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Paul saved by John
By Jonathon Brown, Metro
In a dramatic shot, photographer Tom Murray captures John Lennon saving Paul McCartney from falling from a Tube station roof.
It happened when Tom came along with war photographer Don McCullin to shoot the cover for the Fab Four's next album, which turned out to be The White Album.
Today, the 23 negatives, which lay forgotten in a drawer, are valued by Christie's auction house at бё75,000 each - a total of more than бё1.5million.
The one taken on the roof at Old Street station picked up most interest during its New York showing at The Pop International Gallery on West Broadway.
Now, The Mad Day: Summer Of 68 exhibition is coming to Britain - at Liverpool's Matthew Street Gallery, near the site of the original Cavern Club.
Tom, then 25, recalled: 'Paul almost fell from the Tube station roof. It took a lunge from John to grab and save him.
'The other boys reacted, too - holding on to each other. It was not staged - there was a 20ft drop.
'Later, John suddenly slumped. The others, looking worried and hovered over him to make sure he was okay. But it was just John being John.'
Tom, now a top New York photographer, spent a Sunday morning with the band 35 years ago, then at the peak of their success. He said: 'They were tired of shoots and wanted to give it one day to get it out of the way. Don told me he was shooting a band - but refused to tell me which one.
'The first I knew was when a door opened and I saw Paul. He was singing Lady Madonna.'
The locations - Old Street, Highgate and Docklands - were selected at random because crowds of fans would gather quickly.
Tom came back to Paul's St John's Wood home with the rest of the band - George Harrison, who died last year from cancer, and Ringo Starr - only to find fans fainting at the sight of their idols.
It was not until John was shot in 1980 that Tom thought again about the image of the Beatle playing dead.
But he has since released the prints to raise money for Aids, children's and drugs charities.
Б─╒ The Mad Day: Summer Of 68 is at the Matthew Street Gallery Liverpool, April 24 to May 18.
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