Kristofer K. Engelhardt
How reference books can help you to find very obscure items-in this case a very rare Paul McCartney rarity!
Below are listed three excellent Beatles reference books by author, Kristofer K. Engelhardt!. Kris is directly responsible for adding a very rare item to my collection. Kris’s investigative talents are both superb and legendary. For example, in the first book shown here, Beatles Undercover, in the early copies of the book, Kris uncovered a rare 1970’s era recording on cd of a co-written song where John Lennon helped write the lyrics to a song originally written by sound engineer Roy Cicala. The tune with John’s rewritten lyrics became a song based on a native American that John Lennon had met and the song was to be called “Incantation.”
Beatles Deeper Undercover Paperback – March 1, 2010
Kristofer K. Engelhardt
In the second volume of his trilogy Beatles Deeper Undercover, I learned of another fabulous Kris discovery and I was able to acquire the item from him in a negotiation. The item I was able to secure are two very rare Paul McCartney penned tracks that he wrote in the mid 80’s and he brought the songs with him to Barbados and a group called Ivory were given permission by Paul to record the two numbers on their rare album called Print Out. The tracks that he provided to the band were called “Runaway” and “Freedom Land.”
The fantastic surprises that Kris covered in his earlier two works makes you wonder what may be lurking in the new volume entitled “Beatles Fully Uncovered.” This book was issued in September of 2022.
The above titles, I believe are still available on Amazon. They are all certainly valuable reference works for the discerning Beatles collector.
Beatles Fully Uncovered Perfect Paperback – September 19, 2022
by Kristofer Engelhardt (Author), David Fishof (Foreword)
The rare LP issued only in Barbados featuring the two rare McCartney-penned tunes that he gave to Ivory to record is shown below. It is through the efforts of the author of the above books that I was able to obtain a copy of this rare LP for my collection, and I will always be grateful.
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Just Like Starting Over: John Lennon and The Quarrymen
When John Lennon and his group The Quarrymen stepped onto the back of a wagon in Rosebery Street on 22nd June 1957, Charlie Roberts borrowed a camera and took a few photos of the event. It was just a group of friends having fun at a street party.
What Charlie didn’t know at the time was that he was capturing a piece of Beatles history. This was the first time that John Lennon had been photographed performing with his group. Skiffle was the new music and soon, John would meet Paul McCartney who would then introduce George Harrison to John.
