Vintage Vinyl
Awesome vintage album covers mainly from the 1950's and 60's, art, photography, and other cool finds.
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May 9, 1964: Louis Armstrong tops the charts with Hello Dolly, bringing to an end the three and a half month long reign the Beatles had held atop the Billboard Top 100.
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Happy Birthday to Roy Orbison!
(April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988)
“As In Dreams was released in April 1963, Orbison was asked to replace guitarist Duane Eddy on a tour of the UK in top billing, with The Beatles, whose popularity was on the rise. When he arrived in England, however, he saw the amount of advertising devoted to the quartet and realized he was no longer the main draw. He had never heard of them and, annoyed, asked hypothetically, “What’s a Beatle anyway?” to which John Lennon replied after tapping his shoulder, “I am.” On opening night, Orbison opted to go onstage first although he was the more established act. Known for having raucous shows expressing an extraordinary amount of energy, Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr stood dumbfounded backstage as Orbison performed completely still and simply sang through fourteen encores. Finally, when the audience began chanting “We want Roy!” again, Lennon and McCartney prevented Orbison from going on again by physically holding him back. Starr later said, “In Glasgow, we were all backstage listening to the tremendous applause he was getting. He was just standing there, not moving or anything.” Through the tour, however, both acts quickly learned to get along, a process made easier by the fact that the Beatles admired his work. Orbison felt a kinship with Lennon, but it was Harrison with whom he would later form a strong friendship. The moniker of “The Big O” would eventually follow him back to the States, where it became an unofficial nickname for Orbison.”
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April 10, 1970: Paul McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles.
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The Beatles’ first visit to America, 1964, in photos. Complement with the famous lost Beatles photographs taken by their tour manager, Linda McCartney’s tender portraits and Harry Benson’s luminous black-and-white photos of the Fab Four, and their final photo shoot.
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Photo reblogged from Grayflanneltumblr
Every morning should start with Alfred Hitchcock in a Beatle wig, don’t you think?
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Photo reblogged from The Wonder Show
(Source: vintage69br)
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Photo reblogged from Man with a Spade
Just Ali and The Beatles hanging out together. NBD.
(Source: hypebeast)
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(Source: retrogirly)
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Photo reblogged from 40's, 50's, 60's
55 years ago today, John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time!
(Source: beatlesneveroutofstyle)
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Happy 80th Birthday to artist Peter Blake! Blake designed the cover for Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
1 -Sri Yukteswar Giri (guru)
2 -Aleistar Crowley
3 -Mae West (actress)
4 -Lenny Bruce (comic)
5 -Karlheinz Stockhausen (composer)
6 -W.C. Fields (comic)
7 -Carl Gustav Jung (psychologist)
8 -Edgar Allen Poe (writer)
9 -Fred Astaire (actor)
10 -Richard Merkin (artist)
11 -The Varga Girl (by artist Alberto Vargas)
*12 -Leo Gorcey (actor)
13 -Huntz Hall (actor)
14 -Simon Rodia (creator of Watts Towers)
15 -Bob Dylan (musician)
16 -Aubrey Beardsley (illustrator)
17 -Sir Robert Peel (politician)
18 -Aldous Huxley (writer)
19 -Dylan Thomas (poet)
20 - Terry Southern (writer)
21 -Dion di Mucci (singer)
22 -Tony Curtis (actor)
23 -Wallace Berman (artist)
24 -Tommy Handley (comic)
25 -Marilyn Monroe (actress)
26 -William Burroughs (writer)
27 -Sri Mahavatara Babaji (guru)
28 -Stan Laurel (comic)
29 -Richard Lindner (artist)
30 -Oliver Hardy (comic)
31 - Karl Marx (philosopher/ socialist)
32 -H.G. Wells (writer)
34 -wax hairdresser’s dummy
33 -Sri Parahamansa Yogananda (guru)
35 -Stuart Sutcliff (former Beatle)
36 -wax hairdresser’s dummy
37 -Max Miller (comic)
38 -The Petty Girl (by artist George Petty)
39 -Marlon Brando (actor)
40 -Tom Mix (actor)
41 -Oscar Wilde (writer)
42 -Tyrone Power (actor)
43 -Larry Bell (artist)
44 -Dr. David Livingstone (missionary)
45 -Johnny Weissmuller (swimmer/actor)
46 -Stephen Crane (writer)
47 -Issy Bonn (comic)
48 -George Bernard Shaw (writer)
49 -H.C. Westermann (sculptor)
50 -Albert Stubbins (soccer player)
51 -Sri Lahiri Mahasaya (guru)
52 -Lewis Carroll (writer)
53 -T.E. Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia)
54 -Sonny Liston (boxer)
55 -The Petty Girl
56 -Wax model of George Harrison
57 -Wax model of John Lennon
58 -Shirley Temple (child actress)
59 -Wax model of Ringo Starr
60 -Wax model of Paul McCartney
61 -Albert Einstein (physicist)
62 -John Lennon holding a French Horn
63 -Ringo Starr holding a trumpet
64 -Paul McCartney holding a cor anglais
65 -George Harrison holding a flute
66 -Bobby Breen (singer)
67 -Marlene Dietrich (actress)
#68 -Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi (Indian leader)
69 -Legionnaire from Order of the Buffalos
70 -Diana Dors (actress)
71 -Shirley Temple (child actress)
72 -Cloth grandmother figure by Jann Haworth
73 -Cloth figure of Shirley Temple by Haworth
74 -Mexican candlestick
75 -Television Set
76 -Stone figure of a girl
77 -Stone figure
78 -Statue from John Lennon’s house
79 -Trophy
80 -Four armed Indian doll
81 -Drum-skin designed by Joe Ephgrave
82 -Hookah (water tobacco pipe)
83 -Velvet Snake
84 -Japanese Stone Figure
85 -Stone Figure of Snow White
86 -Garden gnome
87 -Tuba
* painted out because a fee was requested
# painted out at the request of EMI(Source: thebeatleswebsite.com)
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life:
Happy Birthday, Paul McCartney.
To celebrate his birthday, we’re looking back at a selection of photos from 1964 — a time when Beatlemania was in full effect. Pictured: Having conquered America during their brief but historic first visit, John, Paul, George and Ringo relax in a Miami Beach pool in February 1964 before returning to London.
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Happy Birthday to Paul McCartney , born June 18, 1942.
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Diana Dors featured on the cover of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
