The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has quite an impressive display of Beatles memorabilia. One item not on display, which Tom remembers seeing, is Ringo's drum kit. And I thought they had one of the Sgt. Pepper informs as shown on the cover of that album. Maybe both are in storage. Tom said the displays change often.
But what they have on display is impressive, though not always quite what one would be left to believe without carefully reading the display cards (which Tom did). More of that as you view the pictures ...
Ringo's drum sticks from the Beatlemania years ...
Remember the collarless suit coats?
One of George Harrison's suit coats.
George Harrison's suit (l) and Paul McCartney's suit coat (r). McCartney's coat was not actually worn by him. It's off the Madam Tussaud wax model of Paul. So it's not a "genuine" Beatles item.
A necklace worn by John Lennon and a photograph of him wearing it.
Another view of the collarless suit coat.
This suit was worn by George Harrison during the 1966 U.S. concert tour. I attended the August 21 concert at Crosley Field in Cincinnati and actually saw Harrison wearing this suit. For more on that concert, click here. It's hard to believe it was 52 years ago.
A contract signed by all four Beatles.
This is John Lennon's Mellotron. The opening line of Strawberry Fields Forever was played (by McCartney) on this instrument. The piano Paul played in Jane Asher's house was also on display. Click here.
Here's an overview of the entire wall display of Beatles artifacts. Opposite this is an impressive display of the Rolling Stones.
No doubt this was the Holy Grail for me. I was certainly interested in the entire museum but here, for me, was the Promised Land. But Biblical? Yes, indeed.
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