Book

Author:	Peter Jones as Billy Shepherd
Title:	The True Story Of The Beatles
Publisher:	Beat Publications
Country:	UK
Date:	Mar 1964
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Non-Fiction, Music, Biography
Total Editions:	3
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	3 Own
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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The first official published book about The Beatles, issued by the publishers of Beatles Monthly.

Peter Jones, editor of [UK music paper] Record Mirror wrote the book under the pseudonym Billy Shepherd, which he used for his articles for Beatles Monthly, which in turn were drawn from various interviews with the group.

Illustrated by Bob Gibson. Cover photographs by Leslie Bryce.

Cover price: 5 shillings.

Annotation:

Peter Jones' writing appeared to please Brian Epstein and Bill Harry personally recalls the Beatles' manager's pleasure with the book. For the researcher, the text is now a very effective time slice into the Beatles prior to their first visit to America in February 1964. If one re-translates the obvious Queen's English into which Jones transcribed his interviews, there are some interesting anecdotes. Thirty-two monochrome photographs together with a series of illustrations by artist Bob Gibson - who, like Jones, also contributed to the Beatles Monthly magazine - adorn the text. Scarce, these days, but pick it up if you can find it.

Source: The Beatles Bibliography: A New Guide To The Literature - Michael Brocken and Melissa Davis (The Beatle Works Ltd., 2012), with acknowledgement, and used for educational purposes.

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