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JPGR&B SUBS 1st Sep 2023		Book Various Authors - I Beatles In Italia: Maggio 1963 (2023)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Thursday 31 August 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 23rd Aug 2023		Book Pete Frame - The Beatles And Some Other Guys (1997)	Review Annotation: This is highly recommended. Pete Frame's 'Family Trees' are not only absolutely vital pieces of research material, covering all aspects of the developing rock cultures of the 1950s-1980s, but are mighty artistic achievements in their own right - masterpieces of design. Frame began these 'family trees' in the excellent Zig Zag magazine - which is of little-no interest to Beatles fans - unless they also adore the likes of the Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, and Love. Wonderful stuff. Michael Brocken Source: The Beatles Bibliography: A New Guide To The Literature - Michael Brocken and Melissa Davis (The Beatle Works Ltd., 2012), with acknowledgement, and used here with permission from the authors for educational and historical purposes only. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
JPGR&B SUBS 23rd Aug 2023		Book Mark Lewisohn - The Beatles: All These Years Vol. 2: Fab (2025)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Tuesday 22 August 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 21st Aug 2023		Book Mary McCartney - From Where I Stand (2010)	Review Annotation: This collection by Paul McCartney's eldest daughter (born August 28, 1969 in London - the baby peeking out of his sheepskin jacket on the cover of 'McCartney') includes photographs of her famous parents, Bono, Elvis Costello, Madonna and others, such as members of the Royal Ballet. McCartney seems to have an eye for what makes an image interesting and communicative, and it would appear that she inherited something of her late mother Linda's ability to make her subjects relax and relate to the camera in a revealing and honest way. The 192 pages cover Mary's career from the mid-90s to the present, and feature, in addition to some domestic settings, photographs at rock concerts and fashion shows - events with which family connections have provided her access and familiarity. However, although she may have gained access to some of the faces and places by virtue of her surname, she demonstrates an ability and vision that give her work independent credibility. Melissa Davis Source: The Beatles Bibliography: A New Guide To The Literature - Michael Brocken and Melissa Davis (The Beatle Works Ltd., 2012), with acknowledgement, and used here with permission from the authors for educational and historical purposes only. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
JPGR&B SUBS 21st Aug 2023		Book Charles Tillinghast - How Capitol Got The Beatles And Then What Happened (2008)	Review Annotation: The author was an attorney in the legal department of Capitol Records, involved with Beatles-related work during much of his tenure (though he is careful to note that this was not as plum a position as it might sound and does not give in to the temptation of exaggerating, or even stressing his role) and therein lies both the book's usefulness and limitations. Tillinghast is able to shed some light on key decisions made by Capitol during the era, suggesting, for instance, that the A&R department's reluctance (or inability) to recognize the potential popularity of the Beatles in America could be chalked up not only to the poor track-record of imported pop artists, but perhaps a bit of chauvinism, as well. He is also able to provide background on the decision to reconfigure British Beatle LPs for American release and negotiations with Allen Klein and Apple, an important part of the story of the Beatles in America, but the book is, once again, frustratingly shy on detail. It is in his attempts to flesh out his narrative where Tillinghast falls far short of the mark. Firstly, the book doesn't lend itself to discussion of the Beatles' individual personae or interpersonal relationships - that has been done better and in more depth elsewhere. Secondly, Tillinghast gets basic details simply wrong: putting George Harrison's birth date in 1946 (rather than 1943), stating that Cynthia Lennon and at least one, unnamed girlfriend of Paul McCartney's travelled with the group on tour and speculating, unbelievably, as to why Cynthia did not undergo an abortion in 1962 rather than drop out of art college to marry Lennon. These unfortunate (and inappropriate) forays, possibly added to make what should have been a magazine or journal article into a book, add nothing, bring into question the accuracy of the facts he does relate, and put the reader quite off the whole exercise. Melissa Davis Source: The Beatles Bibliography: A New Guide To The Literature - Michael Brocken and Melissa Davis (The Beatle Works Ltd., 2012), with acknowledgement, and used here with permission from the authors for educational and historical purposes only. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
JPGR&B SUBS 21st Aug 2023		Book Denis Shabes - Vinylology: The Beatles Solo (2018)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Sunday 20 August 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 19th Aug 2023		Book Paul McCartney - Photographs 1963-64 (2023)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Friday 18 August 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 18th Aug 2023		Book Judith Kristen - When We Was Fab (2021)	@23skiddo I have just purchased a copy and the back cover of mine is red too. And it has a different number (1176284) on the bottom. It is not embossed on my copy, but is a transparent sticker.
JPGR&B SUBS 18th Aug 2023		Book Paul McCartney - Photographs 1963-64 (2023)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Thursday 17 August 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 15th Aug 2023		Book Paul McCartney - 1964: Eyes Of The Storm (2023)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Monday 14 August 2023. I'm off to London tomorrow to see the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
JPGR&B SUBS 14th Aug 2023		Book Mark Lewisohn - The Beatles: All These Years Vol. 2: Fab (2025)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Sunday 13 August 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 14th Aug 2023		Book Judith Kristen - When We Was Fab (2021)	@23skidoo Thanks for the scan of the back cover and info ref subtitle. As there is no subtitle on the title page I have removed it from the entry.
JPGR&B SUBS 13th Aug 2023		Book Various Authors - Yoko Ono: One Woman Show 1960 (2015)	About the authors: Klaus Biesenbach is the Director at MoMA PS1 and Chief Curator at Large at MoMA. Christophe Cherix is the Chief Curator of Drawings and Prints at MoMA. Jon Hendricks is a collector, artist, and the Fluxus Consulting Curator at MoMA. Clive Phillpot is the former Director of the MoMA Library. David Platzker is a Curator in the Drawings and Prints department at MoMA.
JPGR&B SUBS 12th Aug 2023		Book Dafydd Rees - The Beatles 1963 (2022)	Plastic EP interviews Dafydd Rees [YouTube Video]
JPGR&B SUBS 10th Aug 2023		Book Kenneth Womack - Mal Evans: The Official Biography & Archives Volume 2 (2025)	To view an extract from Mel's diary for 8 August 1969, when the photo shoot for the cover of Abbey Road took place, see Shaun's Diaries of Note.
JPGR&B SUBS 10th Aug 2023		Book Kenneth Womack - Living the Beatles Legend (2023)	To view an extract from Mel's diary for 8 August 1969, when the photo shoot for the cover of Abbey Road took place, see Shaun's Diaries of Note.
JPGR&B SUBS 9th Aug 2023		Book Doug Wolfberg - The Beatles: Fab But True (2023)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Tuesday 8 August 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 8th Aug 2023		Book Ian Fleming - Moonraker (1956)	No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Monday 7 August 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 8th Aug 2023		Book Doug Wolfberg - The Beatles: Fab But True (2023)	Review Book Gets to the Bottom of Beatles Legends, Lies and Offbeat Tales Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 7 August 2023 ✔︎ Helpful Review?
JPGR&B SUBS 7th Aug 2023		Book Ian Fleming - Moonraker (1956)	@23skidoo Click on the list at the bottom of this entry.
JPGR&B SUBS 6th Aug 2023		Book Dezo Hoffmann - John Lennon (1985)	Review Annotation: A photographer with probably one of the largest archives of early and mid-1960s photographs, Dezo Hoffman's book John Lennon was published in 1985 as a luxurious coffee-table book. The work contains several interesting portraits of the former Beatle, most of which had already appeared elsewhere but, in some cases, had been chopped for other publication purposes. Following the photo collection there is a section entitled 'Captions', which provides further information on the individual photos. The overall quality of the book is excellent and the photographs are both revealing and mysterious. Revealing in that Hoffman certainly seems to capture the Beatles, and especially Lennon via his expert portraiture techniques, but also mysterious in that the gestures and proxemics caught by the camera remain elusive. Michael Brocken Source: The Beatles Bibliography: A New Guide To The Literature - Michael Brocken and Melissa Davis (The Beatle Works Ltd., 2012), with acknowledgement, and used here with permission from the authors for educational and historical purposes only. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
JPGR&B SUBS 5th Aug 2023		Book Michael Feeney Callan - With A Love Like That: The Beatles And The Women Who Loved Them (2025)	The publisher's website now states that publication will be on 7 October 2025.
JPGR&B SUBS 5th Aug 2023		Book Richard Adler - My Rock And Roll Fantasy (2023)	The author has today provided me with an image for the front cover of the book and has advised that he has so far been unable to find a publisher so may self publish. He also provided this video. [YouTube Video]
JPGR&B SUBS 5th Aug 2023		Book David Whelan - Mind Games: The Assassination Of John Lennon (2023)	See also the author's blog at substack.com here.
JPGR&B SUBS 5th Aug 2023		Book The Beatle Book - Lancer (1964)	@23skidoo. Many thanks.
JPGR&B SUBS 4th Aug 2023		Book Harvey Kubernik - It Was Fifty Years Ago Today (2014)	Review The July 2014 Glass Onion Beatles Journal Review ✔︎ Helpful Review?
JPGR&B SUBS 4th Aug 2023		Book Nigel Hastilow - Dead Groovy (2023)	Dead Groovy - new novel coming soon Posted 6 June 2023 [YouTube Video]
JPGR&B SUBS 3rd Aug 2023		Book Richard D. Driver - That Was Me (2023)	No. 1 in the top 50 books viewed yesterday, Wednesday 2 August 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 2nd Aug 2023		Book Richard D. Driver - That Was Me (2023)	No. 1 in the top 50 books viewed yesterday, Tuesday 1 August 2023.
JPGR&B SUBS 1st Aug 2023		Book Richard D. Driver - That Was Me (2023)	Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: That Was Me: Paul McCartney’s Career and the Legacy of the Beatles Chapter 1: The Beatles and Paul McCartney: A Historical and Cultural Legacy Chapter 2: McCartney in the Wake of Let It Be: The Legacy of the Beatles Chapter 3: McCartney on the Run with Wings: The Career of Paul McCartney Chapter 4: Tragedy and Reunion for McCartney: “I Still Remember How It Was Before” Chapter 5: Re-Meet the Beatles: McCartney and the Anthology Chapter 6: McCartney and the Beatles Legacy: “The Same Me That Stands Here Now” Chapter 7: McCartney at Egypt Station: Anniversaries, Experimentation, and Rejuvenation Chapter 8: Made in Rockdown: McCartney III and Paul McCartney’s Legacy Conclusion: McCartney Live: His Legacy in Concert, 2002-2022 Appendix: Selected Discography Bibliography About the Author

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