Quite a few will, no doubt, have seen this photograph, but I hadn't (as far as I can remember) until recently.
Thought it was worth putting up on the forum and it's a fabulous shot. Bill, and the rest of Be Bop, looking cool as..đđ
(...just in case anyone doesn't know this, click any images on this site to expand them)
The picture was in the Modern Music box set. However, there were no pictures of the band recording at Abbey Road. Bill, can you post some pictures from those recording sessions?
Tom
That'll be why I've not seen it then...Just got the original LP version on release and an 'ordinary' CD copy....Any new photos are always goodđ
I donât have MM box, either. Who are the three other guys?
I'm pretty sure that's Mike Dolan, Be Bop's manager, stood behind Bill (2nd from the right)...and (I think?) the guy on the right is Robbie Wilson, tour manager and road-crew boss/coordinator......(could be wrong though.)
@Tourist looked around in Google for Robbie Wilson and the website of Don Powell, original Slade drummer, appeared that includes a transcription of an interview with "roadie Robbie Wilson" from 2020: http://www.donpowellofficial.com/
@Alec thanks so much for the link and what a fab read!..and what a story from Robbie Wilson!..all those great bands and musicians he's worked and socialised with..and become friends with...he's certainly packed a lot in!...epic!!đ
You know....Rock'n'Roll will never look like that again .....sunglasses, ties, shirts and suits.....we are truly blessed to have lived in a time when such things were both the zeitgeist and the norm, and the music and images were indeed inextricably linked as art.....lucky us!!
Regarding the photograph at the head of this thread. It was taken in the offices of EMI Records in Manchester Square, London. I think it was when Mike Dolan had negotiated a revised deal, which I'm signing at the table. Dolan is the person standing behind me. The person on the right of the photo' is not Robbie Wilson, it's an EMI staffer or maybe a booking agent, but I can't recall who. The person on the left of the photo' is the infamous Mark Rye who was an EMI staffer at that time.
Regarding photo's of Be Bop recording in Abbey Road, I don't have any and don't recall any of the sessions being documented in that way, though there might be some that were taken by other people.
Bill, your watch has a large face. I'm assuming though that it's not the skull painting ... or ... is it?
No, it's just an ordinary watch. I would never wear one with the Axe Victim cover on it I'm afraid.
Those lapels! Superb.