Six times per year I eagerly anticipate the new issue of Beatlefan magazine to appear in my mailbox. Even in the digital age in which we live, with information being conveyed instantly across the internet, it is Beatlefan magazine which I rely on for my major source of Beatles news. It is one of only a few print magazine sources about the Beatles that I own a copy of every issue since issue #1.
Bill King, the editor, and his excellent staff of writers, including Brad Hundt, Al Sussman, Kit O’Toole, and Bruce Spizer, among many others, make it an absolute pleasure when every issue arrives, as new and exciting Beatles-related information is always provided to the viewer. The editorials about new releases are wide-ranging in their perspectives and present new ways to perceive the merits (or lack thereof) of the respective releases!
New Beatles books are reviewed as well as dvd releases and underground recordings as well. Bill King, with his journalistic background, has found the perfect formula to satisfy the insatiable appetite of Beatles fans for new information about their idols. The news section not only reports the news but it often puts the information into the proper cultural context and meaning.
Shown below are a few sample issues of the magazine. Following the sample issues are the hard-to-find hardcover books of early Beatlefan issues published by Pierian Press many years ago. I sincerely hope that publisher and editor Bill King decides to publish the entire run of Beatlefan magazine in the hardcover format one day as they richly deserve to be permanently preserved for their quality and insight concerning the Beatles phenomenon. For informational or subscription inquiries, you can contact Beatlefan at beatlefanmagazine@gmail.com
The two hardcover editions of Beatlefan magazine’s early issues, published by Pierian Press many years ago.
