The Beatles Liverpool Convention 2024 & Gifts!
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UPDATE: I must come clean, I found out after this video was published that the signature on the postcard is NOT Sean's (It looks very much like something Sean signed for me in 2007 when I met him in Liverpool !), but it is the signature of someone who I know would rather remain anonymous who helps manage the Lennon estate! Oops, my mistake! 😄
@@AndrewDixonMusic no Audible version I can find. Such a shame
Thanks for posting Andrew!! You are fortunate to have been able to attend!! God Bless Bruce
Andrew this Beatles week in Liverpool sounds as good or better than Fest for Beatles fan in The States nice you had a great time with good stories! It's nice to have these festivities on The Beatles world 🌎 wide across the universe!
Went the convention in 87, great memories. Met Pete Best, Alan Williams & Bob Wooler.
37 years ago but at that time it was only 25yrs since they were part of the Beatles orbit, man that’s sobering
wow can't believe Mark Lewisohn was there, must of missed him. I wonder how many times he was asked "whens the next book coming out?" lol. Glad you had a good Beatle week sunday
The may pang documentary is a fabulous watch
Great video Andrew ! Love to see Liverpool let alone a Beatles convention , have a great day !
Hi there:). I sure do wish that I got to go to this!!! But you did well talk about it and showing as well. I like the poster and all of the Autographs as well nice :)!!! Great video mate and thanks for taking me long for this one!!!! Cheers mate!!!!
@@beatlebrad5339 Thanks Brad 🙂👍
All the best to you mate!!!!
Good to meet you at yesterday's convention, Andrew!
Thank you Andrew for the convention update. I was unable to attend this year, only the 3rd one missed since the first one in 1977 organised but Alan Williams and Bob Wooler.
I took a 10 day trip with a Beatles tour group in 2013 for Beatles week. Our time was split between Liverpool and London. It was fantastic to see so many places that I had read about for many decades!! We stayed at the Adelphi. So many highlights but one of the best was the Casbah. Roag Best gave us the tour - he seemed a bit hungover from the previous evening. 😂 I would love to do it again. We met Freda Kelly. I just saw Freda and Chris O’Dell at the Chicago Beatlefest 2 weeks ago. I go every year for the full 3 days. This year they showed an almost completed film about Colin Hanton called PreFab. Love your videos!
Hi mate
Good to hear you enjoyed Liverpool
This video woke up a lot of memories from my Beatlesweek visits. I went from 2016 up to 2019.
I wish I could go again, but my back is that bad, so I think I'll never get there again.
But I was great everytime. You said you saw an Indonesian cover band. In 2016 there was an Indonesian band as well.
In the band you saw, was 'Yoko Ono" on keyboards? In 2016, there was.
I visited The Casbah, and luckily I had a tour with Roag.
Of course The Liverpool Beatles Museum, Strawberry Fields and The Cavern.
In 2017 I went twice. In July and during Beatlesweek in August.
I talked for a while with Rod Davis and Len Garry at the Woolton Chyrch Hall m, exactly 50 years later. Goosebumps and tears when I left the Hall. I had to sit down at a bench at St. Peters Church graveyard. The bench was the first one on the left to honour Jimny Tarbuck. I was completely overwhelmed, being 54 years old,at that moment. Just like the screaming girls during the Beatlemania years.
When I went there I always meet a Liverpool bloke, whom I came in contact with via Catawiki
Always a great time.
I ordered the Blaney book, McCartney Legacy Volume 2 and the Elliot Mintz one.
But I don't go for the Meditation Mixes. For me, it isn't John.
Maybe the McCartney SHM-CD's, but I am in doubt because they aren't the half-speed Mixes, but the Archive Mixes.
Keep listening records and take care
@@PeKe999 Thanks Pe, no there wasn't a keyboard player with the Indonesian band, BUT, I know there was more than one band from there on during the day so maybe the band you saw could have been there!
Andrew, I thought as you are a 'professional' Beatles fan you would be at the L'pool convention every year !! I've only missed a couple since 1986 !! great to see Chris O'Dell there,if you want to read a great music book her book 'Miss O'Dell' is fabulous working at Apple she saw it all, in the 'video room' at the convention she showed a 30 minutes of highlights of a new documentary about her amazing time with The Beatles, it features Patti Boyd and others and she is interviewed by Mark Lewishon in the film, it should be released before the end of the year on some streaming service, should be very intresting.
A little additional info; for what it's worth...In the book "A Day in The Life" The Beatles Day By Day by Tom Schultheiss 1980, he sites that the boys were at the Embassy Theatre in Peterborough, England, on the bill with Frank Ifield, Ted Taylor and Julie Grant December 10th, 1962, then the next posting is December 12th where George Martin comes to Liverpool to see Brian's new protege, Gerry Marsden and then attend an evening concert by The Beatles at The Cavern. So it surely must be December 11th, 1962 like you stated. Only 10 miles from Liverpool which they were on the 12th. So is Peterborough close to the La Scala Ballroom? If so, this all seems to check out. Thanks again for your posting and info!!
Nice video Andrew. I spent Friday to Tuesday trying to see as many events as i could.
Probably my highlight (apart from meeting you, of course) was seeing a talk with Colin and Rod from the Quarrymen which Roag Best put on at his museum on Saturday afternoon and then seeing them play live at the convention the following evening. I recorded them playing ISOATD on my phone but its possibly even lower quality than Percy Phillips managed in 1958!
In order, i attended events at LIPA on Friday afternoon (talks by David Bedford and Gary Astridge and various bands).
Saturday was the Quarrymen talk at Liverpool Beatles Museum in the afternoon and the Pete Best Band in the evening.
Sunday was the convention (talks by David Bedford, Ken Womack, Kevin Harrington, May Pang, The Quarrymen and various other bands in the Ballroom followed by the all nighter in the Adelphi's Wave Bar.
Monday, i didnt bother with the Pierhead gig, although it was included in my package, preferring to see a few bands in the basement of the Jacaranda. Then it was The Travelling Wilburys tribute in the Central Hall (not really my cup of tea but again, it was paid for so i went) followed by another almost all nighter in the wave bar. The Rolls, from Kyrgyzstan were possibly the most 'exotic' tribute band of the week. They were great though. Julia Baird was among the audience.
Monday i had about 5 hours in the Cavern for some more bands and souvenir shopping before driving back down to London.
While The Quarrymen and Pete Best were must see events from an historical point of view and many of the talks were fascinating, it was the sheer joy of being packed into some of the smaller venues, with other fans from different countries and different generations, listening to the Beatles music being played at high volume and at close quarters that i most enjoyed. Some of them had their own particular take on the music, some dressed up in the wigs and played faithful recreations of the old stuff. Didn't see anyone over the 5 days that was less than excellent.
Sorry this is turning into a novel, but ill finish by mentioning possibly the most random sight of the entire weekend. As i stepped out of the Wave bar briefly, to use the gents, there were a group of maybe 10 people sitting in the corner of the lobby. One guy had guitar and various other people were joining in playing shakers or tapping drumsticks on the furniture. The song the were singing as i went past was 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun'.
Thanks for sharing your story Eric, good to meet you 👍
Hi Andrew, Thanks for sharing. Interesting video. How cool for the surprise of Sean’s autograph.
I hope you visited the CASBAH...AMAZING!!!
@@grahamches Not this time but I have done the tour with Roag. Essential for any fan!
Wonderful review, thank you Andrew!
Thanks for the video Andrew, so glad you had a good time in Liverpool. Will look forward to your review of that 1973 book, looks interesting and worth a purchase perhaps ...
Great video, looks like you have had a fantastic time in Liverpool, I couldn't get time off work, but we are going next weekend for a few days, can't wait, it's like our second home 😊 keep up the good work, cheers, Dave
Another great Video Andrew. Good to meet you and sit next to you for May Pang interview.
@@meanthony5474 Yes good to meet you, a great day!
Hi Andrew, I've just taken a play about John circa 1974 meeting Vincent circa 1886 to Edinburgh, now we're going to London. Would you like to come and see it? Thank you, Nick
Sounds like a good bucket list thing to do. Unfortunately, many of the people that were surrounding the beatles are dying off. I was lucky enough to have seen Pete Best in Ohio about a month ago and meet May Pang about a year ago. Would love to see the quarrymen. I suppose they're only performing in the uk these days.
I'll get there one day.
Hi Andrew, it was great to meet you yesterday at the convention. I think that it was the best one since the covid break. Yesterday there were loads of speaker guests and they were very accessible after having given their talks. Great stalls, of course but I agree that you need a good bank balance on the day (you may not have it the following day!).
It was a case of trying to fit everything in - live music, guests, stalls, live art with Shannon, films - needed to plot your day around it all. I hope that this standard continues in future years.
I think that your mystery autograph is that of Billy Kinsey. I can send you a photo of his autograph that I have which is from 2007 if you let me know how. You will see many similarities with yours (although I am not a handwriting expert!).
Once again, thanks for visiting us in Liverpool; thanks for all your great work and videos.
All the best,
Gordon.
Sounds like you had a great time. Incidentally, have you seen any of the Peter Duncan (a rebuttal to Mike Williams) CZcams channel? Well worth having a look at. Also,I've been working in your neck of the woods today😊.
Good video - Thanks.😎
Great stuff!! I'd love to read the 1973 book, looks interesting! I'm going to try and buy it.
Missed you again Andrew.I was at Roags museum watching Freda kelly speak.Then Woolton village.Not a sole there.
@@davidjackson5449 My one regret from yesterday is that I didn't get to see Freda.
The 1990 Liverpool concert was great day out. The only problem was the sun wouldn't set, it was cold and Paul kept delaying the start so he could use the fireworks on Live and Let Die.
Andrew My Friend, it sounds to be Fantastic , wish I could have been there, poster looks awesome and signed great a treasure to have, Mind Games buttons , the card Sean’s signature So Fantastic. I’m glad you had good time, Andrew My Friend, Liverpool Forever, Takecare, Besafe, Blessyou, Steve
The last Beatles week I attended was around the re release of the Yellow Submarine movie and the release of the songtrack. I still have all the promo stuff for that album that was given out while I was there. I got to see Sir George Martin, he was there for the movie's screening at the Philharmonc, but I sadly didn't get to speak to him. The John Blaney book looks fascinating, so glad the print is reasonably sized, especially for a blind as a bat without his glasses bloke like me, now in his early sixties. I was in Liverpool back in march to celebrate my 6oth and visited Strawbwerry Fields, had a great day out, and how they've really made that place a fantatsic place to visit. When I was there they had the famous Piano of John's that he wrote Imagine on, which is now the property of The George Michael Estate. Have you heard Julian's new single? It's out now with a great video. What struck me with this track is how Julian has got his own sound where his music is concerned, you here the first few bars, you know it's him. Also whilst on all things Lennon, one of the tracks from the Mind Games meditation mixes is available to stream or download and you can pre order the entire album from I-Tunes for £10.99. It's out on 11th october. I'm going to be in New York then, with plans to be at Strawberry Fields in Central Park on what would've been John's 84th. Anyhow, thanks so much for this video and also a big shout out to Beatley Tone, so good to see him looking so well and back on here posting video's. Take care my friend and Peace n Love to you and yours....
Nice to meet you by the t shirt stall yesterday Andrew
The signature... Billy Shears? :)
Too bad we couldn't meet up! Maybe next year 😊
Enjoyed your video Andrew. The signature on the poster looks like Billy Kinsley of The Merseybeats? Cheers.
Andrew is always getting cool freebies. Good for you, Andrew. Where did you find a space for your GIANT Mind Games Cube? 😂 Sadly the Lennon store never send my Liverpool Lennon Map so I had to settle for a refund of my money. I managed to get a Map on eBay. That Map is a total monster so I am keeping it bedside with my Magnifying glass and UV flashlight. Bless you, Andrew.
Hi mate just wondering have you got your copy of he coffee book sized "When we was Fab" the Australasian Tour 1964 by Andy Neill & Greg Armstrong? Got it the other day for my birthday. Haven't started it yet but iy looks brilliant!
@@MikeLeePhoto Hi Mike, no I've not really seen anything about that!
Merseybeats, Fourmost, Billy J. Kramer/Dakotas Johnny Sandon, & Remo Four were NEMS acts, plus many more acts, been researching NEMS acts for a very long time
I want new Beatles box sets + dolby atmos blu-ray. Is it possible they will release new stereo / mono box sets, with the new audio restauration techniques? Still hoping all studio albums will get a box set, maybe they could combine early albums in one box set. An absolute joke apple is ignoring the demand for blu-ray, which seems no problem for e.g. Pink Floyd & their solo projects.
Signature is of Billy Kinsleys, Andrew
Nice
Apparently riding to vanity fair is about Baker! (Prob not)
This has been a theory I've been suggesting for several years, the words definitely seem to fit a conversation between Paul and Geoff.
@@AndrewDixonMusic remind me of house of wax this song, not as good of course
Feed your Beatles Greed! 🤩Soon… you need a bigger house! 😂
Your comment about the Quarrymen’s drummer begs the question why he didn’t stay with the Beatles, anyone know or speculate?
Colin was older than the others and was already a working man. Plus lugging his drum kit around on the bus was a real drag.
@@KingsizeMusicOfficialI think he was supposed to go to university as well.
@@matthall5336 Colin had an apprenticeship as a furniture upholsterer, so he was going to get 'a trade' as they used to say.
I like the Beatles but my god they’re overrated, especially Lennon, number 3 in the talent order of the band.