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John Lennon leather

winterland1

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John and Paul before the Beatles in an unreleased, till now, photo.
John is looking good in leather.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2430752/John-Lennon-Paul-McCartney-photo-shows-fame.html
 

Seb Lucas

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Yep. Before they made it in Hamburg all 4 members wore a lot of black leather. Had to get rid of it to become mainstream. Wore those silly suits instead.
 
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nevadapd

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That's a tough one to call. Sutcliffe and McCartney looked similar in some of those old photos. I'm leaning towards McCartney though, but curious what others think. Note that Lennon is wearing a leather jacket in this pic also.


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Sloan1874

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I'm not sure, but I think that is actually Stuart "Stu" Sutcliffe, the real 5th Beatle!
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It's Sutcliffe. Amazing how back in those days wearing black leather jackets was seen by the wider public as somehow transgressive. It's why Astrid Kirschner - Sutcliffe's girlfriend, who gave the band their mop top haircuts - was first intrigued by them when she saw the band on the Reeperbahn. Mind you, I seem to remember Harrison saying that in the UK their leather jackets were laughed at by audiences, so I don't think it took much to get them out of their suits (well, maybe Lennon required a bit of persuading).
 

Seb Lucas

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It's Sutcliffe. Amazing how back in those days wearing black leather jackets was seen by the wider public as somehow transgressive. It's why Astrid Kirschner - Sutcliffe's girlfriend, who gave the band their mop top haircuts - was first intrigued by them when she saw the band on the Reeperbahn. Mind you, I seem to remember Harrison saying that in the UK their leather jackets were laughed at by audiences, so I don't think it took much to get them out of their suits (well, maybe Lennon required a bit of persuading).

You can well imagine them being laughed at in their leathers; they do look so young and posturing and funny back then.
 

nevadapd

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Just to be clear (and I know it can get confusing when several pics are posted), I think the guy standing next to Lennon in the first pic is Paul. In the second pic with Lennon that is of course Stu Sutcliffe.
 

Sloan1874

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First pic is definitely Macca. It's come from a new book on The Fabs, and it's a hitherto unseen pic that cause a bit of a stir.
 

karhu21

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Not 100 % sure but I think that George´s leather jacket went at auction for a fair sum a while back.
Its true that Brian Epstein dispensed with the leather jacket look and got them into suits but the Stones had similar
fashion problems.
 

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