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Author:	Michael Braun
Title:	Love Me Do! - The Beatles' Progress
Publisher:	Penguin
Country:	UK
Date:	1964
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Non-Fiction, Music
Cat#:	2278
Total Editions:	3
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	8 Own, 1 Wants
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142 pages, with 32 pages of black and white photographs. Book dimensions: 11.1 cms x 1 cm x 18 cms.

First published in the U.S.A. 1964.

Published in Great Britain in Penguin Books 1964.

Copyright © Michael Braun, 1964.

Made and printed in Great Britain by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd. Set in Monotype Garamond.

From the back cover:

'Naturally I'm part of my generation. I like the way people bring things out in the open. I'd hate it if when you spoke about sex everybody curled away.'

George Harrison, lead guitar (Ambition: to design a guitar)

Question: 'Which is the bigger threat to your careers - the H-bomb or dandruff?'

Answer: 'The H-bomb. We've already got dandruff.'

Ringo Starr, drums (Ambition: to be happy)

'I read a bit about politics but I don't think I'd vote for anyone; no message from any of those phoney politicians is coming through to me.'

John Lennon, rhythm guitar (Ambition: to write a musical)

'Don't for heaven's sake say we are the new youth because that's a load of old rubbish.'

Paul McCartney, bass guitar (Ambition: to be successful)

'Private faces in public places
Are wiser and nicer
Than public faces in private places.'

W.H. Auden

For copyright reasons this edition is not for sale in the U.S.A. or Canada.

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JPGR&B SUBS 25th Jan 2022		Review Annotation: Braun, a renowned journalist of the day, travelled with the Beatles on their British tours; as such he created an early piece of critical social anthropology and observational ethnography as a way to understand the phenomenon of the Beatles and their fan base. This book, therefore, is both historically and scholarly interesting via its consideration of Beatlemania in situ. The book was re-issued in 1995 (long overdue) and remains highly recommended as an engrossing and atmospheric (yet erudite) piece of work from the 1960s. It was Braun who was responsible for John Lennon obtaining the publishing deal that resulted in the publication of In His Own Write, according to Bill Harry. 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. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



TopPopper 27th Sep 2015		Despite only being a short paperback, and only having been written early in their careers, this is still one of the better Beatles books in my view. I used to have a much later edition - sadly gone, I think, but I'll check in the loft next time I'm up there.



JPGR&B SUBS 8th May 2023		No. 1 in the Top 50 books viewed yesterday, Sunday 7 May 2023. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



JPGR&B SUBS 25th Jan 2022		Review Annotation: Braun, a renowned journalist of the day, travelled with the Beatles on their British tours; as such he created an early piece of critical social anthropology and observational ethnography as a way to understand the phenomenon of the Beatles and their fan base. This book, therefore, is both historically and scholarly interesting via its consideration of Beatlemania in situ. The book was re-issued in 1995 (long overdue) and remains highly recommended as an engrossing and atmospheric (yet erudite) piece of work from the 1960s. It was Braun who was responsible for John Lennon obtaining the publishing deal that resulted in the publication of In His Own Write, according to Bill Harry. 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. (this review is from another edition of this book) 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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Other Editions

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Michael Braun - Love Me Do! - The Beatles' Progress - Penguin - Paperback - UK - 0140022783 (1995)

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Michael Braun - Love Me Do! - The Beatles' Progress - Graymalkin Media - Paperback - USA - 9781631682711 (2019)