Photoshoot: Mick Jagger by Terry O'Neill

Rare Photographs: The Beatles by Peter Laurie

You can't imagine how happy I was when I stumbled upon this stunning photo of the Beatles in a Vogue book at an antique store. Now, I was aware that the Beatles have been featured in Vogue before, but I have never even heard of the photographer Peter Laurie, let alone seen this beautiful picture taken in January 1, 1964. And so, I scanned it and posted it on LiveJournal and Tumblr and other people take it and claim credit. I know they posted an edited version of my scan over at the Beatles Photo Blog, but this is the unedited version, the way it appears in the book. On another note, I have also become aware that someone has discovered my blog and is posting the pictures that I have so carefully collected and organized over at tumblr. It would be so very nice of you if you at least linked back to my blog, becasuse I do spend endless hours on these posts, so it's the least you could do. Sorry this turned into a bit of a rant, on to the picture! And if I see it posted anywhere else without at least a link back to my blog....

EDIT: SINCE I'VE SEEN MY SCAN POSTED ON TUMBLR WITHOUT CREDIT  SO MANY TIMES I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RESIZE THE IMAGE ON HERE AND ADD A WATERMARK. But I'm not a total bitch, if you would like the original picture just let me know and I'll send it to you of course!

Top Groupies Of All Time: Sable Starr and Lori Maddox

Hanging out with musicians is any girl's dream come true. Well, these girls did just that. Mind you, these two girls, Sable, the unofficial queen of the 70's LA glam rock scene, and Lori, her best friend, were only around 13 at the time. These baby groupies strutted around Sunset Boulevard  on their shiny platform heels, eyes and ears peeled for the likes of Led Zeppelin or David Bowie to show up. I personally don't like these baby groupies very much, their personalities leaving a lot to be desired, but then again, what 13 year who thinks they're the hottest thing around isn't catty? Still, they deserve a mention, these were wild times and these were wild girls.


*EDIT*
Due to the comments I keep getting on this particular page, I felt the need to write this. The reason for this post was to not only post a collection of photos of music and fashion from the 70's, but to also talk about a certain period of time, a moment in history, and the people involved. Nowhere on here does it say I approve of the behavior of the musicians and the groupies. Not once did I say that what they did was ok. It's like if I made a post about the Holocaust - another period in time that I'm interested in and I've read so much about- and saying that I condoned what happened during the Holocaust. I love history (and history has good and bad parts) and the only reason I made this blog was because I like to write about things that interest me, I like to collect pictures, and I like when a person discovers my blog and learns something new or rediscovers something they had forgotten.

 Lori modeling with fellow baby groupie Shray Mecham for Star Magazine.

Queenie Glam, Shray, and Sable.

With Iggy Pop.

With Debbie Harry.

With Keith Moon and Annette Walter-Lax.

With Led Zeppelin and groupie Morgana Welch at the English Disco and not the Rainbow Bar & Grill even though to me the booths in the back looked exactly like that. I've actually been there a couple of times, not as amazing as I thought it would be, but still crawling with would-be groupies and musicians. I even saw a certain special someone there, coming out of the bathroom before their first gig at The Key Club. Anyroad, the caption to this picture is pretty hilarious.

With John Bonham.

I'm sure you all know what went down with Jimmy and Lori, so I won't bother to repeat it here.

Just like Jimmy and Lori were a complicated pair, so were Johnny Thunders and Sable.

With Iggy and Johnny.

With Sylvain Sylvain.

With Stiv Bators.

With BP Fallon.

With Dave Hill.

Sable with Mackenzie Phillips and the unofficial mayor of the Sunset Strip, Rodney Bingenheimer, posing outside of the English Disco.

Sable with other baby groupies posing with Rodney outside the Continental Hyatt House (The Riot House).

More Lennon and McCartney by David Bailey

The Muse Behind the Song: Chrissie Shrimpton

Former sixties model and actress,  poor Chrissie is the younger sister of Jean Shrimpton and was Mick Jagger's girlfriend from 1963-1966. You can guess from the songs she inspired what their relationship was like: Under My Thumb (inspired after Mick finally managed to 'tame' the pushy Chrissie), Stupid Girl, 19th Nervous Breakdown, Play With Fire, and Back Street Girl.

(photos of Mick and Chrissie from the super amazing blog (Diet) Coke and Sympathy Chrissie modeling photos from Youthquakers)