Recently acquired this collectible magazine from eBay. Was intrigued by the cover presentation of the magazine. It is hard to fathom that this magazine is already 16 years old! Time certainly does fly!
This is the eBay description of the item!
“This is a rare issue of The Antique Trader Weekly from October 2010, featuring an article on John Lennon and the Beatlemania era.
A long time ago I posted this European Danish magazine that I am looking for in my collection. It must be a difficult one to find as I never received any replies about it, so I am being persistent in trying again.
Anyone that has this magazine and wishes to discuss a trade or is willing to sell their copy, please leave a comment in the comments section. Thank you!
LEON RUSSELL AND THE LADY THAT INSPIRED THE SONG, CHRIS O’DELL!
Chris O’Dell has so many stories to tell about her illustrious and notable career in music. The list of musical artists that she has worked for is probably longer than your arm and the musical figures include many giants in the field. The purpose of this particular blog post is to highlight what two very famous and legendary musicians thought of her in song! Chris was very fortunate and genuinely pleased to have had three songs written for her by very notable music legends Leon Russell and George Harrison. The three tracks I am referring to are Pisces Apple Lady and Hummingbird by Leon Russell, and of course, Miss O’Dell by George Harrison!
Here is a fabulous What If story about a special track written for Chris O’Dell by musician, Leon Russsell
Chris O’Dell had what could be described as a tenuous or fragile romantic relationship with Leon Russell, which never worked out for a number of reasons, but Leon Russell did write two songs about her!
Listen to this link to hear a few fascinating stories about the tracks we have mentioned:
Ringo and George did play on the Pisces Apple Lady track and that is confirmed by the Bill Janovitz book that is featured below. You heard the link above where Chris verified that both George and Ringo were on the track. John and Yoko were in the studio booth watching the Pisces session and Chris O’Dell eventually was to ask John Lennon why he didn’t play on the track, and he because he wasn’t asked. When Chris asked Leon why he did not ask John to play on it, his startled reply was that he didn’t think that John would have wanted to!
Being an amateur psychologist. I believe John was always hesitant to be a session player on other artist’s recordings. He was extremely insecure about his guitar playing and technical abilities and was possibly fearful of being judged negatively by his peers or the other respective musicians. With the Beatles he had the security of the others to help him with any lack of technical know-how or guitar prowess. John himself always called himself a primitive musician technically. Another reason Leon may not have asked John to play on the track was to avoid John’s reputation of being very sharp-tongued and critical. Perhaps Leon feared John’s judgement or a possible confrontation. We’ll never know, but it is very interesting to speculate!
Ironically a few years later when John was on his so-called infamous Lost Weekend, Phil Spector had asked Leon Russell to play on a few Lennon sessions. One confirmed session was Bony Maronie which was confirmed to Lennon expert Chip Madinger by another well-known session guitarist that played on the track named, Larry Carlton. Another track featuring a possible Leon involvement was Be My Baby. Chip Madinger has informed me of the following:
“Leon was not a documented (meaning he wasn’t on the AFM contracts) to two of the RNR sessions.“
“Leon Russell lasted only two sessions.” [Robert Hilburn 12/30/73 LAT]
If we take this to mean the first two sessions, that would have been ‘Bony Moronie’ and ‘Be My Baby’.
The bottom line is that Leon did play on the Lennon sessions and that has been confirmed and it has been confirmed by multiple sources!
Tucky Buzzard is the second studio album by British hard rock band Tucky Buzzard and their first for Capitol Records. It was produced by the Rolling Stones’ bass player Bill Wyman. The album was featured on the band’s 2005 compilation album Time Will Be Your Doctor – Rare Recordings 1971-1972 in its entirety. Time Will Be Your Doctor is on the other side of this recording.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY: (Check out Chris O’Dell’s fabulous stories about her career in music)
Chris O’Dell’s DVD which presents many of the highlights of her career in music: The DVD was directed by Simon Weitzman!
Back cover of the DVD case:
The book and the DVD will serve as two great companion pieces to highlight the extraordinary life of Chris O’Dell. Seek them out and marvel at the stories that she has to tell!
Make sure you check out Chris’s great YouTube channel and podcasts; Here are a few sample programs:
THE RENAISSANCE OF INTEREST ABOUT BEATLES MANAGER BRIAN EPSTEIN – TWO NEW BOOKS!
THIS ONE IS OUT NOW:
ISSUED ON JUNE 16, 2026
The career and life of Beatles manager Brian Epstein is experiencing a resurgence of interest with two new books, one written by Philip Norman released in June of 2026 and the other one to be released in the UK in the fall of 2026 and in the US in January of 2027. It will be interesting to see if the two volumes can unearth previously unknown information about the manager who died at a very young age and whose death John Lennon once said signaled the true beginning of the end of the group!
“Captivating . . . . tells a great story . . . . a rip-roaring yet empathic rock history.”–Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The definitive, comprehensive biography of Brian Epstein—the man who built the Beatles—by eminent Beatles biographer Philip Norman
There will never be another pop manager like Brian Epstein, the young record retailer from Liverpool behind the 20th century’s greatest romance. Having achieved his much-derided aim of making the Beatles “bigger than Elvis,” Brian went on to make them bigger than any earthly instrument could measure. Only a handful of years older, he nonetheless referred them as “The Boys,” protecting and pampering them like the children he could never hope to have.
Brian’s achievement in a profession in which he had no experience, and for which nor rulebook existed, remains jaw-dropping. A devout classical music fan, he was nonetheless solely responsible for a new genre of pop that was to change its course, and Britain’s international image, forever—yet, disgracefully, earn him no public honor nor even thanks.
Mr. Moonlight draws on a cache of exclusive interviews with those closest to Brain, including his mother, Queenie, and brother, Clive, to tell the story of this hugely complex, self-contradictory, and ultimately tragic character. This revelatory narrative explores the unplumbed depths of Brian’s many trials and tribulations—how he almost lost the Beatles to organized crime, the antisemitism and homophobia he had to face even at the height of his success, his complex relationship with John Lennon that led to their reckless “Spanish Honeymoon”—and sheds new light on Brian’s mysterious, lonely death in the throes of the so-called Summer of Love.“
ON THE HORIZON:
THE SECOND BOOK – BRIAN EPSTEIN’S ADDRESS BOOK:IN THE UK- AN OCT. 2026 RELEASE IS ON TAP. JANUARY 2027, IN THE US!
1967 – The World of Brian Epstein and The Beatles: The address book that defined an era – a must-have for 2026 by Gary Kemp (Author), Simon Halfon (Author)
AMAZON BOOK DESCRIPTION:
“When I first saw Brian Epstein’s black Twin lock binder, I was struck by how small and unassuming it was – just 160 by 100 millimeters, the kind of thing you could slip into a coat pocket. But inside, it held a universe. The book felt alive, buzzing, ready and waiting to be explored. So I dug deeper.
1967 – The World of Brian Epstein and the Beatles is a remarkable fusion of biography and detective story, offering a vivid portrait of The Beatles’ inner circle and the cultural energy of the 1960s. This engaging work delves into the extraordinary cast of characters – from Mick Jagger to David Bailey – a dazzling mix of celebrities, musicians, icons, power players and the occasional shady character. Everyone who was anyone in the 1960s found their way into its pages.
When Gary first acquired the book, he was seized by an irresistible curiosity. Who was Brian Epstein, really? And who were all these fascinating names? This project offers an intimate and unprecedented exploration of the connections he forged and the figures who helped define a generation.
More than just an address book, it is a time capsule of one of the most electrifying years in modern culture: 1967.
Perfect for Beatles fans, music historians, and anyone curious about the electric culture and untold stories of the 1960s.”
The books will never cease about the four men from Liverpool and how they impacted and changed so many lives. In addition, the people that were important to their success and magical story will also continue to be studied and analyzed as the years go by!
Here were the Headlines in the UK from the LIVERPOOL ECHO that my good pal Seamus Hayes saw that notified me of this new book:
‘I fell out with Sir Paul McCartney but I’m proud of what we built in Liverpool’
Sir Paul McCartney’s former manager, Richard Ogden, spoke about his new book which opens up on his six year period working with the music icon…
Description Of the Book from the Publisher:
“With his tongue-in-his-cheek the author looks back on sixty years spent working in the international popular music industry during which time he has been a journalist, a publicist, an artiste manager (twice) a senior record company executive (twice) and most recently a concert promoter in Poland and Brazil. During that time, he has worked with more than 200 artists, from some never-heard-of no hopers to a handful of the all-time biggest names in popular music. Beginning in 1968 when the author interviewed the up-and-coming singer Joe Cocker and ending in the summer of 2026 when he promoted the French keyboard legend Jean-Michel Jarre in Poland, the book includes chapters on Shirley Bassey, Black Oak Arkansas, Black Sabbath, Ted Nugent, The Motors, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, Ricky Martin, Van Morrison and Tony Iommi’s Heaven and Hell.”
Publisher – BookVAULT Publishing
Special thanks to our blog subscriber and friend, Seamus Hayes in the UK who informed me of this book title!
Thanks Seamus, for making me a bit poorer! LOL
I have the distinct feeling I am going to enjoy this book as it seems intent to portray our musical heroes as they really are, and not through the lens and veneer of artificially created images and public relations manipulations!
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.
£17.25Original price was: £17.25.£13.50Current price is: £13.50.
Guess what author, now in his 90s, has a new book about The Beatles called “The Boys Who Became The Beatles”? Well, the title of the post certainly gave that one away. Passionate lifelong collector and prolific writer, Hunter Davies is hoping with this new book to shed additional light on those four guys who changed and affected so many lives! This title has a September 17, 2026, release date in the UK!
“Drawing on a wealth of never-before-revealed, intimate material, and his own experience as a boy of similar age from a working-class Northern background, Hunter now tells the story of where they came from, what it was like, how it shaped their hopes and aspirations.
(Please note-the book description from above is from the Amazon UK description of the new title)
Get Back: The Boys Who Became The Beatles
AMAZON US-At the time of the writing of this post, the book is not listed on AMAZON US: The post will be amended if that changes!
“They did not seem arrogant or entitled. I didn’t see them bossing around their staff or being horrid to studio assistants. But they did worry if this was all there was. All this fame and fortune, was it really all that great? The world saw them as an overnight success, who had come from nowhere. But they knew from whence they had come. Perhaps that’s what kept them grounded.’
Hunter Davies, the only authorised biographer of The Beatles, revisits his treasured 39 notebooks filled with remarkable interviews to explore the lives of John, Paul, George and Ringo as they were growing up and coming of age.
Drawing on a wealth of never-before-revealed, intimate material, and his own experience as a boy of similar age from a working-class Northern background, Hunter now tells the story of where they came from, what it was like, how it shaped their hopes and aspirations.
Hunter spent three years with The Beatles, visiting all their homes, and each of them visiting his. He also spent time with their parents, school friends, teachers, girlfriends, members of the Quarry Men and many others from their inner circle. Their conversations often harked back to the War, with memories of air-raid shelters and rationing, to the NHS coming in, the eleven plus and grammar schools, and council house life in the 1950s.
We all know what they became famous for, but here Hunter takes us into the much more private world of their formative years, for this colourful, richly detailed, personal portrait of the young boys who were destined to come together and revolutionise music and pop culture.”
POSTSCRIPT: Looking forward to the proposed new material that will make its debut with this new book. I’ll bet that Hunter Davies never envisioned to be still writing about the Beatles in his 90s when he released the first authorized biography of the band back in 1968. Any new nuggets of information will be most certainly welcomed! Thank you, Hunter for helping to preserve so many of those memories for posterity!
I will close with John Lennon’s solo Dakota musical piece about always being considered as One of the Boys!
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.
£17.25Original price was: £17.25.£13.50Current price is: £13.50.
