There were what seemed to be rival militia gangs. Neil Aspinall: They drove me to the end of a pier and I got out of the car and said, "Where are they?" They pointed: "There they are," and there was a big boat miles away in the middle of the harbor. We were really gloomy, very brought down but the whole thing. There was not one of them around and, not only that, but we had a whole row of cops with guns lining the deck around this cabin that we were in. For the first time ever in our Beatle existence, we were cut off from Neil, Mal & Brian Epstein. It was really humid, 'Mosquito City', and we were all sweating and frightened. George Harrison: They took us away and drove us down to Manila harbor, put us on a boat, took us out to a motor yacht and put us in this room. Apparently no one wanted to take on the possible turmoil that would result in them being there.) Ramos was having problems securing a hotel for the Beatles in Manila.
This story finally puts to rest what always was something I wondered about in the back of my mind because it seemed unlike the Beatles to be dressed as such upon arriving in a new country, although they did wear their caped coats from Hong Kong when they arrived in Australia in 1964, but it was raining at the time, and the coats didn't 'advertise' anything.ģ July 1966 - From the press conference, which was held at the Philippine Navy Headquarters, the Beatles were taken to a private yacht owned by Don Manolo Elizalde, a friend of the concert promoter, Ramon Ramos. John happily agreed and passed out Happi Coats to the others. Satoko eventually took this opportunity to suggest the Happi Coats, which would not only hide their wrinkled attire, but please the fans seeing them wearing something so 'traditionally Japanese'. He was concerned about their appearance as they were to meet their Japanese fans for the first time. It was decided she could make the flight, but she had to somehow get the Beatles to wear the JAL 'Happi Coats' as they got off the plane in Japan as this would be quite an advertising coup.Īs it turned out, it was John Lennon who first let it be known they had travelled many hours in the same clothes now, unable to get to their luggage which remained on the plane when they landed in Alaska. In order for his mom to get on board a flight that had long since established a crew, she contacted the Japan Air Lines promotional department.
28 June 1966 - Finally back on their way to Tokyo after an unscheduled stop in Alaska.Ī very cool story about this part of their voyage I happened to stumble across concerned the first class stewardess, Satoko Kawasaki, as told by her son, Mark Condon, at his website.
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