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Author
Publisher
Liverlight Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Taken with a 35mm camera by Paul McCartney, these largely unseen photographs capture the explosive period, from the end of 1963 through early 1964, in which The Beatles became an international sensation and changed the course of music history.
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
A veteran news anchor who traveled with the Beatles on their first American tours describes the legendary band's rise to the top from their early days in Liverpool and Hamburg with original drummer Pete Best and bassist Stu Sutcliffe.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
A legendary record producer and performer takes readers on an alphabetical journey of insights into the music of the Beatles and individual reminiscences of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Peter Asher met the Beatles in the spring of 1963, the start of a lifelong association with the band and its members. He had a front-row seat as they elevated pop music into an art form, and he was present at the creation of some of the most iconic music of our times....
Author
Language
English
Description
"Since the age of twenty-one, Paul McCartney has lived one of the ultimate rock-n-roll lives played out on the most public of stages. Now, Paul's story is told by rock music's foremost biographer, with McCartney's consent and access to family members and close friends who have never spoken on the record before. PAUL McCARTNEY reveals the complex character behind the façade and sheds new light on his childhood..." -- amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
An intimate yet unsparing biography of one of the greatest and most mythologised musicians of the twentieth century. John Lennon was a rock star, a school clown, a writer, a wit, an iconoclast, a sometime peace activist and finally an eccentric millionaire. He was also a Beatle - his plain-speaking and impudent rejection of authority catching, and eloquently articulating, the group's moment in history. Chronicling a troubled life, from that of the...
Author
Publisher
Backbeat Books, an imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Traces the entire arc of Ringo Starr's remarkable life and career from his sickly childhood to his life as the world's most famous drummer to his triumphs, addictions, and emotional battles following the breakup of The Beatles as he came to terms with his legacy.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Late on December 8th, 1980, the world abruptly stopped turning for millions, as news broke that the world's most beloved musician had been gunned down in cold blood in New York City. The most iconic Beatle left behind an unrivaled body of music and legions of faithful disciples--yet his profound legacy has brought with it as many questions and contradictions as his music has provided truths and certainties. In this compelling exploration, acclaimed...
Author
Publisher
Overlook
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Drawing on dozens of interviews with George Harrison's close friends and collaborators, a renowned music journalist tracks the Beatle through his many changes and conflicts{u2014}from schoolboy guitarist to global superstar, God-seeker to independent filmmaker{u2014}and examines the struggle of a man attempting to walk a spiritual path lined with the temptations of fame.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in his early decades, battled feelings of inferiority. He was often the butt of jokes from his bandmates owing to his lower-class background and, typically, was allowed to contribute only one or two songs per Beatles album out of the dozens he wrote. Now, acclaimed Beatles biographer Philip Norman examines Harrison through the lens of his numerous self-contradictions....
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Musical historians Phillippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon delve deep into the history and musical origins of every Beatles album, recounting the circumstances that led to the composition of each song, the recording process and the instruments used.
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The year that changed everything for the Beatles was 1966{u2014}the year of their last concert and their first album, Revolver, that was created to be listened to rather than performed. This was the year the Beatles risked their popularity by retiring from live performances, recording songs that explored alternative states of consciousness, experimenting with avant-garde ideas, and speaking their minds on issues of politics, war, and religion. It...
Author
Series
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Did you know that John Lennon's mom called him "Stinker" because he farted so much? Or that Paul McCartney liked playing guitar in the bathroom? Bet you didn't know that George Harrison once had his friend's parent sign his report card, or that Ringo Starr's grandma thought he was possessed by witches! Paige and Turner have collected some of the most unusual and surprising facts about the rock stars, from their childhoods and early days as musicians...
Series
Criterion collection volume 711
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Follows the misadventures of the Beatles as they travel from Liverpool to London to perform on a television broadcast.
Publisher
Capitol
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Based on the first part of the Beatles' career, the period in which they toured and captured the world's acclaim. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr formed their band in 1962, stormed Europe in 1963, and in 1964 they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever, and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we know it today. All the while, the group were composing and recording...
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