REMEMBER THESE ROY CARR BOOKS ABOUT THE BEATLES?

As a Beatles book collector the mid 1970s began the first big wave of the issuing of Beatles-related books. Roy Carr, along with fellow author, Tony Tyler had a tremendous success with the book listed below entitled: The Beatles: An Illustrated Record.

Here is some biographical information about one of the authors, Roy Carr, that was posted on Wikipedia:

“Roy Carr (1945 – 2018) was an English music journalist, covering pop, rock and jazz. He joined the New Musical Express in the late 1960s, and edited NME, Vox and Melody Maker magazines!”

Roy Carr – Wikipedia

Roy Carr passed away in 2018 at the age of 73.

The Beatles: An Illustrated Record (1975)

Author Roy Carr, Tony Tyler
Publisher Harmony Books
Publication date 1975

The first edition also included a list of bootleg Beatles recordings

According to Wikipedia-“Later editions of the book deleted the bootlegs section, stating only that they were of generally poor sound quality, and of interest “only to the most die-hard Beatlemaniacs”. The 1981 edition included a tribute section to John Lennon, who had died only months earlier. Also included was a copy of Lennon’s own correction to a passage in the first edition, with a copy of an early news clipping to back it up. “Set the ‘Illustrated Record’ straight!” Lennon wrote.”

The book was a discography which followed the UK releases of the LPs

Again, from Wikipedia:

“Formatted in the same shape as an LP record, the lavishly put-together book. contains an extensive discography of record releases by the Beatles, with critical reviews of each release by Tyler and Carr. Sidebars give a concurrent history of the band, with press clippings, quotes, and photos from each phase of the Beatles’ career, including their post-breakup solo years.“

The Beatles: An Illustrated Record – Wikipedia

Two different covers and titles for Roy Carr’s Book about the Beatles films:

Beatles at the Movies: Stories and Photographs From Behind the Scenes at All Five Films

Published by Harper Paperbacks, 1996 by Roy Carr

My personal preference of the covers was this one:

Beatles at the Movies : Scenes from a Career
Roy Carr

Published by UFO Music Ltd, 1996

A TALK ON THE WILD SIDE by Roy Carr
One of my favorite Roy Carr titles was a book published in the English language in Germany called A Talk On The Wild Side! I was fortunate to be able to purchase a copy signed by Roy Carr at Abe Books!. The publisher was Edel and its subsidiary is earBooks!

Abe Books description of the following title which is not a Beatles book per se’ but it does have interviews with both John Lennon and Paul McCartney post-breakup and has an interview with Phil Spector as well!

About this title from Abe Books Description:
Synopsis
“A Talk on the Wild Side includes 120 pages of the most important musical and social events of the early 1970s depicted with rare icons and images of the time. To complete the ultimate rock package, listen for the first time to ten exclusive interviews, never before heard, with the world’s greatest rock legends on four CDs, telling it exactly how it was.
About the Author
Roy Carr, born in England in 1945, enjoys a most varied career within the international music industry. Since the late 19’60s, he has been one of the most widely read of all music journalists. Prolific as a writer and editor for New Musical Express, Melody Maker, Vox, and Uncut, Carr is also a best-selling award-winning author of music books about the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, and David Bowie. Among the many awards he has collected are two prestigious Ivor Novello statuettes and Journalist of the Year. Currently he runs his own record label and is working on a new book”

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Roy Carr sadly passed away 8 years after the publication of this book a few years after the unespected passing of his son.

Cover of the book:

The back cover of the book:

The audio interviews that comprise the book on cd:

The John Lennon interview is from August of 1972. The Paul McCartney interview is from 1975. The Phil Spector interview was from October 1975. There are also interview on the disks with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Pete Townsend, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, John Bonham & Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam).

Roy Carr’s signature/autograph in my copy of the book:

The Table of Contents of the book:

Table of Contents (continued):

Hope you enjoyed this discussion of Roy Carr’s books that have dealt with the subject of the Beatles. Do you have a favorite Roy Carr book about music?

Be happy and be healthy!

Buzz