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Title: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on November 25, 2008, 01:12:13 PM
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
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Bobber on November 25, 2008, 01:15:38 PM
Our condolances (sp?) are here: http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/m-1206322495/
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on November 25, 2008, 02:10:31 PM
Thanks Bobber!!!  Now these two threads can be connected.
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Penny Lane on November 25, 2008, 03:02:08 PM
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!  ;)
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on November 25, 2008, 03:07:20 PM
One of my all time favorite photos of Neil.............
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/BigNeil1995.jpg)
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on November 25, 2008, 03:08:52 PM
Quote from: 1620
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.
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: JimmyMcCullochFan on November 26, 2008, 09:43:16 AM
How did you get so interested in Neil?
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on November 26, 2008, 02:01:11 PM
^^^^^^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"...........
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: The Swine on November 26, 2008, 03:07:43 PM
come on aspinall lover. im sure you can do better than a wikilink and a piccie.
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on November 26, 2008, 07:08:21 PM
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.................
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on November 26, 2008, 07:14:28 PM
(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)
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Bill Harry on November 28, 2008, 10:29:24 AM
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,
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Geoff on November 28, 2008, 12:54:21 PM
^ 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.
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on November 28, 2008, 02:33:01 PM
^^^^^^^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.
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Geoff on November 29, 2008, 04:02:42 AM
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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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Post by: aspinall_lover on November 29, 2008, 01:26:50 PM
^^^^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..........
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: pc31 on November 29, 2008, 01:55:58 PM
i never really cared about neil...sorry....but there were bigger cogs in the machine...neil was the do boy..like mal...
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Bill Harry on November 29, 2008, 03:44:40 PM
Here is a piece I wrote about Mal:
EVANS, MAL. The friend the Beatles called
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Geoff on November 29, 2008, 05:05:17 PM
Quote from: 1062
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.

Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on November 29, 2008, 08:49:19 PM
Thanks Bill for posting that!!!!!!
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Jane on November 29, 2008, 09:48:24 PM
Aspie, it`s great you`ve started the thread, I would love to learn more about Neil.!
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on November 29, 2008, 11:20:40 PM
Read the Wikipedia bio on Neil.  It's one of the best.  I'll post some other tidbits later....................
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on December 03, 2008, 04:50:57 AM
Mal and Neil...........1966............
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/17.jpg)
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on December 04, 2008, 10:04:47 PM
(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)
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: DoBotherMe on December 04, 2008, 11:51:06 PM
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 ; )
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on December 05, 2008, 02:42:49 AM
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..............
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Andy Smith on December 05, 2008, 11:08:53 PM
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!  :)
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on December 06, 2008, 02:25:51 AM
Quote from: 614
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................ :'(

Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: The Swine on December 09, 2008, 10:44:05 AM
youre doing fine here. time to change your signature?
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on December 09, 2008, 04:24:33 PM
^^^^^^Nope.............not until Christmas is over with................
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: on December 28, 2008, 09:05:59 PM
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)
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on December 28, 2008, 10:08:10 PM
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.
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Geoff on December 28, 2008, 11:07:26 PM
^ 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.
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on December 28, 2008, 11:31:46 PM
^^^^^^^Any help you can give me, Geoff, would be so greatly appreciated!!!!  And yep, I got all the Beatle Anthology stuff with Neil.
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Geoff on December 28, 2008, 11:45:04 PM
^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.
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on December 28, 2008, 11:57:55 PM
^^^^^^^^^^^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!!!!
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: on December 29, 2008, 09:56:21 AM
Quote from: 1255
^^^^^^^^^^^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...
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on December 29, 2008, 07:43:53 PM
Now.............you can get the big images off of Getty............

(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/57205120.jpg)
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on January 09, 2009, 12:38:22 AM
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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Post by: HeyJude18 on January 09, 2009, 02:54:28 AM
WOW!  Love the India picture, kinda really hot!
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Post by: aspinall_lover on January 09, 2009, 09:01:50 PM
His divine holiness.............Neil Aspinall in India, 1968.
(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/144512.jpg)
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on February 02, 2009, 07:01:52 PM
Neil Aspinall in latter, "better health" days........

(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/aspinall_2007/GEM001_Neil_ASPINALL_6.jpg)
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Bobber on May 20, 2009, 11:54:45 AM
Neil the artist

(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4393/neiltheartist.jpg)
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: pc31 on May 31, 2009, 02:48:16 PM
(http://www.rickresource.com/forum/download/file.php?id=15161)neil standing in for george....
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Post by: Jane on May 31, 2009, 07:23:25 PM
When was it?
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Post by: pc31 on May 31, 2009, 09:41:03 PM
64 sullivan rehersals  i'm guessing tho....it was only a camera test tho no music played....
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on July 08, 2009, 07:13:14 PM
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!!!!
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Bobber on July 10, 2009, 10:26:21 AM
^^^^^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.
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: aspinall_lover on October 13, 2009, 06:12:12 PM
Today..........October 13............the late Neil Aspinall's birthday.  Would have been 68.  God bless you!!!!
Title: Re: The Neil Aspinall Thread.......
Post by: Ann_field on August 19, 2010, 02:41:41 PM
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)