The Beatles had a new single to promote but did not want to interrupt their Revolver recording sessions to visit television studios all over the world to perform it for everyone. So instead they enlisted the help of director Michael Lindsay-Hogg (who would also end up working on a few Beatles projects after this) to create promo films of both sides of the single (Paperback Writer & Rain). The clip, seen here, was filmed on May 19, 1966 and, in the U.S., was aired exclusively on the Ed Sullivan Show on June 5, 1966, six days after the U.S single had hit the stores. Paul’s chipped front tooth from a recent moped accident is very visible in the Paperback Writer performance. A still from the intro clip was used for the back cover of the Revolver album. The intro clip also show the Beatles looking at transparencies of the butcher cover photograph soon to be placed on their upcoming Yesterday and Today album.
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I always wondered what had happened to Paul's tooth. I thought it was just the angle at which the video was filmed, creating some kind of distorted shadow....Anyway, the accident....was this the accident Paul had in his car which is where the rumor started that he was killed, or is this the result of a different accident? By the way, kuddos for him for performing with the chipped tooth and not being embarrassed by it. What a trooper! A Beatle all the way!! (Love you Paul!!)
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