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Title: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: pc31 on March 26, 2004, 12:30:38 AM
this obscure fella deserved more than he got.a watch indeed.
i just got a foriegn video with a short interview of the beats and jimmy.they preform three songs on it.lousy quality but my first preview of jimmy in action.
bravo jimmy
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: The End on March 26, 2004, 01:06:04 AM
[quote by=pc31 link=Blah.pl?b=fifths,m=1080261038,s=0 date=1080261038]this obscure fella deserved more than he got.a watch indeed.
i just got a foriegn video with a short interview of the beats and jimmy.they preform three songs on it.lousy quality but my first preview of jimmy in action.
bravo jimmy[/quote]

Poor Ringo had his tonsils out, and didn't rejoin them till Australia!
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: tkitna on March 26, 2004, 03:13:37 AM
You know,,,,I never followed up on Jimmy. I wonder what he's doing today (I dont know if he's even still alive, but I would imagine I would have heard if he passed).

I thought he handled the situation like a true professional. He knew that it was going to be a short stint, but how could anyone pass it up. He was always happy and looked as though he was having the time of his life in the interviews i've seen. I'm sure i've seen some footage of him playing with the band, but I cant recall the exact moment or time right now.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: The End on March 26, 2004, 01:15:27 PM
[quote by=tkitna link=Blah.pl?b=fifths,m=1080261038,s=2 date=1080270817]I'm sure i've seen some footage of him playing with the band, but I cant recall the exact moment or time right now. [/quote]

Yeah I've seen footage of him playing on the Holland tour, and a couple of TV shows. Didn't he also play China or somewhere like that?
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Joost on March 27, 2004, 11:20:54 PM
I believe he also played for the Sputnicks, a Shadows-style instrumental band that had a few hits in the 60's.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: pc31 on March 28, 2004, 04:44:39 AM
(http://jm.g.free.fr/smileys/non-smileys-animated/smiley_abwi.gif)
wait did you see that?was that jimmy??????(http://jm.g.free.fr/smileys/non-smileys-animated/banana.sml.gif)(http://jm.g.free.fr/smileys/unclassified/smiley_abzr.gif)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: on March 28, 2004, 05:49:46 AM
Jimmy inspired the song "Getting Better". On tour, he was always being asked, "How's it going, Jimmy?". He'd always reply, "Getting better".
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: The End on March 28, 2004, 10:44:12 PM
[quote by=Maria link=Blah.pl?b=fifths,m=1080261038,s=6 date=1080452986]Jimmy inspired the song "Getting Better". On tour, he was always being asked, "How's it going, Jimmy?". He'd always reply, "Getting better".[/quote]

Oh yeah! I'd forgotten that.

Can't get no worse :)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bruno on March 29, 2004, 05:29:51 AM
[quote by=The_End link=Blah.pl?b=fifths,m=1080261038,s=3 date=1080306927]

Yeah I've seen footage of him playing on the Holland tour, and a couple of TV shows. Didn't he also play China or somewhere like that?[/quote]

He played in Hong Kong and that was his last concert with them because Ringo joined in Australia. :)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Wayne L. on April 15, 2004, 10:27:32 PM
Jimmy Nichol has got to be the most mysterious member of the Beatles during the 60's more so than any crazy album cover controversy at the time with his 15 minutes of fame before Ringo rejoined the band.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: pc31 on April 16, 2004, 02:30:42 AM
it think it was longer than 15 minute tho wayne..........
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Beatle Ed on April 16, 2004, 10:44:11 AM
And I don't think he could be considered a Member, he was a stand in.

You know I was just remembering I saw a tv show once, about the Beatles, and they interviewed Jimmy Nichol and Pete Best, and they both declared how Beaing any part of the Beatles Jinxed then for life.. Though to be fair Peach Besht it doing ok now. I think

PC would know; him and Pete arethisclose
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Wayne L. on April 16, 2004, 07:03:05 PM
He was a " member " of the Beatles before Ringo rejoined the band just as much as John, Paul & George were if only for a brief moment.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: on April 16, 2004, 08:46:01 PM
Pete WAS a Beatle, not a replacement.

Two years is a long time, and he lived, ate, excreted and created with them.  He lived the hardest years of their lives with them.

No one can take away the fact that he was one of the absolute Beatles.  Just pre-fame.  Which sucks.  For him.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Beatle Ed on April 17, 2004, 12:05:35 AM
JIMMY NICHOL WAS  A MEMBER OF THE BEATLES??

I didn't mean Pete, I know pete was. I was talking about Jimmy.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: on April 17, 2004, 04:56:08 AM
[quote by=Beatle_Ed link=Blah.pl?b=fifths,m=1080261038,s=14 date=1082160335]JIMMY NICHOL WAS
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Beatle Ed on April 17, 2004, 05:40:24 PM
lol I wasn't yelling at you. I was yelling at Wayne. ;-)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: on April 17, 2004, 09:54:51 PM
Well, you weren't yelling from what I could see, but as long as we're all square now then I'll be able to sleep well tonight.  :)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Beatle Ed on April 19, 2004, 08:31:22 AM
:-) Well of course!
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: on April 21, 2004, 09:23:57 AM
Does anyone know how I can get in touch with Jimmy Nichol? I am a journalist and want to talk to him for a story about the Australian tour.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: pc31 on April 21, 2004, 10:56:09 AM
go ask the administrator at pete bests home site.jimmy was at beatle fest last year i think with pete or the year b4.or contact the beatle fest people.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: slick rick on October 12, 2004, 11:24:06 PM
i am downloading the beatles in australia and there is a part called the arrival which has all four beatles plus jimmy waving at the crowd.i mean a huge massive crowd.they are waving in all directions.at one point jimmy taps ringo on the shoulder and points to a movie camera as they both are looking ringo begans to act like he is choking jimmy.jimmy acts like he starts to choke ringo and then they both laugh their butts off.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Wayne L. on January 15, 2005, 10:47:33 PM
[quote by=pc31 link=Blah.pl?b=fifths,m=1080261038,s=10 date=1082082642]it think it was longer than 15 minute tho wayne..........[/quote]

Jimmy Nichol had a little bit more than 15 minutes of fame during his time in the Beatles substituting for Ringo but he has semed to have disappeared from the face of the earth. 
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Mairi on January 16, 2005, 01:20:40 AM
Maybe that's what he wants, some people get a taste of fame and then realize that it wasn't what it was cracked up to be.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: on January 16, 2005, 11:06:04 AM
Jimmy live from UB 40 he is a poor boy lived in Liverpool
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: on January 16, 2005, 04:53:21 PM
[quote by=lennonlegend link=Blah.pl?b=fifths,m=1080261038,s=25 date=1105883002]oh shut up dirk! you dont know anything right f***ing loser![/quote]



More as You dirty a$$hole
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bruno on January 17, 2005, 04:05:33 PM
::)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: An Apple Beatle on January 17, 2005, 05:21:38 PM
LOL....Jimmy must have had a great time getting a snap-shot ride with this great band...Handled the job well...Ringo comes back in Australia...job done.
He was a top session player anyway and must have known this was gonna be a short, amazing, wonderful gig to do. I'm not sure if anyone knows what songs he appeared on as a seesionist...I don't...May google search some time..Not now tho! A beer beckons!
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Lenny Pane on January 18, 2005, 01:52:50 PM
i agree Apps, im sure he had an a amazing time with the boys...even though it was only for 15 minutes as they say, would of been good enough for me !
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: pc31 on January 19, 2005, 02:57:49 AM
something to tell the grand kids....
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on November 09, 2005, 02:16:26 PM
Jimmy Nicol Portfolio

In June 1964, the Beatles were to tour Scandanavia, Holland, the Far East and Australia. On June 3, the day before the tour, Ringo collapsed at an early morning photo session for the Saturday Evening Post at a portrait studio in Barnes, London. He had a 102-degree fever and tonsilitis and was rushed to the hospital.

 
While having his tonsils out in London, he was temporarily replaced for the Denmark and Holland concert dates by shy 24-year-old session drummer Jimmy Nicol. Beatles producer George Martin suggested Jimmy because he had recently recorded at EMI with Tommy Quickly and he'd also recently become familiar with Beatles numbers while drumming on a recording session for an album called Beatlemania.

     (http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/6373/jimmy9tz.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: raxo on November 09, 2005, 02:32:12 PM
Quote from: Bobber
...About after the Beatles, Jimmy said:
"I had a band and Brian put us on the same bill with the Beatles and the Formost one night. Backstage, we talked, but the wind had changed since we last saw each other. They were pleasant."
[The Shubdubs played with the Beatles on July 12, 1964 at the Hippodrome Theatre in Brighton.]

Didn't know this part,... very interesting  ;)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on November 10, 2005, 09:32:27 AM
There's a lot on Jimmy here, also pictures from him in the 80's.

http://www.pmouse.nl/nicol/

Jimmy died in 1988. He was only 49 years old.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Kevin on November 10, 2005, 10:27:34 AM
Seems to b e some confusion over when/if he died. I'm going to The Public Records Office soon. I'll do a search - if he died in the UK I'll find him.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on November 10, 2005, 10:37:46 AM
Quote from: kevin_b
Seems to b e some confusion over when/if he died.

True. More recent news tells he's working as a carpenter. His son seems to been involved as a technician on the Anthology.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Kevin on November 10, 2005, 10:49:04 AM
A small bio of his son here:

http://www.fabsound.co.uk/howie.htm
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: on November 10, 2005, 04:53:17 PM
jimmy nickole is really ugly if you think about it isnt he?
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: The End on November 10, 2005, 10:45:06 PM
So... is he dead or not? :?
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: pc31 on November 11, 2005, 02:58:26 AM
he ain't dead...i liked his sister...kristy mc..nichol...lol
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: on November 11, 2005, 03:59:00 AM
Quote from: lennonlegend
jimmy nickole is really ugly if you think about it isnt he?

So what?
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: on November 11, 2005, 06:12:54 PM
well im surprised they picked him as a replacement then..
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on November 11, 2005, 07:19:16 PM
They wanted a drummer just as ugly as Ringo.  ;D ;)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: on November 12, 2005, 12:05:54 AM
I love Ringo, but he is certainly not the most aesthetically pleasing person, especially in the early years.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: An Apple Beatle on November 12, 2005, 11:34:20 AM
Quote from: pc31
he ain't dead...i liked his sister...kristy mc..nichol...lol

PC...I'm Mcalling you to stop that!!! lol
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: pc31 on November 12, 2005, 12:17:43 PM
i am mc thinking about it.......paul should buy mcdonalds......then he could really call something a big mac.........
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: An Apple Beatle on November 12, 2005, 12:20:45 PM
lol.....I just thought of a great product range for him....The BIg Mac MAraCca from Macca. lol
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: pc31 on November 12, 2005, 12:22:40 PM
thats mac thinking dude....
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Kevin on November 12, 2005, 12:28:17 PM
Quote from: juniorsfarm
I love Ringo, but he is certainly not the most aesthetically pleasing person, especially in the early years.

Wierd that he got more fan mail than the rest. Women!
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on November 12, 2005, 02:57:54 PM
Quote from: pc31
thats mac thinking dude....

I once heard about an enormous hamburger McDonald's wanted to launch. They had called it the 'MacMac'. I was withdrawn, because it seemed that macmac means 'to f***' in Malaysian.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: raxo on November 12, 2005, 03:05:47 PM
Quote from: Bobber

...because it seemed that macmac means 'to f***' in Malaysian.

Ha ha... it could be! Sounds to "something",...  ;D
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: The End on November 12, 2005, 04:03:20 PM
Quote from: Bobber

I once heard about an enormous hamburger McDonald's wanted to launch. They had called it the 'MacMac'. I was withdrawn, because it seemed that macmac means 'to f***' in Malaysian.

I'll have to remember that for the next time I'm over there!!!!
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: on November 12, 2005, 05:43:16 PM
Quote from: The_End

I'll have to remember that for the next time I'm over there!!!!

Its a beautiful thing:  Order a burger and get your pipes cleaned 6 ways to Sunday. You gotta like that.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: An Apple Beatle on November 13, 2005, 10:04:57 AM
lol!!!
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on November 15, 2005, 09:05:45 AM
Anyway, we still don't know if Jimmy is alive and kicking or passed away. Can you please react, Jimmy?
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on December 30, 2005, 07:04:06 PM
Is he dead now?
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: raxo on December 30, 2005, 07:19:31 PM
Is Paul?

Dunno   ??) ... yet
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on January 13, 2006, 02:42:59 PM
From the Daily Mail, Saturday, October 1, 2005.

Paul Harris reports

John, Paul, George and.............Jimmie!

The names are as unforgettable now as they were more than four decades ago - John, Paul, George and Ringo. But for ten frantic days in the summer of 1964, there was a somewhat different Beatles line-up. And even if the name of Jimmie Nicol might sound familiar to Beatle historians or devoted fans, few will recognise the face today.

As a 26-year-old unknown session musician, he was drafted in to play drums on the Fab Four's first world tour after Ringo collapsed with tonsillitis. Days before they flew out, he was signed up as a temporary replacement and was launched instantly into the whirlwind of 1960s Beatlemania. Fans called out his name and teenagle girls broke through security cordons to try to touch the new face, which had been hastily crowned with a mop-top haircut. He joked with the lads at a press conference in Australia and toured Europe and the Far East. His picture appeared in newspapers across the globe.

But then Ringo recovered to reclaim his place. Beatles manager Brian Epstein paid Nicol off at Adelaide airport, and - somewhat prophetically - gave him a retirement-style gold watch. Despite this unique link with the world's most successful pop group, Nicol slowly disappeared from the music scene.

Now a new book, The Beatles Unseen, recalls the phenomenon of the Fab Four and rekindles Jimmie Nicol's long forgotten contribuition to their story. Unfortunately, it is a memory he would rather keep buried. For, while the Beatles went on to riches, he eventually dropped out of the music scene and struggled to make a living. He was declared bankrupt within a year of saying goodbye to the group, and after a succession of appearances with outher bands, faded into obsurity.

Today he is a real Nowhere Man, talking to no one about his Beatles days and living in a flat in a quiet London suburb, a sharp contrast to those heady times of limousines, police escorts and faraway places. He refuses to answer his door to unannounced callers and poignantly has all but lost contact with the son who, as a boy in 1964. was able to tell his infant mates: "My dad's a Beatle!"

At 66, his square-jawed looks have given way to grey jowls, the smile oblieterated by missing teeth. Anything that might remain of his Beatle haircut is tied back in a scruffy ponytail. But he still has his principles. Despite the lucrative rewards of today's Beatlemania industry, he staunchly refuses to cash in. It was probably the same stubborn principle that led him into conflict with Brian Epstein on that 1964 tour. Nicol refused to mime to a recording of Ringo's drumming and insisted on playing live, in his own style. It might explain why, after Epstein reportedly spread the word among his music business associates that Nicol was a troublemaker; the drummer found it so difficult to get work.

To look at photos of him with the Beatles, it is hard to imagine the obscurity that followed. He seemed to cope easily with the limelight and all of the band, particularly John, treated him decently. George, who initially refused to tour without Ringo, later called Nicol "a lovely guy". But he was never destined to be a full-time Beatle. He had no Merseyside background or sharp Scouse wit, being born in August 1939 not in Liverpool, but in Battersea, South London, son of an Inland Revenue messenger.

By the time he joined the Beatles he had a marriage behind him (in 1957 to Patricia), a son, (Howie, born in 1958) and was approaching his 25th birthday. He had already worked with Joe Brown, Billy Fury and Georgie Fane wgeb Epstein asked him to play with the Beatles. Beatles producer George Martin told him to get to London for a rehearsal, where he was introduced to John, Paul and George. Just over 24 hours later, he was performing live in Copenhagen.

Then, as suddenly as it began, it was over. On June 13, 1964 - ten days after leaving England - he played his last performance with the Beatles. His new band, the Shubdubs, bombed. Declare bankrupt in 1965, he was said to have assets of
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: raxo on January 13, 2006, 03:07:03 PM
It seems so ...It's good to be alive!!!  ;D
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: raxo on January 13, 2006, 03:08:19 PM
Quote from: raxo
Dunno   ??) ... yet

I already know, Bobber: He's still alive!  :D
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on February 08, 2006, 09:11:01 AM
Jimmy's alive and kicking. This is him:

(http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6922/jimmy31pt.jpg)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on October 04, 2006, 11:18:23 AM
(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5193/beatlesandjimmynicolqg9.jpg)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Joost on October 06, 2006, 08:11:24 AM
I really don't understand why he would choose to stay poor while he could probably make some pretty good money just by giving some interviews and going to fan conventions.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Kevin on October 06, 2006, 10:34:17 AM
Quote from: 56
I really don't understand why he would choose to stay poor while he could probably make some pretty good money just by giving some interviews and going to fan conventions.

i suspect not all is well in Jimmys head, and that he may lack the confidence/social skills to present himself to such public scrutiny.  
If some fund were set up, where Beatle fans could all contribute, and I was sure he'd get the money, I'd happily put in a few bucks. I think it would be nice for the Beatleworld to rally round what would seem a very worthwhile cause. Maybe we could get Macca to match our contributions (though I doubt it. But it would be a nice PR move for him.)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Joost on October 06, 2006, 11:49:17 AM
Quote from: 185
If some fund were set up, where Beatle fans could all contribute, and I was sure he'd get the money, I'd happily put in a few bucks. I think it would be nice for the Beatleworld to rally round what would seem a very worthwhile cause. Maybe we could get Macca to match our contributions (though I doubt it. But it would be a nice PR move for him.)

I dunno... I think it would probably be a bit humiliating for the guy.

Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Kevin on October 06, 2006, 11:51:49 AM
Quote from: 56

I dunno... I think it would probably be a bit humiliating for the guy.


yeah, point.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: tkitna on October 06, 2006, 11:42:51 PM
Quote from: 185

Maybe we could get Macca to match our contributions (though I doubt it. But it would be a nice PR move for him.)

This is the key. Why in the hell are we bill paying, family people giving money to somebody who has had contacts with people that has tons of cash? Maybe theres a reason that people like Paul or whoever dont lend a hand. Maybe Jim was an a**hole. Seriously, we dont know.

(I truly respect your kindness though kevin. I was just making a point.)

Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Kevin on October 07, 2006, 09:00:47 AM
Quote from: 373

(I truly respect your kindness though kevin. I was just making a point.)


No problem.
Not one of my better ideas.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: raxo on December 25, 2006, 02:54:52 AM
(http://www.pmouse.nl/nicol/jimmy_nicol05.jpg)

Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: raxo on December 25, 2006, 03:18:33 AM
I've uploaded a clip of them with Jimmy here:
http://dmbeatles.com/forums/b-fifths/m-1138163279/s-45/ (reply 51)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: raxo on February 01, 2007, 07:46:57 PM
I've been interestied in Jimmy's story (things I didn't know) after reading this (thanks to tkitna):
http://dmbeatles.com/forums/b-starr/m-1167059316/s-30/   (reply 34)
http://www.paperbackwalrus.com/beatles/articles/jimmy-nichol-temporary-beatle.html

"[...]
Nicol wore Ringo's suit on stage, and apparently had to use clothes pegs to make the jacket fit. His first show with The Beatles took place on 4 June in Copenhagen, Denmark. He played a further nine shows, until Starr returned to the group in Melbourne, Australia, on 14 June. Nicol said he was "praying he [Starr] would get well at the same time I was hoping he would not want to come back." He was not able to say goodbye to The Beatles as they were still asleep when he left, and did not want to disturb them. At the airport, Brian Epstein presented him with a cheque for £500 and a gold Eternamatic wrist watch inscribed: "From The Beatles and Brian Epstein to Jimmy - with appreciation and gratitude."

After his time with The Beatles, Nicol and his band, The Shubdubs, released the single "Husky"/"Don't Come Back", followed by "Humpty Dumpty"/"Night Train", neither of which was a commercial success. Nicol was reunited with The Beatles when his band was set down on a bill with The Beatles and The Fourmost. They performed on 12 July 1964 at the Hippodrome Theatre in Brighton.

[...]

Later career/life
After his brief time with The Beatles, Nicol declared bankruptcy in 1965. That year, he joined numerous bands including Swedish group The Spotnicks, which he left in 1967. In 1975 he returned to England after setting up a button factory in Mexico. Other work in this time included housing renovations and carpentry.
Later in his life, it was rumoured that Nicol had died in 1988, however a report in 2005 by the Daily Mail confirmed that he was still alive and living as a recluse in London."



from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Nicol
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: raxo on February 26, 2007, 12:09:10 AM
Quote from: 63
[...]
 Rare pic of all 5 Beatles
([url]http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3616/5beatles3tc.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://imageshack.us[/url])
 
Ringo was discharged from the hospital on June 11, and he rejoined the group in Melbourne on June 15, 1964.
[...]


And this is their press conference (Sydney, June 11, 1964) ...
... you can see the five of them at the end of this clip (Ringo and Jimmy joking and playing the fool together)!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjXzTYExSLU&NR
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Revolution on February 26, 2007, 12:36:16 AM
Sad, sad story.  ??)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: djinn on March 09, 2007, 06:53:12 AM
Quote from: 72

He played in Hong Kong and that was his last concert with them because Ringo joined in Australia. :)



WERE DID YOU GET THIS FAULSE INFO!!

I have all 5 night they played!

Jimmy only played Holland & was there for 3 weeks!

Austraila was filmed in 64! All japan was 65!

Do some resarch befor you stumble like that!

can't fool me--
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on March 09, 2007, 08:56:07 AM
Quote from: 611



WERE DID YOU GET THIS FAULSE INFO!!

I have all 5 night they played!

Jimmy only played Holland & was there for 3 weeks!

Austraila was filmed in 64! All japan was 65!

Do some resarch befor you stumble like that!

can't fool me--


Jimmy didn't just play in Holland. The tour started in Denmark, then on to Holland. On the 10th of June two concerts in Hong Kong. After that: Australia and New Zealand. Ringo rejoined on June 14th. Jimmy played on all the concerts prior to that. Remember that Hong Kong is not Japan. The Beatles played in Japan in 1966, not 1965. Jimmy didn't stay in the Netherlands for three weeks, but took the plane together with the other Beatles to the far east. Can't fool me.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: djinn on March 09, 2007, 09:26:31 AM
Intersong Heleligon was the Holland tv show & the color photo is above in the post page!

Holland was played!
Japan -wan not--I have the tour on film!

Jimmy was intervied with them on Holland tv & they played their set!

Jimmy was on a high rise! They even had a boat ride shown on anthology in Holland!

Japan was not played!

Reguardless of the paly bill!

Holland--Sweeden--Denmark---3weeks was it!

Watch the IntersongHeligom & hear the interview!
They tell the tour spots & when Ringo joins thems (Next week)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on March 09, 2007, 10:07:41 AM
I have listened to the interview from Hillegom, but they don't mention the places where they're going to play at all. Fact is they didn't visit Sweden on that tour.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: djinn on March 09, 2007, 10:32:56 AM

Was this the aired program or the one from Anthology that also show the tours!

It shows Ringo coming back--It shows Hollnad footage--the Boat ride in Sweeden & he Belconey in Sweeden 1 song live with Nichols on drums & John & paul have 2 long mikes bending in to them!
That is Sweeden!
You also se an old man with a beard turn to the camera!
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on March 09, 2007, 10:53:02 AM
You know Amsterdam is the capital city of The Netherlands, aka Holland?

Ringo came back in Australia.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: djinn on March 09, 2007, 11:22:10 AM
Yes Ringo did play the Austraila show _-I never contested that--i have the copy off the master3/4" tape!

But heres a bit you probley did not know!

Nov 1964 John apeared with Duddly Moore on Not only but Also & read   DEAf TED,DANOOTA & ME!
Duddley played some piano--John came back later on the show & read Good dog nigel & the Wrestling dog!

Now acording to my program June 1964 they played the Netherlands   & Nov 1964 they played Shindig & Thank your Luck Stars! So in the time beteew was Nicholes!Shindig--Thank your lucky Stars--Big Night out ect were all with Ringo & I have the full shows on film!
Some clips were shown on anthology!Feb 1964  was also a play date for Big noght out! April 1964 was Ready steady go!Dec 1963 Morcome & Wise show & Feb 1964 lucky stars on Morcum & Wise!

The Ed Sullivan show foled shortly after!
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: on June 15, 2007, 01:45:01 PM
Interesting topic and good to see Jimmie is still here. But who is this guy called djinn? Looks like he just watched the Anthology series.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: The Swine on July 25, 2007, 01:53:11 PM
pretty interesting read, apart from the contributions by djinn.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: pc31 on July 27, 2007, 10:59:09 PM
djinn was quite an ass.....at least he has moved on....
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: pc31 on July 28, 2007, 01:17:42 AM
http://www.beatlesagain.com/bjimmy.html
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on March 16, 2008, 09:53:05 PM
(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9415/p1040845xn9.jpg)

Jimmy in 1965. He was declared bankrupt soon. Quoted: "Replacing Ringo was the worst thing that happened to me."
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: BlueMeanie on March 17, 2008, 05:17:59 AM
The stuff with Jimmy is here on the Lazy Tortoise 'Denmark & Netherlands '64', and 'Australia/New Zealand Tour Diary' Disc one.

http://6plus3.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/denmark-the-netherlands-3-6-june-1964-lazy-tortoise/
http://6plus3.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/australia-new-zealand-tour-diary-1964-lazy-tortoise/

Couldn't find Sweden though!! ;)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: JimmyMcCullochFan on March 17, 2008, 05:53:58 AM
Quote from: 63
([url]http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9415/p1040845xn9.jpg[/url])

Jimmy in 1965. He was declared bankrupt soon. Quoted: "Replacing Ringo was the worst thing that happened to me."


He looks like a Beatle there!
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on March 17, 2008, 10:36:57 AM
Quote from: 483
The stuff with Jimmy is here on the Lazy Tortoise 'Denmark & Netherlands '64', and 'Australia/New Zealand Tour Diary' Disc one.

[url]http://6plus3.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/denmark-the-netherlands-3-6-june-1964-lazy-tortoise/[/url]
[url]http://6plus3.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/australia-new-zealand-tour-diary-1964-lazy-tortoise/[/url]

Couldn't find Sweden though!! ;)


I knew you wouldn't.  ;D
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bill Harry on June 07, 2008, 09:14:19 AM
Here's a piece I wrote about Jimmy. I did interview him for Mersey Beat soon after he left the Beatles. This is just a piece from one of my encyclopedias.

NICOL, JIMMY. A British drummer, born on 3 August 1939, who had started his career as a drum repairer for Boosey & Hawkes. He
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Paul Doherty on July 25, 2008, 08:55:45 AM
Did Jimmy die?
I just read this,and it had something weird about him at the bottom?
http://www.pmouse.nl/nicol/
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on August 07, 2008, 09:53:34 AM
Quote from: 979
Did Jimmy die?
I just read this,and it had something weird about him at the bottom?
[url]http://www.pmouse.nl/nicol/[/url]


He didn't. Read this thread from the start.  :)
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: pc31 on August 10, 2008, 11:29:17 AM
jimmy needs to read it because he thinks he is dead too.... ;D
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Casbah on October 31, 2008, 01:21:37 AM
About a year ago I did an exhaustive search about Jimmy Nicol, and I came across most of what was posted here, but there was something else, an interview with Jimmy Nicol where he talked about being on the tour and John got drunk after a show. The next day they had to play again and John was hung over, Jimmy could smell the liquor coming off his body and he was sweating like crazy.

I wish I could find that interview again, since it was unique and not the same old bio that always seems to be re-hashed about him over the net..
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on October 31, 2008, 10:02:23 AM
Go for it!  ;D
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on November 19, 2008, 02:27:07 PM
(http://www.fab4collectibles.com/BeatlesJimmyNicolPHOTO.jpg)

In Denmark.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: BlueMeanie on November 19, 2008, 08:58:19 PM
Nice one Cor. Never seen that before.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on November 19, 2008, 09:42:54 PM
Quote from: 483
Nice one Cor. Never seen that before.

Neither had I. Hence the post. It was supposed to be copyrighted. I think.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: cubanheel on November 19, 2008, 10:35:10 PM
I noticed all 3 'proper' Beatles have their arms crossed the same way, but Jimmy is out of sync with them I wonder if  Ringo would have been in or out of sync? Or Pete Best? Or am I reading WAY too much into a simple snapshot for the fans???!!
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: pc31 on November 19, 2008, 11:51:59 PM
good eye...there could be something to it...
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bill Harry on November 20, 2008, 10:49:39 AM
I interviewed Jimmy for Mersey Beat and had several pieces about him. I've just been browsing an issue of Mersey Beat and came across an item in Virginia's 'Mersey Roundabout' column in which she says that Jimmy got more publicity from being a Beatle for two weeks than Pete Best did for being a Beatle for two years. However, that's now changed these days.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: sewi on March 02, 2009, 04:22:36 PM
I have just seen this:
http://octaner.blogspot.com/2009/02/nicolodeon-jimmy-nicol-anthology.html

I have not checked it but it looks quite interesting!
Title: Jimmy Nicol.
Post by: pinio65 on October 30, 2009, 02:06:41 PM

1964
LP: Beatlemania
Top Six TSL. 1 [Mono] UK
Jimmy Nicol (drums)


THIS IS A RARE RECORDING FROM 1964 WHERE UNKNOWN ARTISTS PERFORMED SOME MAJOR BEATLES HIT RECORDINGS ON A SPECIAL TOP SIX RECORD CLUB "THE TEENAGERS CHOICE" WHICH FEATURED ON RADIO LUXEMBOURG EVERY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. THE LP WAS DISTRIBUTED BY PYE AND FEATURES SONGS SUCH AS

I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
, ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN MONEY,
FROM ME TO YOU,
TILL THERE WAS YOU,
PLEASE MR POSTMAN,
TWIST AND SHOUT,


ALL MY LOVING
SHE LOVES YOU,
I I WANNA BE YOUR MAN.
LOVE ME DO,
PLEASE, PLEASE ME,
Money


SP: Humpty Dumpty / Night Train
PYE 7N. 15623 [Mono] UK
Jimmy Nicol and the Shubdubs
february


SP: Humpty Dumpty / Night Train
Mar Mar 313 [Mono] U.S.A.
Jimmy Nicol and The Shubdubs

SP: Humpty Dumpty / Night Train
Mar Mar 313 [Mono] U.S.A.
Jimmy Nicol, now with The Beatles
5.VI.

Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on June 08, 2013, 09:23:07 AM
(http://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/profile/uwkrantenid_nl_blog_id_index_php_idpage_user_3432e713afdcfe46123c986bb636b440/article22730483.ece/BINARY/w470/beatlesclub.jpg)

49 years ago, The Beatles played in the little village of Blokker, The Netherlands. Two concerts. Nowadays there is a statue of The Beatles plus the songs they performed. It's been there for a couple of years now. Last week, the face of Ringo was removed and that of Jimmy Nichol came in its place, for it was he who played these concerts with the Beatles.

(http://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/profile/uwkrantenid_nl_blog_id_index_php_idpage_user_3432e713afdcfe46123c986bb636b440/article22833963.ece/ALTERNATES/w470/nicol.jpg)

Howie Nichol, Jimmy's son, was present. He said he hasn't got a clue where his father is. He also said Jimmy got extremely fed up with people who could only ask him about his couple of days with the Beatles and nothing else.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: tkitna on June 11, 2013, 12:35:32 AM
What the hell else are they going to talk about? If it wasnt for those couple of days, nobody in the world would even know who Jimmy Nichols was. Those couple of days gave him immortality in the world of music. From most of the things i've read, the guy sounds like an a**hole to be honest.
Title: Re: Jimmy Nichol
Post by: Bobber on November 25, 2013, 10:31:14 PM
(http://www.feelnumb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/JimmieNicol_2005.jpg)

Jimmy in 2005.