Posted on 2 Comments

Beatles Magazines from 1967 and 1968

Some of my favorite Beatle-related magazines from 1967 and 1968

1967 and 1968 were a couple of both magical and surreal years as is reflected in a few magazines from that era!

Society was facing the dichotomy of the summer of love mentality clashing with thoughts of revolution and civil disobedience.

Though the primary focus of this blog has been books up to this point, thought it would be a nice break to deal with a few interesting Beatles magazines from the 67-68 era:

1967 Beatwave Magazine Issue #2 Features a Paul McCartney Self Portrait on the Cover   Radio Caroline Pirate Radio Station Feature with Tony Blackburn

The Beatles Radio Caroline Pirate Radio Station-notice the dedication to Free Radio listeners everywhere

Paul’s Self Portrait was painted for the magazine. This was also the year when Paul admitted to the press that he had taken LSD.

Paul's Portrait on the cover
Paul’s Portrait on the cover

A fantastic cover photo by the late Henry Grossman. This photo shot only appeared on the cover in the Asian geographical regions of the world. It also appeared in Australia and New Zealand.

The Cover Photo Was only in the Asian Edition
The Cover Photo Was only in the Asian Edition

‘TeenSet’ 1968 Feb. 1968 magazine w/ Lennon & Hendrix poster -notice the fascination with the multi-colored depictions of a Beatle on the cover. Noticing the date on the magazine, that is the month that the Beatles recorded “Across the Universe.”

Teenset Magazine
Teenset Magazine

An excerpt from the magazine

The Story Behind Magical Mystery Tour
The Story Behind Magical Mystery Tour
John and Magical Mystery Tour
John and Magical Mystery Tour

Part of the double-sided poster with John Lennon on one side and Jimi Hendrix on the other.

Poster of John
Poster of John

As the protests of the war in Vietnam were increasing so was the youth culture’s resistance to the establishment and anti-war protests began to increase. This issue featured the colorful Richard Avedon portraits of the Beatles. There was also a black and white Beatles poster included as an insert to this issue of the magazine. As the political events of the political convention in November were unfolding, the Beatles released their song of “Revolution.”

As depicted in another post on this blog, even though Look Magazine used the Lennon Avedon photo as the cover, the only country that used all four of the Avedon color psychedelic photos of the Beatles as primary cover shots was Spain which featured an issue of Rolling Stone Magazine where each Beatle’s Avedon photo was the cover of the magazine. Of course the Spanish Rolling Stone portrayals in Rolling Stone was in the new century after much time had passed.

Look Magazine
Look Magazine

1968 featured the colorful fantasy film titled “Yellow Submarine.”

There were two issues of this Yellow Submarine magazine. This one is the 48-page issue.

The Official Beatles Yellow Submarine Magazine
The Official Beatles Yellow Submarine Magazine

This is the 64 page issue of the magazine

The Official Beatles Yellow Submarine Magazine
The Official Beatles Yellow Submarine Magazine

The 60’s were to end a couple of years later and ironically, so did the Beatles!

How many original 60s magazines have you got? Do you have a favourite? Let me know in the comments below.

Buzz

Posted on Leave a comment

The Beatles – The Illustrated History

The Beatles - The Illustrated History

THE LIMITED EDITION BOOK RELEASES CONTINUE

Fulvio Fiore and Alex Franchi have announced their new title in their limited edition History of the Beatles book series.

Here is the description of this limited edition book which is independently published in an edition of 50 copies

NEW BOOK OUT – IT’S FAB!!! THE BEATLES – THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY

October/December 1963 (245 pages, Isla Publishing)

Release Date: January 15, 2024

This third chapter in a successful new series of photographic publications “The Illustrated History”, retraces the myth of the Liverpool quartet in the international printed paper weekly. 1963 was a Golden year for the Fab Four!!!

Rare newspapers, promotional posters, charts, rare covers relating to record publications, charts, and other international press finds. Much of the material from the authors’ personal collections is unpublished or rarely seen before testifying a collecting interest which, after more than 50 years, has not shown signs of decreasing, indeed…Available in a limited edition of 50 hand-numbered copies: Enjoy the previews and contact ALEX to get a copy! To contact Alex Franchi for book inquiries, here is his email address: Soundlover30@hotmail.com

Here are a few sample pages for the book:

The Beatles 1963
The Beatles 1963
The Beatles 1963
The Beatles 1963
The Beatles 1963
The Beatles 1963
The Beatles 1963
The Beatles 1963
The Beatles 1963
The Beatles 1963
The Beatles 1963
The Beatles 1963
The Beatles 1963
The Beatles 1963
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Want To Hold Your Hand

Buzz

Posted on 2 Comments

The Beatles and Me – I Need Your HELP to Find This Book!

The Beatles and Me

A BEATLES BOOK WITH A DIFFERENT COVER THAT HAS BEEN ELUSIVE TO ME

I love to be able to track down books concerning the Beatles that are very difficult to find. I am asking your help to assist me in finding a book that I am looking for in my collection. It is a Beatles book that was issued with 2 alternate covers. I have the more common cover, but I am looking for a copy of the cover that was withdrawn when the book was first issued. 

The book was compiled by musician, Dean Johnson and he has very interesting tale to tell about George Harrison.  Beatles biographer, Hunter Davies, had some unreleased George Harrison lyrics in his possession and apparently, he asked Dean to write the music to complete the song. Dean performed the song on the BBC and was planning to release it but apparently, the Harrison estate put a stop to the release. The song was titled “Silence Is Its Own Reply.” Here is a UK story about the song, played once on the Spencer Leigh radio program.

Wirral’s Dean finishes lost George Harrison song | Wirral Globe

I have heard the song and I wish more people had been able to hear it in order to register or to gauge their opinions.

Musician Dean Johnson had also released a book about fan encounters with the Beatles and though it is a small book it is very entertaining. Asking for your help or assistance in being able to find a copy of the book with the picture on the cover just below. The book was issued with two alternate covers. The book with the black and white cover photos is more difficult to find than the one I have in my possession.

However, I do know the cover exists as I know a couple of individuals who have a copy of the rare first cover of the book.

This is a picture of the cover that I am looking for in my collection. I hope you know someone who has a copy and is willing to let me purchase it.   Published in 2013 by Countyvise Ltd

The Beatles and Me by Dean Johnson
The Beatles and Me by Dean Johnson

This is the cover that I already have and this is the more common release with the color photographs:

The Beatles and Me
The Beatles and Me

Can you help me? Let me know in the comments below please.

John “Buzz” Bezzini

Posted on 2 Comments

Yellow Submarine – It’s All In The Mind

Inside The Yellow Submarine

Jeremy Hillary Boob’s Quote From “Yellow Submarine”:

Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!

If someone were to ask me, what are the ultimate sources for information about the making of the Beatles animated classic, “Yellow Submarine,” then these two books certainly fit that bill.

The first volume was created literally by the author undertaking three decades of intensive research about the Yellow Submarine story. Interviewing virtually all of the main contributors to making the classic film. The Yellow Submarine books are not merely history books as Dr. Bob offers many significant theories as to the significance of the Yellow Submarine in Beatles mythology.

I have no doubts that these two volumes will provide a massive amount of new information to you concerning this beautiful and wondrous tale. An analogy of the film can be drawn with the discussion of many of our perceptions of the Fifties decade as compared with the Sixties. Many see the Fifties as the black-and-white decade-“this is what is right and this is what is wrong” as being clearly defined by the social mores and structures in place.

The decade was certainly not perceived as being shaped in a significant variety of opinions and splashed in vibrant color. However, the Sixties were quite different as the decade seemed to come alive as the explosion of the population’s viewpoints as to how to see and understand things were now being viewed in a variety of perspectives.

Accepted roles of various groups of people were changing as well as generational roles were evolving significantly during this time frame, thus the description of the black and white vs. color analogy. Technological growth was also playing a role as even the monumental importance of TV viewing itself in industrialized countries was shifting rapidly from black and white to color sets. So many fascinating cultural statements are presented in this fantasy, some more obvious than others.

Inside the Yellow Submarine
Inside the Yellow Submarine

Here are the author’s description of the 2nd volume of the book:

Print run limited to 900 copies in Paperback, each autographed by the authors.

More insider stories on how favorite scenes were made, symbolic interpretations, the Swinging 60’s.

368 pages, 203 illustrations.

16 new artists share their stories of working on the film.

On-set hijinks, technical wizardry, how favorite scenes were made.

Why the Yellow Submarine makes us feel so GOOD, interpretation of symbolism and the subconscious.

It's All In The Mind
It’s All In The Mind

The special hardcover edition of the 2nd volume of the  Bob Hieronimus and Laura E. Cortner book. Only 100 signed and numbered copies were issued, and I am the very fortunate owner of copy #100 of this special limited edition.

It's All In The Mind
It’s All In The Mind

For further information about these wonderful books, you can contact the authors at this site:

Vol. 1: Inside The Yellow Submarine: The Making of The Beatles’ Animated Classic – (yellowsubmarinebook.com)

Volume 2 link

It’s All in the Mind: Inside The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, vol.2 Collector’s Edition Hardback – (yellowsubmarinebook.com)

Would like to end this post with a question. Are you all happy that the proposed re-make of Yellow Submarine proposed by noted director Robert Zemeckis was permanently shelved or would you have liked to have seen the studio give it an attempt? The consensus of opinion I have seen thus far for that proposition is to leave things as they are!!!

Let me know in the comments.

Buzz

Posted on Leave a comment

The Long and Winding Phone

The Long and Winding Phone

News from Helen Marketti who has conducted numerous Beatles-related interviews over the years. This new book features interviews with such personalities as Pete Best, Denny Laine, Peter Asher, Pattie Boyd, Jenny Boyd, May Pang, Julian Lennon, Nancy Lee Andrews, Angie McCartney, Chris O’Dell, and Brian Ray!

Her book, The Long and Winding Phone, will be officially available starting Feb. 9, 2024

Blue Jade Press, 2024

ISBN number: 978-1-961043-01-5

It is registered through the Library of Congress.

Cost will be $20. There will be a shipping and handling charge depending where it will be sent within the US will be $5.00 extra for S and H…via media mail

Methods of payment can be through Venmo. 

You can email Helen at: 4liverpollads@gmail.com 

And put “Beatles Book” in the subject line.

The Long and Winding Phone
The Long and Winding Phone
Posted on Leave a comment

The Beatles and Me On Tour

DUE IN FEBRUARY OF 2024 – SPECIAL NEW 60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION FROM AUTHOR IVOR DAVIS

IVOR IS ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE WHO WERE ACTUALLY THERE WHEN THE BEATLES MET ELVIS PRESLEY AND HE CONFIRMS THAT THEY DID INDEED JAM TOGETHER…

IVOR WAS THE IDEAL FLY ON THE WALL FOR WHAT HE SAW AND HEARD WHEN THE BEATLES CONQUERED THE WORLD!!!

The Beatles and Me On Tour
The Beatles and Me On Tour

Ivor Davis

Author of: 

Manson Exposed: A Reporter’s 50-Year Journey into Madness and Murder

The Beatles and Me on Tour 

http://www.IvorDavisBooks.com

EVENT COMING UP ON 25TH JANUARY 2024

Ivor has shared the following notice about a personal appearance in January of 2024 to promote the new edition of the book at the Museum of Ventura in Ventura, California. Here is the notice of his appearance in January of 2024.

The Museum of Ventura County & Zoom 100 E Main Street
Ventura, 93001

Three hundred years after the American Revolution Britain finally got revenge. Sixty years ago this year, four funny-looking lads with mop-top haircuts from Liverpool, England—named John, Paul, George, and Ringo, invaded the USA—and conquered the nation! Amidst oceans of tears and ear-blasting screams—but surprisingly no blood—they re-wrote Rock and Roll History.

London-born, Ventura County author and journalist Ivor Davis had a front-row, eyewitness seat as this amazing Revolution unfolded in all its gory detail.

He travelled with them, ate with them, drank with them, and revealed the behind-the-scenes story of what unfolded from sea to shining sea in his 60th anniversary “Beatles and Me on Tour” book. It contains never-before-told tales of the conquering Beatles who are still worshipped in the USA—and even Ventura County!

The Beatles and their families are beloved millionaires, and astonishingly they are still turning out hit records!

Davis will be at the Museum of Ventura County January 25, 2024 from 6:30 to 7:30pm to reveal the blood, sweat, tears, screams and inside stories of how it happened. And answer all the questions about the Fab Four—that you were afraid to ask!

“Davis serves up the stories behind the stories as only an insider can,” said the prestigious Publisher’s Weekly.