The magazine that was the inspiration for one of John’s songs on the White Album aka “The Beatles.”
George Martin had this magazine at the studio and John happened to rummage through it and found the “Happiness is a Warm Gun” article written by Warren W. Herlihy (above) and the rest, as they say, is history…….
The sad and ironic part of this particular story is obviously the way John’s life ended.
The American Rifleman Magazine
American Rifleman Magazine May 1968 issue. Copies of this magazine can often be found online on such services as Ebay.
Angie McCartney, Paul’s stepmother, has written several books about her experiences within the Beatles circle. Many of them are shown below! Two of the 4 books shown, the ones dealing with Beatles-related locations appear to be the same book with a different title, though one advertises Online extras within.
Angie is now in her ’90s yet remains very spry and active in the business world selling her line of McCartney teas! She is both friendly and feisty and loves to share her opinions with others. I have corresponded with Angie on quite a few occasions and she truly is a wonderful lady. Her daughter Ruth and her son-in-law, Martin Nethercutt, run McCartney Multimedia, a digital strategy organization and you can often see them Online and on Facebook.
With this post, we are shining a light on the books that Angie has produced concerning her Beatles experiences and her personal observations of growing up in the UK.
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Ticket to Ride
Your Mother Should Know
Your Mother Should Know is the second book from Dr. McCartney, who published her first, My Long and Winding Road, in 2013. Now 90 years old, she shows no signs of slowing down. Her latest work is a collection of often hilarious and always heartfelt quips, memories, lifehacks, salty one-liners and witty observations. Along for the ride is McCartney’s ever-loyal and equally saucy daughter Ruth, who, as a young child greeted her future stepbrother Paul at their first meeting with “I know who you are! You’re on my cousin’s wallpaper.”
Here, There & Everywhere: Legendary Locations for The Day Tripper
Angie’s travel-size book takes you down memory lane to Penny Lane and 85+ other points of interest on the long and winding road. You’ll be directed to spots in the Mop Top maps of Liverpool, London, Hamburg, New York and Los Angeles, you’ll discover nuggets and stories to satisfy the day tripper in you!
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 (Spanish Edition)
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
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!
The Beatles Apple and Me
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.
When We Find Ourselves In Times of Trouble: The Beatles: All Their Songs with Encouraging World
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]
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
Beatles Deeper Undercover
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 Beatles Fully Uncovered
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.
Ivory
Print Out – Ivory
Print Out – Ivory
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Featured Book
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 22nd 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.
Inspector Rocke: That’ll Be The Day…..That I DieOriginal price was: £11.99.£9.99Current price is: £9.99.
The Country of Liverpool: Nashville of The North (SOFTBACK)Original price was: £25.00.£20.00Current price is: £20.00.
Blame it on the Beatles and Bill ShanklyOriginal price was: £8.99.£6.30Current price is: £6.30.
Cavern Club – The Inside StoryOriginal price was: £17.25.£13.50Current price is: £13.50.
The Fab One Hundred and Four: The Evolution of The BeatlesOriginal price was: £49.00.£20.00Current price is: £20.00.
