Unseen Beatles pictures show Ringo tending to his octopus's garden
Ever wondered why they chose Ringo to sing Octopus’s Garden? The Beatles drummer looks like a natural gardener in an off-duty moment at the height of the band’s fame. Now released for the first time, the snap is part of a unique private collection.
All these fab photos were taken from 1963 to 1968 for the magazine The Beatles Book. But they never made it into print. As well as showing his cultivation skills, Ringo is snapped climbing to a treehouse and at the wheel of a supercar.
John Lennon is photographed drumming and drinking milk with guitarist George Harrison. Paul McCartney joins bandmates gazing at their reflections in a hotel mirror in Margate, Kent, in 1963.
Photographer Leslie Bryce travelled the world with the band and supplied shots for the 77 editions of the monthly mag, whose circulation rocketed from 80,000 to 330,000 in a single year.
When the publication’s founder and editor Sean O’Mahoney retired, his daughter Jo Adams realised he was sitting on an extensive photo archive. Bryce had more than 40 photo sessions with the band. There were far too many pictures to print at the time. Now the best are in a book taking its title from the Beatles song I’m Looking Through You.
By: Boudicca Fox-Leonard
Source: The Mirror
