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George Harrison and Ringo Starr
A plastic toy piano -- acquired for use as a prop in the promotional video for the George Harrison song When We Was Fab, 1988, signed on the base in white pen by George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Elton John -- 8¾x7½in. (22.2x19cm.); accompanied by a document concerning the provenance (2)

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When We Was Fab was written by George Harrison and Jeff Lynne about the days of Beatlemania and was released on the 1987 album by George Harrison Cloud Nine. The music video for the song features guest appearances by Ringo Starr, Elton John, Paul Simon, Jeff Lynne, Derek Taylor and Neil Aspinall, with a man in a Walrus suit representing Paul McCartney and Phil Collins representing John Lennon. The video received 6 nominations at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards.

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