THE BEATLES IN CANADA – TWO SPECIAL BOOK EDITIONS!

Just received a truly wonderful book that I recently purchased from one of my favorite Canadian Beatles book authors, Piers Hemmingsen!

To view an interview with the author and David Bedford, click here.

Piers has written the Canadian equivalent of a Beatles bible with his stunning, more than 600-page study of the Beatles in Canada. To say the content is detailed and well-researched is a gross understatement. The Beatles in Canada- The Evolution 1964-1970 represents the second of two masterworks by the author about the Beatles association and involvement with Canada over the years. You will be amazed by the extensive detail of how Beatlemania hit the Canadian mainland before it ever hit the US.

The first book, The Beatles in Canada-The Origins of Beatlemania!, was published in 2015/16 and is shown at the conclusion of this post. I was so impressed with Piers first volume that I knew I had to have the sequel and once again he has greatly exceeded my expectations. This book is excellent and that is only one of the positive descriptors I can use. This title will be “THE” source to turn to whenever you want to learn anything about the Beatles in Canada or their cultural impact on the Canadian population.

For those interested in purchasing this wonderful new book, here are the links:

1. North America link

https://www.thebeatlesincanada.com

2. UK/Europe link

The Beatles in Canada: The Evolution 1964-1970 – omnibuspress.com

Please read the content distinctions provided below for the Bookplate Signature edition of the book and the Author’s Signature edition before making your decision as you want to be able to make the best-informed decision applicable to your wants and collecting needs!

Piers Hemmingsen with Forewords from Sandy Gardiner, John Brower and Ritchie Yorke ​ The following information is from the https://www.thebeatlesincanada.com website. I have included a large segment here for your convenience. If you have any unanswered questions, please access the link! THE BOOK DESCRIPTION: Almost ten years in the making, this is the second volume in the two volume book series The Beatles In Canada. Following right where the first book—The BEATLES IN CANADA – The Origins Of Beatlemania!—left off in 2015—The BEATLES IN CANADA – The Evolution 1964-1970!— is the definitive history of the group in Canada, starting in late 1964 and winding along the Beatles road all the way through to mid-1970.   Between late 1964 and early 1970, the musical evolution of The Beatles impacted many aspects of social life in the Great White North. This second volume of The Beatles In Canada series chronicles the six years following The Beatles’ first tour of Canada in 1964. The group returned to Canada for four fab concerts in 1965 and 1966. In a population of 20 million people, hundreds of thousands of Canadian teens were tuned in to the music of The Beatles. The Beatles’ TV appearances, films and recordings exerted a profound influence on young Canadians, whether it was fashion, religion, politics or community. Canadian-manufactured Beatles records were selling in the hundreds of thousands too. Nowhere was their influence greater than on Canada’s performing arts and on the new music coming out of Canada. Some of Canada’s greatest musical artists of the Sixties and Seventies have shared their stories inside this book.​​​​​​​​​​​​ Read the excellent review of The Beatles in Canada – The Evolution 1964-1970 in Spill Magazine – click here. THE TWO SPECIAL EDITIONS THE SIGNATURE NAMEPLATE EDITION BOOK DESCRIPTION: (Limited to 200 books worldwide – No.1 to No. 200 available online direct from Hemmingsen Publishing) 640-page full colour hard cover coffee table book printed in Canada by Marquis Books, Shawinigan, Quebec Strictly limited to 200 numbered editions worldwide signed by the author. Includes: A signature nameplate bearing the autographs of Sandy Gardiner, the first journalist to publish a review of Love Me Do in March 1963, and John Brower who, along with Ritchie Yorke, convinced Beatle John Lennon and Yoko Ono to appear with the Plastic Ono Band at the Toronto Rock & Roll Revival in September 1969.  A glossy 4-page “Of Beatles And Mounties” insert from noted American Beatles researcher and author Bruce Spizer, including a full colour image of the one-of-kind stereo ‘butcher cover’ slick sent to Paul White of Capitol Records of Canada in June 1966, signed and dated by Bruce Spizer. A specially created ‘Book Mark’, individually numbered and signed by Beatles expert Mark Lewisohn. A 50-track companion audio disc A 14″x20″ full colour poster detailing key moments in The Beatles’ history in Canada throughout the Sixties and into 1970 THE AUTHOR’S SIGNATURE EDITION BOOK DESCRIPTION: (Limited to 850 books worldwide – No.201 to 250 and No.501 to No.1,500 available online direct from Hemmingsen Publishing) ​ 640-page full colour hard cover coffee table book printed in Canada by Marquis Books, Shawinigan, Quebec Strictly limited to 1,300 numbered editions worldwide signed by the author (includes 250 available via Omnibus Books in the U.K.) Includes: A 50-track companion audio disc A 14″x20″ full colour poster detailing key moments in The Beatles’ history in Canada throughout the Sixties and into 1970 A bookmark featuring Mark Lewisohn and Piers Hemmingsen Items include: Bruce Spizer “Of Beatles and Mounties” booklet, Mark Lewisohn bookmark, companion audio CD with booklet and The Beatles in Canada – The Evolution poster. About the Author Piers Hemmingsen (b. Salisbury, UK, 1955) is a British-Canadian music historian based in Toronto, specializing in all aspects of  The Beatles and their connections to Canada. His 476-page book, The Beatles in Canada: The Origins of Beatlemania!, was published in 2015. He has handled numerous media interviews, written articles, given lectures, conducted tours, and curated museum exhibits on the subject of the Beatles in Canada. Between 2017 and 2025, Piers contributed chapters on The Beatles relating to Canada to all nine volumes of Bruce Spizer’s popular Beatles ‘album series’ books in the USA.   Publishing Details Publication date: December 2025​ ISBN: 978-0-9878293-4-4  Category: Popular Music, The Beatles, Social History, Music Industry Binding: Hardback Extent: 640 pages, large format Images: Colour and B&W images throughout ​ Distribution Canada & U.S.A. (online and select retail locations) U.K./Europe (Omnibus Press via online sales beginning in early 2026) Items include: Bruce Spizer “Of Beatles and Mounties” booklet,Mark Lewisohn bookmark, companion audio CD with bookletand The Beatles in Canada – The Evolution poster. RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW!Choose from either a Signature Nameplate Edition or an Author’s Signature Edition, or both! The Signature Nameplate Edition is limited to 200 books worldwide.Includes nameplate signed by Sandy Gardiner, John Brower and the author. Each book also includes: Bruce Spizer “Of Beatles and Mounties” booklet,Mark Lewisohn signed bookmark, companion audio CD with bookletand The Beatles in Canada – The Evolution poster. The Author’s Signature Edition is limited to 1,300 books worldwide. Each book is signed by the author. Each book also includes: Bruce Spizer “Of Beatles and Mounties” booklet,Beatles in Canada bookmark, companion audio CD with booklet and The Beatles in Canada – The Evolution poster. Reserve your copy by placing an order on our web site and requesting the number of your choice. Those who purchased a specific number of the first book The Beatles in Canada – The Origins of Beatlemania! If you have already reserved your book, we Thank You Girl… or Boy!] 😉 Home | Beatles In Canada

A couple of videos for your viewing enjoyment that have connections to the books that you are reading about!

Revival 69 Behind The Scenes Ft. John Brower

#90 – The Beatles In Canada – Featuring interviews with John Brower and Piers Hemmingsen

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL RATIONALE FOR A BEATLES BOOK COLLECTOR TO ACQUIRE 2 COPIES:

I will take a brief moment to explain my reasoning and justification as a collector for buying a copy of each special signed edition that was being offered of this wonderful new book. I just want you to understand that collecting is not a simple or always easily explained phenomenon. There are many psychological variables that can channel a choice or decision to be made. Some may accuse me of being obsessive for buying 2 copies of a book and they may be correct but as a collector here were my reasons for the choices. First, I am retired and collecting Beatles books makes me happy, especially books of this sort. Secondly-the book has excellent quality, so we are off to a good start!

THE PLOT DEEPENS:

THE SIGNATURE NAMEPLATE EDITION – I also collect the signatures of people that have played important roles in the history of the Beatles. Buying this edition allowed me to have the signature of John Brower the promoter of the concert at Varsity Stadium that featured the return of John Lennon to performing live on stage, though minus his former three famous colleagues. Some say this concert gave John the confidence he needed to be able to say his official goodbye to his former group! The 200-copy edition of the book also features the signature of Sandy Gardiner who was the first journalist to write a review of a Beatles record in North America with his review of Love Me Do. The review appeared in the Ottawa Journal in March of 1963 according to Piers Hemmingsen!

THE AUTHOR’S SIGNATURE EDITION:

The back cover of the book:

The signatures of Sandy Gardiner, John Brower, author Piers Hemmingsen and the # of the Signed Bookplate edition:

The bookplate edition of the book included a special bookmark signed by the Beatles trilogy author, Mark Lewisohn! Sounds and looks like a great endorsement of the book, Piers!

The author’s signature in the bookplate edition of the book:

Another fabled Beatles author and historian, Bruce Spizer wrote a wonderful insert for the book entitled: OF BEATLES AND MOUNTIES where he discusses his fascination of collecting rare Canadian Beatles records & artifacts. The cover of the insert featured a photo of a rare Stereo Canadian Butcher cover slick of which Bruce is the justifiable proud owner of!

In the insert there is also a photograph of the two Beatles authors with their signatures and the number of the copy of the book which is #200. That is one of my collecting obsessions. Piers had informed me through the advertising email about this edition of the book, that there were only 200 copies of this special signed bookplate deluxe edition. I have a special inclination to try and collect the last numbered & signed copy of limited-edition Beatles books. Knowing this was the last one of the 200 copy bookplate edition, I asked if the last copy was available and when I received the affirmative reply, I purchased it.

As an added incentive this edition featured the special bookplate signatures that I discussed above. However, that was not the end of the story as the balance of the signed limited-edition book was actually 1500 copies though the first 200 copies had features exclusive to those copies. So, I gave it great thought, and I made the determination to also purchase copy #1500 of the book to officially have THE last copy of the signed edition for my collection! I guess they call that double indemnity! Maybe that would be a good alternate identity for me to use on the computer!

The signatures of Piers and Bruce Spizer in the special insert that accompanies the signed bookplate edition:

My copy of the special 50-track audio disk featured in the 200-copy Nameplate edition. This disk also accompanies the Author’s Signature edition!

AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO BEING A BEATLES COLLECTOR:

AUTHOR’S SIGNATURE EDITION
(Limited to 850 books worldwide – No.201 to 250 and No.501 to No.1,500)

This is from copy #1500 of the limited signed author’s edition of the book. Thank you for the wonderful inscription, Piers! I just had to have that last official copy of your great title! It is difficult if not impossible to acquire the first copy of any limited edition so I decided many years ago that I would try to acquire the last signed and numbered copy for my Beatles library! I have been very successful in that pursuit…

Here is a photo of the first part of this beautiful book series by Piers Hemmingsen. Holding to the Beatles business fascination with the colors of red and blue, (the red and blue double album sets), the earlier book had the color red as its visual focal point and the new one has the color blue! It must also be noted here that two other Beatles book authors have released or plan to release Beatle book titles that feature the popular red and blue motif!

For those interested in purchasing this wonderful new book, here are the links:

1. North America link

https://www.thebeatlesincanada.com

2. UK/Europe link

The Beatles in Canada: The Evolution 1964-1970 – omnibuspress.com

Wishing you all the best! Beatles book collectors, take my word for it, the new blue Piers Hemmingsen book is already one of my favorites and I just received it in the mail. If you collect books about the Beatles, this one will hold a prominent place in your Beatles library!

Be Healthy and Be Happy!

Buzz

The two enclosed pictures are of the album by Sounds Nice released in 1969. The sessions were recorded at Abbey Road Studios whilst the Fab Four were at times in residence working on Abbey Road. The album is an instrumental offering, and there are some superb pieces within the grooves, namely “Love At First Sight”, “I Heard it Through The Grapevine”, “Summer Night”, “Galouise”, and “Love You Too”, plus one other track, which we shall come to just a bit later.

That Sounds Nice – Paul McCartney

The two people really behind the group Sounds Nice were Paul Buckmaster and Tim Mycroft, The Abbey Road Studio team were suitably impressed and apparently so, was a certain Mr Paul McCartney. He heard one of the demo tapes of “Love At First Sight”, and the reply from him was “that  Sounds Nice”. That became the group’s name for the duration of their tenure.

Sounds Nice had “Love at First Sight” issued as a single on the Parlophone Label in the UK, and it was played frequently on Radio 1 and they  also appeared on Top of the Pops, which had the result of sending the song into the British Top 20. This was indeed the instrumental track to Serge Gainsberg’s and Jane Birkin’s “Je T’aime Moi Non Plus”, the  French language-based single which, due to its high sexual content, was banned by the BBC from the UK airwaves. It still draws comment today, (yet it is a most beautiful recording indeed). It is still indeed banned from BBC airwaves, but not commercial stations. (Yes, this was 1969, believe it or not!!).

It only enhanced the sales of the single still further, as it reached No 1 in 1969 on the Major Minor record label, the playing of the instrumental track must have really helped sales, because just a little later it again attained a No 1 position being issued by the Fontana label. It was the first time a banned song had reached number 1, and it did it twice in the same year as well!

Another rumour gaining strength at the time was that the group were going to be signed to Apple, but the policy towards new and emerging talent had changed, (maybe Allen Klein’s mode of operation nipped that into the bud). We may never be in a position to ever know, but the thought certainly does indeed carry some weight.

The links went still further as the album was issued in the USA on the Rare Earth Label via the Tamla Motown Outfit in Detroit. My copy is the USA album version, and I said then and do now, that the UK packaging is far superior, and I am amazed that it has kept so well, maybe keeping it in a plastic outer sleeve, and out of the sunlight is good for it. It still plays excellently too as a matter of fact !! 

Any way it is certainly a nice piece of pop history with links to the fab four, and has been very hard to obtain in its original form. I am glad to say I have this copy, and these photographs show what a typical 1969 EMI based pop production looked like. CD Copies of the album with a different cover have started turning up on eBay and are sometimes listed at about £95-00 a throw, so I will continue to look after my original 1969 copy.

FLYING

Amongst the grooves contained within the sleeve there is a cover version of The Beatles track – “Flying”, from The Magical Mystery Tour. They even at times kept the groups original aerial feel to their cover and I have to say that it works quite well. For the inquisitive ones, “Flying” is on Side 1, track 4, so that takes all the hard work away for you.

The album works quite well in 2026, and shows what a 1969 pop album look and sounded like. The attractive lady on the front cover was a well – known model and pretty face at the time, and she appeared on a huge amount of magazine and fashion shots then. So when you look at the cover now, she seems like an old friend that you used to know.

So there is another interesting link to the fab four, and one that draws some interest, and maybe will draw more now, enjoy.

Nigel Pearce

OUR FEATURED BOOK – CAVERN CLUB – THE INSIDE STORY

In this new interview, David Bedford talks to Piers Hemmingsen about Volume 2 of his great work on The Beatles in Canada.

Get Piers’ book here The Beatles in Canada : The Evolution 1964-1970 (Blue Book) The Beatles in Canada 2: Piers Hemmingsen: 9780987829344: TGJones

Watch out for more information in a blog from BUZZ!

A SOLD-OUT BUT RELATIVELY RECENTLY RELEASED BOOK TITLE ABOUT THE BEATLES IN BELGIUM!

RARE The Beatles in Belgium! 1964-1984 BOOK 

By Renaat Develtere & Voorwoord Door Jean Blaute

Written in Dutch 

The relationship between The Beatles and Belgium

According to author Renaat Develtere in his book The Beatles in Belgium! 1964-1984, The Beatles never performed live in Belgium but that did not stop an impressive release and accumulation of many Belgian Beatles records, collectables, rarities, and memorabilia over the years!

A quote from the Beatles in Belgium website:

“Between 1957 and 1966, The Beatles performed about 1400 times in about 19 different countries but live in Belgium never happened.

The Belgian branch of EMI had booked The Beatles to perform live on Belgian television between 1 and 5 May 1964. The Beatles’ manager, BrIan Epstein, even confirmed to EMI that they were available. The only thing that had to happen was that the organizer paid the expenses.

This did not happen, because both the B.R.T. and the R.T.B. had little interest in organizing or broadcasting the performance. When they did start to get interested, there was already a waiting list of two years.”

(More info in: The Beatles in Belgium! by Renaat Develtere & Voorwoord Door Jean Blaute)

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The Beatles in Belgium! 1964-1984, Renaat Develtere-2008

This description of this Belgium Beatles discography appeared on eBay before I purchased the book:

“The Beatles’ presence in Belgium during the 1960s and 1970s is well-documented, with Renaat Develtere playing a significant role in collecting and preserving this historical aspect of the band’s legacy. The book “The Beatles in Belgium! 1964-1984″ compiled by Renaat Develtere offers a comprehensive look at the Beatles’ activities in Belgium during these years, including rare records and memorabilia.”

My favorite Beatles books to acquire for the collection are the more obscure harder to find specialized type of Beatles books. I stumbled across the following title recently on eBay and quickly purchased a copy. Even though I do not understand the language (which is Dutch in this book), it is the photographs which captivate my attention as I love to look at the different picture sleeves of the Beatles 45s that were issued in different countries of the world. After I purchased this book, I learned that that the title, published in 2010, was SOLD-OUT and that helped to fulfill the more obscure typology of the book for my collecting interests!

Normally, Beatles discographies are not my favorite type of Beatles book because once new record titles appear, the book becomes instantly out-of-date and in need of revisions. Foreign language discographies entice my interest because of the many variants in picture sleeves and album covers! I love to review those differences!

A nod to Beatles fan- Philippe Colinge from Belgium

At this point I would like to acknowledge one of the most informed and knowledgeable Beatles fans that I have ever encountered over the internet. I am speaking of my friend in Belgium named Philippe Colinge. Philippe has found many European rarities for me to add to my Beatles collection, and I will always be grateful for his great attention to accuracy and detail.

The Beatles in Belgium! 1964-1984 BOOK–By Renaat Develtere & Voorwoord Door Jean Blaute

The Beatles in Belgium! 1964-1984 BOOK 

By Renaat Develtere & Voorwoord Door Jean Blaute

This website is based on the book ‘Beatles in Belgium’ (sold out). With the help of many like-minded collectors, this project has been shaped, which started in 2008. Click on the themes on the sidebar and discover the beautiful Belgian Beatles vinyl collection.

THANK YOU – Beatles in Belgium

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ANOTHER BEATLES BOOK RARITY FROM BELGIUM:

Acquired this small Beatles discography recently from Abe Books: It was a 1996 release!

The Beatles: Made in Belgium (for Promotional Use only)-Johan Ral & Jos Bijnens

THE BEATLES MADE IN BELGIUM” PUBLISHED IN BELGIUM IN 1996, 32 PAGE BOOK PRINTED, WRITTEN IN ENGLISH & FULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOS OF THE BEATLES BELGIUM 45 RPM RELEASES

Published by Drukkerij Stockmans & Pre-press Group De Schutter, Belgium, 1996

A couple of sample pages:

Hope you enjoyed today’s small sampling of Beatles Records & Brussels sprouts! (I apologize for the bad pun!)

Be Healthy and Be Happy!

Buzz

CHECK OUT THESE GIFT IDEAS FROM THE BEATLES BOOKSTORE

NEW RINGO BOOK FROM AARON BADGLEY HAS ARRIVED!

About to turn 71 years old and I must admit that I get the same thrill of getting a new Beatles-related book around the holidays that I did when I was significantly younger. My goal as a Beatles fan and as a collector of a significant number of Beatles-themed books is primarily information-based. The litmus test is: does the new title give me some new and credible information that I did not know about or have been exposed to before? Aaron Badgley’s two Beatles themed books that have been released thus far have significantly passed that litmus test in my humble opinion!

Aaron is one of my favorite people that I have encountered on this Beatles blog. He has written an excellent book about George Harrison’s Dark Horse record label and now he has created another interesting book dealing with Ringo Starr’s solo career. The book just arrived, and I will be engaged in exploring the content very soon. Based on my initial perusal, and what I have seen so far, I am already anticipating Aaron’s sequel to this book. Ringo is finally getting the attention he deserves of having been such an integral ingredient & piece of the puzzle in the phenomenal success of the Beatles!

Here, in this book, Aaron explores Ringo’s prolific solo career!

Ruth McCartney wrote the wonderful foreword to the book, and she highlights the importance of Ringo as a drummer but also deals with the elements and personal chemistry that Ringo offers to a band in creating excellent music!

Someone that is stable and someone that you can count on!

The back cover of the book:

So privileged to have received a signed and inscribed copy from the author. Aaron displays that he is a great judge of character and of Beatle blogs in general (wink wink, the blogger says self-servingly)! All kidding aside, I thank you Aaron for your kind words. More importantly, thanks for another quality book about one of our common heroes, the extremely talented Mr. Richard Starkey!

Setting the tone and the stage: The preface of the book

Page 2 of the preface:

AND THE REST AND THE BEST IS AVAILABLE WHEN YOU GET THE BOOK:

AMAZON US:

Ringo Starr Solo Career: Badgley, Aaron: 9781915975263: Amazon.com: Books

AMAZON UK:

Ringo Starr Solo Career: Got to Pay Your Dues: Amazon.co.uk: Badgley, Aaron: 9781915975263: Books

AMAZON DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK:

“On April 10, 1970, when The Beatles officially called it a day, it was not the end, for Ringo Starr it was just the beginning. He was no longer Beatle Ringo, but now a solo artist who would have to establish himself with his own solo music. During the 1970s, Ringo Starr did just that. He became a commercial success and firmly established himself as a force in music.

Ringo Starr Solo Career: Got to Pay Your Dues explores the work Ringo Starr did to carve out his own name and his own persona. Through films, music, writing, acting, producing, directing, and even designing furniture, Starr kept extremely busy during the 1970s. Included in the book is a detailed account of his label, Ring O’Records.

With Ringo Starr Solo Career: Got to Pay Your Dues, Aaron Badgley takes a deep look into Starr’s artistic endeavours from 1970 to 1980. Through exclusive interviews Badgley tells Ringo Starr’s professional story. His albums, singles and work with other artists are all detailed. The films he produced, directed and appeared in are documented. A discography of Ringo Starr’s solo albums and singles and his Ring O’Records label are included plus exclusive, never before seen photos, illustrate this incredible career during the 1970s.”

Enjoy this Teaflix show featuring Ruth and Angie McCartney interviewing Aaron about his new book:

TeaFlix Interview with Aaron Badgley

And…. an earlier interview about his Dark Horse book!

TeaFlix interview with Aaron Badgley – YouTube

Love what I have read so far, Aaron!!

Be healthy and be happy!

Buzz!

OUR BOOK OF THE WEEK AT THE BEATLES BOOKSTORE

How many of you collectors of Beatles print material feel compelled to also acquire the special Beatles or solo Beatles cover issues of magazines put together by such magazine organizations like MOJO, RECORD COLLECTOR AND UNCUT. These magazines periodically use the Beatles consistent and ongoing marketability appeal to create a seemingly endless stream of new cover stories either about the Beatles as a group or their respective solo careers. Some of these magazine organizations have been accused of ripping off fans with endless recycling of the same content with only slight and subtle differences used to entice the buyer. That criticism may be valid and warranted in some circumstances, however that does not occur all the time. Often, new or obscure photos appear in some of these issues and interesting, provocative and thoughtful new articles appear as well. Buying the magazines in a physical store or venue like Barnes and Noble affords the potential buyer the opportunity to directly peruse the magazine in question in order to make the determination of whether it is worth buying. Online buyers are usually not afforded that opportunity.

I personally enjoy these types of magazines. Today, we will focus on the magazine Record Collector and the 3 recent special solo Beatles issues they have released about George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and the issue about John and Yoko. We still await Record Collector’s special Ringo issue. Would be interested to know how many of you have decided to acquire the three issues presented here. What was the main attraction for you to purchase either a single issue or all three? What issue was your favorite and why?

I bought all 3 of these magazines on eBay!

Where did you get yours?

The greatest objection I have to the UK magazines are the significant postage costs to send the magazine across the pond! I am sure that sentiment is the same when European customers try to purchase items from the US! Some book outlets like Barnes and Noble get supplies of these magazines in stock on a monthly basis. That is the more affordable way to obtain many of them. This is why digital formats of magazines are the current rage especially with younger readers. I may be in the minority, but there is no credible replacement for a physical medium!

GEORGE-DECEMBER 2025

eBay Description:

Record Collector Presents George Harrison is the third in Record Collector’s series of acclaimed ‘Beatlezines’. It is time to make some noise for the “Quiet One”. Looking at his solo career in depth from 1968 to 2002, it features some of the best writers, peers, admirers, and authorities. Jo Kendall assesses Dark Horse Records, Radio Times film critic and RC treasure Terry Staunton looks at HandMade films; Morecambe and Wise biographer Louis Barfe explores George’s lifelong love of humour. There is a comprehensive 9-PAGE UK discography, as well as assessments of all George’s studio albums, features on his compilations, singles, key rarities, lots of lovely pictures and much, much more.

GEORGE

PAUL

Paul from 2024

As The Beatles have again made headlines this festive season by scoring their first No 1 UK single in 54 years, RC shines its (Carnival Of) light on the group’s former bass player, spending 116 pages examining Paul McCartney’s illustrious solo career from McCartney to today, with help from Micky Dolenz, Mike McCartney, Youth, Nigel Godrich and many more. Pete Paphides examines his mellow philosophy in 10 records, there’s a brand-new 10-PAGE UK discography, as well as some of the best writing on all his studio albums, features on his classical work, musicianship, rarities, collaborations and much more.

RECORD COLLECTOR MAGAZINE 2024 | JOHN LENNON & YOKO

JOHN & YOKO

eBay Description:

After the success of last year’s Record Collector Presents Paul McCartney our attention turns to his old sparring partner John Lennon and his muse, Yoko Ono. Record Collector Presents John & Yoko spends 116 pages examining their joint careers, together and apart from 1968 to the present day, featuring some of the best writers, peers, admirers, and authorities. Slits biographer Zoë Howe examines the shift in public perceptions of Yoko, Terry Staunton looks at the Lennons on film, there’s a brand-new 7-PAGE UK discography, as well as assessments of all their studio albums, features on their compilations, Plastic Ono Band singles, a look inside the GRAMMY-nominated Mind Games box set with co-curator Simon Hilton, key rarities and much, much more. 

For those who enjoy purchasing these magazines for your collections, what is the primary appeal of them for you?

What is the element that you dislike the most of magazines of this sort?

Be Healthy and Be Happy!

Best Wishes,

Buzz