BEATLES ROOF TOP PERFORMANCE ATOP APPLE RECORDS IN LONDON: LAST DANCE 45 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

From Alan Parson: 45 years ago on this date, The Beatles performed together for the last time on the roof of Apple Records in London. In honor of this I'm sharing with you a rarely seen photo. That's me to the right of the cameraman in the orange shirt and black suit.

John Lennon, Marijuana, Lester Grinspoon & Harvard Medical School

Thanks to David Grinspoon who posted this letter to his father from Beatle John Lennon on his FB feed. 

David Grinspoon is the Astrobiological Chair at the Library of Congress.  His website is Funky Science.

Please click the image of the letter to enlarge and read.

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I Met The Walrus

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrator James Braithwaite have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack. A spellbinding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit and timeless message, I Met the Walrus was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short.

The Beatles Arrive in New York 1964

Hey hey it's The Beatles! John, Paul, George and Ringo arrive in JFK Airport in New York, in 1964, the first stop in their US tour. Photo: The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.