When I was formerly on the medium run by Mr. Zuckerberg, one of my favorite people and contacts that I was fortunate to be able to communicate with was Jordi Melgosa who is a prominent Beatles collector who resides in Spain. Jordi was often able to find items that he felt that I was interested in having for the collection and he constantly kept me informed of new print releases from Spain. He was able to obtain several wonderful Spanish book titles with wonderful photos that I was pleased to purchase for the collection.
Jordi also publishes a Beatles fanzine; a sample issue is shown below. He was so kind in sending me the issue despite my lack of knowledge concerning the Spanish language. He surprised me with an article he had written about my FB page based on several questions he had asked me on the Instant Messaging feature of FB. Hope you are well Jordi! You can find Jordi at his account on FB!
El Submari Groc
Answering Jordi’s questions:
In a 2013 exhibition presented about Stuart’s Sutcliffe’s artwork, and curated by Richard Prince, a special advance booklet was published by Harper’s Books based in East Hampton, New York, with a great though brief discussion about Stu contained within. The great discussion of Stu presented with a few photos of some of his work was written by Mr. Prince. Special copies of this exhibition booklet were printed. This is one of those special edition copies of only 500 issued and one of only 50 signed copies, signed by artist Richard Prince and Stu Sutcliffe’s sister, Pauline.
Stuart Sutcliffe – Yea Yea Yea
Yea Yea Yea-the front cover of my copy of the booklet: Please note that I did not include a photo of the slipcase that the booklet arrived with
The back cover of the booklet:
The signature page of the booklet:
A favorite book title of my collection: Mr. Cardinal has done exhaustive research about solo Beatles homes, and they are impressive. They include books about the Dakota, Friar Park and Tittenhurst Park! They are exhaustive and thorough attempting to dispel myths about the architecture and the former occupants. Written in a form that is akin to an historian’s perspective. I recommend all of his book titles. To inquire about all of his titles, he can be reached at:
Cardinal@CampfireNetwork.com
This is the mammoth deluxe edition of the Tittenhurst Park book. It discusses accompanied by many gorgeous photographs, the former home of John and Yoko and later the home and grounds were sold to drummer Ringo Starr. The “Imagine” album was recorded in the studio that John built here:
The back page of the title giving a detailed description of the contents:
Normally I try to purchase the last numbered copy of a limited-edition book. In this fortunate unusual case, I made an exception and thanks to Scott’s kindness I was able to purchase copy #1.
The book acknowledgement page. I am sure you will recognize many familiar names:
A special and kind message from Scott:
8 Track
Acquired this item from well-known Beatles tour guide and author Charles Rosenay!!!. This is an item some of the younger viewers may not even know what an 8-track tape is. New technology innovations also mean that hardware and software can both go obsolete very quickly. This is an 8-track tape signed for Charles by Harry Nilsson in 1982. The obscurity of this signed item prompted me to purchase this item from Charles!!!
The back cover with the track listing. The unfortunate element about 8-track tapes is that often there was a short gap in a track that extended into another track on the tape.
Love Beatles books that have a focus on a particular city the Beatles visited during their touring years. This title about the Beatles in LA was written by Jeremy Louwerse and Tom Weitzel and published by Friesen Press in 2021. A truly enjoyable book with many fascinating photographs including one with gossip columnist, Hedda Hopper (see John’s comments about her within the book). It also has a great story and picture of John Lennon’s and Julian Lennon’s visit in 1974 to the Happy Days set. A photograph was taken of the cast with John and Julian and years later in 2018, actor, Anson Williams once again met up with Julian and they took a selfie together which appears in the book. The book is not a lengthy one being a bit shy of 100 pages, but it certainly is an entertaining one!
Front cover of the book:
Back Cover of the book containing some of the content within:
A book that only appears in the French language. It is the story of one of John Lennon’s half-sisters that John’s mom Julia had given up for adoption. She was adopted by the Pedersen family and did not realize that she was related to John until she was much older. Yoko has met her, and I believe there is an existing photograph of the two taken together in the Dakota.
Obtained this book on Amazon Canada. This is the front cover:
This is the back cover:
Julian Lennon
A lesser-known Julian Lennon project was his role in the Mike Batt musical held at the Royal Albert Hall featuring a star-studded cast. Julian sang on at least three of the songs on the soundtrack
Mike Batt himself posted the Royal Albert Hall Show on YouTube:
The Hunting Of The Snark – Royal Albert Hall 1987 – YouTube
The back cover of the LP with the credits listed. Notice that George Harrison plays on a track “Children of the Sky.”
A wonderful book put together and assembled by the UK company TRACKS in 1999 and published by Omnibus Press. Authored by Beatles press officer, Tony Barrow.
Front cover of the book: (though small in the number of pages, the photographs alone are worth the price of the book)
Back Cover of the book:
Acquired this item on Ebay a few years ago. I am pretty certain that Ebay was not aware they were selling a bootleg LP. Unfortunately, that is a major part of the problem. The bootleggers make the LP look so legitimate, that often a casual fan might mistake it as being legitimate.
This is supposed to be part of the special Christmas disk that Paul had copies made for his three bandmates as a happy Christmas gesture to them. The appeal of such items to Beatles fans creates the wish that the record executives will seek out rarities such as these to issue to the hardcore Beatles collector. By catering to fans wants, they can help to eliminate the bootleggers from the marketplace.
Front cover of the LP:
The details of the LP provided on the back cover:
Saw this booklet on the internet which detailed the contents of the entire 218+ episodes of the Lost Lennon Tapes:
Could not resist having a track listing of each episode in the collection!
A sample page from the booklet:
From the mid 1980’s my signed copy of Julian on the cover of Rolling Stone!
A rare LP which Yoko Ono designed the cover for:
The back cover gives Yoko credit for her front cover:
I love Julian’s music, and I take great pride in collecting signed copies of all his LP’s. This was his 2nd album that Julian felt rushed by the record company to release, and he has expressed great regret about that over the years as he felt that it was not right to rush him to attempt to capitalize on the success of Valotte. Julian felt that the quality of the material would suffer as a result. I enjoyed a few tracks on this LP despite the harsh self-criticism.
A signed copy of the Mr. Jordan LP!
A favorite Julian Lennon LP of mine (Everything Changes). This is a signed copy purchased from Julian’s website. A fantastic LP in my book!
Unfortunately, my signed Julian Help Yourself cd is packed away in storage. Will close with a signed version of Julian’s Photograph Smile” cd which is a fantastic set of songs!
Hope you enjoyed the latest JPGR Hodgepodge post! Do you have a special category of Beatles-related print material that you would like to see more of on the blog?
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Autobiography
Autobiographies by those people associated with The Beatles story
This is just awesome! A true delight!
These ‘Hodge Podge’ posts are my favourites! So much to enjoy and learn about The Beatles. I refer back to these posts often and salute the dedication of the author! Thanks, Brian in Liverpool UK