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The Secret of the beatles?
A new kind of Beatles Book?
To date more than two thousand books have been published about the Beatles and the steady stream of new books continues. All these books describe the story of the Beatles.
Some superficially others in more detail.
Search for the Secret of The Beatles Success
Until now, there has been no book trying to discover the secret of the Beatles. A book trying to explain their off-the scale fame, trying to explain why they were so influential, and why their music, after all these years, still sounds crisp and fresh.
With a historic phenomenon like the Beatles, it is important to describe what happened, in order to document it for future generations.
But when you have done that, and with more than two thousand books we have done more than a thorough job, it is time to start explaining the phenomenon.
The book The Beatles Era, a Quest for the Secret of the Beatles, by the Dutch author Peter Eijgenhuijsen does just that.
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Jude and Lanea – she said, she said with julia baird
SHE SAID, SHE SAID
Two of The Beatles Bookstore’s authors, Jude Sutherland Kessler and Lanea Stagg, have a regular podcast called, “She Said, She Said”.
Their latest episode is an interview with John Lennon’s sister, Julia Baird.
Jude Southerland Kessler of The John Lennon Series and Lanea Stagg of The Recipe Records Series sit down with Director of Cavern Tours, Liverpool, and John Lennon’s sister, Julia Baird for a lively and revealing chat. Julia discusses her Strawberry Fields Project which reaches out to children with special needs and has had a transformative affect on her hometown of Liverpool. She briefly discusses Paul McCartney and George Harrison. And then, she talks at length about her childhood and teen years with her famous brother, John Lennon, and her beloved mother, Julia Stanley Lennon. Julia, who inspired John to become a musician and form a band, was a talented musician and a woman “ahead of her time,” in her daughter’s words, and you will discover what she means in this heart-felt, sincere, and emotional conversation. Julia Baird is an incredible lady – a teacher, the author of two books (including her latest, Imagine This), a business director, and now…a city-transformer who will speak to your heart. Julia knows John Lennon as no other, and here, she shares her life story with you.
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Find out more about Jude and Lanea on their author pages.
JUDE’S BOOKS:
LANEA’S BOOK
Was Ringo lucky, or a great drummer?
Too often has The Beatles drummer, Ringo Starr been the butt of some unkind jokes. Reportedly purported by his bandmate John Lennon, the adage goes that when asked about whether Ringo was the best drummer in the world, the bespectacled Beatle responded: “He’s not even the best drummer in The Beatles.” Thankfully, that myth has been dispelled, and the joke traced back to a 1981 radio show featuring Jasper Carrott to prove that nobody within the Fab Four thought of Ringo as anything less than integral to their sound.
Was He A Good Drummer?
That hasn’t helped his wider public of Ringo’s drumming be any less derisory though. As we all know by now, it doesn’t have to be the truth to be spread around as fact. But, for Ringo, it is an unwelcome and unwarranted tagline. The truth is actually that Ringo may not have been a studious percussionist, or particularly gifted with what was deemed as precision playing. Still, he had that one unteachable thing that every musician craves — he had style. As Paul McCartney said when picking his own favourite drummers: “Not technically the best by a long shot, but for feel and emotion and economy, they’re always there, particularly Ringo.”
read this great article about Ringo and his top drum performances
Want to Know More About How Great A Drummer Ringo Is?
Find out more about Ringo, in the following books from the Beatles Bookstore:
Finding the Fourth Beatle by David Bedford and Garry Popper, plus the exclusive Double CD of Finding the Fourth Beatle with over 40 tracks by those who played drums with The Beatles,
In Ringo Starr and The Beatles Beat, drummers Alex Cain and Terry McCusker analyse Ringo’s incredible contribution to the Beatles sound.
Don’t miss their analysis of Ringo on the White Album and Abbey Road too.
The Beatles – from the cavern to ed sullivan in 3 years
Debbie Greenberg, our resident Cavern Club expert, looks back at the very first time The Beatles appeared at the legendary Cavern Club. In an excerpt from her book, Cavern Club: The Inside Story, Debbie discusses The Beatles debut.
“The Cavern’s identity started to change at the start of the decade. Rock ‘n’ roll replaced jazz and the Cavern became the heart that gave Mersey its beat.
“We watched The Beatles debut at The Cavern lunchtime session on 9th February 1961. We were blown away. The Beatles were different, their music was incredible, their appearance raunchy, their energy infectious. They just oozed excitement.
“Six weeks later on the 23rd March, after a lunchtime session at the Cavern, they jumped on a train at Liverpool’s Lime Street Station on their way to Hamburg for a second time having previously played there in 1960.
“This time they sped out of our lives for four months. We missed them, but still went down to the Cavern to watch the other groups, like Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Singing Blue Genes, The Remo Four, Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes and many more.
“They were all fabulous groups but they weren’t The Beatles.”
The Ed Sullivan Show
Exactly three years to the day from their debut at The Cavern Club in front of a couple of hundred fans, they appeared in front of 73 million Americans on the Ed Sullivan Show.
What a journey they had made in just three years.
Find out more about the story of The Cavern Club in Debbie’s book, Cavern Club: The Inside Story.
Remembering the beatles rooftop performance
Saturday is the 52nd anniversary of the legendary ‘Rooftop Concert’.
Join David Stark on Plastic EP TV, where he explains why he should have been there on January 30th, 1969 instead of at school.
“Join me, Plastic EP, Chachi Loprete & Tony Barrell, author of ‘The Beatles on the Roof’, along with the premiere of a special video* to promote the Audiobook version of “It’s All Too Much.”
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It’s All Too Much by David Stark
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