Posted on 06/12/202227/05/2024 by liddypool — 2 Comments

At John Lennon’s House

Often a book that is of interest to Beatles fans and collectors is not always issued in the desired print format. The following book was written by the Lennon’s Spanish housekeeper who worked for the Lennons during the John Lennon house-husband years after the birth of their son, Sean.

Rosaura Lopez Lorenzo worked for John and Yoko and supplied a few nice stories and photos from the years that very little was known of what was transpiring in the Dakota. Her book was published only in a Spanish print edition. Eventually, the book appeared in English but only in the kindle format. Hope to one day see an English print edition of this book. Rosaura speaks fondly of the Lennons but she is also honest about a few problems that occurred in the household as well during her tenure there.

As you can see from the dates below the Spanish print edition appeared 8 years before the English kindle edition of the book!

At John Lennon’s house

by Rosaura Lopez Lorenzo and Eduardo Romero Lapidnot

The print version of the book was published in Spanish-Hércules; 1st edition (April 15, 2005)

Kindle English language book by one of John Lennon’s Dakota housekeepers

Kindle Edition, 128 pages, Published September 9th 2013 by Hércules de Ediciones

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The Beatles Apple and Me by Stephen Maltz

A story about the business problems of Apple or perhaps we can call this post: An Apple a day keeps the accountants in the fray!

This black covered book is the rare print version of the title by a former accountant for the Beatles, named Stephen Maltz. I was able to find a signed copy on the book search service called “Abe Books” several years ago. However, the book is virtually impossible to find in print now! There is a kindle version with a green cover shown above. Another Apple accountant, Harry Pinsker was also reported to have written a book about the business problems of Apple, but I have never seen a trace of the book and Mr. Pinsker passed away at age 90 in 2021.

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When We Find Ourselves in Times of Trouble – The Beatles

When We Find Ourselves in Times of Trouble: The Beatles (All their songs with encouraging words for challenging times)

By Tim Hatfield

The perfect Christmas gift for all Beatles fans! Every Beatles song in easy point-and-click format, along with a back story for each as well as brief encouragement to keep moving forward through all of life’s challenges. Just $9.99. Order yours today!

[Go to www.amazon.com, search “Tim Hatfield Beatles” and download the free app to read the ebook on your device]

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Beatles Undercover Paperback – July 31, 1998

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 22^nd 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.

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Julian Lennon Help Yourself

Hard to Find Rarity – Julian Lennon Help Yourself

Though not a book these items present an interesting Beatles-related story and collecting rarity. There were rumors that Julian had consulted with George Harrison about suggestions for the guitar work on the song Saltwater for Julian’s album “Help Yourself.” Unfortunately, that rumor has not been given adequate substantiation, though I believe George receives a thank you note on the credits if memory serves me correctly.

Julian Lennon released the album “Help Yourself album back in 1991 which featured the hit single “Saltwater” which was a hit in both Australia and the UK, but did nothing in the US, largely through poor promotion by his record company in the States

Little is known that in 2 countries, there was a rarity issued of Julian Lennon singing three songs in the Spanish language on the special edition of the album called “Help Yourself.” One country that issued the vinyl LP with the 3 songs in Spanish was Venezuela. The ultra-rare version on cd was issued in Spain.

The cd which was available in Spain with the three Spanish songs is even rarer than the Venezuelan LP with the same contents. I have known many people that live in Spain that have a cd of the album but it is not the version with the 3 songs in their native language. If you find one of these rare CDs you have quite the rarity. I had spent 8 years looking for a copy before a European friend helped me locate a copy for the collection

These are the songs that appear in Spanish on the Venezuelan LP and the special edition of the cd appearing in Spain:

Saltwater = Creo Que Voy A Llorar (Spanish Version)

Maybe I Was Wrong = Es Tarde Ya (Spanish Version)

Take Me Home = Corazón De Palmera (Spanish Version)

Julian Lennon canta tres canciones en español en la edición especial de su álbum llamado “Help Yourself”.

Contents of the Venezuelan LP and the rare version of the cd appearing in Spain

1		Rebel King
2		Saltwater = Creo Que Voy A Llorar (Spanish Version)
3		Get A Life
4		Would You
5		Maybe I Was Wrong = Es Tarde Ya (Spanish Version)
6		Help Yourself
7		Listen
8		Other Side Of Town-Lead vocals=Paul Buchanan
9		New Physics Rant
10		Take Me Home – Corazón De Palmera (Spanish Version)
11		Imaginary Lines
12		Keep The People Working

The Songs on the Album

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Cavern Club – The Inside Story

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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I Drove John Lennon’s Psychedelic Car

John Lennon’s Psychedelic Car – The Rolls Royce

The Rolls Royce Phantom V was one of only 517 cars of this model made. It was a 1964
Mulliner Park War Phantom V, finished in Valentines black, so that everything, apart from
the front radiator, was black. Lennon wanted the radiator to be black too, but Rolls Royce
refused! It was equipped with leather seats, wood trim, cocktail cabinet, writing table and a
portable TV. However, Lennon didn’t know how to drive them and only passed his test in 1965.

He had the car customised at the end of 1965 to be fitted with a double bed, a floating record player (so that the records wouldn’t jump) as well as a car radio-telephone.

After Lennon had used it out in Almeria, Spain, while filming How I Won The War, it needed
a new coat of paint. So, John being John, he commissioned J.P. Fallon Ltd. to create a custom paint job in the style of a gypsy caravan. The car was shipped out to America when he moved there, and regularly loaned it to his friends, like Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones. The car was donated to the Smithsonian Institute in 1977 due to a problem with the IRS. It was sold in 1985 for $2,299,000.

Bill Zygmant Remembers:

“When I photographed Lennon’s psychedelic car, the chauffeur let me have a go, so I drove
Lennon’s car. It was a lovely car. I am the only photographer who managed to photograph the psychedelic caravan, car and the Apple store.”