Hi mr flipper...don't worry I can give you my first place as a fanatic Beatle fun, because "with every mistake we must surely be learning"...at the moment I'm not after Beatles collectibles(kind of short of cash period) but for sure I would like to get some new staff. Although I 'm on the other side of the Atlantic (medditerenean sea, in an Island) for sure I would like to have some of the staff you said.
I wish I could get one of George's guitars, but I guess that would cost a lot of money that I can't afford to pay...I have a guitar similar to John Lennon's Epiphone,and in fact it was build in the 60's, so it is got that 60's touch.
Well for those who wish to see the remaining Beatles back again I don't think is a good idea. Specially since the dead of Harrisson. It is better not to do anything, just keep like that. To reunite the Beatles is not an easy task.
Personally I preffer the fact that they split back in the 70's, and it was the best time for them to do it, because they started to fade(musically speaking) They created a myth around their band, and this myth should stay like that.
The best band ever, that split and never formed again, not even for a concert. I don't want to think what would they be if they didn't split.Maybe like Rolling Stones, or Pink Floyd(bands that I like also a lot)doing concerts and live albums. Everything regarding the Beatles it was TIMING. They had the correct timing for everything, even when they ended up as a band.
It is hard to imagine the Beatles now without John and George. Each one of them contribute with their own personality to that band. Because the Beatles were not just a band. I mean there are much better guitarists from George, or drummers from Ringo. But they create a unique melodys and music that marked the short history of pop music. The future generations and musicians they can only feel the weight of the music that Beatles created and can feel the tremendous power the had over their fans. The Beatles they represent the generation of the 60's and the evolution of that generation that unfortunately went wrong.
For sure songs like "A day in the life" showing corruption of the political status, or the song "No Were Man" that it was written for the president of the U.S.A for the Vietnam war are songs that even after 40 years have the same meaning. Only the names changed, since Nowere Man can represent Bush...
Beatles were poets of an era, that marked the modern history of mankind...