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Hello –

Coming out of lurkdom for a matter of utmost importance. 😉 Those of you who remember me from when I was most active on the board know that my favorite era of Paul is ’67 (post Sgt Pepper pornstache) to ’68 (pre facial hair, naturally), when he most closely resembled an anime character. 😀 It is known in my head as Hot Paul (TM) period, to the point that even my friends know to refer to it to photos from these years as Hot Paul (TM). One of the things I’ve been looking forward to in 2017 is the emergence of never-before-seen photos from the Hot Paul period. I suspect you might see more of me in this section these days as a result.

So, I realized we were coming up on the 50th anniversary of the beginning of this period, and I did a quick search. The earliest pics I’ve seen Paul post-pornstache is when he’s with Jane Asher at the Denver airport (according to the Beatles Bible timeline, Paul was there from April 4-9 of ’67). Google produced these photos, one from the airport, and another at her 21st birthday party: The airport photo is often said to be taken April 4th or 5th, depending on the source. Jane’s birthday was the 5th.

He’s still got his ‘stache at the birthday party. So unless Paul had the ability to regrow it in the space of a day, I think it’s more likely the photo was taken when Paul was leaving Denver, rather than arriving. Also, I came across this photo taken of Paul in San Francisco when he was visiting with Jefferson Airplane in San Francisco on April 4:

My guess is that Paul shaved while he was with Jane in Denver. I’m probably the only person who cares, but I had fun doing that bit of sleuthing on the Emergence of Hot Paul.

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Martha said
That’s a cool topic, The Hot Paul period!

Which sources state the first picture was taken in Denver? A few sources I found indicate it was taken at London airport on the 28th of May 1967 (http://www.meetthebeatlesforre…..omber.html and http://janeasher.webs.com/apps…..=168984052 ) maybe my sources are not serious enough? Additionally, there was a photograph in a newspaper article that shows Paul arriving in England after his stay in America (12th of April according to beatlesbible history) which shows Paul still with his mustache ( http://www.dmbeatles.com/forum…..=11572.420 ) so the mustache was probably shaved between the 12th of April and the 28th of May 1967  

Thanks, Martha! You’re probably right, as I trust Meet the Beatles for Real. I kept seeing this photo pop up over the past few years in various sources with a reference to Denver. But it sounds like we’ve got a month or two to go before Hot Paul period starts. 😀

Edit: We can narrow the period down the 19th of May, as that’s the press launch for Sgt Pepper at Brian’s home:

Also, thanks for the Jane Asher page. I see they have a few of my favorite photos of Paul and Jane with Martha, which they say were taken in May of ’67 like this one.

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From TimeOut:

These never-before-seen photos of The Beatles are coming to a Chelsea gallery

The Morrison Hotel Gallery is premiering an an exclusive selection of images on June 1 that offer an insider’s perspective on the 1967 “All You Need Is Love ” session, part of the first-ever live global satellite broadcast. That broadcast, called Our World, featured performers from 19 different countries and was closed out by The Beatles’ performance.

Here’s a sneak peek (the group one we’ve definitely seen before):

[x-posted to the news thread]

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Incidentally, I ran across this WogBlog article, highlighting this Marvin Lichtner photo session in Hyde Park the day before.

Paul and Ringo embracing their inner divas:

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