#mal evans

[javelinbk]

John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison enjoy a smoke break with host Keith Fordyce (with Helen Shapiro, Ringo Starr and Mal Evans in the background) during rehearsals for The Beatles' first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go!, 4th October 1963. Part 9 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 10)

#all three beatles and an older man looking at him at the same time? #the boy had a knack #paul mccartney #john lennon #george harrison #ringo starr #mal evans #the beatles #ready steady go #javelin’s gifs

[elafranco2024]

Candid and lovely pictures of Paul McCartney and Mal Evans, a gentle giant. I believe Mal was so important to the Beatles and very loyal to them. And he especially loved Paul.

I would love to read Mal's book if I ibelieved that it had not in fact been tampered with and retouched. After all, Mal was murdered days before his book was delivered for publication and it was published only decades later when Mal was no longer with us.

#paul mccartney #the beatles #paulie #the most beautiful boy #the most baby of all times #mal evans #paul and mal #mcevans

[reflectismo]

Paul McCartney relaxing in the Rocky Mountains (1967). Photograph by Mal Evans.

#Paul McCartney #The Beatles #Mal Evans #1967 #Denver #Rocky Mountains

[bonithica]

mal x paul REAL ?!

#john you insane man #john lennon #paul mccartney #the beatles #mal evans #understanding lennon mccartney #mclennon

[ceofjohnlennon]

The Beatles randomly spending time with strangers on street, taken by Mal Evans. ㅡ From The Beatles Monthly Book, October/1967.

#john lennon #paul mccartney #george harrison #ringo starr #the beatles #60s #1967 #mal evans #beatles monthly book #my:read

[rolloroberson]

The Beatles from the final photoshoot.

#the beatles #paul mccartney #george harrison #ringo starr #john lennon #linda mccartney #ethan russell #mal evans #tittenhurst

[zilabee]

"the Beatles' penchant for raucous, late-night merrymaking seemingly came to an end during the European tour, with the boys sometimes retiring for the night as early as eight o'clock on their off days, often ignoring their usual scrum of adoring female fans."

June 1965 - Living the Beatles Legend

sorry was nobody going to mention that Mal told us nearly the exact date that the Beatles stopped fucking girls and started fucking each other?

#weird timing to be fair - to me at least - ymmv #give me twenty guesses about when the fucking started #and I wouldn't get close to June 1965 #but here we are. #mal evans #mclennon #beatles books #living the beatles legend

[muzaktomyears]

Forewards for Mal's memoir provided by each of the Beatles in 1965

Living the Beatles Legend, Kenneth Womack (2013)

#mal evans #paul mccartney #ringo starr #george harrison #john lennon

[crepesuzette2023]

Hold up ,,, Mal called Paul his love in his diaries?

Yes. In his autobiography. He also analyzed their relationship in his diaries. For some context, here's a longer passage from Ken Womack's book, Living the Beatles Legend (Chapter 31).

As January 1970 came to close, Mal began drifting into an emotional slide that has been developing over the past several years. "Seem to be losing Paul," he wrote on January 27. "Really got a stick from him today. He let me down," and ominously added "Fixing a hole," "Pepper," and "directorship" to a growing list of disappointments. Apparently, the conversation had turned yet again to the issue of Mal's servile role in Paul's life, with the roadie believing that the association was bounded by friendship and love. "A servant serves," Mal wrote, "but he who serves is not always a servant," he added, echoing John's philosophy from December 1968. "Love is as sharp and piercing as a sword, "Mal reasoned, "but as the sword edge dulls — you sharpen it. So love's keenness needs honing — needs honesty." *

[...]

On February 11, Mal joined John and Yoko for a lip-synched performance of "Instant Karma!" on Top of the Pops, with the roadie, clad in beige suit and a light-green tie, playing the tambourine. By this juncture, Mal's long-standing relationship with Paul was in freefall. A few days earlier, he have been awakened by a 1 p.m. telephone call from the Beatle. It went "something like this," he wrote in his diary:

Mal: yeah? Paul: I've got time at EMI over the weekend. Would like you to pick up some gear from the house. Mal: Great, man. That's lovely. Session at EMI?! Paul: Yes, but I don't want anyone there to make me tea. I have the family – wife and kids there. Mal: [thinking to himself] Goes my poor head, "Why????" **

By the next week, Mal found himself behind the wheel of the Apple van, moving Paul's gear from EMI Studios to Morgan Studios, another Northwest London facility where Paul could work incognito. At one point, Neil cornered Mal about Paul surreptitious recording sessions, demanding to know more. "Where's Paul?" he asked, to which Mal tersely replied, "Not telling you."

In other instances, Mal ordered a Mellotron for Paul, while keeping him fully stocked with plectrums and other gear. In late February, Paul asked Mal to move everything back to EMI, where he was set to record "Maybe I'm Amazed" in Studio 2. For Mal, everything came to a head at 7 Cavendish Ave., when "my long love, Paul, to whom I have devoted so many years of loyalty, turned around to me and said, I don't need you anymore, Mal." *** *, ** : Evans, "Diaries." [1963—1974.] 10 vols. Malcolm Frederick Evans Archives. Entries from Jan 27 & Feb 5, 1970.

***: Evans, Mal, 'Living the Beatles Legend: Or 200 Miles to Go.' Unpublished MS, 1976. Malcolm Frederick Evans Archives.

#Mal Evans #Ken Womack #Living the Beatles Legend #Paul McCartney #Mellotron #When you told me you didn't need me anymore... #Mother Malcolm comes to me

[harrisonarchive]

Photos by Linda McCartney.

August 8, 1969

Tommy Nutter on dressing John, Paul, and Ringo for the cover...

“Tommy Nutter dressed three out of the four Beatles for the Abbey Road album cover. True to his non-conformist roots, George Harrison opted to dress in denim.” - The Selvedge Yard, April 4, 2012

“Well, I dressed them. George Harrison is wearing denim — he was always a tricky bugger.” - Tommy Nutter to Timothy Everest, quoted in Yorkshire Post, October 31, 2015

For George and Mal, it was then on to Regent’s Park Zoo...

“[After the photo session] George and Mal [Evans] went to visit the Regent’s Park Zoo. They spent several hours wandering around the cages and animal houses and afterwards walked around Regent’s Park. The extraordinary thing was that during the whole morning absolutely no one recognized George Harrison. Perhaps there are so many similar haircuts in London these days that no one spares a second glance for anyone with long locks.” - The Beatles Book, September 1969

* * *

“I didn’t know at the time that it [Abbey Road] was the last Beatle record that we would make, but it felt as if we were reaching the end of the line.” - George Harrison, The Beatles Anthology

#George Harrison #Ringo Starr #Paul McCartney #John Lennon #The Beatles #Linda McCartney #quote #quotes about George #quotes by George #Tommy Nutter #Abbey Road #Mal Evans #et al. #fits queue like a glove

[javelinbk]

Drop everything, new John & Paul photo from 1974 just dropped!

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, May Pang and Harry Nilsson in LA, 29th March 1974. Photo taken by Mal Evans.

For Mal, the sunny afternoon of March 29 would bring pure magic in contrast with the previous evening’s lackluster proceedings. The McCartney clan showed up [at the Santa Monica beach house] out of the blue, this time with daughters Heather, Mary, and Stella in tow, and Mal was thrilled at the prospect of seeing John and Paul together again—twice in the span of two days, no less. And he was by no means disappointed, observing the two old friends reclining on the patio together and, later, walking along the beach, with May, Linda, and the McCartney brood trailing along behind them. “Nice to see him and John together,” Mal scribbled in his diary later that month.

At one point that afternoon, Evans reached for his camera and snapped a photo of the two old friends lounging at the beach house — flanked by their partners, Linda and May Pang, and Harry Nilsson. May would also take some Polaroids of the meeting at some point this day, but there's a very real possibility that Evans' picture is the last photo ever taken of the 20th Century's greatest songwriting duo. (It will be included in the upcoming collection of Evans' diaries and archives, slated for publication in 2024.)

#@scurator we really have to finish our fic now #look at john’s arm on the back of the chair! #look at paul’s tits! #paul mccartney #john lennon #john and paul #mal evans #LA 1974 #the beatles #think of me now and then old friend

[lovely-lindalouise]

#linda mccartney #paul mccartney #1960s #1969 #wedding #mal evans

[l3fool]

My darling man Ringo in "Get Back"

#I made these gif the first time I watched Get Back #it's been almost 2 years wow #he looked absolutely delicious #the size difference between him and Mal makes me feel things #ringo starr #my darling man #mal evans #get back #the beatles

[reflectismo]

John Lennon during the making of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). Photograph by Mal Evans.

#John Lennon #The Beatles #Mal Evans #1967 #(HIM) #(Will be thinking about this photo all day)

[ceofjohnlennon]

John Lennon always comforted people who were grieving because he knew the feeling so well:

"There was one thing about John Lennon. In his steel-trap mind, he never forget what was important to people. Fast forward to May 1975. I had become an anchorman in Philadelphia, and combined with a radio station, our TV station sponsored what was called the "Helping Hand Marathon", a weekend-long radio fund-raiser to benefit area charities, including the one most important to me, the battle against multiple sclerosis (n/t: Larry Kane's mom passed away in 1964 because of sclerosis). With the help of our sales manager, Gene Vassall, I was able to put together a real coup — John Lennon to cohost the marathon for the weekend. From the time I picked him up at the railroad station to his departure on Sunday night, John was sensitive, giving and tireless. On the phone days ahead of the event, he said "Larry, I know this is being done in memory of your mother. I will make this happen and it will be great, baby!".

ㅡ Larry Kane in the book "Memories of John Lennon" by Yoko Ono.

"I've always admired him, and was very proud of the friendship we had together, and the first time John really showed his love for me was after Stuart's death, when he helped me such an awful lot to try and understand my loss —and his as well — and we used to talk about Stuart, and he really got me together again. He wasn't like Paul or George, who felt really sorry for me, and said "Oh, everything will be fine". John just said — it to me one day when I was really, really down and didn’t know what to do — he said "Well, you have got to decide what you want: Do you want to live or do you want to die? Decide that, but be honest". And that helped me tremendously to go on. And then he said that there are so many things we haven't even discovered yet, and life has got to go on, and you can't sit down and cry all the time, you have got to get on, and if it's not for me, he said, it's for Stuart. And he said that in a very harsh voice, not like nice and sweet, but very directly, so that was the real John who was talking. And that made me really think twice about it. It helped me tremendously. That is what I'm still thankful for (...)"

ㅡ Astrid Kirchherr in the book "Memories of John Lennon" by Yoko Ono.

"While they were there, Lily's father, William White, succumbed to a heart attack at age sixty-seven. Over the past few years, Mal had shared with her how intimidating John could be, so Lil was surprised when the Beatle brought her a cup of tea, let down his guard, and showered her with consolation. Like Mal, Lily would always remember John's tender gesture. 'It's very hard at times like these to give verbal comfort to anybody,' Mal wrote, 'but John was fantastic, and I knew that he gave Lil a lot of comfort in her hour of need — something I have always blessed him for.'"

ㅡ Mal Evans in his diary, from the book "Living The Beatles Legend" by Kenneth Womack.

#john lennon #the beatles #60s #yoko ono #mal evans #larry kane #astrid kirchherr #memories of john lennon #living the beatles legend #kenneth womack #my:read #john....... #the man that you were #:')

[mrepstein]

‘North America tour, August 1964.’ photo by Paul McCartney (1964: Eyes of the Storm)

#The Beatles #Brian Epstein #John Lennon #George Harrison #Ringo Starr #Mal Evans #Neil Aspinall #US & Canada tour 1964 #1964 #60s #1964: Eyes of the Storm