WAITING FOR THE BEATLES & THE APPLE SCRUFFS!

Immortalized by George Harrison on his All Things Must Pass album, the group of Apple Scruffs, dedicated primarily female Beatles fans were not only the focus of the Harrison song, but years after the Beatles breakup, they also became the subject of a book.

The author of the book was Carol Bedford. She is now deceased, but she was able to issue her memories in this book. In subsequent years some of the stories in the book have been challenged for their veracity, but even if that criticism is true, that does not detract from the book being able to capture the spirit and dedicated passion of those determined fans who waited outside the 3 Savile Row Apple building and the EMI Abbey Road studios yearning to see and talk to their four heroes. To be a part of the Apple Scruffs was something exclusive and special. Now that 3 Savile Row will be a Beatles Museum, one of the lairs of the Scruffs is certainly assured as being an important part of the legendary story…

Apple Scruffs (2020 Mix)

Back cover of the hardback. When you look at the back of the softcover you will see a big difference:

Notice: there is (NO TEXT) on the back cover:

Here is the softcover edition of the Bedford book:

The UK’s hardcover’s back cover features a cut Apple with no corresponding text. Interestingly, this description of the contents does appear on the back cover of the softcover edition shown below.

Hardcover published in 1984 by Blandford Press.

The softcover of the book: