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29 August 2013
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Since I am still living in exile down in the colonies, I was wondering if anyone has come across any interesting links between the music of the Beatles and the land down under (apart from the obvious tour-related ones, and Colin Hay being in the All-Starr band now and again)? A few examples I know about:
1) George’s “Gone Troppo ” album being named after a bit of Oz slang. The lyrics also refer to Moreton Bay figs, a tree named after the bay on which Brisbane is situated; he probably had a bunch of them on that island he had off the coast of Queensland (I think they are also common in California?).
2) A set of the “Get Back ” tapes was recovered by police in Sydney back in 2003.
3) This oddity (hope the link works ok):
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I don’t know about any particular links to Australia. However, this may interest you, a link to Australian news coverage of them:
"I only said we were bigger than Rod... and now there's all this!" Ron Nasty
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The Beatles Bible 2020 non-Canon Poll Part One: 1958-1963 and Part Two: 1964-August 1966
10.08pm
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29 August 2013
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I don’t know about any particular links to Australia. However, this may interest you, a link to Australian news coverage of them:
Thanks mja, the ‘Trove’ site has some amazing links – I was able to find the immigration records from when we moved here in the late 60s.
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29 August 2013
Offline Oh, plus the info we have on this very site of course:
https://www.beatlesbible.com/d…..australia/
I seem to recall that the Hey Jude album was the 2nd album I ever owned after Let It Be . I had also quite forgotten that Essential Beatles LP which I also had back then.
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