Category: Buzz’s Beatles Book/ Print Blog

John Buzz Bezzini

The blog is designed to feature both old and new Beatles-related print material including books, magazines, posters, or correspondence with people that have a Beatles connection or association. The blog will also feature books from people that have worked with the individual members of the group during their solo careers! Looking forward to seeing you here! Looking forward to your participation and feedback on the blog!

John “Buzz” Bezzini has one of the world’s largest collections of Beatles books and he will share his thoughts and opinions on some of the more rare and unusual Beatles titles.

John taught a course in 1984 called “The Beatles in Retrospect” marking the 20th anniversary of the Beatles’ arrival in America.

John also holds a Master’s Degree in Communication.

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Posted on 24/09/202231/05/2024 by liddypool — 7 Comments

The People’s Beatles 1963-69

This is a very difficult book to find and/or locate for one’s collection. The people that put the book together solicited fan photos taken between 1963 and 1969. The book was published by Photobox and long-time Beatles associate, Barry Miles, provided much of the narration for the book.

The title was only available to purchase for a very short time and then was no longer being offered for sale. Apparently, the reason it was no longer available was administrative reasons and several people who had contributed photos for the book had not been properly credited.

I was able to find a copy of the book by contacting a gentleman who had contributed photos to the book and had not been credited for their use. Always will be grateful to you, Mr. R. Kern!

There are many wonderful photos of the Beatles in this book capturing the personal nature of fan photography, not being posed for! It is in my opinion, a shame that the book was not allowed to have a much wider circulation.

Buzz

Posted on 22/09/202231/05/2024 by liddypool — Leave a comment

In The Studio with The Beatles

Get Back

Beatle fans were amazed at the music and dialog that was featured in the Peter Jackson Get Back project. This provided nearly 8 hours of wonderful music and dialogue which altered the perceptions of many concerning the group’s demise. Much of the audio that appears in the Get Back film was sourced from something called the Nagra Reels, used to source film shot with the respective audio that matched.

This book- THE BEATLES In The Studio With The Beatles – Nagra Tapes published in 2009 in both Dutch and English was written by author Dennis Dekker.

It is a 134-page hardback book and was edited by Henk-Jan Hoekjen and translated into English by Pien Steffes. Dekker was able to listen to the Nagra reels and was able to transcribe many of the conversations. Though he lacked the technical advances available to Peter Jackson, the book represents one of the first attempts to give a fuller picture of what actually transpired at the Get Back sessions. The Nagra reels story itself is fascinating to read about as apparently they were stolen from the Beatles and were discovered/recovered in a police raid held in the Netherlands in 2021.

Here is a photo of the cover of the book

Buzz

Posted on 18/09/202231/05/2024 by liddypool — Leave a comment

Yellow Subversion – The Artwork of Yellow Submarine

In 2012, a wonderful boxset of only 350 copies was issued of 5 large and beautiful Yellow Submarine full color prints along with a special book written by The Simpsons writer and producer, Josh Weinstein. Josh’s essay was entitled “Yellow Subversion.”

The ultimate paradox with sets like this is that their rarity makes them very special and valuable to the collector, yet often they are out of reach financially to others who may wish to enjoy them. This item is very large, and you certainly will not be able to store it on your bookshelf, but the enclosed prints would be wonderful to frame.

Buzz

Posted on 16/09/202231/05/2024 by liddypool — Leave a comment

The Beatles in Monochrome

The Beatles Monochrome – Limited Edition

There were only 350 numbered copies of the black covered limited edition book which featured images of the Beatles 1964 tour taken by photographer Joe Allen and the book was edited by Mark Naboshek. The book was entitled “The Beatles Monochrome,” and was published in 2011 by Rufus Stone Publishers!

The book was presented in a black slipcase with 4 giclee color photoprints. The limited edition book came in a metal container as shown below. What is not commonly known is that Rufus Stone also published a limited edition version of the book that was bound in white leather and only 10 numbered copies were made of that version of the book. Below are my photos of copy #9 of this beautiful photography book which I recently acquired.

Buzz

The Beatles in Monochrome — The Beatles Monochrome

Posted on 12/09/202231/05/2024 by liddypool — 9 Comments

Wilfrid Brambell (Paul’s Grandad in A Hard Day’s Night)

This Wilfrid Brambell book is the most difficult to find of the print works available concerning the late actor.

Wilfrid Brambell, who played Paul’s grandfather in “A Hard Day’s Night”, released this hardback autobiography back in 1976. Supposedly, Wilfrid refused to have an editor work on his book release and the reviews were terrible as a result of his decision. The book did not remain in the marketplace very long and is fairly obscure. The collector market for books that even have a remote connection to the Beatles story seems to still be on the upswing.

As a long-time Beatles book collector, I was startled to even learn of this book’s existence.