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Author:	Colin Hall
Title:	The Songs The Beatles Gave Away
Publisher:	Great Northern
Country:	UK
Date:	30 Sep 2022
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Music
ISBN13 / Barcode:	9781912101450
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
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528 pages. Book dimensions: 17.7 cms x 3.4 cms x 24,55 cms.

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The Songs The Beatles Gave Away was inspired by the 2009 BBC Radio 2 documentary of the same name on which Colin worked with/for Bob Harris & his wife, Trudie Myerscough-Harris. For his book, Bob & Trudie have kindly given Colin permission to access the interviews they conducted in 2008/9 with Sir Paul McCartney, Sir George Martin, Cilla Black, Mary Hopkin, Jackie Lomax, Billy Hatton & others. Previously only small extracts from these exclusive interviews have ever been available but now, for the first time, these gems are accessed in full.

Among the last interviews they gave, Sir George & Cilla spoke candidly about their work and experiences. To read their words is a moving reminder not only of their individual talents but of a period in recent musical history, the impact of which still resonates to this day. Since making the original Radio 2 documentary Colin has been able to speak to artists who did not contribute directly to the programme such as Billy J. Kramer, Peter Asher, Megan Davies of The Applejacks & John Clay who played with the Black Dyke Mills Brass Band in 1968 when Paul McCartney visited Yorkshire, to record Thingumybob, an instrumental tune he had written especially for a brass band to play. For extra background detail, and to further contextualise the songwriting of John, Paul & George, Colin has unearthed extensive interviews he conducted with Astrid Kirchherr & Klaus Vormann before he became custodian of the Lennon house in Liverpool in 2004. He has also spoken with eye-witness, and former member of the Plastic Ono Band, Alan White who played on many Apple recording sessions. The Songs The Beatles Gave Away is illustrated with photographs of records culled from Colin’s private collection of original 45rpm vinyl singles, together with photographs kindly donated to the project by his friends, and some of his own personal photographs.

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JPGR&B SUBS 10th Oct 2022		Review The Beatles and the songs they gave away to other artists A new book highlights this little-known aspect of The Beatles' career Alan Wilson, Liverpool Echo, 9 October 2022 ✔︎ Helpful Review?



JPGR&B SUBS 10th Oct 2022		Step Inside Love (Demo) - this wonderful version, with Paul McCartney accompanying Cilla Black on acoustic guitar, is mentioned in the book (page 418).



JPGR&B SUBS 10th Oct 2022		The Songs Lennon And McCartney (and Harrison) Gave Away LPs and CDs compiling songs that the songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney (and George Harrison) gave to other artists, not necessarily recording them as The Beatles.



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