Arranged chronologically, the photos trace the story of the band, from their emergence on the scene in england. The book covers the early days of the beatles own company, apple corps, through companys first four singles, including the beatles twosided smash hey jude. The best beatles books what are the greatest books about the beatles with over eighty nine thousand books now registered in the british library that mention the beatles in one way shape or form, i thought it would be helpful to present a buyers guide to the best ones this list of beatles books is the result of many happy hours of reading the best beatles books the ones that best. It takes a fresh and often funny look at the magnificent and sometimes idiotic career path of the beatles through the prism of one vital album a record considered by many including john lennon to be the one on which they reached their peak as songwriters. Most books about the beatles reveal the big picture first and ask questions afterward. Mansfield relates how a lucky break in the 1960s took him from promotions executive for hollywoods capitol records to u.
Never before had we recorded with beds in the studio and people visiting for hours on end, business meetings and all that. The first was michael brauns love me do the beatles progress, a 1964 account which followed the group on tour and recounted their early days. The beatles white album becomes 4thhighest certified release in us history. The range of titles mirrors the importance of the band, universally acknowledged as the best, most popular, and most influential ever to. And if the structure of the album is pretty similar to please please me, the. The white book has been endorsed by many applebeatles related people including the rolling stones andrew loog oldham, peter asher, alan parsons, robin. Mansfield relates how a lucky break in the 1960s took. With the publication of the white album, didion had established herself as a prominent writer on califor. The beatles the white album 50th anniversary fan memories. Buy the beatles the white album book 2 guitar recorded versions 2nd ed. So with the beatles is simultaneously a quickly turnedaround cashin and a record of real generosity and integrity. Beatles is a novel written by the norwegian author lars saabye christensen.
More collectable than its stereo and digital processors, and featuring utterly transparenttothesource sound, it is completely different than its stereo. The book tells the story of four oslo boys in the years from 1965 to 1972, recapitulating their adolescent years and early adulthood. The vultures were originally going to be voiced by the beatles. The accidental perfection of the beatles white album the new. For the ardent beatles fan, the white book is replete with stories, remembrances and photos one wont find anywhere else. First warning sign was closing his introduction with. The white albums original working title was a dolls house, which is the name of henrik ibsens masterpiece 19thcentury play. It can therefore only be read when the sleeve is over the book, so the text shows up against the plain white back cover. In addition, according to geoffrey giuliano, author of the beatles album, an illustration was prepared for the cover of a dolls house by the famed artist john patrick byrne aka patrick.
The beatles white album and the launch of apple is the tenth book on the beatles by critically acclaimed beatles authorhistorian bruce spizer. Popular the beatles books meet your next favorite book. The beatles, or the white album paperback december 1, 2018 by mark goodall author visit amazons mark goodall page. They collide with each other, some in your face helter skelter, others. Through exclusive photos and personal stories, former us manager of apple records and grammy award winning producer ken mansfield offers a compelling. The set consists of a huge white book, encased in a big transparent sleeve that slides off. English musician george harrison of the beatles at the apple corps. His latest book covers all aspects of the beatles 1968 double album titled the beatles, but more commonly referred to as the white album due to its pure white cover.
The second memoir from recordindustry vet mansfield the beatles, the bible and bodega bay, a simple look at a complex happening, recounts his overwhelmingly positive experiences working with the fab four and others as they put together their latecareer masterpiece the white album. Like the beatles earlier albums, the white album is eclectic, but here the songs are in conflict rather than harmony. He reflects on a period of pop culture and music that set todays stage of the phenomenal megastar side of showbiz. The working title for the white album was a dolls house, after norwegian playwright henrik ibsens 1879 play. The sleeve has portrait photos of the 4 beatles on the front, and the full track listing on the back. The beatles, the bands complex and wideranging double album from 1968, is all of these things. The front of the cover has the beatles embossed in raised block letters, is not numbered. Pages in category books about the beatles the following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. The beatles white album, serial number a1873215, apple swbo101. A total of 34 new tracks were released in 1968 and 30 were contained on this one doublelp.
Rubber soul, and abbey road with the white album and a hard days. The beatles the white album book 1 beatles, the on. On the down side, the author is a bit of a cornball windbag. It takes its title from the english rock band the beatles, and all the chapters are named after beatles songs or albums. More than 2,000 books have been written about the beatles. The last session that i ever did with the beatles as a band was a full 24 hour marathon to complete the white album. Beatles remastering engineers saved the best for last.
But when epstein took the idea to the beatles, john lennon vetoed the idea, and told epstein to tell disney he should hire elvis presley. The matrix numbers fall into the yex band commonly seen, but the runouts also have g o d and other three letter stamps on them. The beatles song by song episodes from the 1968 double lp. Nonlaminated white gatefold cover with openings at the sides. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. However, the working title was changed when the british progressive band. At beatles anniversary time, the stories write themselves. An insiders look at an era paperback october 30, 2007. One of a series of russianmade bootleg editions of the authorized beatles library, this twocd set is sort of the white albumplus, squeezing bonus tracks from the album as well as from off the let it be and abbey road sessions. Weve found 1,162 lyrics, 118 artists, and 100 albums matching white book. Fifty years later, the white album, the beatles masterpiece, is still good. Revolution 1 and revolution 9 told of the coming apocalypse. The beatles the beatles white album 50th anniversary. Theyre all familiar and often interesting, and also as much a mess together as the white album should have been but wasnt.
Ken mansfield, former us manager of apple records, is a grammy awardwinning album producer and recordlabel executive who has worked with artists as diverse as the beatles, waylon jennings, the beach boys, the four freshman, quicksilver messenger service, don ho, glen campbell, badfinger, judy garland, buck owens, eric burton, lou rawls, andy williams, the band, david cassidy and the flying. In his white book, he salutes the beatles as only a true insider can. This makes for a frustratingly scattershot record or a singularly gripping musical experience, depending on your view, but what makes the socalled white album interesting is its mess. If i proposed a book of ringos collected laundry lists, publishers would form a queue. The book will be available in both a standard edition and. Its a glorious and flawed mess, and its failings are as essential to its character as its triumphs. The beatles white album unplugged full album youtube. The white album book 2 by the beatles guitar tablature.
The white album bootleg apple the beatles allmusic. The subjects of the essays range widely and represent a mixture of memoir, criticism, and journalism, focusing on the history and politics of california in the late 1960s and early 70s. The beatles or the white album as it became better known was released on 22nd november, 1968 on the fifth anniversary of their second album, with the beatles. Beatles girl with a little white book we have 1 answer for the clue beatles girl with a little white book. The beatles white album and charles manson the ocd. The beatles the white album book 2 guitar recorded.
Never before had a rock record been so selfreflective, or so ironic. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Unfollow beatles white album to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Cut from the original 14inch analog master tapes and pressed at optimal in germany on deadquiet 180g lps, the beatles the beatles the white album is made by and for audiophiles. We were all in the midst of the psychedelic thing, or just coming out of it. Since then millions of words have been written about all aspects of their lives, from the music. Mono jacket designation is only on the spine mono pmc 70678.
Generally speaking, the beatles never had a time schedule. Licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of umc universal music catalogue. The white album is a 1979 book of essays by joan didion. This 2007 book is a sequel to that book, updating much of the beatles information in the first book with new chapters on his years in the music business with such artists as the late andy williams, brian wilson. Each song on the sprawling double album the beatles is an entity to itself, as the band touches on anything and everything it can. Hundreds, if not thousands, of books have been published about the beatles. Ken mansfield author hopeless romantic three chords and an attitude ick. Huge congratulations to all the cast and crew at the the beatles love by cirque du soleil an incredible achievement and the show continues to be as thrilling as ever.
Like her previous book slouching towards bethlehem, the white album is a collection of works previously published in magazines such as life and esquire. It takes a fresh and often funny look at the magnificent and sometimes idiotic career path of the beatles through the prism of one vital album a record considered by many including john lennon to be the one on which they reached their peak as. The bands manager, brian epstein, approached the disney studios about having the beatles appear in the film, and disney had his animators create the vultures specifically to be voiced by the band. This book however, exists to argue that the beatles is not only the finest achievement of the beatles group but can also be considered one of the greatest lp. Hunter and his team have also rated entries to show how important, influential or meaningful that characteristic was. Additionally, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publication of spizers first book, the beatles records on veejay, all his books on sale for. The beatles decided to change it, however, when british prog group family released their debut album music in a dolls house in july 1968. The classic original beatles studio albums have been remastered by a dedicated team of engineers at abbey road studios in london over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings.