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Solo forums => Fifth Beatles and the Merseybeat Scene => Topic started by: aspinall_lover on November 25, 2008, 01:12:13 PM
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Ok folks. After much request, I'll start a thread for my "namesake" on this board. I'll start out with a bio of Neil Aspinall from Wikipedia. This is the most acurate one I've found, especially with his birth date, Oct. 13, 1941. And then I'll post some pictures and other info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Aspinall
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Our condolances (sp?) are here: http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/m-1206322495/
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Thanks Bobber!!! Now these two threads can be connected.
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My husband is totally crazy about the hat that Neil Aspinall wears in the "Anthology" series... I know it's random but I just had to drop that in. :)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/heavenlymonster/Beatles/neil_aspinall.jpg)
Enjoy the pic! ;)
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One of my all time favorite photos of Neil.............
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/BigNeil1995.jpg)
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My husband is totally crazy about the hat that Neil Aspinall wears in the "Anthology" series... I know it's random but I just had to drop that in. :)
([url]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/heavenlymonster/Beatles/neil_aspinall.jpg[/url])
Enjoy the pic! ;)
^^^^^It's a Kango hat, and it's worn backwards. I've got one just like it.
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How did you get so interested in Neil?
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^^^^^^It's kinda hard to explain. It's sorta like he was this mysterious man always in the background of the Beatles' lives and I just got "caught in his web"...........
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come on aspinall lover. im sure you can do better than a wikilink and a piccie.
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Wikipedia has the best bio of Neil I've ever read, this is very, very true.
And pictures..............haaaa!!!! I've got tons and tons of them.................
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(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/62.jpg)
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/57.jpg)
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/71.jpg)
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/1.jpg)
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Here is a piece I had in my Beatles Encyclopedia some years ago:
ASPINALL, NEIL.
Neil was born in Prestatyn, North Wales, on 13 October 1942. His mother had been evacuated there during the blitz on Liverpool and his father was at sea with the Royal Navy. Neil and his mother returned to Liverpool in 1942 when the bombing had ceased and he attended West Derby School, where he passed his 11 plus exams. He next went to Liverpool Institute in Mount Street where he shared the same class as Paul McCartney for English and Art lessons.
George Harrison also attended the school but was in the class one year behind Paul and Neil. Neil was to comment,
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^ Thanks for that. There isn't a lot of good information about Neil Aspinall available elsewhere on the web apart from what's contained in a few obituaries.
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^^^^^^^I agree Geoff. The Wikipedia version is by far the best I know. And it's all because of Neil's death. And thanks Bill Harry!!! I have your book and that's also a good bio on Neil.
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It's sorta like he was this mysterious man always in the background of the Beatles' lives and I just got "caught in his web"...........
Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans both deserve more attention from biographers. They're both interesting guys in their own right and I suspect that if we knew more about them we would know more about the Beatles.
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^^^^True, very true Geoff. I wish there were a bio on each of Neil and Mal. Wasn't Mal going to write a book at the time of his death??? Didn't he have a bunch of diaries that were stolen at one time??? Seem I heard something to that effect..........
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i never really cared about neil...sorry....but there were bigger cogs in the machine...neil was the do boy..like mal...
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Here is a piece I wrote about Mal:
EVANS, MAL. The friend the Beatles called
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When Apple began to shed its staff in the wake of Allen Klein, Mal moved to America.
I wondered why he moved to the US. The sad implication is that he was sidelined amid Allen Klein's takeover of Apple and the Beatles' dissolution. Thanks again for posting.
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Thanks Bill for posting that!!!!!!
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Aspie, it`s great you`ve started the thread, I would love to learn more about Neil.!
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Read the Wikipedia bio on Neil. It's one of the best. I'll post some other tidbits later....................
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Mal and Neil...........1966............
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/17.jpg)
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(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/12-1-65-12.jpg)
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/Romeairport.jpg)
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/16M0865b.jpg)
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/neilaspinallbeat.jpg)
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He's so dang cute! I met his son Roag when the Pete Best Band came to town. In fact, I spent about four hours talking to him and playing pool. A really sweet person, his voice sounds just like his dad, same inflection and all! I too love Neil. Dana ; )
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A very BIG thank you, Dana!!! That is so cool. Roag is a good person, as his dad, Neil, was. Too bad Neil didn't know all these people liked/love him. Maybe he does now...............now................and now..............
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Neil's passing was the saddest of Beatles news of the year, i still can't believe he's gone. :o
some lovely photos of him on this thread! :)
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Neil's passing was the saddest of Beatles news of the year, i still can't believe he's gone. :o
some lovely photos of him on this thread! :)
^^^^^^^Thank you Andy!!!! I got alot more photos of Neil I'll share with everyone here. And it is so very, very sad he's gone................ :'(
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youre doing fine here. time to change your signature?
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^^^^^^Nope.............not until Christmas is over with................
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really R.I.P Beatles roadie and one of those 5th Beatles
(http://www.emarketingmag.com/A4_Korea/N7/News5_4.jpg)
btw is there exists any audio of Neil's funeral where Pete Townshend played "My Sweet Lord" for him. I have read that he and Pete were quite close friends.
just look at Pete, looks like he was so suffering after Neil's death :(
(http://www.emarketingmag.com/A4_Korea/N7/News5_6.jpg)
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No video that I know of. I would love to see some news footage of the funeral. Any of you out there can help???? Much apprech!!!
And Pete Townshend was Neil's next door neighbor for years and years.
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^ Most of the Aspinall video on Youtube appears to be from The Beatles Anthology, which we've probably all got. I can't find anything from the funeral, but don't let that stop you from looking.
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^^^^^^^Any help you can give me, Geoff, would be so greatly appreciated!!!! And yep, I got all the Beatle Anthology stuff with Neil.
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^It's odd, because I do remember (or think I remember) seeing some footage of it somewhere. But I can't find anything at the BBC, CNN, MSNBC or Youtube. There are photos, though.
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^^^^^^^^^^^Yes, thanks Geoff. I've seen all the photos too. But on Rex Images picture site, there's a small picture of Neil walking with his wife, Suzie, in a black hat, doing some shopping. But you can't enlarge the picture without joining Rex and being a member of the press. Anybody can help me with this so I can add to my collection????? As in an enlargement??? Much apprech all my Beatle friends!!!!
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^^^^^^^^^^^Yes, thanks Geoff. I've seen all the photos too. But on Rex Images picture site, there's a small picture of Neil walking with his wife, Suzie, in a black hat, doing some shopping. But you can't enlarge the picture without joining Rex and being a member of the press. Anybody can help me with this so I can add to my collection????? As in an enlargement??? Much apprech all my Beatle friends!!!!
because rex.com probably have the most stupid register system I have ever seen in my life. ever try to register? don't worry, they will never let you in there, and probably noone was got in there. I always hated that website. they have so many great photos, but those pictures are 100 x 130 pixels. WFT I could do it with these kind of size of photos? ANYONE, HELP...
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Now.............you can get the big images off of Getty............
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/57205120.jpg)
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Neil, in India, 1968 with the Beatles. That's their driver on the right. Love the hippy hat!!!
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/144513.jpg)
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WOW! Love the India picture, kinda really hot!
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His divine holiness.............Neil Aspinall in India, 1968.
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/144512.jpg)
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Neil Aspinall in latter, "better health" days........
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/GEM001_Neil_ASPINALL_6.jpg)
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Neil the artist
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4393/neiltheartist.jpg)
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(http://www.rickresource.com/forum/download/file.php?id=15161)neil standing in for george....
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When was it?
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64 sullivan rehersals i'm guessing tho....it was only a camera test tho no music played....
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Neil the artist
([url]http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4393/neiltheartist.jpg[/url])
^^^^^WHOA!!!!! Where did you find that one, Bobber????? Very, very new to me!!!!! Thank you for posting!!!!
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^^^^^WHOA!!!!! Where did you find that one, Bobber????? Very, very new to me!!!!! Thank you for posting!!!!
I don't remember, I posted it almost two months ago.
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Today..........October 13............the late Neil Aspinall's birthday. Would have been 68. God bless you!!!!
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I think Neil is a great example of how loyal people can be. It's so sad he's gone... :'(
Some good photos:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/3321216783_4eb5527e55.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/3321216783_4eb5527e55.jpg)
http://www.beatlesbible.com/images/1965/beatles_002_neil-aspinall.jpg (http://www.beatlesbible.com/images/1965/beatles_002_neil-aspinall.jpg)