HOW MANY OF YOU THINK YOU COULD ANSWER ALL 1500 QUESTIONS IN THESE 3 LIVERPOOL BEATLES BOOKS WITHOUT LOOKING FOR THE ANSWERS???
Prior to 2022, I had a Facebook Beatles Print page which had more than 5200 subscribers. I remember writing a piece about this trilogy of fine Beatles trivia books compiled by Pam Blanchfield with technical advice and design work by John Blanchfield.
When I acquired this set of three small books, I distinctly remember that one of the three books was extremely difficult to find. Being a completist collector, that caused me great anxiety because when I make the decision to acquire all the books in a set, I hate the thought of missing a part of the set. Finally, through Instant Messaging the author on Facebook, I was able to find the rarity to be able to complete the set. As I recall the toughest and most difficult to find of these Beatles Trivia books was the first one that appears on this post with the yellow/orange cover. The trivia questions in these three books are well-balanced for difficulty, but I would venture to say that even the most ardent and knowledgeable Beatles fan will not be able to instantly know all 1500 answers to the 3 books trivia questions from memory! If you can, you probably possess a photographic memory and I extend my congratulations!
As we age, trivia is a great exercise to help keep the mind sharp. Do any of you have the Beatles Trivia Pursuit Board games in your collections?
Liverpool “Beatles” Pop Culture Quiz: 500 Questions and Answers Paperback
Conceived, designed & researched by Pam Blanchfield
Database design & technical advice by John Blanchfield
Published by Keyprints2008
As I recall this book was the most difficult to find in the set of 3 Beatles Trivia books:
The author was so kind in being able to sign and inscribe a copy of this book for me when I had my Facebook page:
In concluding this post, I would like to pose a few questions concerning Beatles trivia.
What is the most difficult Beatles trivia question you have ever come across? Were you able to instantly answer it?
Have you ever read a Beatles trivia book or participated in a Beatles Trivia board game book where you feel that the answer provided was inaccurate or wrong?
Be healthy and be happy!
Buzz
OUR FEATURED BOOK – INSPECTOR ROCKE – BEATLES FACTION
Set against the backdrop of the emerging “Merseybeat” scene in Liverpool, Detective Inspector George Rocke investigates murder in the heart of the city amidst the nightlife and cosmopolitan mix that was Liverpool in the early 1960s. It is about clashes of race, religion, culture and music in one of the most vibrant port cities in the world. It is the only city that can tell this story.
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Step Inside No. 3 – An Exclusive Celebration of The Beatles
Future Radio in Norwich is inviting Beatles fans to take a trip down memory lane with Inside No. 3, which is a brand-new audio and visual presentation that’s set to transport you back to a time, when not only the world was different, but when British art and culture ruled the world, or so it seemed. The music world was centred around No 3 Savile Row, London which was the headquarters of Apple the musical arts foundation set up by The Beatles.
Taking place at the Orangery, located within Carrow House, on Saturday 7th March this unique event is hosted by Future Radio’s Groove Britain presenter, Nigel, whose passion for The Beatles and deep knowledge of their history will guide audiences through the evening. This immersive journey explores the creativity and cultural impact that made The Beatles a phenomenon. From the early days in Liverpool to the heights of global fame, audiences will be guided through the moments that defined a generation.
Ex BBC and USA and Canada Radio Personality Alan Thompson is also now joining the proceedings to add an extra level to the event
Inside No. 3 is being held in aid of Future Projects, a Norwich-based charity dedicated to transforming lives and building stronger communities. Future Projects works to support people facing disadvantage through education, wellbeing, and community development programmes. By attending this event, guests will contribute directly to the life-changing work Future Projects delivers across Norwich and beyond, as all monies are to be headed into this direction.
Host, Nigel Pearce said “Inside No.3 is about more than music, it’s about connection. The Beatles changed the world with their songs, but also with their spirit of creativity and togetherness. This event is our way of inviting people to step inside that world and feel the joy it continues to bring.”
Inside Number Three – The Book – Latest Update!!
Please also accept my personal apologies for anyone who has experienced delays and frustration in ordering Inside No3 the book.
This has been down totally to demand for the publication. On Wednesday 14/01/2026 I personally met with the publisher and signed a further 110 copies of Inside No3 from the fourth print run of the release. Whilst this does not ease your frustration to those who have ordered the book, – I do hope that you understand a little better.
These personally signed books are now being sent to the packing and distribution centre for onward sending to customers. The company which publishes the book has also undergone re-organisation to better cope with this and other publications it has within house, and that all orders will be despatched as soon as possible – thank you for your understanding in this matter
Inside No3 takes you through that famous door, deep into the minds of all who worked there at Apple Records. This is done also in a very different way. This is not a kiss-and-tell diary, it is through fan adulation and understanding via a personal collection of artifacts and memorabilia that author Nigel Pearce has built up over the last 50 years.
This blog takes pride in being able to present the notification of new and forthcoming books about the Beatles from many prominent authors. Both these authors, Ken Womack and Scott Freiman are leaders in their respective areas of expertise. I love their work and you will too. The career of the Beatles will be covered in a two-book series using the red and blue motif created by the Beatles red and blue album 2 disk sets that presented many of the musical highlights of their career!
Amazon Description of the forthcoming bookby Kenneth Womack (Author) & Scott Freiman (Author)
“World renowned Beatles experts provide groundbreaking insights into the Fab Four’s artistry, from Please Please Me to the incredible heights of Rubber Soul and Revolver.
Dive into the songwriting, musicianship, and production of some of the most influential popular music ever created. In this revelatory assessment of the band’s artistic development from 1962 to 1966, Kenneth Womack and Scott Freiman provide accessible, close readings of songs – based on cutting-edge Beatles research – and tackle hard-hitting questions: What were the song’s origins, and how was it written? How was the song transformed in the studio? What instruments were used and how did that impact the song’s arrangement?
Discover the lyrical and musical elements that give these songs their magic and the techniques used by producer George Martin and engineers Norman Smith and Geoff Emerick that add that extra spark, bringing these songs to fruition. The unparalleled artistic journeys of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr as the Beatles are revealed here.”
Background Informationabout the Authors from Amazon:
Kenneth Womack is one of the world’s foremost writers and thinkers about the Beatles. He is Professor of English and Popular Music at Monmouth University, USA. He also serves as the Music Culture critic for Salon, as well as a contributor to a host of print and web outlets, including Slate, Billboard, Time, Variety, USA Today, The Guardian, Smithsonian Magazine, The Independent, NBC News, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is the author of The Beatles Encyclopedia (2014), Maximum Volume (2017), Sound Pictures (2018), Solid State (2019), John Lennon 1980 (2020), and Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans (2023). In October 2020, Rolling Stone magazine published a feature story outlining Womack’s groundbreaking research associated with Lennon’s life and work.
Scott Freiman is the composer, producer, and music tech entrepreneur behind the acclaimed PBS series Deconstructing the Beatles. Over the years, he has presented his lectures to sold-out audiences at theaters nationwide and has spoken at colleges, universities, and corporations, including Pixar, Google, and Facebook. He co-hosts the monthly Fab Four Master Class with fellow musicologist Kenneth Womack, with whom he leads annual Beatles-themed trips to Liverpool and London.
For those who like to pre-order their Beatles titles, here are the Amazon US and Amazon UK links!To be published by Bloomsbury
Looking forward, as many of you reading this are, to add this forthcoming 2-book series from two excellent Beatles lore presenters to your collections!
The late Beatle friend and associate Neil Aspinall once gave a private screening of the pre-Anthology Beatles Anthology documentary which at the time had the title of The Long and Winding Road to none other than Eric Idle of The Rutles. Viewing this Aspinall documentary gave Eric Idle the idea and inspiration to write the script for his successful Beatles parody entitled, All You Need Is Cash.
A Fanzine/booklet celebrating The Rutles, a parody of The Beatles created by Eric Idle (Monty Python’s Flying Circus) and Neil Innes (The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) is shown here!
14 pages, with color & B&W photos, with text by Eric Idle, signed on the cover by Eric Idle. I was able to recently acquire this signed booklet on eBay!
This first-hand account of Debbie’s teen years frequenting and eventually helping to run the original Cavern Club is the authentic inside story of the Beatles launch pad, full of triumphs and failures – and surprise celebrity encounters.
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Icons and Idols: A Photographer’s Chronicle of the Arts 1960-1995 By Jack Mitchell:
When John and Yoko returned to the studio in 1980, they were photographed by a few exceptional photographers to record for posterity what would end up being some of the last professional photographs to be taken of the couple together. Photographers like Roger Farrington, Allan Tannenbaum, Jack Mitchell, Bob Gruen, Annie Leibovitz and David Spindel were part of that exclusive coterie of individuals that helped to chronicle and preserve the last days of a man who gave so much to the world…
It is no coincidence when you look at all of the prominent people that the late Jack Mitchell had photographed over the years, that the cover photograph chosen for the book published in 1998, entitled Icons & Idols: A Photographer’s Chronicle of the Arts 1960-1995, was John Lennon and Yoko Ono!Jack’s photographs of the famous couple were part of a New York Times photography assignment that he had been given!
Jack Mitchell passed away in 2013, but he left a rich legacy. The following book is part of that legacy!
This is my copy of the Jack Mitchell book, Icons & Idols:
The back cover of the book:
I was so happy and fortunate to be able to obtain a signed copy of the Jack Mitchell book for my collection:
The front dustjacket flap of the book which provides some background information:
AMAZON DESCRIPTIONOF THE BOOK: “For thirty-five years, almost everyone who was anyone in the arts found themselves in Jack Mitchell’s photography studio in New York City. This book distills the finest results of Mitchell’s own artistic mission to portray the greatest actors, dancers, painters, composers, writers, choreographers, and musicians of his day. Mitchell’s list of subjects is a crash course in late twentieth-century art, including such luminaries as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Lauren Bacall, Alfred Hitchcock, Twyla Tharp, Jack Nicholson, Robert Rauschenberg, Meryl Streep, Luciano Pavarotti, Uta Hagen, Tommy Tune, Julie Andrews, Philip Glass, and on, and on. In the sixties, his self-assigned goal of photographing the greatest painters and sculptors living in New York – for example, Isamu Noguchi, Louise Nevelson, Roy Lichtenstein, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Indiana, Andy Warhol, and Claes Oldenburg – led to a retrospective exhibit in 1974. Although the photographs that follow speak for themselves, captions accompany each one, providing a time-capsule context. Mitchell’s wry sense of humor peeks out from behind the lens in these anecdotes about America’s greatest living (and sometimes now deceased) legends.“
Hope you enjoyed this blog piece about the work of photographer, Jack Mitchell!
A little teaser-there are two more books by other photographers from the 1980 photography sessions that will hopefully be seeing the light of day, very soon!Do you know who they are?
Wishing you all the best for a healthy and happy 2026!
When he mentioned his name, I distinctly remembered who he was. His name was Rod Lynton, and he played guitar with John Lennon on the Imagine LP. That is only the beginning of the story though. Prior to playing with John Lennon, he was a guitarist and songwriter with a psychedelic band of the 60s called Rupert’s People. Recently I was able to acquire a couple of the cd releases of Rupert’s People. Rod Lynton and his Rupert’s People bandmates John Tout and Steve Brendell got the Imagine session gig because one of the band members had an association with Brian Epstein. As an additional bit of popular culture trivia, another band member at one time in Rupert’s People was Dai Jenkins, who was a former Ivey’s pre-Badfinger member!
Please try to read all of the provided links on this post as you will be amazed at some of the connections that the members of Rupert’s People had with the Beatles or their associates!
Look whose collection that this item came from that was sold at Omega Auctions. It was from the collection of Kevin Harrington who was the red-haired assistant to Mal Evans at Apple and who held the lyric sheet for John Lennon on the roof of 3 Savile Road for the Beatles last live performance together in 1969.
Ruperts People You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Live, London 1969)
Ruperts People My Mind’s Eye
(Live, Hastings 1999)
Ruperts People Rain (Live
Hastings 1999)
Ruperts People I See You’ve
Changed (Live, Hastings 1999)
Ruperts People Hold on (Live
Hastings 1999) Plus
Ruperts People Flying High in 67 (Previously Unreleased)
Includes the complete 1960s recordings by cult psychedelic group Ruperts People and their earlier incarnation Sweet Feeling. Features three songs recorded live in London in 1969 plus another four from their triumphant reunion gig at Hastings Mod Rally in 1999. ; All three rare and brilliant singles released under the Ruperts People name by Columbia Records are included. The first Rupert’s People 45 ‘Reflections Of Charles Brown’ backed with ‘Hold On’ was actually recorded by mod group Fleur de Lys under a pseudonym.
When a band was needed to promote the single, Sweet Feeling (who’d already recorded the original version of the A side) took over the Ruperts People name and with an expanded line up released two superb 45s that coupled the psychedelic pop A sides ‘A Prologue To A Magic World’ and ‘I Can See You’ with the powerful, driving ‘Dream In My Mind’ and The Beatles influenced ‘I’ve Got The Love’ respectively Found on an acetate, the late 60s recording ‘Water to A Stone’ was produced by Beatles’ roadie Mal Evans.
You will notice that Ruperts People also did a Stones and Beatles cover on this earlier compilation.
Ruperts People* – The Magic World Of Ruperts People Rupert’s People – The Magic World Of Ruperts People album cover
Label: Circle Records (6) – CPW C103 Format: CD, Compilation, Numbered, Remastered Country: UK Released: 2001 Genre: Rock, Pop Style: Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock
Tracks 1 to 8: Columbia single Track 9: Unreleased acetate. Tracks 10 to 12: Live recording, London 1969. Tracks 13 to 16: Live recording, Hastings, reunion 1999. Tracks 3 & 4 recorded by The Fleur De Lys under the name of Rupert’s People.
I wish I had seen this collection of Rupert’s People autographs when they were being auctioned. I would have loved to purchase this set of signatures for my collection:
The credit list featuring three of the members of Rupert’s People that are listed on credit sheet of the Imagine album. They did not appear on all of the tracks, but their contributions are duly noted. featuring Rod Linton (actual name of Rod Lynton) though born as Rod Brosse, Steve Brendell, and John Tout!
The musician credits on Imagine from Discogs if you find the credit sheet above difficult to read
A1 Imagine Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Alan White Piano [S] – John Lennon Written-By [Uncredited] – Yoko Ono 2:59 A2 Crippled Inside Acoustic Guitar – John Tout (2), Rod Linton*, Ted Turner Dobro – George Harrison Double Bass [Upright] – Klaus Voormann, Steve Brendell Electric Guitar – John Lennon Piano – Nicky Hopkins 3:43 A3 Jealous Guy Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Jim Keltner Guitar, Whistling – John Lennon Harmonium – John Barham Vibraphone [Good Vibes] – Alan White 4:10 A4 It’s So Hard Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Jim Gordon Guitar – John Lennon Saxophone – King Curtis 2:22 A5 I Don’t Want To Be A Soldier Acoustic Guitar – Joey Badfinger, Tommy Badfinger Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Jim Keltner Guitar – John Lennon Maracas – Steve Brendell Piano – Nicky Hopkins Saxophone [S] – King Curtis Slide Guitar – George Harrison Tambourine – Mike Pinder
B1 Give Me Some Truth Acoustic Guitar – Andy, Rod Linton Bass [S] – Klaus Voormann Drums – Alan White Guitar [S] – John Lennon Lead Guitar – George Harrison Piano – Nicky Hopkins 3:11 B2 Oh My Love Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums, Cymbal [Tibetan] – Alan White Electric Piano – Nicky Hopkins Guitar – George Harrison Piano – John Lennon Written-By – Ono* 2:40 B3 How Do You Sleep? Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Alan White Guitar – John Lennon Piano – Nicky Hopkins Slide Guitar – George Harrison 5:29 B4 How? Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Alan White Piano – John Lennon, Nicky Hopkins Vibraphone [Vibes] – John Barham 3:37 B5 Oh Yoko! Acoustic Guitar – Andy, Rod Linton Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Alan White Guitar, Harmonica – John Lennon Piano – Nicky Hopkins
RARE BEAT – GARAGE ROCK AND PSYCHEDELIC RUPERT’S PEOPLEBIO RUPERT’S PEOPLE –this link features an excellent bio of Rupert’s People
Rupert’s People was formed in 1967. Rod Lynton (real name Brosse) and Steve Brendell had been members of a North London band called The Extraverts who were said to be similar to The Kinks. The band split and Rod and Steve continued in Hard Edge although this did not last long. Ray Beverley joined on bass and the new group called, Sweet Feeling started to rehearse, mostly with Rod Lynton’s songs. Les Fleurs de Lys were recruited to play on “The Reflections Of Charles Brown” as well as the excellent “Hold On”.
Peter Solley also joined for the sessions on organ. He was later in Procol Harum. Les Fleurs de Lys pulled out leaving the manager with a record deal, single but no band. However, the “virtual” band was christened Rupert’s People. This was not the end of The Procol Harum connection though as “Whiter Shade of Pale” was released around the same time and, like the Rupert’s People track, was based around a classical piece. “Reflections of Charles Brown” was a moderate success while “Whiter Shade of Pale” was a blockbuster. At this time it was decided to look to form a band called Rupert’s People to capitalise on the success of the single. The former Sweet Feeling was viewed as the basis of this as Rod was already involved and did not sound unlike the Fleurs vocalist Chris Andrews.
However, Sweet Feeling did not agree and so manager Howard Conder put together a band comprising Chris Andrews (who later used the name Tim Andrews to avoid confusion with Chris Andrews of “Yesterday Man” fame), Johnny Banks of The Merseybeats, Adrian Curtis who had been in The Knack and Tony Dangerfield who had been one of Lord Sutch’s Savages as well as recording a single for PYE in 1964. However, this line-up did not last for long and Andrews was replaced by Paul Curtis (brother of Adrian and also former Knack member). This was also short-lived. Feeling he was losing a grip on the group, Conter fired all its members.
The band severed relations with the manager and appointed Miles Copeland who was later to have immense success as manager of the Police. Rupert’s People were said to have recorded a track called “Water to a Stone” in 1968/1969 said to be like “Born to be Wild”. The track sounds unlike previous Rupert’s People tracks, possibly due to being the hands of an untried producer, the Beatles’ roadie Mal Evans! The band was coming to its natural conclusion. Copeland had brought in his younger brother Stewart Copeland on drums. He played on an unsuccessful French tour alongside John Tout and Terry Poole after Rod Lynton left the group. Tout later joined Renaissance including on their Northern Lights hit single. Steve Brendell worked for Apple Corps as well as John & Yoko’s Yoko Films and played on the Imagine album.
THE PLOT THICKENS:
Some of the members of Rupert’s People recorded with another band that had its origins back in 1965 in the era when music began to make the transition to psychedelia. The stories in this book about Jimmy Page playing with and Glyn Johns producing them as well are very interesting.
Listen to this track written by Pete Townsend and produced by Glyn Johns
Now in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library & Archives
Acclaimed by MOJO & Goldmine
Recommended by Olivia Harrison
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