They are blank-backed as are most all Exhibits. The stat-back sports versions being the notable exception.
Maybe it's me projecting but it seems that these cards catch the four of them as the teen public saw them back in the 60s. George is bemused, Paul sort of dreamy, John is serious .....
..and Ringo, well Ringo is morose and maybe befuddled. In other words he was looking like Ringo.
The Exhibit Supply Company that produced these things just took whatever pics were available, in this case some sort of publicity stills, and made the cards rather haphazardly. Thus the sigs are cut off on these and every other example I've ever seen. Speaking of the Beatles and Saturday mornings....Joe Shlabotnik made a Beatles' 'FrankenAlbum' with a fun series of Saturday morning posts about a year ago. If you are a Beatles fan and somehow missed it you can click that link. And speaking further of the Beatles and Saturday mornings.... they were the stars of a cartoon series that ran for several years beginning in 1965 I think. The four 'moptops' (haven't heard them called that in a long time) looked like this:
YouTube videos of the cartoons tend to come and go apparently due to copyright issues with the music that was included. But as of now there is a full segment available. Enjoy.
Very cool. Now I have to find some Beatles exhibits
ReplyDeleteI saw the subject line and said "I never knew there were Beatles exhibits!"
ReplyDelete...But now that I've seen them, they're cool but I think I can live without them. :-)
Man, that cartoon is far worse than I remembered... and I don't remember them being very good to start with. I do appreciate the "karaoke version" of "And Your Bird Can Sing" over the opening titles, though.
Very cool. Never seen Beatles exhibit cards before. Were they sold individually at stores? Or in packs? Speaking of the Beatles... my brother gave me his album collection and I'll be showing off one of them in a post this week.
ReplyDeleteExhibits were sold in vending machines. I used to buy mine on the Coney Island boardwalk. The machines were at game arcades Put in a nickel, pull the lever, get a card.
DeleteThanks for the info. I could see myself burning through my allowance collecting these.
DeleteNice cards! Thanks for showing them.
ReplyDeleteCool cards! I have a few Topps. Beatles cards, not in great shape but hard to resist
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