the following article from [www.stockhausen.org] got me thinking: did the beatles request dylan's permission

to use his photograph on the cover of sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band?

THE BEATLES REQUEST TO USE STOCKHAUSEN'S
PHOTO ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPERS LP


Stockhausen is the 5th from the left in the back row. Cover ©1967 EMI/Apple Corps

On May 1, 1967 the Beatles contacted Stockhausen through Brian Epstein's NEMS Enterprises to obtain
permission to use his photo on the upcoming Beatles LP "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band".
Click HERE to view letter.

Since Stockhausen was pursuing a busy schedule of teaching and concerts in the USA and Europe, he was
unable to respond immediately to the Beatles' request. Brian Epstein sent a desperate telegram on May 8th
to obtain permission. Time was impotant since the LP was to go on sale in June 1, 1967.
Click HERE to view telegram.


Original photo of Stockhausen (1964) used by Beatles
on "Sgt. Pepper" LP cover

Paul McCartney claims in several statements that he was the first Beatle to discover Stockhausen's music. Sir Paul
has named GESANG DER JUNGLINGE as his favorite Stockhausen work. McCartney probably introduced the late
John Lennon to Stockhausen's music in mid-1966. Lennon was also greatly influenced by Stockhausen. HYMNEN
was Lennon's inspiration for REVOLUTION #9 on the Beatles' White Album.

Rock musicians such as Frank Zappa, Peter Townshend, Jerry Garcia and Bjork name Stockhausen as a major
influence on their musical lives and work. Jazz musicians like Miles Davis, George Russell, Anthony Braxton
and Charles Mingus have also been Stockhausen admirers.

"Paul McCartney claims in several statements that he was the first Beatle to discover Stockhausen's music."

Perhaps the Frog Song is an homage.

i'm not sure whether the beatles asked for bob's permission,
but i'd wager that bob did not ask the beatles for their permission to print their image
upside down
on the cover of bob's next album,
John Wesley Harding.

Quote:

angry crow puking

John Wesley Harding.

Everytime this comes up, I do a cursory (but useless) search for a decent scan of that album. One would think that after all this time a detail would show up. I believe more firmly in the ghost images xxMary sees in photos, than I do that album cover.

It is however, probably my favorite.

But, I found this:


Nice looking T.

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Funny, I've always thought that the Beatles' faces were fairly obvious in the photo.

This is altogether less convincing...

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Mike P
Funny, I've always thought that the Beatles' faces were fairly obvious in the photo.

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My 1st copy of JWH showed the Beatle pics quite clearly.
My 2nd copy - they had disappeared!!!



Maybe Frank was the key after all...

I understand an original UK copy is what to look for to see the images clearly.

Sorry for hijacking the thread, but it wasn't clear that it was a memorial thread at first.

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Mike P
Funny, I've always thought that the Beatles' faces were fairly obvious in the photo.

Jane Asher's family introduced Sir Paul to the broader arts world (Stockhausen) while Lennon was off getting stoned. An early application of this knowledge was in the recording of Tomorrow Never Knows, which had minimal Lennon input (apart from the vocal line), even though Lennon has been attributed with the credit for it all.

I don't know about anyone else, but I have always had difficulty in seeing the pix of the beatles on the JWH album sleeve - they are so indistinct that the images could be anyone. And I believe it is true that they were retouched out of some printings - anyone know they story behind it?

The images in Jackobob's post remind me of the spirits xxMary finds in photos (regardless of whether one believes they are spirits or not, you can certainly see them once they have ben pointed out). If that is an 'obvious' example of Beatle faces, then I'll never be convinced. If there is a better example from a mint condition cover or better yet, a proof of the original, I have yet to see it.

Whether it was deliberate or not, once people are convinced that what they are seeing really were the Beatles, it makes sense that Columbia would airbrush out the images .

Thanks for bringing Stockhausen and his influence to my/our(?) attention, that's probably much more important than an album cover.

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i like the way john wesley harding prophesied the beatles beards in this section of the trees