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JPGR&B SUBS 27th Dec 2023		Book Debbie Gendler - I Saw Them Standing There: Adventures Of An Original Fan During Beatlemania And Beyond (2024)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday. Tuesday 26 December 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 26th Dec 2023		Book Fran Raya - Beatles And Beacons (2024)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Monday 25 December 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 25th Dec 2023		Book Fran Raya - Beatles And Beacons (2024)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Sunday 24 December 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 24th Dec 2023		Book Sharon Waterman - Mal Evans' Journey (2023)	At 51 pages this has to be suspect.
JPGR&B SUBS 22nd Dec 2023		Book Various Authors - All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words. (2024)	From Richard Joly on his Onovox Facebook page (with acknowledgement): Monoray has acquired All You Need Is Love: The End of the Beatles – An Oral History by Those Who Were There by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, a new book exploring the final years of the Beatles through “elucidating, contradictory, confounding and fascinating” interviews never heard or published before. Jake Lingwood, publisher, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from Emma Fingleton at Trident Media. The book will be released on 11th April 2024. The book is predominantly based on interviews conducted with The Beatles’ inner circle in 1980 and 1981 by Brown and Gaines. They used a small portion of their interviews in a previously published book, The Love You Make (Macmillan/Penguin), but kept the rest as a "closely held secret" Monoray said. The transcripts, spanning over 100 hours of conversations with the band and their inner circle, cover interviews with key figures including Yoko Ono, Brian Epstein, Alex Mardas, May Pang, Cynthia Lennon, Pattie Harrison Clapton and Maureen Starkey, as well as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. John Lennon died while the book was being written. Brown has been an intimate Beatles insider since their early days in Liverpool, was best man at Lennon and Ono’s wedding, and is mentioned in 1969 track The Ballad of John and Yoko: “Peter Brown called to say, you can make it okay, you can marry in Gibraltar near Spain.” He was formerly chief operating officer of Apple Corp, the Beatles’ financial empire. Gaines is the New York Times bestselling author of Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons. His journalism has appeared in Vanity Fair, the New York Times and New York Magazine, where he was a contributing editor for 12 years. Lingwood said: “As someone who’s read the vast majority of books about the Beatles, getting an early look at All You Need is Love sent shivers down my spine. Because of Peter’s role with Apple, the access that he had was completely without limitation. And the portrait that emerges of the Beatles and their inner circle, is so fresh and immediate that reading it feels almost transgressive. Everybody is talking entirely without a filter, so they are not only honest but wonderfully indiscreet about themselves and their opinions of each other. There honestly is no Beatles book like it. It’s an essential addition to the canon and sheds a huge amount of light on why the group came to an end.”
JPGR&B SUBS 22nd Dec 2023		Book Various Authors - All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words. (2024)	It would appear that the title of the book has changed from All You Need Is Love: An Oral History Of The Beatles to All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words.
JPGR&B SUBS 16th Dec 2023		Book Joachim Noske - The Beatles Covered (2009)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Friday 15 December 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 15th Dec 2023		Book Joachim Noske - The Beatles Covered (2009)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Thursday 14 December 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 14th Dec 2023		Book Joachim Noske - The Beatles Covered (2009)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Wednesday 13 December 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 8th Dec 2023		Book Aaron Badgley - Dark Horse Records (2023)	Further description from Burning Shed: A book chronicling the story of George Harrison's label from its beginning in 1974, through its struggles and on to its exciting renaissance in the new millennium. With Apple winding down, George Harrison still aspired to help new artists and set up his own label Dark Horse Records. His plan was to release records from new artists as well as some of his old friends, with an eye to eventually releasing his own music. While Dark Horse had an encouraging beginning with a hit single from Splinter, the label Suffered increasing problems, failing to establish itself in the way Harrison hoped. However, some incredible and varied music was created from 1974 to 1977, including some of Harrison’s best solo material. Towards the end of its initial life, Dark Horse dropped most of its artists and released mainly Harrison’s solo work. Thankfully, since 2020, Dhani Harrison has taken the reins and has made Dark Horse viable once again, signing Cat Stevens and Billy Idol and releasing music from Joe Strummer and Leon Russell. -------- At a very young age, Aaron Badgley developed a profound love of The Beatles and music in general, also developing a fascination with record labels. At the age of 19, he started working in radio and by the age of 20, he was a production manager for a number of stations in Canada. In 2005 he debuted his syndicated radio show The Beatles Universe, which ran for six years. Currently, he is the host of Here Today and Backwards Traveller radio shows and co-hosts From Memphis To Merseyside and The Way-Back Music Machine (with Tony Stuart). He writes for Spill Magazine and Immersive Audio Album. He has also contributed to the All Music Guide. Aaron resides in Toronto, Canada.
JPGR&B SUBS 8th Dec 2023		Book David Whelan - Mind Games: The Assassination Of John Lennon (2023)	Recieved in an e-mail from the author, David Whelan, Wednesday 6 December 2023: My John Lennon assassination book has finally been published On this 43rd anniversary of John Lennon’s assassination, I am proud to announce that my book, Mind Games: The Assassination of John Lennon has now been published on Amazon. My book is the whole truth about John Lennon Murder. The official narrative about John’s despicable murder is a lie. We all know John was obsessed with getting to the truth of things. I hope this book goes some way to getting to the truth of his assassination. The book is in English language and is available in paperback in all Amazon outlets across the world. We will be publishing an e-book next Spring and we will also be producing an audio book early next year. We are currently negotiating foreign language version deals with individual publishers from various regions and countries across the world. As these deals are finalised, we will announce the releases as they happen next year. It’s going to be an uphill battle to get this book into the public consciousness. Please spread the word amongst your family and friends about this book and its content. As most of you know, I have been investigating John’s assassination for over three years now. I have spoken to everyone involved with the case and I have managed to access all the lead detective’s notebooks and files. I am relieved that all my work is now finally out there for the world to read. This book is the just the start of a process for getting justice for John Lennon. Though I believe my work has uncovered most of what really happened on 8th December 1980, there is still work to do. I urge everyone who reads the book to continue looking into the case. There are still unreleased FBI, CIA, NYPD and Manhattan DA’s office files. Most released files are still heavily redacted. We must continue to seek the whole truth about the people behind John Lennon’s assassination and their methods and motives. My writing will continue here on Substack. There are plenty more subjects surrounding the case that need further exploring beyond my book. Lastly, thank you to all my subscribers for your interest in my work. Your support is greatly appreciated. I’m looking forward to hearing what you all think about the book. This is just the beginning.
JPGR&B SUBS 2nd Dec 2023		Book Alan Aldridge - The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics [2nd Impression] (1970)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Friday 1 December 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 28th Nov 2023		Book David Whelan - Mind Games: The Assassination Of John Lennon (2023)	Recieved in an e-mail from the author, David Whelan, Tuesday 28 November 2023: New Apple Lennon Murder TV Series Trailer Review On December 6th, Apple TV will release a 3-part TV series on John Lennon's assassination called promisingly: 'Murder Without a Trial'. Here's my review of the trailer. David Whelan, 28 Nov Apple TV have released a short trailer for their upcoming Lennon assassination TV series. I shall be reviewing the whole series in depth after it comes out on December 6th. But for now, here are my thoughts on the trailer. In the trailer, the first person we see is cab driver Richard Peterson, a partial witness to Lennon’s murder. Peterson says: “Lennon was walking in and this kid says, John Lennon.” Peterson then says off-camera, “This guy just shot John Lennon.” There are two very important things to understand with what Peterson is saying: firstly, Peterson has never said he saw John Lennon get struck with Mark Chapman’s alleged bullets. Peterson has consistently stated that he only saw Chapman raise a gun and shoot. John was out of Peterson’s vision when Peterson said he saw Chapman fire a gun. What Peterson has not been consistent with over the years, is stating that he heard Chapman call out “John Lennon”. It is provable that Chapman did not do this. But, Peterson today says he did. Peterson’s statement from the night of the murder does not mention Chapman calling out “John Lennon”. Peterson has added this to his story. This is a crucial point, because the John Lennon assassination official narrative, needs us to believe that Lennon turned after Chapman called out to him, to square away Lennon’s frontal wounds. This did not happen. My forthcoming book will prove this. Peterson’s original statement from December 1980 mentions Chapman shooting, putting down his gun, taking off his coat and hat and then reading a book. Peterson has subsequently said he then ran off looking for help. None of this timeline works with what we know. Peterson never mentions seeing Lennon being hit and he never mentions the Dakota doorman who we know was there. Various witnesses stated that they saw a yellow taxi speed off seconds after hearing gun-fire outside the Dakota. I believe this was Peterson. I do not believe Peterson saw what he said he did. I think he saw Chapman and he may have seen Chapman raise a gun, the rest I believe he picked up after returning to the crime scene later. The second person we see in the trailer is an emotional Joseph Many. The lift operator and part-time doorman at the Dakota. What Joseph Many did and saw after the murder is crucial to understanding the truth about John Lennon’s assassination. My book will reveal more. The third person we see sitting in an empty diner with a grey beard is Dakota concierge Jay Hastings. His actions and recollections from the night of Lennon’s assassination, are crucial to understanding the murder. Again, my book will reveal all. We then see one of the first officers on the scene, Peter Cullen, reeling out a now well-worn old anecdote about ‘ruining his night’ etc. The old man we then see is Lennon murder Lead Detective Ron Hoffman saying: “was somebody working with him’ and ‘was it a conspiracy’. It is interesting that Hoffman now says this about Chapman and the murder on this 2023 trailer, as Hoffman never for one second considered the possibility that there may have been a conspiracy when he was investigating the murder back in the day. I can confidently state this, as I have interviewed Ron countless time about his investigation and I have now accessed all his notebooks and paperwork from the case. The off-camera voice we then hear is Assistant DA officer, Kim Hogrefe. Kim reels out an easily discredited line that he has repeated in countless documentaries over the years: “his intention was to bring fame to himself”. This is simply untrue. Chapman has never sought fame. He has turned down hundreds of media request over the years. Outside of two rehearsed TV interviews in 1992, Chapman has stayed away from the media. We then meet cab driver Mark Snyder. Snyder repeats his highly-publicised claim from the time, that Chapman said to him in his cab a couple of days before Lennon’s murder: “my name is Mark David Chapman, you will remember my name”. This is possibly true, but Snyder has also claimed that Mark Chapman shape-shifted in the back of his cab like an alien. So, there it is. An interesting trailer for sure. I’m sure more interesting things will come out of the full series. A series I shall be watching very closely. Full review to follow on December 6th. © 2023 David Whelan
JPGR&B SUBS 28th Nov 2023		Book David Whelan - Mind Games: The Assassination Of John Lennon (2023)	[YouTube Video]
JPGR&B SUBS 27th Nov 2023		Book Ringo Starr - Beats & Threads [Signed Slipcase Edition] (2023)	[YouTube Video]
JPGR&B SUBS 27th Nov 2023		Book Ringo Starr - Beats & Threads [Clamshell Edition] (2023)	[YouTube Video]
JPGR&B SUBS 27th Nov 2023		Book Ringo Starr - Beats & Threads (2023)	[YouTube Video]
JPGR&B SUBS 27th Nov 2023		Book Norman 'Hurricane' Smith - John Lennon Called Me Normal (2008)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Sunday 26 November 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 19th Nov 2023		Book Azing Moltmaker - The Beatles In Asia (2023)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Saturday 18 November 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 18th Nov 2023		Book Mark Lewisohn - The Beatles: All These Years Vol. 2: Fab (2025)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Friday 17 November 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 17th Nov 2023		Book Piers Hemmingsen - The Beatles In Canada: The Evolution (2025)	Piers has advised me today that the likely publication date is some time in Quarter 2 2024.
JPGR&B SUBS 17th Nov 2023		Book Piers Hemmingsen - The Beatles In Canada: The Evolution (2025)	Piers has advised me today that the likely publication date is some time in Quarter 2 2024.
JPGR&B SUBS 16th Nov 2023		Book Seth Rogovoy - Within You Without You: Listening To George Harrison (2024)	The author originally announced that this book would be published by Oxford University Press in Autumn 2023. However, there is currently no further information about the publication date for the book, and nothing features on the Oxford University Press website about the author or the book. I'm therefore changing the publication date from October 2023 to 2024.
JPGR&B SUBS 14th Nov 2023		Book Harry K. Davidson - Harmonies Of The Past: The Unheard Story Of The Last Beatles Song (2023)	BEWARE! DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK This book has nothing to do with the creation of the last Beatles song Now And Then. It appears to be describe the chapters of another book called The Beatles: A Brief Overview. For example, Chpater 11: Legacy and Influence starts: The Continuing Impact of The Beatles The legacy of The Beatles extends far beyond their years as a band, and Chapter 11 delves into the enduring impact they've had on music and culture............. I have reported this book to Amazon.
JPGR&B SUBS 14th Nov 2023		Book Aaron Badgley - Dark Horse Records (2023)	Amazon UK was advertising a publication date of 30 November 2023 but it now states 8 December 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 14th Nov 2023		Book Kenneth Womack - Living the Beatles Legend (2023)	Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans Book Trailer Malcolm Evans, the Beatles’ long-time roadie, personal assistant, and devoted friend, was an invaluable member of the band’s inner circle. A towering figure in horn-rimmed glasses, Evans loomed large in the Beatles’ story, contributing at times as a performer and sometime lyricist, while struggling to protect his beloved “boys.” He was there for the whole of the group’s remarkable story: from the Cavern Club to the Shea Stadium triumph through the creation of the timeless cover art for "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" and the famous "Let it Be" rooftop concert. In the years after the Beatles’ disbandment, Big Mal continued in their employ as each embarked on solo careers. By 1974, he was determined to make his name as a songwriter and record producer, setting off for a new life in Los Angeles, where he penned his memoirs. But in January 1976, on the verge of sharing his book with the world, Evans’s story came to a tragic end during a domestic standoff with the LAPD. For Beatles devotees, Mal’s life and untimely death have always been shrouded in mystery, and his diaries, manuscripts, and memorabilia were thought missing for decades. Based on his full access to Mal’s unpublished archives and hundreds of new interviews, Beatles scholar and author Kenneth Womack reveals the unknown story at the heart of the Beatles’ legend. Along the way, he shares unseen photos and ephemera that supply the missing puzzle piece in the Fab Four’s incredible story. "Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans" is out November 14, 2023, from HarperCollins' Dey Street Books. [YouTube Video]
JPGR&B SUBS 14th Nov 2023		Book James Beck - Mal Evans Biography Book (2023)	I don't imagine this book is what it purports to be, and the image on the front cover is extremely dodgy.
JPGR&B SUBS 14th Nov 2023		Book David Whelan - Mind Games: The Assassination Of John Lennon (2023)	See also David Whelan's You Tube channel.
JPGR&B SUBS 14th Nov 2023		Book David Whelan - Mind Games: The Assassination Of John Lennon (2023)	The Assassination of John Lennon - David Whelan Shaun Attwood Podcast, 5 November 2023
JPGR&B SUBS 14th Nov 2023		Book David Whelan - Mind Games: The Assassination Of John Lennon (2023)	Mind Games: Q & A About the John Lennon Assassination with Dave Whelan! That’s Enough Outta You!, 26 October 2023 Author/Producer David Whelan returns to the podcast to answer your questions about the John Lennon assassination. David's forthcoming book and documentary will provide never before revealed details about the late Beatle's death and the many inconsistencies with the official story, After David's first appearance, we received so many questions that we had to bring him back to answer them.

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