Where Did All The Pauls Go? (Cont. from 8/20/11 and 7/2/10)

I showed in my 8/20/11 post that it looks like a Paul replacement shown coming off a plane on The Beatles' 1966 tour surfaced in a 1969 photo.  I've found another photo of a Paul replacement first seen in The Beatles' 1965 MBE award interview surfacing in 1968 in the so-called "dirty weekend" when Paul was supposed to have visited Los Angeles. Take a look at two Youtube videos:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfGapTHkLLs at

1:25-2:02   and

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7YIaCaikAs at

2:12 and 2:49.

Same "Paul" as on the right?  I think so.

Another photo of Paul in India

I think it is important to document where Paul was and where he wasn't in 1966.  That's why I'm always on the lookout for rare photos of him in '66. 

I found another photo of him in India:

He's wearing the same shirt as in the photo I
posted on October 10, 2010.  So, apparently,
both he and a replacement were in India at that
time.
(Thanks to the Facebook page, "John Lennon
is my life" for the photo.  Check this Facebook
page out:  there are many new photos there.)

Speaking of a John Replacement . . .

Take a look at The Swinging Blue Jeans ( a Liverpool Merseybeat group who were recording at the same time as The Beatles.)  This is the cover of a 1967 single by them.  The man in the middle is Ralph Ellis.  Look like someone familiar?

Is This Paul? I Think So.

I believe Paul was in and out of the group when they made their German and Far East tour in 1966. (More on that later.)
 
I think a good example of our Paul in and out of the group is their press conference in New Delhi, India on July 5, 1966.  I have finally found news footage of that in the Youtube video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSwLIkcRhTw beginning at 3:03 in the video.  Take a look.  The footage of "Paul" with the striped tie leaving the plane at 3:11-3:17 in the video could very well be a replacement.  In contrast, at the New Delhi press conference footage between 3:36 and 3:46 in the video, Paul with what looks like a lei around his neck is, I believe, our Paul.  Paul was definitely in New Delhi at that time--see my post of October 10, 2010 that has a photo of Paul and George and an Indian musical instrument dealer.

And again, take a look at The Beatles' "Manila incident" interview beginning at 4:30 in the video I mentioned above.  Although I've read other comments saying that this man is our Paul, I think he was NOT.

They could have been "breaking in" Paul's replacement on that tour--giving him experience on a tour and getting fans used to seeing different images of Paul.  Blurring the lines, so to speak.

More On The Outtakes Recording

My last post talked about the outtakes recording of The Beatles' 1965 Christmas record and several interesting things I found in it.  Again, the Youtube recording is at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50dI7WJZbBo  .

I found several more interesting aspects to the recording that I'd like to share.

The first begins at 0:18-0:26 in the recording when John says, "Bring back the cat, that's what I say.  Bring back the cat, that's what I say, and let's get rid of all these mice once and for all."  Then beginning at 0:29, The Beatles are making their annual thanks to the fans.  John's thanks--from 0:39-0:42--are:  "For coming to our shows and collecting our records."  Listen very carefully to these "sound bites."  Do they sound like John imitating an older man or do they sound like John as an older man?

The second--at 3:34-4:42-- is an extremely sick discussion amongst The Beatles about babies being sliced up and put into meat sold at stores.  Do I think The Beatles were randomly that sick?  No.  Remember the famous Butcher cover that was supposed to have been photographer Bob Whittaker's idea?  My guess on this segment is one of two things:  1.)  Either The Beatles had early ideas about wrecking the image of The Beatles in the event that one or more of them was replaced;  or 2.) (And I speculated about this before in my June 12, 2011 post) that the Butcher cover had to do with abortions, that one of The Beatles had a girlfriend(?) who had had one, and this was their way of wrapping their minds around something they considered awful.  Someone's third guess--that The Beatles were describing something literal that they caught wind of--is too awful to contemplate.

Again, listen to this recording.  It is a gold mine of information.

An Extremely Interesting Outtakes Recording

As most fans know, The Beatles recorded a Christmas record for members of their fan club each year.  I found the outtakes of their 1965 Christmas record on Youtube at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50dI7WJZbBo .   There are several extraordinary sections from the recording that need to be talked about.

1.)  The Beatles are laughing about John "winning an award".  At 5:07-5:14, John says, "This is the first time I've won a policeman and I'm going to look after him like he was me own."  As Beatles researchers know, there was heavy speculation (and clues on their post 1966 tracks and album covers) that the man who replaced Paul had once been a policeman.

2.)  at 5:21-6:07, they are joking about variety contestants at "the Blackburn Labor Club."  George says, "This fella was at the Labor Club and I thought he'd stand a good chance.  Here he is."  One of The Beatles asks for his name and George says, "We've had trouble finding his name due to the fact that he lost his birth certificate when he was born . . . So, anyway, whoever he may be . . ."  I think this is their biting comment on the fact that replacements for Paul and John were contemplated and made.

3.)  at 11:58-12:16, they are talking about a Charlie who is standing in the corner.  Paul says:  "What is one of the three of you doing hanging around here."  At 12:16-12:23 you here the sound of a car's tires squealing and the car crashing.  This hints strongly that an early Paul or John replacement died in a car accident. 

      Listen to the video.   More on it later.       ---paulumbo

Throwing Something Out There For Other Researchers

Sometimes you run across small things that if added to other information might help solve the mysteries surrounding The Beatles.
I found something interesting while listening to The Beatles' Live At The BBC cd.
John is singing Chuck Berry's Too Much Monkey Business and he subtly "customizes" some of the lyrics.  At the beginning of the song, Berry's lyrics are:
     Runnin' to and fro hard workin' at the mail,
     Never fail in the mail, yeah come a rotten bill.

John's lyrics:
     Runnin' to and fro hard workin' at the mail,
     Never fail at the mail, yeah come a rotten [(B)ill ?]  (It's common consensus among Paul Was Replaced researchers that the man who replaced Paul is named Bill.)

Remember Paul's Paperback Writer lyric:
     His son is working for the daily mail.
Alot of people interpret that as the London newspaper The Daily Mail, but I've always felt he was talking about a man who was working for the English postal system.

So if you piece it together one of the members of The Beatles at one time worked for the English mail system and possibly knew Paul's replacement.

Again, anyone new to Beatles research would criticize this as reaching, but it's obvious when you get into the research that The Beatles were dropping in hints, puns and clues into their music.  This might be a slight bit of information, but it might be valuable to someone researching the mysteries, so I dropped it in.