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Post by sayne on Dec 29, 2014 19:09:27 GMT -5
Based on what I've gleened from above, it seems that the answer to my previous post on this thread is that once John left England the 4 were very rarely, perhaps even never, even in the same country at the same time. There was always an outlier in another land.
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Post by Panther on Dec 30, 2014 4:42:12 GMT -5
August 20, 1969 was the last day that all four Beatles were together at Abbey Road studios. This from the Lewisohn recording sessions book. Not THE last time they were in the same place, but the last time they were in a very significant place together. John's house 2 days later is significant, isn't it?
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Post by Panther on Dec 30, 2014 5:27:11 GMT -5
Based on what I've gleened from above, it seems that the answer to my previous post on this thread is that once John left England the 4 were very rarely, perhaps even never, even in the same country at the same time. There was always an outlier in another land. Yeah, I don't know. After about 1973, Ringo is mainly in the USA. We know pretty well the dates when Paul visited the USA, such as the 1975 Wings tour, and showing up at John's place in 1975/76. The one hardest to pin down is George. George recorded Extra Texture in Los Angeles in April, May, early June 1975, but that predates the Wings' US tour by a bit. George was definitely back in Britain by some time in August '75, when Paul was not yet in the USA (I think). So again, it appears that the 4 indeed might never have been in the USA at the same time between 1972 and 1980. What about 1971? Paul was in New York sometime in late 1971, and visited John & Yoko (according to some reports... but anyway he was there). George was also in New York a lot in latter-1971, although I don't know if he was still there by the latter part of the year. Ringo? I don't know. The most bizarre thing is how John never once visited Britain from 1971 to 1980. I mean, that is odd. You can understand it a bit in the years 1972, 1973, and 1974 (early 1975) when he was still waiting for his green-card (and before that, when he was at odds with the US-government), but from 1975 to 1980? The most apparent reason is Sean, but that still doesn't explain 5 years. My wife is known to fly halfway across the world to spend the weekend sometimes. And you'd think he'd want to show off Sean to the family? He still called Mimi every weekend until his death. Weird.
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Post by sayne on Dec 30, 2014 9:00:45 GMT -5
. . . The most bizarre thing is how John never once visited Britain from 1971 to 1980. I mean, that is odd. You can understand it a bit in the years 1972, 1973, and 1974 (early 1975) when he was still waiting for his green-card (and before that, when he was at odds with the US-government), but from 1975 to 1980? The most apparent reason is Sean, but that still doesn't explain 5 years. My wife is known to fly halfway across the world to spend the weekend sometimes. And you'd think he'd want to show off Sean to the family? He still called Mimi every weekend until his death. Weird. I agree. They did go to Japan, but did not go to Australia or Britain. With his means, 5 years is a long time not to "go home." I think he would have had a romp visiting family, old friends, and haunts in Liverpool - dragging Yoko and Sean around. I can hear it now, "Yes, John, that's nice." "Yes, John, that's lovely." "Yes, John, that's interesting." "Daddy, can we go now?" "Daddy, I'm bored." "Daddy, can we go to the pool, now?". . . In London, I'm sure he would have visited George and Paul, Eric, Mick and Keith, George Martin, etc. Yoko did say that he wanted to visit the UK after Double Fanatasy was done, but . . .
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