Philip Norman. Previous Ed.: New York: Fireside, 1996. Includes Index.

The year is 1963 and "Love Me Do" is the Beatles' first number one hit, closely followed by "Please Please Me". John, Paul, George and Ringo celebrate their new found success with a hectic six-week tour, briefly interrupted by an historic live appearance at the "Royal Variety Performance" at the London Palladium. This is the beginning of "Beatlemania" and American writer, Mike Braun, is there to chronicle events and watch as the drama unfolds. A year later, The Beatles are the world's biggest pop group. This book details what really happened in those first magic weeks.

Ray Coleman. First Published 1984 In Two Volumes As John Winston Lennon Vol 1 And John Ono Lennon Vol 2 By Sidgwick & Jackson--t.p. Verso. Includes Index. Discography: P. [782]-796.

When American teenager Richard DiLello wandered into the Beatles' Apple building in 1968, he was immediately appointed "house hippie;" he began making tea, rolling joints, and listening to dozens of demo tapes. By the time Apple crumbled a few years later he was director of public relations. Along the way he noted many of the stoned conversations he heard and the insane bits of business he witnessed: one-man bands auditioning in the reception, Hell's Angels taking over Savile Row, and The Beatles playing on the roof. Full of period detail, this is a fast-paced, witty, and immensely poignant account of the demise of the Fab Four and the death of the '60s dream.

"George," he said, "I don't know if you'd be interested, but there's a chap who's come in with a tape of a group he runs. They haven't got a recording contract, and I wonder if you'd like to see him and listen to what he's got?" "Certainly," I said, "I'm willing to listen to anything. Ask him to come and see me." "O.K., I will. His name's Brian Epstein..." All You Need Is Ears is the story of George Martin, the man who spotted the Beatles' talent, who recorded and produced them from the start, and who brought their musical ideas to life. In this witty and charming autobiography, he describes exactly what it was like to work in the studio with the Beatles—from the first audition (and his decision to scrap Pete Best on drums) to the wild experimentation of Sgt. Pepper (complete with sound effects, animal noises and full orchestras in evening dress at the direct request of Paul McCartney). This is a singular look at the most important musical group of all time, and how they made the music that changed the world: No other book can provide George Martin's inside look at their creative process, at the play of genius and practical improvisation that gave them their sound; it is an indispensable read for Beatle lovers and anyone interested in the music world.

Album By Album, Song By Song, Tell Me Why Gives Us A New, Deeper Understanding Of The Beatles By Focusing On What's Most Important: The Music. This Completely Revised And Updated Edition Provides A Comprehensive Study Of The Beatles' Musical Legacy - From Their First Releases In The Early Sixties To The Material, Both Written And Recorded, That's Been Released Just In The Last Decade. In An Extensive New Epilogue, Tim Riley Dissects The Anthology Cds And Videos, The Live At The Bbc Sessions, And The Global Smash 1, And Also Reflects On Both Paul Mccartney's Biography Many Years From Now And The Death Of George Harrison.--jacket. 1. From The Garage To The Dance Floor : Please Please Me (including Love Me Do And Please Please Me Singles) -- 2. I Wanna Be Free!!! : With The Beatles (including From Me To You, She Loves You, And I Want To Hold Your Hand Singles) -- 3. Beyond Adolescence : A Hard Day's Night (including Long Tall Sally Ep) -- 4. Tired Of Touring : Beatles For Sale (including I Feel Fine Single) -- 5. Paranoia And Insouciance : Help! (including Ticket To Ride And Help! Singles) -- 6. States Of The Heart : Rubber Soul (including Day Tripper/we Can Work It Out Single) -- 7. States Of Mind : Revolver (including Paperback Writer Single) -- 8. I'd Love To Turn You On : Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (including Penny Lane/strawberry Fields Forever Single) -- 9. Fools On The Bus : Magical Mystery Tour Ep, Yellow Submarine Movie Score, And All You Need Is Love And Hello Goodbye Singles -- 10. Fractured Unities : The Beatles (white Album) (including Lady Madonna And Hey Jude Singles) -- 11. Roll Over, George Martin : Let It Be (including Get Back And The Ballad Of John And Yoko) -- 12. A Two-headed Oracle : Abbey Road -- 13. The Dream Is Over : The Solo Careers -- Epilogue To The Second Edition. Tim Riley. Album By Album, Song By Song, The Sixties And After--cover. Discography: P. [xi]-xxiv. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [417]-431) And Index.

An Engineer Who Worked With The Beatles During The Productions Of Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, And Other Albums Describes His Innovative Recording Techniques, And Shares His Insights Into The Band's Creative Processes. 1966 -- Hidden Treasure -- Number Three Abbey Road -- Meeting The Beatles -- Early Sessions -- Beatlemania -- A Hard Day's Night -- Innovation And Invention : The Making Of Revolver -- It's Wonderful To Be Here, It's Certainly A Thrill : Sgt. Pepper Begins -- A Masterpiece Takes Shape : The Pepper Concept -- All You Need Is Love-- And A Long Vacation : Magical Mystery Tour And Yellow Submarine -- The Day I Quit : The Making Of The White Album -- The Calm After The Storm : Life After The White Album -- An Anvil, A Bed, And Three Gunslingers : The Making Of Abbey Road -- And In The End : The Final Stroll Across Abbey Road -- Fixing A Hole : The Apple Years -- Drainage, Lizards, And Monsoons : The Making Of Band On The Run -- Life After The Beatles : From Elvis To The Anthologies -- I Read The News Today, Oh Boy. Geoff Emerick And Howard Massey. Includes Index.

Here is the national bestseller that Newsday called “the most authoritative and candid look yet at the personal lives…of the oft-scrutinized group.” In The Love You Make, Peter Brown, a close friend of and business manager for the band—and the best man at John and Yoko’s wedding—presents a complete look at the dramatic offstage odyssey of the four lads from Liverpool who established the greatest music phenomenon of the twentieth century. Written with the full cooperation of each of the group’s members and their intimates, this book tells the inside story of the music and the madness, the feuds and the drugs, the marriages and the affairs—from the greatest heights to the self-destructive depths of the Fab Four.   In-depth and definitive, The Love You Make is an astonishing account of four men who transformed the way a whole generation of young people thought and lived. It reigns as the most comprehensive, revealing biography available of John, Paul, George, and Ringo.   Includes 32 pages of rare and revealing photos A Literary Guild® Alternate Selection  

As dazzling as the decade they dominated, The Beatles almost single-handedly created pop music as we know it. Today, their songs are cited as seminal influences by stars like Oasis, Blur and Kula Shaker. Eloquently giving voice to their time, the Beatles quite simply changed the world.Updated with material from The Beatles Live at the BBC and the Anthology series, this acclaimed book gets to the heart of The Beatles — their records. It draws on the author’s unique knowledge and experience to “read” their 241 tracks chronologically — from their first amateur efforts in 1957 to Real Love, their final “reunion” recording in 1995. With this engrossing classic of popular criticism, Ian MacDonald shows exactly why the extraordinary songs of the Beatles remain a central and continually surprising presence.

Barry Miles. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [618]-633) And Index.

The Beatles Are Still The Most Popular Band Of All Time, They Topped All The Millennium Polls This Is The First Book To Be Produced With The Full Co-operation Of The Surviving Beatles And Yoko Ono The Ultimate Beatles Gift Book, Most Of The Images And Almost All The Text Has Never Been Seen Before Backed By £100,000 Marketing And Publicity Campaign

It was 40 years ago -- more or less -- that a 22-year-old broadcast journalist from Florida was invited by manager Brian Epstein to travel with the Beatles to every stop on their first North American tours. The only American reporter in the official press party, Larry Kane obtained exclusive, revealing interviews with John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Fortunately, Kane saved his original notes and tapes, and shares them here for the first time. That material provides the basis for his intimate look back at the phenomenon of the Fab Four, and insights into the humor and personality of each group member. Ticket to Ride, illustrated with more than 30 photographs, captures a rare time in history, gracefully melding the story of the Beatles revolution with the changing tenor of the country. Hear John Lennon's early public criticism of the Vietnam War, and learn about the night the Beatles met Bob Dylan. We had a crazy party the night we met [Dylan], Paul recounts. I thought I got the meaning to life that night. Ticket to Ride includes a 60-minute audio CD featuring rare interviews. Larry Kane is an Emmy Award winner whose broadcast journalism career has spanned more than 45 years, including anchor positions at all three of Philadelphia's network television affiliates and the ABC-TV network in New York City. Publishers Weekly John Lennon once said that the Beatles on tour were as debauched as the ancient Romans in Fellini's Satyricon. Outside of a description of a happy Lennon urging his band mates to take your pick from a group of hookers provided by an Atlantic City concert promoter, this highly entertaining account by broadcast journalist Kane, who covered the tour at the time, is as discreet about the Fab Four's sexual adventures as they were, although Kane notes that women came and went from the Beatles' floor in most hotels. But in all other respects, from fiery airplanes and rioting fans to encounters with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Jayne Mansfield (the latter two seem to spend quality time with Lennon), this is a fantastic insider's look at the cultural explosion that was Beatlemania. It helps that Kane was only 21 at the time (the same age as Paul McCartney); unlike dull-witted reporters whom the Beatles came to disdain, Kane quickly noted their indisputable naturalness and, to varying degrees, the depth of their humanity and their lack of phoniness. In turn, the Beatles rewarded Kane with many in-depth interviews through the tour (60 minutes of which are included on an accompanying CD), which Kane skillfully uses throughout provide the Beatles' own insightful view of the ongoing craziness surrounding them, as they travel from one chaotic hotel and concert scene to another. This is the most detailed description yet of the Beatles' American tours, and one of the few books on the band written in the past decade that can be considered indispensable. (Sept.) Forecast: Original Beatles fans may now be in their 50s, but the band's continuing popularity among them and their children, shown by the success of recent greatest hits compilations, should ensure a strong audience for this highly enjoyable look at the Fab Four's adventures. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Tony Bramwell's Remarkable Life With The Beatles Began In A Post-war Liverpool Suburb Where He Was Childhood Friends With John, Paul And George. By The Time He Unexpectedly Ran Into George Harrison On Top Of A Bus, Tony Was Well Into A Life Story Absolutely Unlike Any Other. At Apple Record's Insistence, Tony Stayed With The Beatles For Every Step Of Their Meteoric Rise. His Story Has Been Sought For Over Thirty Years, And Here It Is, Detailing With An Insider's Shrewd Eye The Incomparable Success And Inevitable Failure Of The Apple Empire; Brian Epstein's Frolics; Ken Kessy's Merry Pranksters; Phil Spector's Eccentric Behaviour; As Well As Never-heard-before Stories About Yoko Ono. 'magical Mystery Tours' Reveals Fresh Insights That Have Never Been Published In Any Of The 800 Plus Books Already On The Market, Including Compelling Details Of The Early Recordings And Songwriting And Yoko's Pursuit Of John And Her Growing Influence Over The Beatles' Lives. From The First Number One To The Last And From Scraps Of Song Lyrics To The Discovery Of The Famous Mr Kite Circus Poster, This Is A Broad Ranging Account Of The Swinging Sixties And The Decade's Most Successful Rock Band.

Geoff Emerick became an assistant engineer at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in 1962 at age fifteen, and was present as a new band called the Beatles recorded their first songs. He later worked with the Beatles as they recorded their singles "She Loves You" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand," the songs that would propel them to international superstardom. In 1964 he would witness the transformation of this young and playful group from Liverpool into professional, polished musicians as they put to tape classic songs such as "Eight Days A Week" and "I Feel Fine." Then, in 1966, at age nineteen, Geoff Emerick became the Beatles' chief engineer, the man responsible for their distinctive sound as they recorded the classic album Revolver, in which they pioneered innovative recording techniques that changed the course of rock history. Emerick would also engineer the monumental Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road albums, considered by many the greatest rock recordings of all time. In Here, There and Everywhere he reveals the creative process of the band in the studio, and describes how he achieved the sounds on their most famous songs. Emerick also brings to light the personal dynamics of the band, from the relentless (and increasingly mean-spirited) competition between Lennon and McCartney to the infighting and frustration that eventually brought a bitter end to the greatest rock band the world has ever known. Publishers Weekly Emerick was a fresh-faced young engineer in April 1966 when producer George Martin offered him the chance to work with the Beatles on what would become Revolver. He lasted until 1968, when tensions within the group, along with the band members' eccentricities and the demands of the job, forced him to quit after The White Album, exhausted and burned out. In this entertaining if uneven memoir, Emerick offers some priceless bits of firsthand knowledge. Amid the strict, sterile confines of EMI's Abbey Road studio, where technicians wore lab coats, the Beatles' success allowed them to challenge every rule. From their use of tape loops and their labor-intensive fascination with rolling tape backwards, the Beatles-and Emerick-reveled in shaking things up. Less remarkable are Emerick's personal recollections of the band members. He concedes the group never really fraternized with him-and he seems to have taken it personally. The gregarious McCartney is recalled fondly, while Lennon is "caustic," Ringo "bland" and Harrison "sarcastic" and "furtive." Still, the book packs its share of surprises and will delight Beatle fans curious about how the band's groundbreaking records were made. (Mar.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

The Unreleased Beatles Details The Incredible Breadth Of Music The Beatles Recorded But Did Not Release, As Well As Film Footage Of The Group That Hasn't Been Made Commercially Available. Beatles Expert Richie Unterberger Examines A Huge Array Of Material, Including Unreleased Studio Outtakes, Bbc Radio Recordings From 1962-1965, Live Concert Performances, Home Demo Recordings, Fan Club Christmas Recordings, And Other Informal Demos Done Outside Of Emi Studios.--jacket. The Unreleased Beatles Music. 1957-1961 : From The Quarrymen To The Beatles ; 1962 : Hello Emi, Good-bye Star-club ; 1963 : Today Britain, Tomorrow The World ; 1964 : The Beatles Conquer America-and The World ; 1965 : Beatlemania, More And Less ; 1966 : The End Of Touring And A Retreat To The Studio ; 1967 : The Studio Year ; 1968 : Out Of The Cosmos, And Back To Earth ; 1969 : Get Back To Abbey Road ; 1970 : All Things Must Pass Away -- The Unreleased And Rare Beatles On Film : A Selective Guide -- Here, There, But Not Everywhere. The Songs The Beatles Gave Away ; For No One : Beatles Compositions That Were Never Recorded ; The Beatles On Bootleg ; The Last Word : The Official Legacy Of The Unofficial Beatles. Richie Unterberger. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 379-380) And Index.

First published: New York : Harmony Books, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. [625]-636) and index.