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John Buzz Bezzini
John Buzz Bezzini

The blog is designed to feature both old and new Beatles-related print material including books, magazines, posters, or correspondence with people that have a Beatles connection or association. The blog will also feature books from people that have worked with the individual members of the group during their solo careers! Looking forward to seeing you here! Looking forward to your participation and feedback on the blog!

John “Buzz” Bezzini has one of the world’s largest collections of Beatles books and he will share his thoughts and opinions on some of the more rare and unusual Beatles titles.

John taught a course in 1984 called “The Beatles in Retrospect” marking the 20th anniversary of the Beatles’ arrival in America.

John also holds a Master’s Degree in Communication.

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With a Love Like That: The Beatles and the Women Who Loved Them 

The Beatles and the Women Who Loved Them

She’s Not a Girl Who Misses Much

The publication of this book has had it’s release date pushed back a few times. I spoke to Helen Anderson, who was John and Cynthia’s Art College classmate, and she told me that she believes that Michael Feeney Callan is doing an excellent job of research for the book. She was interviewed for the book and she believes in earnest, that it will be an excellent and informative title.

 

Looking forward to this book!  The researcher is attempting to get the most thorough portrayal of the subject matter and this takes both time and perseverance.

The Beatles and the Women Who Loved Them: Hardcover 

by Michael Feeney Callan (Author)

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hachette Books 

Amazon UK Description:

Here, for the first time, is an intimate look inside the Beatles and their relationships with their muses, the women who shared the Beatles’ lives from their teens, through Beatle-mania to the breakup. In evaluating the lives of these storied women, the book charts unrecorded collaborations and the startlingly revelatory autobiographical nature of the band’s most famous songs. It also unfolds as an eye-opening alternative history of the forces that brought the Beatles together and ultimately tore them apart.

John “Buzz” Bezzini

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The Beatles White Album – New Book

The Beatles - The White Album
The Beatles – The White Album

GLENN GREENBERG’S GREAT NEW MAGAZINE/ BOOK ABOUT THE CREATION OF THE WHITE ALBUM BY THE BEATLES!  

“The Beatles”, known more prominently over the years as “The White Album”, was a perfect follow-up to the ornate and psychedelic creation of the band known as “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” The 30 song double album with the blank white cover and the embossed group name featured the dynamic versatility of the band and demonstrated to the public that the group was not tied or limited to a specific style of music. There was something for everyone on the two disks.

Unfortunately, some critics contend that the album’s greatest strength was also it’s biggest weakness as group members began to be heading in different artistic directions. The producer, George Martin, felt like he was losing his guidance role in the studio and had the preference for the album to be a single LP with only the best tracks on the disk. It was also a more frequent occurrence to not see the full band present at all the sessions.

The band solidarity seemed to be more fragmented and the disagreements between the band members became more visible to engineers and others present in the studio. George Harrison began taking a more active role in contributing excellent songs to the Beatles canon of work. John Lennon’s attentions were also being directed to his fascination with Japanese artist, Yoko Ono.

A brand new 100 page “Bookazine” dealing with many of the subjects mentioned above has been created by author Glenn Greenberg and it is a true delight. Featuring many wonderful accompanying photos from the era, the stories about the creation of the album and the description of the milieu of the times is spot on and you will thoroughly enjoy this wonderful title in your collections. Here are a few sample pages from the magazine which I purchased on Ebay.

The Back Cover

Back Cover of the Book/ Magazine
Back Cover of the Book/ Magazine

The Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Table of Contents

A sample photo from the Book/ Magazine

Glenn has produced several other wonderful Beatles-related magazines that you may like to also add to your collection: Most of these magazines can be found on Ebay!

The Trivia Book Of The Beatles Magazine 2023

The Trivia Book of The Beatles
The Trivia Book of The Beatles

JOHN LENNON 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION 2021

John Lennon's 80th Birthday Celebration
John Lennon’s 80th Birthday Celebration

2022 TIME Magazine: Paul McCartney at 80 Yesterday, Today & Beyond

Paul McCartney at 80
Paul McCartney at 80

Glenn – many thanks for your contributions to the Beatles Print World!!!

John Bezzini

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GET BACK’S ENGINEER: GLYN JOHNS, HIS 45 HISTORY!!!

Glyn Johns with the Beatles
Glyn Johns with the Beatles

Glyn Johns

Many are aware that Glyn Johns helped to engineer the Beatles Get Back sessions and later was to become an excellent producer. However little was known of his own recording career where he both wrote and performed several songs on a handful of 45s in the 60s. Glyn not only recorded a Beatles song, “I’ll Follow the Sun”, but he also recorded a Stones song under the tutelage of Bill Wyman with Brian Jones playing sitar on the track of “Lady Jane.”

I was able to find this rare Glyn 45 picture sleeve on eBay.

Glyn Johns' Record Like Grains of Yellow Sands
Glyn Johns’ Record Like Grains of Yellow Sands
Glyn Johns' Record Like Grains of Yellow Sands
Glyn Johns’ Record Like Grains of Yellow Sands
Glyn Johns' Record Like Grains of Yellow Sands
Glyn Johns’ Record Like Grains of Yellow Sands
Glyn Johns' Record Like Grains of Yellow Sands
Glyn Johns’ Record Like Grains of Yellow Sands

Was also able to find the rare Glyn Johns picture sleeve for “Lady Jane” where he was incorrectly credited as “Glynt” Johns as the record company used his middle initial of T and mistakenly added it to his first name of Glyn.

Glynt Johns Lady Jane
Glynt Johns Lady Jane
Glynt Johns Lady Jane
Glynt Johns Lady Jane
Glynt Johns Lady Jane
Glynt Johns Lady Jane
Glynt Johns Lady Jane
Glynt Johns Lady Jane

GLYN JOHNS “Lady Jane” ULTRA RARE VIDEO – YouTube

Glyn Johns Lady Jane

Another Glyn 45 produced by well-known producer Tony Meehan.

Glyn Johns produced by Tony Meehan
Glyn Johns produced by Tony Meehan

Glyn recorded two 45’s in 1962 and 1963. These are the earliest recordings, appearing in 1962.

Sioux Indian by Glyn Johns
Sioux Indian by Glyn Johns
January Blues by Glyn Johns
January Blues by Glyn Johns

This song was a promo song for “jeans”

Today You're Gone by Glyn Johns
Today You’re Gone by Glyn Johns
Such Stuff of Dreams by Glyn Johns
Such Stuff of Dreams by Glyn Johns

This is the promo single of Glyn singing a Beatles song.

I'll Follow The Sun sung by Glyn Johns
I’ll Follow The Sun sung by Glyn Johns
I'll Take You Dancing Glyn Johns
I’ll Take You Dancing Glyn Johns
I’ll Follow The Sun

The pride and joy of my Glyn Johns collection and the most difficult 45 to find. A couple of 1963 recordings of which I own a promo copy.

Old Deceiver Time by Glyn Johns
Old Deceiver Time by Glyn Johns
Dancing With You
Dancing With You

Glyn John’s book

Glyn Johns Sound Man
Glyn Johns Sound Man

Get Back – Let It Be

And a bit of poetic justice as well. Glyn finally received the deserved recognition for his work on the Get Back Sessions with the Peter Jackson superb film that appeared on Disney. Also, Glyn finally saw the official release of his mix of the Get Back album on the Let It Be special boxed set.

Buzz

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The Beatles Book that never was! Wishful Thinking!

The Beatles Collected
The Beatles Collected

The Beatles Book that never was!

Often, books can get listed on such booksellers as Amazon that never become a reality. I remember contacting the author of this book several years ago asking him when the book was going to be released. He wrote back to me saying that he had rejected doing the book and it was not going to be issued after all.

I remember being very disappointed as Pete Nash is an excellent Beatles collector and I am sure it would have been a wonderful and interesting release. Over the years I have bought several wonderful collectors items from Pete including a signed Pauline Lennon book about her husband, Freddie Lennon.

Pete notified Amazon according to his email that the book was not going to be published, yet the notification of the book remains on the Amazon UK site several years later. Hope they update the listing so fans will not be disappointed in attempting to order a copy.

 

Beatles Collected, The Hardcover – Illustrated, 10 Oct. 2019

by Pete Nash (Author) Red Planet Publishing-2019

Amazon UK Description

The Beatles Collected is the illustrated story of The Beatles told through the products we bought and collected. Beautifully photographed and designed The Beatles Collected includes record sleeves and labels, promotional material, concert and film artefacts and advertising and the whole gamut of Beatles merchandise from guitars, plastic models, clothes, wigs and even Beatles mothballs] The book covers everything from the rare and expensive to items produced in their millions. Of interest to both serious collectors and those baby boomers who remember owning Beatles bubblegum cards, original albums on Veejay or Swan or even a diecast yellow submarine]

Any books that you would like to see published that haven’t been yet? Let me know in the comments.

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The UK Beatles Singles

The UK Beatles Singles
The UK Beatles Singles

Made in the U.K. – A complete overview of the UK Beatles singles manufactured in the U.K.

A truly exhaustive and marvelous, thorough 600+ page book that will delight you with the turn of every page. Beautiful color photographs throughout the book. Enough information here for a lifetime. Apcor Books never ceases to amaze me with the research and quality of their Beatles book catalog.

The UK Beatles Singles

A brief excerpt from the Acetates Chapter in the book.

The UK Beatles Singles - The Acetates
The UK Beatles Singles – The Acetates

This is yet another amazing book that covers such an important part of Beatles history, including the rarest of records.

Which would you choose as the most important?

Buzz

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Room 902 – An Obscure John and Yoko Book

Room 902 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono Amsterdam 1969
Room 902 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono Amsterdam 1969

An obscure hardcover book about John and Yoko’s Amsterdam Bed-In, featuring the photography of Nico Koster. The books come in both an English edition and a Dutch edition. The book is about 50 pages long and features many photos of the event that gathered press coverage all over the world.

ROOM 902 Amsterdam 1969-English by Nico Koster Photographer | Blurb Books

Published by Blurb Publish Date: Apr 02, 2009

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