WHAT GEORGE HARRISON WAS TO THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD OF 1965, SIR GEORGE HARRISON IS TO THE FINANCIAL WORLD OF 1990.

TODAY, IT IS ONLY WITH A STRONG STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION THAT ONE ASSOCIATES THE QUIET, DIGNIFIED BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, SIR RICHARD STARKEY, B.M.O., I.R.T., D.D.T., WITH THE WILD, FRENETIC RINGO OF BEATLE FAME.

EVEN TODAY, SOME TWENTY-TWO YEARS AFTER THE TRAGIC EVENT THAT PRECIPITATED THE BREAK-UP OF THE BEATLES, ONE NEVER CEASES TO RELATE THE TRAGIC STORY OF JOHN LENNON WITHOUT FEELING A PROFOUND SENSE OF GRIEF.
IT WAS ON A QUIET AFTERNOON, JULY 12, 1968, DURING THE BEATLES' ANNUAL TOUR OF AMERICA THAT DISASTER STRUCK. JOHN WAS QUIETLY STROLLING THROUGH THE STREETS OF NEW YORK, CONFIDENT THAT HIS MAKESHIFT DISGUISE WOULD PREVENT HIS BEING RECOGNIZED, WHEN SUDDENLY FROM NOWHERE, SEVERAL THOUSAND SOUVENIR-HUNGRY BEATLE FAN-ATICS FLOCKED UPON HIM LOCUST-STYLE. ALL THAT WAS EVER RECOVERED WAS A BUTTON AND A SMALL PIECE OF CLOTH FROM HIS VEST. (A PREMONITION?)

IT WAS ONLY FITTING THAT THE HANDSOMEST BEATLE, PAUL McCARTNEY, TURNED TO THE STAGE AFTER THE BREAK-UP OF THE GEAR GROUP- THROUGHOUT THE 70's AND 80's, TRIUMPH FOLLOWED TRIUMPH FOR SIR PAUL.

RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER, 1965

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