BLAST FROM THE PAST - "BEATLES FAN NEXT GENERATION" MAGAZINE

RARE 6 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ISSUES OF BEATLES FAN NEXT GENERATION

I remember a few years ago purchasing these 6 English language magazines published by Azing Moltmaker who runs an excellent Beatles Museum in the Netherlands. I recently asked Azing why there were only 6 English language magazines issued and he gave me the following explanation: “This fan club magazine was initially only available in the Dutch language, only later did I start an English edition, but because I eventually stopped making magazines and started making books, I stopped making magazines.

More copies of the Dutch magazines were made because I had started with them earlier. What was unique was that these magazines were also for sale in bookstores in the Netherlands and Belgium. As you can see on the last pages, I had already started with the books. For me, making magazines was no longer interesting because I couldn’t fit enough into them. My books gave and still do a lot of creative freedom. I am currently working on my 89th book. I made these especially for the museum in the languages Dutch, English and German.”

I am planning to do a post about Azing’s many Beatles books in the future. Here are the 6 English language editions of the magazine that Azing created of this magazine:

Beatles Fan Next Generation Issue 1:

Back cover of Issue #1

Issue #2:

Back Cover of Issue #2:

Issue #3:

Back Cover of Issue #3:

Issue #4:

Back Cover of Issue #4: Advertising many of Azing’s books

Issue #5:

Back Cover of Issue #5:

Issue #6-the final English language issue that was available to purchase:

Back Cover of Issue #6:

As Azing indicated in his response to me shown at the beginning of this post, he did publish other issues of this magazine in the Dutch language and I am including a few samples of those issues for you to view: