Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Fruit...sort of

Before the computer and the ipod there was another Apple that people sort of went a little crazy for. Apple records was a record company started by The Beatles in 1968. This company signed a few well known artists and some not so well known. The Plastic Ono Band, formed by John and Yoko, included Eric Clapton, two former Beatles (George Harrison and Ringo Starr), future Yes drummer Alan White, members of Delaney and Bonnie, and The Who's drummer Keith Moon just to name a few.

Moving involves me getting these records sold and out of my way so here are two apples with familiar and enduring messages:

4 comments:

Framing Images and Memories said...

Great story behind the images. I love music so I appreciate the history behind the record label.

Bridget said...

interesting info on the music scene.
i can't believe all those wonderful musicians were in a band and i totally missed it.
it must have been in my diaper changing years which lasted a very long time:)

trishalyn said...

You are way too young to have "records"! :-) I enjoyed your history lesson as well as your images.

Linda said...

Great info about the records and the label. I never saw one of those, so your history lesson was interesting.

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