George Harrison Signed Paper For Indica Books Mailing List 1966

A piece of Paper which George Harrison has written his name and Adress on in blue ballpoint pen.

George has written the address of his house, ‘Kinfauns’ in Surrey, for the mailing list of Indica Books, circa 1966.

Indica Books & Gallery was the London bookshop and art gallery at the centre of the mid-60’s counterculture, founded in 1965 by Barry Miles, John Dunbar, and Peter Asher, brother of McCartney’s girlfriend Jane and half of the duo Peter and Gordon.

The accompanying letter of provenance from Miles, McCartney’s biographer, longtime friend, and co-founder of Indica, explains that “As soon as the bookshop part of Indica Books and Gallery moved to Southampton Row we assembled a mailing list in order to alert our customers to new stock that we thought might interest them.  Knowing that the Beatles would never get around to contacting us, Paul McCartney asked me to simply send anything I thought of interest to all four of them, plus Brian Epstein, and bill the NEMS office.  This was to include underground newspapers, magazines, records and particularly art books.  I already knew Paul’s address as he was a friend. When George Harrison visited me in the shop one day I asked him for his address, which he wrote on a scrap of paper.  I certify that this is the original”.

This was signed at a pivotal moment for The Beatles. Indica’s move came just as the band finished recording Revolver and set off on their tours of Germany, Japan and the Philippines. Only weeks later, in August, they played their final concert at Candlestick Park. That November, John Lennon met Yoko Ono at Indica’s Mason’s Yard gallery.

About a year later, after Miles’s interview with Harrison appeared in International Times #13, Harrison invited Miles and his wife Sue to his home, ‘Kinfauns’. They spent the day there, ate an evening meal cooked by Pattie Boyd, smoked marijuana together, and fell asleep watching Jean Renoir’s La Grande Illusion in Harrison’s home cinema.

The page is accompanied with a COA from Frank Caiazzo

The page measures 17.5 x 6.8 cm

The condition of the page is excellent