eppylover ([info]eppylover) wrote in [info]beatlepics,
@ 2005-11-06 02:38:00
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Brian-y Goodness in the Pre-Beatle Years
-- BABY, SCHOOLBOY, RESTLESS YOUNG MAN -- PRE-BEATLE!
Oy gevalt! This is what all the 11-year-olds were wearing in 1945??!
~~ EPPY-SPAM #4 ~~


Brian Samuel Epstein was born on September 19, 1934 to Harry and Malka "Queenie" Epstein.
His day of birth happened to coincide with Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), the holiest of the Jewish High Holidays.
Being the eldest son born on such a solemn occasion, much was expected of the beautiful young boy by his beaming proud parents.


A little over 22 months passed and brother Clive John was born, thus rounding out this perfect little family unit.
Clive-9, Mum Queenie, and Brian-11

CLICK PIC FOR LARGER IMAGE


Even at this young age he had those bedroom eyes


Living at a prestigous boarding school was expected of proper young British gentlemen of the upper middle class.
This, in fact, was not the best choice for our young Eppy, who was miserable and lonely in that environment.
BOARDING SCHOOL GROUP PORTRAIT 1


Not able to adjust to this rigid type of formal education, poor Brian ended up being transferred to a total of seven institutions of learning during his schoolboy years.
BOARDING SCHOOL GROUP PORTRAIT 2



Brian was finally legally permitted to quit school at the tender age of sixteen,
and he started working in the family business, Epstein's Furniture Store.
BRIAN DATING THE LADIES
Young Brian Epstein and one of his many girlfriends


BRIAN'S SHORT ENGAGEMENT TO SONIA SELIGSON Brian Epstein and Sonia Seligson


He was just beginning to feel settled and content, even to the point of becoming engaged to a young lady, and it may have stayed that way -- but fate and the British army dealt him a bitter card. There was no escaping the draft.
Brian got in trouble. Don't ask.
Military: "unfit for duty" Honorable Discharge - 1952
FROM A&E's BIOGRAPHY [click for rant!] SPECIAL
CLICK PIC FOR LARGER, NICER IMAGE



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When he was discharged from the military, Brian was adamant about not wishing to be a plain salesman, but instead ran off to London and was accepted by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA). He enjoyed acting very, very much, and he was good at it, but the actors themselves were not the type of people he could tolerate associating closely with. Their self-centeredness appalled him. He was amazed that they would sneer at and avoid anyone who was down on their luck, because they believed that bad luck might "rub off" on them. Brian was too sympathetic and generous a man to go along with that nonsense anymore. So after approximately a year at RADA, Brian headed on home to Liverpool.
~*~*~

Very demoralized but in a strange way relieved to be back working in the furniture store, Brian took off on exotic vacations by himself.
On Holiday Alone in Venice
...in reality, these were occasional boy-quests ;)



He was a brilliant organizer and created daringly unconventional window displays that upset his staid grandfather Isaac. Harry, in a protective maneuver, made Brian manager of his own shop, the phonograph and record subsidiary named NEMS (North End Music Store) which until then was a small ancillary of the Epstein's Furniture stores. This proved to be the master stroke for his future. Brian Epstein's genius prevailed, and the fledgling shop grew and new stores were opened. NEMS became arguably the most popular record stores in the North of England.
AN EARLY PRE-BEATLES PORTRAIT

ANOTHER EARLY PRE-BEATLES PORTRAIT
THE ABOVE, TOUCHED UP BY [info]vandonovan ...WHOAAA!!!


"MR BRIAN OF NEMS"

THE YOUNG BUSINESS GENIUS AND HIS PROUD PARENTS

And this was Brian Epstein in 1961........

BORED AS HELL, PRIMED AND READY TO FIND "SOMETHING NEW"
. . . AND ABOUT TO CHANGE THE WORLD!


Well, that was fun. Was it worth the wait?

I noticed there are several newcomers to the BeatlePics Community since our last Eppy-Spam, so for their eppification (and for anyone else who needs a little extra brianizing), HERE are links to my past 3 eppilicious endeavors:

#1 ~~ Some of my fave hot pics ... at that time

#2 ~~ "In the Company of Good Friends" = Nat, Lionel, John, Dick, and a gay-looking Macca

#3 ~~ Cowboy Brian & Pals! Yay!
ALL 5 Members of The Beatles = Brian Epstein, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr -



Brian and Billy J Kramer		 ______________________________________________________

If you haven't done so already, please click
and sign for Brian at - www.brianepstein.com.

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
With the exception of some rare original items on display,
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame itself is a bunch of crap --
for an honest explanation of this statement, and why this
petition is so very important for Brian's legacy, please
CLICK HERE.

~ spread the brian love. ♥

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[info]leikomgwtfbbq
2005-11-06 08:39 am UTC (link)
I love Cowboy Eppy.

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[info]eppylover
2005-11-06 08:41 am UTC (link)
mmmm. ride 'em cowboy.

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[info]ziggythewalrus
2005-11-06 10:34 am UTC (link)
Your Brian-love is inspiring. His memory will never be forgotten with you on duty! :)

I signed the petition a while ago, but I really don't know why we need to be having it! Must be some real idiots in the voting committee for the RRHoF...

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[info]eppylover
2005-11-07 08:00 am UTC (link)
The assholes in the RRHoF are only in it for the money and the power trip. It's explained in what I hope is non-boring detail in this post, and here is a small part of it that pertains:
The music industry thrives on money and power. Unless some other kind of pressure to induct an individual is applied, the deciders and voters do it only to fill their pockets and return favors.

The RRHOF's main income is brought in by the annual induction ceremony. The people who pay to attend come to see lots of LIVE celebrities show up and accept the awards. Eppy loses because he's not alive.

Also, the music industry people who decide and vote in this thing almost always personally know the people they're voting for. They're kissing butt, paying back favors and slapping backs.

There are very few (if any) decision-making voters who actually knew Brian. Inducting Brian would put no money in any of their pockets. Eppy loses because he's not profitable for them, nor can he pull any strings for them.

...Despite my opinion of the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame," that place is probably going to be around for a long long time. An ungodly number of people worldwide will trust it to be their only source to identify the pioneers of modern music. And they will walk away having no clue about the man who changed the world by bringing us the Beatles.
I hope I can stay "on duty" for a good long time... :)

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[info]tielke
2005-11-06 11:49 am UTC (link)
That was cool and very interesting! Where did you get all those pics from? :o

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[info]eppylover
2005-11-07 08:06 am UTC (link)
Hahaa! 40 years of obsession can score you a lot of info and pics!

Plus, since I discovered the internet in 1996 I've become addicted to Eppy-searching everything, not just with Google but every search engine I can find, plus daily eBay searches. And whatever else I can think of.

Heh. All I can figure is I was put on earth to do SOMETHING for Brian Epstein. Who knows what the hell it's gonna be, but as I get older, it feels like "it" is getting closer. Weird.

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[info]tielke
2005-11-08 08:14 pm UTC (link)
Haha, great! :D Whenever I need to know something about him and can't seem to find it, I'll know who will know the answer then ;)

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[info]sillahestian
2005-11-06 12:48 pm UTC (link)
Didn't he shift schools very often mostly due to the anti-semitism he found there? I read that he went great lengths to hide the fact that his middle name was Samuel...

HAH. And the impersonating senior officer incident always made me laugh...

Also, the 'On Holiday Alone In Venice' picture is brilliant.

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[info]eppylover
2005-11-07 08:21 am UTC (link)
Well, one way of thinking he seemed to have picked up from his mother (who was unfortunately sent to Catholic schools because her parents thought they'd give her a better education or something @_@ ), was that whenever anything went wrong, to blame it on anti-semitism. Such as when the queen didn't give him the MBE also (more likely it was because he was gay, and/or they realized he got away with not paying a lot of taxes by taking tour money "under the table"). After all, they had given Jacob Epstein an MBE earlier, and he was every bit as Jewish.

Now, it's true there was a lot of anti-semitism, but Brian couldn't even make it in the Jewish prep school they sent him to. So there you go.

Yes, he hated the name Samuel (I love it, myself, oh well). The middle name was supposed to be a Hebrew name, but they gave his brother Clive the name John. Now wasn't that fair of them. Well, at least Brian wasn't saddled with his father's Hebrew middle name, "Zvi."

Oy vay.

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[info]crazee_diamond
2005-11-06 01:51 pm UTC (link)
=D! how cute! yay! XD!

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[info]sgt_peper
2005-11-06 03:06 pm UTC (link)
I love them! Wow, he looked exactly the same as a kid...he's such a cutie. Thanks for the spammie!

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[info]eppylover
2005-11-07 08:23 am UTC (link)
You are so very welcome. It was a long time in coming, I know. Things are just hopping too much lately.

I always wanted a kid who looked just like him.
Ah well, what I do have is every bit as good. :)

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[info]sgt_peper
2005-11-07 11:27 am UTC (link)
Oh yeah, I'd like a kid like him too...he's so...proper! You know?

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[info]eppylover
2005-11-07 11:32 pm UTC (link)
...unless you're a good-lookin' young man and he gets you alone...
then watch that propriety fly out the window!

He was such an enigma...

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[info]trefenwyd
2005-11-06 06:06 pm UTC (link)
Hooray for Eppy spams! *loves*

He was adorable all through his life. I love his grin! :)

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[info]eppylover
2005-11-07 08:33 am UTC (link)
"He lit up the room" according to Nat Weiss, Alistair Taylor, Derek Taylor, and just about every real friend he had.

It tickles me when I read that, even when the Beatles were there, Brian tended to make heads turn more than they did. That's probably why he had to make a real effort to stay in the background. To avoid overshadowing his boys!

I feel sorry for the world, unaware of what we all missed out on from 1967 till now... with what he and Nat were planning to start in just a couple weeks, he would have been something, a force to be reckoned with. I could just see him on Johnny Carson, etc. etc.

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[info]swim_vixen
2005-11-06 08:21 pm UTC (link)
he is such a sweetie

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[info]eppylover
2005-11-07 08:34 am UTC (link)
♥

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[info]elitefairydust
2005-11-07 01:31 am UTC (link)
I guess I never realised that Epstein's birthdate is just a few days after my grandmother's...

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[info]eppylover
2005-11-07 08:41 am UTC (link)
And also on Talk Like A Pirate Day!!!!!!!Image hosted by Photobucket.com

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[info]bilbostroke
2005-11-07 11:35 pm UTC (link)
Yes, I knew that!! :)

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[info]elitefairydust
2005-11-08 02:20 am UTC (link)
Yay!

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[info]sydpenguinbunny
2006-09-19 01:43 am UTC (link)
LMAO. I love that.

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[info]latenitewatcher
2005-11-07 01:51 am UTC (link)
GASP, I feel so Brian-informed! :]

Brian had the same exact face as a tyke that he did as an adult :D

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[info]eppylover
2005-11-07 05:34 am UTC (link)
Queenie always called him, "the most beautiful child." He never lost one bit of that beauty, in my opinion.
♥

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[info]bilbostroke
2005-11-07 10:28 pm UTC (link)
Hey Eppy and I have the same birthday!! :)

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[info]eppylover
2005-11-07 11:29 pm UTC (link)
You're 71 years old and on LiveJournal? Crikey! You beat me! Guess we'll have to start calling it "LiverJourney" ... !

Sorry, yeah, I know you're not 71. But that is so cool being born that day! Sept 19 rules! Yarrrrr!
AVAST YE AND OY VAY!

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[info]bilbostroke
2005-11-07 11:35 pm UTC (link)
Haha, no, that was great!! And yes, September 19 does rule. :)

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