harbormasterextra
01-24-2004, 10:02 PM
I spoke with Michael Aronow today. He sent me some photos with the following verbiage. Read it. Its an interesting read.
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"The Beatles arrived in New York on February 9, 1964 and performed live on the Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday the 11th, singing I Want to Hold Your Hand.
They flew to Miami on Tuesday and on Thursday the 15th, they spent the day at the home of Morris Levy, the owner of Roulette Records and a friend of the family. I was 13 years old, in eighth grade and home from school with a slight temperature on that fateful day. At about 11:30 AM, my father called from his powerboat plant and asked me if I was still home and if I would like to spend the afternoon with the Beatles. I thought he was kidding and said, "Sure, Dad -- I'd love to spend the afternoon with the Beatles!" Right...
He said to be on the dock in the backyard in twenty minutes and he'd be right by to pick me up. I went out back and, sure enough, my father pulled up in one of his new Formula 23' powerboats (This was actually first formula 23 and #16 raceboat). Off we went to Morris's house!
Morris lived on the Intra-Coastal about a mile and a half from the Fountainbleu Hotel. We pulled into the dock, docked the boat and when we entered Morris's backyard, there THEY were. John was sitting with his first wife, Cynthia, off to my left under an awning. George and his girlfriend were on a lounge a couple of yards from John. Ringo was in the pool and Paul was milling around, socializing and talking. Among the crowd was their host, Morris; Brian Epstein; Murray the K (the WMCA disc jockey known then as "the 5th Beatle") and security everywhere. My father and I joined the party. It was too good to be true. Morris introduced me to the "boys", leading me over and introducing me to them one by one.
Later in the day, my father took them out for the boat ride of
their lives. My father was a champion powerboat racer and he took the Beatles and Murray the K out for a wild ride into the Atlantic Ocean in his new Formula racer, called "The Cigarette".
Three days later, the Beatles made an encore appearance on the Sullivan show "live" from the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach and sang "She Loves You".
Recently, Ringo Starr has said that his day on the ocean was a day he'll never forget.
These pictures were taken that afternoon, the 15th of February, 1964.
They are from my personal collection and have never been widely publicized. On this, the 40th anniversary of their visit, I am making a limited number of them available.
Note from Harbormaster (notice the boat name is same font as the cig logo)
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Mike is making 8x10 prints of these photos from the original negatives available only through the Donzi Registry. The registry will get a portion of the proceeds. I am posting proofs of the photos in order to gauge interest on which ones folks would be interested in. Reply to this thread if you are remotely interested in any of these prints and which one (They are in order)
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/1.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/2.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/3.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/4.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/5.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/6.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/7.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/8.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/9.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/10.jpg
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"The Beatles arrived in New York on February 9, 1964 and performed live on the Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday the 11th, singing I Want to Hold Your Hand.
They flew to Miami on Tuesday and on Thursday the 15th, they spent the day at the home of Morris Levy, the owner of Roulette Records and a friend of the family. I was 13 years old, in eighth grade and home from school with a slight temperature on that fateful day. At about 11:30 AM, my father called from his powerboat plant and asked me if I was still home and if I would like to spend the afternoon with the Beatles. I thought he was kidding and said, "Sure, Dad -- I'd love to spend the afternoon with the Beatles!" Right...
He said to be on the dock in the backyard in twenty minutes and he'd be right by to pick me up. I went out back and, sure enough, my father pulled up in one of his new Formula 23' powerboats (This was actually first formula 23 and #16 raceboat). Off we went to Morris's house!
Morris lived on the Intra-Coastal about a mile and a half from the Fountainbleu Hotel. We pulled into the dock, docked the boat and when we entered Morris's backyard, there THEY were. John was sitting with his first wife, Cynthia, off to my left under an awning. George and his girlfriend were on a lounge a couple of yards from John. Ringo was in the pool and Paul was milling around, socializing and talking. Among the crowd was their host, Morris; Brian Epstein; Murray the K (the WMCA disc jockey known then as "the 5th Beatle") and security everywhere. My father and I joined the party. It was too good to be true. Morris introduced me to the "boys", leading me over and introducing me to them one by one.
Later in the day, my father took them out for the boat ride of
their lives. My father was a champion powerboat racer and he took the Beatles and Murray the K out for a wild ride into the Atlantic Ocean in his new Formula racer, called "The Cigarette".
Three days later, the Beatles made an encore appearance on the Sullivan show "live" from the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach and sang "She Loves You".
Recently, Ringo Starr has said that his day on the ocean was a day he'll never forget.
These pictures were taken that afternoon, the 15th of February, 1964.
They are from my personal collection and have never been widely publicized. On this, the 40th anniversary of their visit, I am making a limited number of them available.
Note from Harbormaster (notice the boat name is same font as the cig logo)
***********************************************
Mike is making 8x10 prints of these photos from the original negatives available only through the Donzi Registry. The registry will get a portion of the proceeds. I am posting proofs of the photos in order to gauge interest on which ones folks would be interested in. Reply to this thread if you are remotely interested in any of these prints and which one (They are in order)
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/1.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/2.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/3.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/4.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/5.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/6.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/7.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/8.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/9.jpg
http://www.donzi.net/beatles/10.jpg