More examples of the specialized Beatles books that are out there lurking in the Beatles marketplace

As stated in a previous post, the biggest public reception the Beatles ever received in their stellar career was in Australia. Several books have been published over the years dealing specifically with their visits to both Australia and New Zealand. Since so many Beatles biographies have been published, the trend now for Beatles-related literature is more specialized books dealing with a smaller segment of their story. The exception to that trend may of course be Mark Lewisohn’s trilogy.

Here are a few books that may be of interest:

The Beatles Records in Australia

Self Published in 1981 by Bruce Hamlin

Bruce passed away in 2018

The print editions of the following book by Jaesen Jones are extremely difficult to find!

 “AN OVERVIEW OF AUSTRALIAN BEATLES RECORDS”

2011 first edition and revised edition published in 2012- Canberra. The print run of the book has long been sold out but the Online book is available at the link below, available in digital format!

I Am The Platypus – The Beatles Australian Records Labelography – BOOK BY JAESEN JONES

This book by Jaesen Jones reflects an overview of Australian Beatles records released in Australia or for Australia from Feb 1963 until 1991, primarily those records distributed by EMI (Australia). It took me a very long time to secure a copy of the hard-to-find print edition.

This edition of the Bruce Renwick book about the Beatles in New Zealand is also very difficult to find and was published in 1993 by  B. Tell Publications. You will need to watch out for this edition on either Ebay or Abe Books:

The Beatles Down Under, The 1964 Australia & New Zealand Tour-Hardback

Great book by Glenn A. Baker concerning the Beatles in both New Zealand and Australia in 1964

By Glenn A. Baker and Roger Dilernia, Pierian Press 1995

Occasionally found on Ebay and Abe Books:

The softcover version of Glenn A Baker’s book

Beatles Down Under – The 1964 Australia & New Zealand Tour Paperback – January 1, 1982

by Glenn A. Baker

Published by Wild & Woolley Available on Amazon:

Excellent book about  their concerts in New Zealand and meeting John’s relatives in NZ.

Eight Days A Week: The Beatles’ Tour of New Zealand 1964 Paperback – August 5, 2014

by Graham Hutchins Available on Amazon:

Published by ReadHowYouWant

The Beatles in Australia-By Mark Hayward

New Holland Publishers Pty, Limited-2005

This book is predominantly a photo book put together by Beatles photo collector extraordinaire, Mark Hayward. The photos are excellent and it is a book well worth having for your collection. If you do not have this one, you may be able to locate a copy at Amazon, Ebay or at Abe books: