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General Expenses: •George offered to put up half the money for Pete Shotton's supermarket (Shotton). •During the time George wrote 'Blue Jay Way' he was renting a house in L.A.'s Hollywood Hills. He wrote the lyrics to the song on the back of some stationary from Robert Fitzpatrick Associates, a Los Angeles firm (Davies). •In a promo sheet from '65 it states George bought a bow
and arrow. Purpose unknown. •George saw an ad in a magazine for a new Moog Synethizer. He stated that he wanted one: "Get me one as soon as you can," he said to Alistair Taylor. No questions regarding cost or capability, just the notion to have this, the latest gadget (Gunby, G. Hello Goodbye, p. 99). •George: Ever since my introduction to that kind of music, I've been trying to find a really good Spanish guitar. I've bought about four so far. The best one cost me around £250. •George's £300 Gretsch Guitar fell off the top of the bands' car on the way to Scotland and is repeatedly run over by other cars before the pieces are retrieved. •While George was in India he was worried about the chaos it would cause if people knew a Beatle was in their midst, so he grew a mustache at the Maharishi's request as a quasi-disguise. Things went well for a few days until George, confident that his disguise had worked, ventured down to the hotel lobby to make a purchase. He was identified by the elevator attendant and soon the hotel was surrounded by hundreds of screaming boys and girls (Shapiro, p. 76). •A reporter asked George about a car wreck. George replied, " I only just tapped into some fella and knocked the headlamp in. But the further away you are, the worse damage appears. Over here, I mean, the car was a write-off, but actually it wasn't". The reporter asked if he had to pay anything. "No. The other fella's insurance had to pay because it was his fault. I'm a good driver" (Kansas City '64). •Alistair Taylor: The Beatles still have a Rolls or two. There's George's maroon and black vintage model with his initials on the number plate and Paul has an incredible upright old model painted in blue stripes that he says he's always going to take needy children for rides in (Taylor, A. p. 116). •In January 66 George sold his Aston-Martin (which had 4,000
miles on it) and bought a green Ferrari from •George bought his parents a new car in December '67. •Alistair Taylor: Off went George to the main Rolls-Royce dealers in London and wandered into the showroom. There in front of him was just the model he wanted, so he reached for his checkbook and went up to the salesman. "That's a great car. I'll have that". The salesman knew all the details of what George wanted and told him the price. Fine. There was only one snag. "There will be a fourteen month wait for delivery, sir". "You're kidding!" gasped George. "That one sitting there will do me fine. Just go and tax it and I'll be in to pick it up in a day or two". George didn't quite understand the years of tradition behind that salesman's refusal to sell him him a Rolls-Royce over the counter. Not even for a Beatle will Rolls-Royce make an exception. What if the Beatles were to say that there'll be a fourteen month delivery time on their new single? (Taylor, A. p. 115). •Alistair Taylor: George's chauffeur pulled his sleeve and led him off to a corner. "Let's take a drive and I'll show you a car". George allowed himself to be driven down the Great West Road towards Heathrow until they arrived at the main import center for Mercedes. Those guys were definitely not going to let George leave without a new car. "The chauffeur will do most of the driving, but I'll drive myself as much as possible", replied George. "In that case Mr. Harrison, we'll contour the driving seat to your measurements. We've got to allow five days for that, so we'll deliver it to Esher in six days time". Mercedes was as good as its word. Six days later, to the minute, the gigantic black Mercedes 600 turned into the grounds at Kinfauns, contoured seat and all. Perfection. Like anyone with a new car, George wanted to show it off, so he phoned Ringo and said, "Come on over and see what I've just bought" (Taylor, A. p. 116).
Patti Boyd: •Patricia Anne Boyd was born March 17, 1945 in Somerset, England. She was the first child of the Boyd family. The family moved to Kenya for some time during the 1950's for their father's job, they returned when Boyd was in her late teens. Boyd and her sister Jenny went out to London in 1962, where they began successful modeling careers. Pattie and Jenny were used to traveling for the jobs, usually to New York City. Pattie also modeled in Paris for mod designer Mary Quant. Pattie's exposure in the press led to her getting a commercial contract from American director Richard Lester (Compiled by Elle: good2bfree@hotmail.com). •One day, a few months later, the telephone rang again at the Birchington road residence. This time it was not the film director. It was someone from the Beatles house. On asking as to what was the whole thing about, we were told that Mr. George Harrison of the Beatles was interested in meeting Mr. Batish in connection with giving lessons to his wife, Patty Harrison, on the Dilrubha. He said that the Harrisons also required a Dilrubha and requested us to get one for them from India. Surendra told them that it would take some time for the instrument to be shipped to England, to which they said they didn't mind. Surendra told them that we would place an order with our music store in Bombay on phone and let them know as soon as the order was confirmed ( My Episode with the Beatles and George Harrison by Pt. Shiv Dayal Batish. A publication of the Batish Institute of Indian Music and Fine Arts). •Julia Baird: We'd seen Patti once before at Liverpool's Woolworths promoting Smith's crisps (Giuliano. Lost Int. p. 317). •George: "By the end of the first week I had already met her mum and three weeks later we were looking at houses together (referring to his early relationship with Patti) (Shapiro, p. 64). •George would often not too subtly, and often indelicately, suggest to Patti that she was only getting the [modeling] offers because she was with him (Shapiro, p. 66).
•George apparently had a financial stake in a bar/nightclub called Sybilla's in the mid 60's. •In September 64 George formed Harrisongs, his own music publishing company. •The Beatles had several other sources of revenue prior to 1967. Their most significant collective investment was Subafilms, the NEMS-run film company that controlled the group's share of the Beatles' film projects, responsible for producing the Beatles' promotional films (in the days before videos) for television (Granados, p. 3-4. Those Were the Days). •George, who had been signed for £100 a day by the Daily Express to write of his experiences in Paris, went to a night club in the Place Pigalle (Braun. Love Me Do, p. 72).
General Statements: •Brian on George: "He is curious about money and wants to know how much is coming in and what is best to do to make it work. He would like to invest. He is generous but shrewd. He enjoys spending but would always remain in credit. He likes cars big and fast but would be careful to secure a good trade-in price for his old one" (Epstein). •A reporter asked if there was a deal with the IRS to pay taxes in the UK and how much they would make on this (first U.S.) tour. George stated: "Money's got nothing to do with us...and we don't particularly care about it...we pay taxes, but we don't know how much we've made because if we worried about it we'd be nervous wrecks by now". •George being asked by a reporter what he does with his money: "We hide it". •With NEMS so thoroughly involved with managing their finances, the four Beatles made very few financial investments during the peak years of Beatlemania (Granados, p 3. Those Were the Days). •During The Beatles' trip to India George was said to have not asked about the Beatles' finances as much as he normally did (Clay, p.6) •George once decided he'd like to live in a church. By the time I found one that was for sale, he'd gone off the idea of sleeping on an alter (Taylor, A. p. 60). •George '66: We pay tax, but we don't know how much we've made, because if we worried about that, we'd be nervous wrecks by now. •George '66: Taxman was when I realized that when we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes; it was and still is typical. Why should this be so? Are we being punished for something we have forgotten to do? (Harrison, I Me Mine). •Northern Song (the song) was a Joke relating to Liverpool,
the Holy City of North of England. In addition, the song was copyrighted
Northern Songs, Ltd., which I don't own (Harrison, I Me Mine). •Q: "Ringo, would you nominate the others as part of
your cabinet?" •George 1965. On Receiving the MBE. Beatles Press Conference. Los Angeles, California. August 29th, 1965 Q: "The first step on the way to knighthood, right?" John: "It isn't." Ringo: "It isn't at all." George: "We don't give enough to charity..." (Beatles Ultimate Experience) •The Beatles Ultimate Experience Database: Q: "Do you spend most of the money you earn?" George: "I am interested in money. When I hadn't had much of it I was just as interested in what a small amount could be made to do. Naturally anybody spends more or less according to his income, so I suppose I spend plenty by some standards. On the other hand I hate the idea of just getting rid of money because it's in your pocket. I like to keep as small a wallet as possible in case I'm tempted to waste cash on unnecessary things. I haven't got a very good business head, but if my life had been entirely different and I'd only had a little savings in the bank, I reckon I'd have made a success of some small business by taking advice from somebody. I'd have asked what I ought to do with my saved-up money to make it grow." •George gave John a pair of crutches as a present (Cleave, London Evening Standard 1966). •Question: What do you think made the difference that put
you up above other groups? •When asked if they smoked American cigarettes and, if so,
what kind, George replied: Yeah we like American ciggies and we
smoke filters, but we not advertising anybody's cigarettes unless
they give us a few million free (Kansas City, '64). |
