition of 300. Comes with a Digital Certificate of Authenticity provided by Verisart. A limited amount of matching numbered sets will be available for $170. Sold separately for $85. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to ACLU and The Statue of Liberty Foundation.
Available on Thursday, August 17th @ 10 AM PDT at https://store.obeygiant.com.
Max order: 1 per customer/household. International customers are responsible for import fees due upon delivery (Except UK orders under $160). ALL SALES FINAL.
