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B orn October 9th, 1940 in Liverpool, died December 8th, 1980 in New York. The cruel hand of fate shut the door on the talent of the best-loved musician of the Western world when the

tragic killing of John Lennon occurred outside the Dakota Building in New York that fateful day almost two years ago. Of all the Beatles, he was the one on whom people had bestowed the title of 'genius'.

He was more than just a singer, a guitarist, one half of the Lennon/ McCartney songwriting team: he was a working class hero, a rebel, a writer -and his sometimes eccentric activities provided a touch of colour to many people's lives - although we mustn't forget the years of abuse he received when he teamed up with Yoko, the ugly hustling in America when the Establishment sought to deport him from the country, even the drug busts in Britain became a faded memory as only the positive aspects of his life were brought to the forefront following his death.

John's father Fred deserted the family when he was a baby and his mother Julia wanted to move in with a man who already had children of his own, John went to live with his Aunt Mimi' and Uncle George, who gave him all the love and affection that any growing boy would need. He left Dovedale Primary School to enter Quarry Bank Grammar School where, together with his close friend Peter Shotton, he behaved in a quite irnacademic manner and showed the rebellious streak that we grew to love.

An understanding headmaster helped him to gain entrance to Liverpool College of Art. By that time his career in music had already started. At Quarry Bank he'd formed his own skiffle group called the Quarrymen and one of the later members of the band was Paul McCartney. They then teamed up with George Harrison for their Casbah residency.

At the art school John was popular with the girls and opted for one in particular: Cynthia Powell. Later, when she became pregnant, they married secretly. He also met Stuart Sutcliffe, a talented artist who was to make a lasting impession on him. Stu joined the band, now called The Silver Beatles. They made a short tour of Scotland and, with the addition of drummer Pete Best, set off for Hamburg. His exploits abroad with the group became more important than the college and he never returned.

Together with Paul, he was the 'idol' of the fans, although Paul became the main target of the girls' affections when Julian was born and the marriage details were revealed in the press. John was then able to bring Cynthia and Julian to London and bought variO\JS houses, ending up in the stockbroker's belt in Weybridge.

He became a best-selling author on the publication of his books 'In His Own Write' and 'A Spaniard In The Works' and made his solo film debut as Private Gripweed in the anti-war film 'How I Won The War.'

T he press and public began to show hostility when he started his romance with the avant-garde Japanese artist Yoko Ono whom he met at a London exhibition. He divorced Cynthia and the

ballad of John and Yoko" began to hit the headlines with a vengeance as they involved themselves in numerous ventures.

The attacks became savage when the 'Two Virgins' album was released, with the pair of them pictured in full-frontal nudity on the cover. EMI refused to have anything to do with it and it was issued in a brown paper bag by Track Records. The couple were involved in a drug bust while they were staying at Ringo 's house in Montague Square and the police also raided an exhibition John held to display his 'erotic lithographs.'

1940-1980

At the time he was particularly upset by the attitude of the other Beatles towards Yoko and was annoyed and furious at the way she was treated by the staff at Apple.

He penned 'The Ballad Of John & Yoko', which he recorded with Paul and it was issued as a Beatles single. Later, he formed The Plastic Ono Band and flew off to Toronto to appear at a festival there.

His marriage to Yoko in Gibralta was followed by Bed-Ins in Amsterdam and Montreal in which they entertained the press with their messages for peace. They began an acorns-for-peace campaign, inviting all the world leaders to plant an acorn. Whilst the youth of the Western world, particularly in America, associated with the messages of peace, the older generation didn't -as was apparent from the furore when John sent his MBE back to the Queen.

A fter The Beatles split, John and Yoko had been scouring the world for her daughter Kyoto who was with her first husband. They eventually realised that the little girl wanted to remain with

her father and by that time they had moved to New York, which really appealed to John. He found it a vital city.

He recorded with a New York band Elephant's Memory and produced a few albums with New York providing a big inspiration for him. At one point, he and Yoko split up for a period of eighteen months and he went on a spree to Los Angeles, once again creating headlines: most notab.ly when he was thrown out of The Troubadour Club for insulting The Smothers Brothers. He returned to New York and an appearance at Madison Square Garden with Elton John led to him being reunited with Yoko.

After several miscarriages, Yoko finally gave John the son he had been longing for , Sean. He had not watched his first son Julian grow up , but was determined to actively discover the joys of fatherhood and for a period of almost five years became a housemother, devoting himself to Sean's upbringing. Yoko got on with the job of running the business, creating a multi-million dollar empire with property, farms, cattle and personal possessions such as a house in Florida, a yacht called The Isis and several apartments in the famous Dakota Building.

In 1980, John decided it was time to return to the Rock world and entered the Hit Factory in New York to begin several recordings. He was, as he explained in the title of his song: 'Starting Over' and it was at this time in his life, which was so filled with happiness and expectation, that the assassin's bullet struck.

BOOKS: In His Own Write , A Spaniard In The Works -

John Lennon. The Penguin John Lennon, The Lennon Play: In His Own Write - John Lennon, Victor Spinetti, Adrienne Kennedy. Lennon Remembers - Jann Wenner. The John Lennon Story - George Tremlett. The Lennon Factor -Paul Young. John Lennon: One Day At A Time -Anthony Faux:ett. Lennon: What Happened? -Tim Buckley. Lennon: Up Close & Personal -Cynthia Lennon. John Lennon: Death Of A Dream -George Carpozi Jnr. John Lennon. 1940-1980-Ray Connolly. Strawberry Fields Forever: John Lennon Remembered - Vic Garbarini. John Lennon In His Own Words - Miles. John Lennon & The Beatles Forever - Ed Naha. The Lennon Tapes. 1950-1980 - Ernest Schworck. The John Lennon Story - John Swenson. John Lennon & Yoko Ono: The Playboy Interviews - David Sheff A Tribute To John Lennon - Various writers. The Ballad Of John & Yoko - Rolling Stone editors. The Literary Lennon.

FILMS: How I Won The War.

ALBUMS: The Wedding Album. Life With The Lions, Plastic Ono Band/ Live Peace In Toronto, John Lennon / Plastic Ono Bank, Imagine, Some Time In New York City, Mind Games, Walls And Bridges, Rock 'N' Roll, Shaved Fish, Double Fantasy. SINGLES: Give Peace A Chance, Instant Karma, Power To The People, Happy Christmas 0Nar ls Over), Whatever Gets You Thru The Night, No. 9. Dream, Stand By Me, Imagine, (Just Like) Starting Over, Woman.

R ecent revelations in an American book on the world's highest paid men place Paul McCartney at the top of the list with a reported income in 1980 alone of £25 million. His

annual earnings since then have no doubt been on the increase and it's quite likely that in a single year he will have earned more money than The Beatles did in their entire career.

Paul was born on June 18th, 1942 in Walton Hospital, Liverpool to Jim and Mary McCartney. His only brother Mike arrived eighteen months later and the family moved from Wallasey into a bungalow in Knowsley and had a few further changes of residence until they settled in Forthlin Road. The close-knit family provided the two boys with a happy childhood, although tragedy struck when Mary died of cancer in 1956. By that time Paul had enrolled at Liverpool Institute where his friend Ivan Vaughan was also a student. Ivan took him along to meet John Lennon and his group The Quarrymen and The Beatles story took root.

There were various minor changes of line-up in the early days and it was after Stuart Sutcliffe parted company with the group that the left­handed Paul changed around the strings of his guitar and became the bass player. Long before a record contract was in the offing, Paul had teamed up with John as a songwriting duo and produced over eighty original songs.

Once Beatlemania took a grip of the world, Paul become the object of a million dreams. With John married, Paul became the prime target of the young girl fan's attentions. When he met and fell in love with actress Jane Asher, the press had

a field day. It was an ideal romance. Paul was able to let Jane's brother Peter have some Lennon/McCartney material to record with his partner Gordon Waller and, as Peter & Gordon, they entered the charts with 'World Without Love.' Over the years, Paul was to give songs to various friends and he also produced singles for several artists, including his brother Mike and The Fourmost. He also penned a song for Peter & Gordon using the pseudonym Bernard Webb.

His first major solo venture outside The Beatles framework came when he accepted a commission to compose the music for the film 'The Family Way.'

P aul bought a house in the fashionable St. John's Wood area of London and seemed to be pursuing an idyllic existence. Then Brian Epstein died and some of the heart seemed to go

out of the group. They didn't find much solace in the teachings of the Maharishi Mahesh Yoga and Paul took it upon himself to stimulate the group into some form of creative activity.

His romance with Jane Asher was cooling and he was later to marry American Rock photographer Linda Eastman. The group had also formed their Apple empire and Paul came up with the idea of a film 'Magical Mystery Tour', which they became intensively involved in, participating in its production at all levels - and even editing the final print which was to make its debut on BBC Television. When it was screened on Boxing Day, 1967 the critics were unanimous in their condemnation, giving The Beatles their first major critical bashing.

Their Apple empire was also crumbling and the

group seemed to have lost their direction. Projects such as 'Let It Be' seemed to take ages to record and Paul became furious when the other members of the group decided to hire Allen Klein as their manager. Paul couldn 't relate to the whizzkid from New York - and he'd also been attempting to persuade the other members to accept his father-in-law Lee Eastman as their business representative.

Klein's promise that he would be able to secure Northern Songs for them didn't materialise and Paul was furious when Klein brought in Phil Spector to assemble some order out of the chaos of the 'Let It Be' tapes. Spector altered 'The Long And Winding Road' in such a way that Paul hated it. He was also upset when the release of 'Let It Be' was scheduled two days after the issue of his solo debut album 'McCartney.' The group members had now become suspicious of

each other and when Ringo visited Paul to try to soothe the situation, an argument ensued and he was thrown out of Paul's house. Eventually, Paul was advised that he would have to sue the other members of The Beatles, which he did and a receiver was appointed in March, 1971 to wind up their affairs.

H aving already made a solo album, Paul was determined to keep busy and he taught Linda to play the keyboards. He also contacted his friend Denny Laine, a former member of the Moody

Blues, and formed Wings. The group were to make their debut at a lunchtime gig at Nottingham University on February 9th, 1972 and it was Paul's first live gig for nearly six years. With various changes in personnel, the group lasted until 1981 , touring the world, filming and producing a string of hit albums and singles.

In the meantime, Paul's group of companies: MPL Communications, were expanding and buying up some of the worlds's most lucrative song catalogues, including those of several major Broadway musicals and the works of Buddy Holly. Paul then became active in organising a Buddy Holly week each September in Britain.

Although retaining his house in Cavendish Avenue, Paul moved into the country with his family . Following the demise of the Wings chapter of his life he began recording with American artists such as Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson and also recorded on the Carribean island of Montserrat , where George Martin had built recording studios.

Paul continues to involve himself in the busiest working schedule of any of the three remaining ex-Beatles and hopes one day to recapture Northern Songs for his own group of publishing companies.

BOOKS The Paul McCartney Story - George Tremlell. Body Count - Freddie Schwartz. Paul McCartney In His Own Words - Paul Gambaccini. Linda's Pictures - Linda McCartney. Linda's Pix For '76 -Linda McCartney. Picture Calandar For '77 -Linda McCartney. Linda's Plates For '78 - Linda McCartney. Linda's Signs For '79 - Linda McCartney. Matey For Eighty - li11da McCart11ey. Facts About A Pop Group. Featuring Wings -David Gelly. Paul McCartney & Wings - Tony Jasper. Paul McCartney & Wings - Jeremy Pascall. Hands Across The Water - Hipgnosis. Paul McCartney: Beatie With Wings - Marti11 Grove. Paul McCartney: Composer I Artist - Paul McCartney. Nashville Diary - Linda McCartney. Thank U Very Much - Mike McCart11ey.

FILMS The Family Way (soundtrack), Live & Let Die (soundtrack), Rockshow, The Cooler.

ALB MS McCartney, Ram, Wild Life, Red Rose Speedway, Band On The Run, Venus & Mars, Wings At The Speed Of Sound, Wings Over America, London Town, Wings Greatest, Back To The Egg, McCartney II. The McCartney Interview, Tug Of War.

SI GLE.5 Another Day, Give Ireland Back To The Irish, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Hi Hi Hi /C. Moon, My Love, Live And Let Die, Helen Wheels, Jet, Band On The Run, Junior's Farm, Listen To What The Man Said, Letting Go, Venus & Mars Medley, Silly Love Songs, Mull Of Kintyre, With A Little Luck. I've Had Enough, London Town, Goodnight Tonight , Old Siam Sir, Getting Closer, Coming Up, Waterfalls, Temporary Secretary, Ebony & Ivory, Take It Away.

T he youngest Beatie, born on February 25th, 1943 at 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool 15 to Harold and Louise French Harrison. The couple already had two sons, Harold and Peter and a

daughter, Louise. George attended Dovedale Primary School,

where John Lennon was a pupil. Later, George went to Liverpool Institute in Mount Street. Paul McCartney was also a pupil there, although in a different year than George.

Gradually, George and Paul got to know each other, having met frequently while travelling by bus to school. During 1956 Paul joined John's group The Quarrymen and the following year George played in a group called The Rebels with his brother Peter. It was a short-lived venture and he next joined The Les Stewart Quartet. When one of the group members, Ken Brown, had a disagreement with Stewart about taking over a residency at the newly-opened club The Casbah , George sought out Paul and John and, as The Quarrymen, they took up the residency themselves. The three original members o( The Beatles now began their long association.

Pete Best became their drummer in August , 1960 and they set off for their first residency in Hamburg, performing at a small club called The Indra for German pubowner Bruno Koschmeider. When the group were approached to play in a rival club, The Top Ten, Bruno was incensed. He set the police on them for reputedly trying to burn down The Bambi, his cinema, where they were sleeping. Paul and Pete were sent back to Liverpool as a result.

Bruno also saw to it that George was sent home because he was under-age. He wrote: "I , the undersigned, hereby give notice to Mr George Harrison and to Beatles' band to leave on November 30th, 1960. The notice is given to the above by order of the Public Authorities who have discovered that Mr George Harrison is only 17 (Seventeen) years of age ."

Back in Liverpool the group were beginning to build up a following, appearing at venues such as Aintree Institute and Litherland Town Hall. They returned to Germany the following year and when the Mersey Beat newspaper appeared in July, 1961 , the story of their first recording activities in Germa ny was reported on the front page of issue No. 2. Their recording manager was Bert Kaempfer! and the story noted: "The Beatles recorded two further numbers for Kaempfer! on their own. One side, an instrumental written by George Harrison, has ncit yet been named / probable titles include 'Cry For A Shadow' and 'Beatie Bop'."

W hen The Beatles began to emerge as superstars, George's songwriting talents were overshadowed by the attention given to Lennon and McCartney

and he didn 't write again until he penned 'Don't Bother Me', which was included on the soundtrack of their debut movie 'A Har d Day's Night'.

The film also led to his romance with Patti Boyd, a cute young model who was fashionable at the time. She had appeared in the Smith's

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Crisps adverts filmed by Richard Lester, and when he was asked to direct The Beatles debut film he gave her the part of a schoolgirl.

George fell in love and the couple moved into his neat little bungalow called Finfauns in Esher , where they lived until 1968, after marrying in 1966.

It was during this period that his own musical talent began to find a direction when he met and was impressed by the Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The two became close friends and George went to India to learn how to play the instrument. The following year, due to Patti, The Beatles went to a London hotel to listen to an Indian guru, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The same weekend their manager Brian Epstein was found dead. Later , the group travelled to India to study Transcendental Meditation with the Maharishi.

A round this time George struck up a friendship with premier guitarist Eric Clapton and co­wrote a number with him called 'Badge', which was recorded by The Cream. He also penned the

soundtrack for the 'Wonderwall'. George was at last building up a identity for himself.

His burgeoning confidence was further strengthened when Allen Klein decided to use one of his numbers as an 'A' side for a Beatles single for the first time and 'Something' hit the No. 1 spot in America and reached No. 4 in Britain. He was to argue about his status in the group in the film 'Let It Be', his resentments over the years finally coming to the surface and it was when The Beatles finally broke up that he came into his own with solo albums and singles.

He had also shown maturity in organising the famous 'Concert For Bangla Desh' at Madison Square Gardens in August, 1971. Ravi Shankar had approached George with the vague idea of a concert in which he hoped something like 25,000 dollars could be raised. George took everything in hand, produced a memorable event which raised 15 million dollars and both he and Ravi were given a 'Child ls Father Of The Man' award by UNICEF.

As the years passed he parted from Patti , who married Eric Clapton, and fell in love with Olivia Arias, whom he married in 1978 shortly after their son Dhani was born. By that time he'd moved to an impressive mansion, Friar Park, in Henley-On-Thames. His friendship with Eric Idle led to a business association with the Monty Python team and he

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financed their 'Life Of Brian' film after joining the movie company Handmade Films. He had also struck up friendships with many of the world's leading racing car drivers and he followed the sport at various Grand Prix events around the world.

BOOKS: "George Harrison: Yesterday & Today" by Ross Michaels, Flash Books, 1977. "I, Me, Mine" by George Harrison. Originally published in a limited edition of 2,000 by Genesis Books in 1980. New edition published by W. H. Allen in 1982.

SINGLES: My Sweet Lord, Bangla Desh, Give Me Love, Ding Dong, Dark Horse, You, This Guitar, This Song, True Love, Woman Don't You Cry For Me, Blow Away, All Those Years Ago, Teardrops.

ALBUMS: Wonderwall , Electronic Sound, All Things Must Pass. The Concert For Bangla Desh, Living In The Material World , Dark Horse, Extra Texture / Read All About It , The Best Of George Harrison, Thirty­Three And A Third, George Harrison , Somewhere In England.

INGO

R ingo Starr, born on July 7th, 1940 in Liverpool's tough Dingle district , was the first Bealle to see the light of day. An only child, his parents were divorced when he was three and during his early

youth he suffered from ill health and spent a great deal of time in hospital with the consequence that his eduction suffered.

On leaving school he became an apprentice engineer at a local firm H. Hunt & Son, but had already become interested in music. His stepfather Harry Graves, who had married his mother Elsie in 1953, bought him his first drum kit and the eager musician teamed up with a neighbour to play in The Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group. He also appeared in The Darktown Skiffle Group and then joined The Raving Texans, which was to become Rory Storm & The Hurricanes, one of Liverpool's top bands.

With The Hurricanes he appeared at Butlin 's in Skegness and had his own spot called 'Ringo Starrtime.' He also travelled with the band to Hamburg to appear at the Kaiserkeller club and during the trip was asked to play on a demo record with The Beatles as Pete Best was ill at the time. The group were backing one of The Hurricanes singers, Lu Walters, which is why Ringo was asked to play with them. For a short time he left The Hurricanes to join Tony Sheridan at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg before drifting back to Liverpool and rejoining the Hurricanes. However, he decided to leave the group scene altogether and concentrate on a career in engineering and told Rory that he couldn 't join him for the group 's new season at Butlin's.

Rory went to see Ringo's mum and step dad and talked them into letting Ringo do this one last

season before he went into engineering as a full time occupation. It was during the season that Ringo was offered the job with The Beatles and tie joined them in August , 1962.

When recording 'Love Me Do' he was embarrassed to find that George Martin had booked a session drummer Andy White to play on the record. However , Martin recorded two versions of the number and the British single of 'Love Me Do' had Ringo playing drums whilst the track on both British and American albums featured the drumming of Andy White.

Initially, Ringo felt himself to be something of an outsider , having joined the group when they were already established, but his confidence soon grew, especially following the reaction in America where he became one of the most popular members of the band.

I n the film 'A Hard Day's Night' he gained critical acclaim. His performance, particularly as he wandered along a riverbank by himself to the tune of George Martin 's 'Ringo's Theme', had

critics describing his acting ability as 'Chaplinesque. '

Having neither the songwriting ability of the other three and not being on the front line, he took something of a back seat as far as the recording and stage appearances were concerned, although he was given some limelight on numbers like 'Yellow Submarine' and 'With A Little Help From My Friends.'

He took advantage of his natural comic ability by appearing in several films, his first solo venture outside The Beatles circle being 'Candy', in which he guest-starred with Marlon Brando and Richard Burton. He even appeared as a 'Baddie'

in an over-the-top Italian Western called 'Blindman'.

Initially, Ringo seemed to have settled down to family life , marrying Maureen Cox, one of his Liverpool fans, in 1965. The couple had three children , sons Zak and Jason and daughter Lee. Zak has already followed in his father 's footsteps and has become drummer with a London band.

However, the marriage only lasted ten years and Maureen and Ringo were divorced in 1975. Of all the Beatles, Ringo loved the night life, roaming the clubs in London or L.A. until the early hours of the morning with several friends, including Keith Moon and Marc Bolan. He had a succession of affairs with models and starlets until he fell deeply in love with his co-star American actress Barbara Bach during the making of 'Caveman' in Mexico. Barbara and Ringo were married and moved back to England to live after Ringo had spent several years away from home as a tax exile.

F a llowing the break-up of The Beatles, Ringo seemed the one least likely to succeed but , surprisingly, his fi rst release appeared to be more successful than the solo ventures of the

other ex-members, although his debut album 'Sentimental Journey' seemed 'mawkish' to some critics as it proved to be what the title implied: a trip down memory lane in tribute to his Mum , with standards such as 'Night & Day' and 'Bye Bye Blackbird'. His next album 'Beaucoups Of Blues' had a Country ~lusic flavour to it and he had a major hit with his first single 'It Don't Come Easy', which was produced by George Harrison. A string of other hits followed, although his more recent efforts didn 't make a dent in the charts.

His film career continued and he even produced a movie of T. Rex mania starring his fr iend Marc Bolan called 'Born To Boogie', in addition to appearing as Frank Zappa in '200 Motels' and as the Pope in 'Liztomania'. His strongest role was undoubtedly that of the fairground worker Mike in 'That'll Be The Day', a role not dissimilar to that of his own early life and although he once

again garnered plaudits for his acting ability, he turned down the role in the sequel, which went to Adam Faith.

During 1982 he teamed up with Paul to make a short film, 'The Cooler', which was nominated for an award at the Cannes Film Festival.

FILMS: Candy, Blindman , The Magic Christian , Son Of Dracula , Harry & Ringo's Night Out , That'll Be The Day, Liztomania, 200 Motels, Born To Boogie, Caveman, The Cooler.

TV: Ringo, With A Little Help From My Friends.

S 'GLES: It Don't Come Easy, Back Off Boogaloo, Photograph , You're Sixteen, Only You, A Dose Of Rock ·n· Roll, Hey Baby, Drowning In A Sea Of Love, Wrack l\ly Brain.

ALB MS: Beaucoups Of Blues, Ringo, Goodnight Vienna, Blast From Your Past, Ringo 's Rotogravure, Ringo The 4th. Stop & Smell The Roses.

Highs and lows of a 25 year career that changed the world.

JULY 6th, 1957. A young student at Liverpool Institute becomes the 'go-between' in an historic meeting. Ivan Vaughan, a friend of John Lennon, took along Paul McCartney, a fellow pupil at the Institute, to meet John who was appearing that day with his group The Quarrymen at a church fete in Woolton. The Quarrymen were a skiffle group which John had formed at Quarry Bank School and they performed the typical skiffle numbers popularised on current records such as 'Railroad Bill' and 'Cumberland Gap'. After Ivan had made the introductions, Paul managed to borrow a guitar and take the stage to join the group for a few numbers. One of his memories of this event is the smell of beer on John 's breath.

JULY 15th, 1958. Tragic death of Julia Lennon. John had been living with his Aunt Mimi in Menlove Avenue since he was a child. After his father Freddie had left home for a life at sea. Julia fell in love with a man nearby and went to live with him. During the years, however, John had come to love his mother and shared her eccentric behaviour and love of music. When she was killed in a car accident a few minutes after visiting Mimi. dying on the way to hospital , the incident must have rooted itself deep into John 's mind as he was to write songs about her several years later.

AUGUST 29th, 1959. John, George and Paul team up for a residency at the Casbah Club, Heyman's Green, West Derby, Liverpool. Fourth member of this re-vamped Quarrymen is Ken Brown. On hearing that Mrs. Mona Best intended opening a club in the basement of her house , Ken. who was a member of the Lew Stewart Quartet , helped her to prepare for the club's opening and was rewarded with the offer of a residency for his band. Together with George Harrison, who was a member of the group, Ken told group leader Les of their good fortune. Strangely enough, piqued at the fact that Brown had missed rehearsals to help Mrs. Best, he refused to take up the residency. George sided with Ken and told him he'd find two friends to join him. He sought out John Lennon and Paul McCartney and The Quarrymen were re-born as a quartet. Mrs. Best's son Pete also appeared at the club with his own band, The Blackjacks, which Ken Brown was to join for a time after parting with The Quarrymen over a disagreement about money. Pete Best was to join the group the following August and remained with them until August, 1962.

AUGUST 17th, 1960. The Beatles begin a residency at the Indra Club in Hamburg's St. Pauli district and are contracted to appear until October 16th. Their personnel at the time comprises John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Pete Best and Stuart Sutcliffe. Promoter Bruno Koschmeider doesn't realise what he's started! Liverpool's groups began to pour into the city and Kischmeider's other club The Kaiser Keller, together with Peter Eckhorn 's Top Ten Club in the Reeperbahn, discover that the bands are big business. In January, 1962 the biggest Rock club in Hamburg, The Star Club, opens its doors with ThP Rf';itles - now on their ay to becoming

Germans who become their friends , Klaus Voorman, Astrid Kirchnerr and Jurgen Vollmer; develop their unusual hair style and lose Stuart to the Hamburg Art College.

DECEMBER 27th, 1960. The Beatles appear for Brian Kelly at Litherland Town Hall. Brian Kelly was one of the local promoters who regularly booked groups at venues such as Litherland Town Hall and Aintree Institute. Many of these venues were called 'jive hives". There were scores of them, run by over half a dozen different promoters, giving the 350-plus groups on Merseyside an outlet for their music. At this time The Beatles were not all that well-known locally , although there was a busy and thriving group scene. The scene came before The Beatles and the group were able to develop because of this active scene - it was not the other way around as people have suggested. So when you read in one of those poorly researched Beatie books that as soon as The Beatles had success, everyone in Liverpool began to take up the guitar, ignore it. The guitarists were already alive and well and performing in local halls from the late fifties onwards.

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six pounds. They were sensational. Their gruelling work schedule in Hamburg had improved the group out of all recognition and given them an edge over their rivals. From this point on they began to build their immense local following.

MARCH 21st, 1961. The Beatles made their debut at The Cavern Club in Mathew Street as guests of a group called The Swinging Bluegenes Oater to become the hit recording group The Swinging Bluejeans). The Cavern was a cellar club, originally opened in 1957 beneath a warehouse in the narrow city centre street. At first it was strictly a jazz club and the local rock groups were banned from appearing there. Then Ray McFall bought The Cavern. He noticed the thriving scene.in the jive hives and decided to introduce groups into his own club. Over the years, people seem to have believed that The Cavern was the only venue in Liverpool - but there were literally hundreds of places for the groups to play in , although The Cavern was to become the most publicised and the most famous. The club also presented the groups at lunchtime and all-night sessions and "The troglodytes", or "cave dwellers", were able to watch a host of h n n.lc wbn WPYP hviOO thp fOllndation for a music

I JULY 6th, 1961. The debut issue of :\lersey Beat. the world 's first alternative music paper which ran maximum coverage on The Beatles almo t every issue, beginning with the premier edi tion which featured a Beatles biography written by John Lennon called 'On The Dubious Origins Of Beatles'. The front page of issue o. 2. proclaimed 'Beatles Sign Recording Contract!' Detailing their recording sessions in Hamburg with Bert Kaempfer!. Brian Epstein was an ardent reader of the paper and became its record reviewer. John Lennon contributed a column of his writing called 'Beachcomber', which became the basis for 'In His Own Write' and the Beat scene had been given its own "voice".

NOVEMBER 9th, 1961. Intrigued by the immense coverage of The Beatles in Mersey Beat , Brian Epstein phoned the paper and asked them if they could arrange for him to visit the Cavern to see the group. They did and he went in the company of his assistant Alistair Taylor. Brian was impressed by the insistent, frenetic sound of the music and the spellbound audience and became determined to involve himself in what he saw as a fresh, exciting scene. Few local groups had managers, and those that did usually found themselves in the hands of part-time workers with no money available to promote them. Epstein had prestige, finance and the power of a record store chain behind him. The Beatles were impressed and signed with him. Brian tells the group that they will be bigger than Elvis Presley.

JANUARY 1st, 1962. The Beatles travel down to London for their first recording audition. The wheels were originally set in motion after Brian Epstein contacted the Liverpool Echo ·s record reviewer, who happened to be a Liverpudlian working at Decca's London office. Talent spotter Mike Smith arrived in Liverpool in December to watch the Fabs perform at the Cavern and on the strength of their show, booked them for an audition at Decca's West Hamostead st11rlio

with The Beatles and wanted to sign them, but his boss Dick Rowe preferred to sign The Tremeloes. After the ignominy of being "the man who turned down The Beatles", Dick was given a lifeline by George Harrison who recommended The Rolling Stones to him - so Dick signed them up.

APRIL 10th, 1962. Tragedy strikes when former bass guitarist Stu Sutcliffe dies in Hamburg of a brain haemmorhage the day before The Beatles are due to commence another residency in the German city. His fiancee Astrid Kirchnerr , who took many of the group's original atmospheric photographs, meets them at the airport to tell them the sad news. Stuart is only 21, already acknowledged as an artist of potentially exceptional talent. There was to be a posthumous exhibition of his work at Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery, but no member of The Beatles would attend - and they were not to attend any of his exhibitions held over the years to come. The Beatles new Hamburg season began at the opening of a new club: The Star Club which was to become to Germany what the Cavern was in England. Their performance there at the end of the year were recorded by Adrian Barber, a former member of The Big Three, the tapes were borrowed by Kingsize Taylor and were issued as a double-album almost eighteen years later.

JUNE 6th, 1962. The Beatles audition for George Martin of EMl's Parlophone label. EMI have already turned down The Beatles, but Brian has been persistent and eventually, through Syd Coleman of EMl's publishing arm, Ardmore & Beechwood, a meeting is arranged between Brian and George and the audition set up. Parlophone was a label which had not really had any experience with groups and Martin had been recording artists such as Flanders & Swann, the 'Beyond The Fringe' team and Peter Sellers. However, EMI aren't all that interested in The Beatles and when a deal is finally signed, the percentage they receive is extremely small -in relation to what The Rolling Stones receive from Decca. This contract and EMl's attitude to money was to help Allen Klein get his foot in the door with The Beatles in later years and lead to George Martin leaving EM! and becoming independent.

AUGUST 18th, 1962. Ructions at the Cavern as The Beatles make their debut with Ringo Starr replacing Pete Best, who was fired earlier in the week. Ringo had been about to pack in his job with Rory Storm & The Hurricanes and leave the Beat scene. Rory convinced him to stay for an extra Butlin's season - and The Beatles offer came. One of those lucky strokes of fortune which were to change Ringo's entire way of life. No one will give a clear cut reason why Pete was sacked and no one will own up as to who insisted that the change be made. Fans have their own suspicions, though, and George Harrison receives a black eye from the Best fans crowding the Beat cellar that night.

AUGUST 23rd, 1961. John and Cynthia are secretly married at Mount Pleasant Registry Office - the same place where his mother and father were married over twenty years before. It's a rainy day, Brian Epstein hosts them to a wedding lunch at Reece's Restaurant and the pregnant Cynthia is to give birth to John 's first son Julian the following year, while still attempting to keep the marriage a secret.

SEPTEMBER 6th, 1962. The group begin their series of recording sessions at the EMI Studios in St. John"s Wood which eventually leads to the release of a Lennon & McCartney original - an unusual step in those days for a British group to provide their own material. George Martin is unsure about Ringo 's ability as a drummer and hires Andy White, a session man, for the recordings. Two versions are cut and the one in which Ringo plays is issued as the single.

OCTOBER 5th, 1962. 'Love Me Do' is released with 'PS I Love You' on the flipside. Radio T . . .. ... ........ h ,.... ., ... ,... r1';u ,... ,... : • .., c nin onrl it l'IH:hP~ tn Nn 1

North West , including appearances with Little Richard, before setting off for Hamburg on October 3 lst.

NOVEMBER 7th, 1961. A film of The Beatles performing 'Love Me Do' is screened by Granada TV on the 'People & Places' show. Their television debut - the same show also gives them a further plug later in the month, on their return from Hamburg. During the week the single has entered the Top 30 of the London music papers, and later in the month they complete further recordings with George Martin , reluctant ly cutting a Mitch Murray number called 'How Do You Do It', which eventually becomes No. 1. hit fo r fellow Liverpudlians, Gerry & The Pacemakers.

JANUARY 12th, 1963. 'Please Please Me' c/ w 'Ask Me Why' is released. George Martin , as their producer, had earlier insi.5ted that they record 'How Do You Do It' over their protests that they wanted to record one of their own numbers. He told them that if they could come up with a better song, he'd record it. When they played him 'Please Please Me', he agreed that it was a strong number and the boys got their own way. The song tops the Mersey Beat chart on January 31st and reaches the top of the National charts on February 16th.

FEBRUARY 2nd, 1963. The group begin their first ever theatre/cinema tour as one of the support acts to Helen Shapiro and they open at the Gaumont, Bradford. Their appearance is filmed for a forthcoming slot in the 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' TV programme. The tour is promoted by Arthur Howes, who acts as their agent fo r most of their forthcoming British tours. The only tour they have previously experienced has been a brief one of Scotland in 1960 as backina hanrl fnr tbe Larr E>ama<->1did lnhnn•

MARCH 9th, 1963. A few days after finishing the Helen hapiro tour, they open at the Granada, Ea t Ham. as support act on the Chris Montezrrommy Roe tour. By this time they have been creating a sensational following th roughout the British Isles due to the tremendous National exposure on TV and radio, in addition to the tours. There is now a flood of publicity about "The Liverpool Sound."

APRJL 8th, 1963. Julian Lennon is born at Sefton General Hospital in Liverpool. Over the years, Julian is to see little of his lather due to The Beatles tours and recordings and , by the time the group have disbanded, John has already left Cynthia for Yoko Ono and set off on a worldwide hunt for her daughter Kyoto. After settling in New York and having a second son, Sean, John decides to lake a father's pleasure in watching his son grow. Julian himself, did have the opportunity of visiting his father on several occasions during the latter part of the Seventies and is currently seeking a career as a singer.

MAY 9th, 1963. The first meeting between Paul McCartney and Jane Asher takes place when she interviews the group following an Albert Hall appearance. By this time they have taken a third record into the charts 'From Me To You' and have several other artists recording their numbers: Billy J. Kramer with 'Do You Want To Know A Secret'; Duffy Power with 'I Saw Her Standing There' and Kenny Lynch with 'Misery' They have also formed a publishing company, orthern Songs, with Dick James.

MAY 18th, 1963. For the first time , The Beatles become headliners when they begin another tour at the Granada, Slough. American star Roy Orbison is also on the bill. The Big 0 was ~_.J.rt;_.,,._ .... u _u--A• ........__.--'"' h-,.,. +_,.,,,,.,., ....._: • \.._,.., l-: u '-.... A •• • L. •• ••

his credi t, Roy Orbison agrees.

AUGUST 23rd, 1963. 'She Loves You' c/ w 'I'll Get You' is issued. By this time Brian Epstein has taken advantage of the Lennon/McCartney songwriting team· in order to use their material for several of the new artists he has signed: Cilia Black records 'Love Of The Loves', The Fourmost cut 'Hello Little Girl' and Tommy Quickly records 'Tip Of My Tongue,' The group also have their own radio shows such as 'Pop Goes The Beatles' and have been appearing regularly on 'Saturday Club', 'Easy Beat', and TV programmes such as 'Thank Your Lucky

Stars' and 'Juke Box Jury'. During this month the group appear on their

last Cavern date. They have now grown too big for such places and it could be dangerous for them ever to appear in the narrow Mathew Street again as the sort of crowds they would attract could cause chaos in such a confined space. Compere Bob Wooler has introduced them at the club hundreds of times and Cavern owner Ray McFall has seen them transform his club into the world's most famous venue. The Cavern continues for some years, Ray goes bankrupt and there are several different owners before the place is destroyed to make way for a car park and air vent - but the club is now likely to be rebuilt as part of a multi-million pound complex.

This month also sees the introduction of The Fab Four's own magazine, The Beatles Book which , at its peak, sells 300,000 copies an issue. The paper runs for 77 issues until January, 1970, but the impact of The Beatles continues to grow even after they are disbanded and the magazine begins a series of reprint issues which ended last month: September, 1982 and from October the magazine continues with new material.

NOVEMBER 4th, 1963. The Beatles are accepted at all levels of British society and they make an appearance at the Royal Variety Performance at the Prince Of Wales Theatre where they perform before the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden. The show is filmed and televised and adds to the growing "Beatlemania" which now affects the nation.

JANUARY 14th, 1964. Beatlemania is spreading abroad and The Beatles leave for Paris for several shows, including performances at the famous Olympia Theatre. Whilst there they are told that 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' has topped the American charts. Books are being written about them, documentaries are being filmed. It is obvious to everyone in Britain they are on their way to becoming the biggest stars the world has ever known.

FEBRUARY 4th, 1964. Thousands of dedicated fans pour into London Airport to scream their congratulations to The Beatles as they fly off to America for the first time. The boys arrive at Kennedy Airport to another ecstatic welcome and book into the Plaza Hotel where they are to meet an enterprising New York disc jockey Murray The K, who latches onto the boys.

FEBRUARY 9th, 1964. They appear live on the Ed Sullivan Show which has a tremendous impact, gaining the largest recorded audience ever for a Television show. Sullivan is to promote the group on further editions of his shows and. within a short space of time, they are the biggest phenomena America has witnessed since the early success of Elvis, who also rose to nationwide acceptance in the U.S. via The Ed Sullivan Show.

APRIL 23rd, 1964. John Lennon is Guest of Honour at the prestigious Christina Foyle Literary Luncheon, held in honour of his best-selling book 'In His Own Write' which contains many of his early writings from Mersey Beat. The book sells phenomenally on both sides of the Atlantic but John merely mutters a few words of thanks instead of the anticipated speech, leading to much grumbling from the other celebrities attending the luncheon.

JUNE 4th, 1964. The Beatles leave for Copenhagen on the first leg of their World Tour and, as Ringo is ill, they have a replacement drummer Jimmy Nichols, a former member of Georgie Fame's band. Following concerts in Holland they set off for Hong Kong and then on to Australia where Ringo joins them.

JULY I 0th, 1964. The Beatles are accorded a Civic Recention h;ick home iri I .ivernool ;rnri

birthplace as heroes. Official attitudes in Liverpool I JULY 29th, 1965. Their second film 'Help!' also change over the years when the revelations about directed by Richard Lester , is premiered at the drug taking reach the Press and it isn't until the London Pavilion with Princess Margaret in late Seventies that the local Corporation begins to attendance. It is a colour film but lacks the promote Liverpool as a tourist attraction. freshness and originality of the first.

SEPTEMBER 17th, 1964. During their amazingly successful American tour an additional date is added when a baseball promoter in Kansas offers them the highest-ever fee paid to a performing artist until that date. If they agree to appear at the local Municipal Stadium, said Charles O'Finlay to Brian Epstein, he would pay them 15,000 dollars. Despite the hectic schedule, Brian accepts because of the prestige the offer would bring.

DECEMBER 24th, 1964. Following a fu rther British tour, several TV shows, more single and album releases, the group begin a two-week season at the Odeon, Hammersmith, where they are appearing in their own Christmas show. produced by Peter Volland and featuring a number of guest artists.

FEBRUARY 11th, 1964. The second Beatie takes his marriage vows as Ringo tarr and Liverpool hairdresser Maureen Cox get married. Beatie romances make the headline . George i living with Patti Boyd, a young and fashionable model who appeared in 'A Hard Day's :"iight', Paul is dating actress Jane Asher and John has bought Cynthia a large house in \\'eybridge.

JUNE 14th, 1965. The ultimate accolade from the establishment: The Beatles are named in he Honours List. They are all to receive an \1.B.L The announcement causes a host of ex­servicemen to blow hot and cold and send heir own awards back to the Palace in disgu . Durin the rest of the month they tour Europe and John' second book 'A Spaniard In The Works' provides him with another best-seller.

AUGUST 15th, 1965. On their third American tour, once again having appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, they are filmed during their performance at New York's Shea Stadium where they are introduced by Ed Sullivan. The concert is later screened as part of a documentary 'The Beatles At The Shea Stadium'.

AUGUST 27th, 1965. A historic meeting, The Beatles get together with Elvis Presley at his Bel Air mansion. Everyone is tongue-tied at first, but the ice is broken when they begin to jam and the get-together lasts for more than three hours.

DECEMBER 17th, 1965. Granada Television present their spectacular show 'The Music of Lennon & McCartney' . It is produced by Johnny Hamp who gave them their first television plug. ·

JANUARY 21st, 1966. George and Patti get married in a ceremony attended by Paul. Romance fades over the years and George's best friend Eric Clapton enters the picture. After a divorce and the wedding of Eric and Patti, George eventually falls in love with a Mexican girl Olivia, they have a son Dhani and get married.

l't'IA Y 1st, 1966. The Beatles make their last British concert appearance at the Empire Pool, Wembley, and a chapter of their career closes.

JlL Y 4th, 1966. During their final world tour hey appear in the Far East and their last concert

on he tou r takes place before I 00,000 people in \lanila in the Philippines.

AUGUST 29th, 1966. Their last-ever concert appearance takes place at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, at the close of their American tour, which is fraught with difficulties at first due to some remarks made by John to journalist Maureen Cleave of The Evening Standard. The story was picked up in the States proclaiming that John had announced The· Beatles were more popular than Jesus and their records and photographs were ceremoniously burnt at bonfires as radio stations pursued an anti-Beatles propaganda campaign.

NOVEMBER 9th, 1966. It's been an action packed year, full of hits such as 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'Paperback Writer' but followng their final tour rumours begin to grow in America that on this day Paul McCartney died in a road accident. The bizarre rumour begins to take on a life of its own as, in the months ahead, 'clues' are unearthed by fans to support the 'Paul is dead· rumours.

FEBRUARY 14th, 1967. Despite today's release of 'Penny Lane' and 'Strawberry Fields Forever', rumours continue to persist in the U.S. that the real Paul has been replaced by a lookalike. The double A side is a tribute to Liverpool by the Fab Four, with Paul providing a happy, up-tempo song concerning a street near to where he lived and John contributes a number about a former orphanage.

JUNE 1st, 1967. 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', arguably their greatest album, is released. It does much to revolutionise the production of future albums. Within a fortnight 'The Family Way' is released, a soundtrack album for a film which features some of Paul's compositions, one of his first non-Beatie projects.

JUNE 25th, 1967. The Beatles appear before the biggest TV audience the world has ever known -

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over 400 million people, as they record 'All You Need Is Love' for the first live satellite TV show 'Our World', screened in dozens of countries.

AUGUST 8th, 1967. George Harrison appears in San Francisco's Haight-Asbury district, where the 'flower power' scene has taken root. The month previously, all four members of The Beatles had joined other celebrities in taking out a full page advertisement in The Times newspaper calling for the legalisation of marijuana. Paul has already admitted to taking L.S.D. and John denies that 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' was inspired by the drug.

AUGUST 27th, 1967. Brian Epstein is found dead in his London home. A tragic end for one whose importance to The Beatles was to be discovered when they literally fell apart after his death. Although he may not have achieved some of the greatest deals on earth for them financially, he did have the belief and faith to dedicate himself to building them into the biggest name in show business history. The group are given the news as they attend a meeting with an Eastern guru, the Maharishi Mahesh Yoga in Bangor, Wales.

OCTOBER 18th, 1967. The London Pavilion hosts the World premier of John Lennon's first solo appearance outside The Beatles sphere in Richard Lester's anti-war film 'How I Won The War'. Ringo has already accepted a film role in Candy. George Harrison is also to involve himself in a solo film venture, writing the music for 'Wonderwall'.

DECEMBER 26th, 1967. Following Brian's death, Paul thinks they should immediately get involved in a venture to prevent them becoming apathetic. The result is 'Magical Mystery Tour' which is given its world premiere on BBC television. The critics crucify it, perhaps unfairly. The time for Bealle-knocking has come about in a strange year - one in which they finished touring, created 'Sgt Pepper' mourned the passing of Brian, involved themselves in Transcendental Meditation and launched Apple.

FEBRUARY 16th, 1968. The Beatles fly off to India to join the Maharishi at his ashram to study meditation. Ringo can't really take it and leaves, John writes approximately fifteen songs and has a dispute with the Maharishi and they all leave. Their days with TM are over, but their name has already added impetus to the movement and the Maharishi is to become a multi-millionaire.

MAY 11th, 1968. John and Paul fly to America to announce the launch of Apple. Eventually, the organisation turns into a disaster with The Beatles money seeming to go down a bottomless pit as great advantage is taken by numerous people of their original idea of an organisation to help artists in all fields of the Arts. Apple Records division is very successful and signs up a range of artists including Mary Hopkins, James Taylor and Jackie Lomax. If Apple had stuck to being a record label it would probably have succeeded beyond anyone's wildest dreams.

JUNE 15th, 1968. John Lennon and Yoko Ono plant acorns outside Coventry Cathedral. The Japanese avant-garde artist has become the most important person in John's life and he has parted with Cynthia. The John and Yoko relationship is to provide fodder for the gossip columns for years to come.

JULY 17th, 1968. the London Pavilion once again premieres a Beatles film , this time the full length cartoon 'Yellow Submarine' in which the group only appear briefly at the end. The film covers the adventures of a cartoon Fab Four as they set out to Pepperland to rid the idyllic country of the evil Blue Meanies.

SEPTEMBER 1st, 1968. The Beatles continue to

is published in Hunter Davies' Authorised Biography of The Beatles.

NOVEMBER 29th, 1968. John and Yoko's experimental album 'Two Virgins' is issued on Track Records, after EMI refused to have anything to do with it. The album is wrapped in a brown paper bag to hide the cover which portrays a full frontal nude shot of John and Yoko together. Following the record comes a wave of hostility against the couple from both press and public. ·

MARCH 12th, 1969. Paul Marries Linda Eastman at Marylebone Registry Office. No other Beall~ is present. Earlier in the year Ringo announced he was leaving the group, then changed his mind; George refused to do another concert tour with them - and all seemed unhappy as they began to make a film which ended up as 'Let It Be'.

MARCH 20th, 1969. John and Yoko are married in Gibralta. Over the next eighteen months they are the most publicised pair from the Beatles circle as they involve themselves in many activities ranging from 'Bed-Ins', to making films such as 'Rape', to art exhibitions and appearing in concerts.

MAY 30th, 1969. The new Beatles single 'The Ballad Of John & Yoko' is released in Britain. It differs from all other Beatles singles in the fact that John and Paul are the only two Beatles present at the recording session.

SEPTEMBER 13th, 1969. John & Yoko form The Plastic Ono Band and fly to Canada to appear at the Toronto Rock & Roll Revival Show. Over the years there are to be variations of a backing band for John and at one time he used the New York band Elephant's Memory as his backing group.

SEPTEMBER 25th, 1969. ATV takes control of Northern Songs. For several months there has

been a big behind-the-scenes battle for control of John and Paul's compositions. They have engaged New York whiz kid Allen Klein, much to Paul's'annoyance, to straighten matters out but, despite his confidence that he could secure Northern Songs for them, he fails - although he does justify himself by gaining them a larger record royalty.

OCTOBER 31st, 1969. After turning Gold in America, The Beatles latest single 'Something' is issued in the U.K. Once again a departure for it is the first George Harrison number to be released as an A side. The idea of releasing the single was Klein's.

MARCH 27th, 1970. Ringo Starr's solo album 'Sentimental Journey', dedicated to his Mum, is released. Paul has already undertaken a solo venture with the 'McCartney' album and further John and Yoko albums have been released such as 'Life With The Lions' and 'The Wedding Album', George's solo ventures have included an association with Eric Clapton which has resulted in them co-writing 'Badge'.

APRIL 1 lth, 1970. The British national press report Paul McCartney's statement that he has left The Beatles. John is furious because he originally wanted to be the first person to quit the group, but was talked out of making a statement by Paul.

MAY 13th, 1970. Their new film 'Let It Be' is premiered - but not at the London Pavilion. This time, the movie makes its world debut in New York. The breakdown of relationship betwee the individual members of the group is evident in the film.

DECEMBER 1st, 1970. Paul McCartney sets the wheels in motion to dissolve The Beatie partnership after being told that the only way he can prevent Allen Klein from managing his affairs is by suing the other three and terminating their partnership.

Who was 'The Hound From Hell'?

I f we were to ask you to identify the 'Hound From Hell' you would no doubt wrinkle your brow. intensify pressure on your memory, literally wrack your brain and, unless you were a

Beatlefan of the very first rank , would come up blank. 'The Hound From Hell ' was, in fact. a Boxer dog named Asso who belonged to Peter Eckhorn, owner of the Top Ten Club in Hamburg's Reeperbahn where The Beatles used to play at an early stage in their career. u ed to chase the musicians as they entered a passageway leading backstage and once bit Paul McCartney in the leg!

The questions in the quiz below are not of the "Asso" type, but some you may find difficul . Answers will be revealed on Page 2 .

1. In which year did the following even take place: (a) All four appeared on a special edi ion of Juke Box Jury (b) The BBC screened 'The Beatles At Shea Stadium' for the first time (c) Jimmy Nichol deputised for Ringo Starr on tour'.'

2. Title of the BBC TV programme featurin The Beatles a t work on 'A Hard Day's . 'ight' which was screened on August 3rd. 1964.

3. Artist who was performing on tage at the Bag O'Nails Club in London when Linda Ea tman me Paul McCartney there for the first time.

4. Title of the George Harrison instrumental number rerecorded by The Beatles in Hamburg in 1961.

5. How many episodes were there of The Beatles animated cartoon series?

6. 'The Concert For Bangla Desh ' which took place at Madison Square Garden, New York in August, 1971 was originally to have taken place in July of that year under another name. What was the original billing of the concert?

7. Which two Beatles numbers were featured on the soundtrack of the Jane Fonda Film 'Coming Home'?

8. Actor who portrayed Ed Sullivan in the 1978 film 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand'.

9. Title of second Lennon & McCartney number recorded by Peter & Gordon.

10. What fee did they receive for their first-ever TV appearance?

11. On which TV show did they share the bill with P.J. Proby, Sounds Inc ., Sandie Shaw and Lyn Cornell?

12. Name of baseball promoter who offered 150,000 dollars for The Beatles to appear at Kansas City Municipal Stadium in 1964.

13. Which John Lennon book featured the item 'On Safairy With Whide Hunter.'

14. Film in which Ringo appeared with a former schoolmate from Dingle Vale School - and what was that schoolmate's name?

15. Name of the British Ambassador who played host to The Beatles in Washington on February I Ith, 1964.

16. Which ex-girlfriend of Paul McCartney wrote 'Memories Of An Aoole Girl' for Rollinl! Stone

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18. Name of the Charity Show at the London Palladium.in 1964 in which The Beatles appeared as waiters.

19. Which Beatles went to live in Eims Buttelar Strasse in Hamburg? ·

20. French singer who appeared in The Music Of Lennon & McCartney' TV spectacular.

21. British character actor who appeared in 'A Hard Day's Night', 'Help!', 'Magical Mystery Tour' and 'How I Won The War'.

22. The Beatles appeared in some comedy sketches with this duo in the TV show 'Blackpool Night Out' in 1964.

23. Who introduced Paul McCartney to John Lennon at Woolton village Fete?

24. Titles of two songs written for 'Magical Mystery Tour' but never recorded.

25. Actress who starred in the John / Yoko film 'Rape' (Film No. 6).

26. What did John Lennon claim to see on August 23rd, 1974?

27. Name the programme on which Jane Asher announced that her engagement to Paul McCartney was over.

28. Who introduced John to Yoko at the Indica Gallery?

29. Who produced Harry Nilsson's 'Pussy Cats' album?

30. Occupation of Mal Evans prior to becoming a Cavern bouncer.

31. British girl group who recorded 'We Want The Beatles'.

32 . Who did Cynthia Lennon marry in 1976?

33. Who replaced Ringo Starr in Rory Storm & The Hurricanes?

34. Title of Dora Bryan's Christmas, 1963 hit.

35. Date of The Beatles first Decca Recording audition.

36. Paul provided the introduction for which of John's books?

37. What type of guitar, painted by The Fool, did George use in 'Magical Mystery Tour'?

38. Who produced Billy Preston's album That 's The Way God Planned It'?

39. Which hit number was composed in the basement of Jane Asher's house?

40. Liverpool girl singer who toured with The Beatles in December, 1965.

41. How many Ivor Novello Awards did they win in 1964?

42. Title of Freddie Lennon single, released in December, 1965.

43. Name the Hamburg club owned by Manfred Weissleder.

44. What do Johnny Hutchinson, Thomas Moore and Jimmy Nichol have in common?

45. Which album did The Beatles rec;ord in 16 hours?

46. Nickname Paul McCartney gave to his Land Rover.

47. Venue at which The Beatles backed American singer Davy Jones. .

48. How much did Paul McCartney pay for the racehorse Drake's Drum?

49. Number George Harrison wrote with Eric Clapton, included on the Cream 'Goodbye· album.

50. Which year did Madame Tussaud's first display wax figures of The Beatles?

51. Who was Bill Corbett?

52. Tailor who provided the suits for the original Beatles waxworks.

53. Who designed the artwork for the 'Revolver' sleeve?

54. Where did George and Patti spend their honeymoon?

55. Linda McCartnev's middle name.

57. Name of Swedish producer who directed their promotional films for 'Penny Lane' and 'Strawberry Fields'.

58. Who designed and sleeve of Mary Hopkins· 'Post Card' album?

59. Name of accordianist in 'Magical Mystery Tour'.

60. How many E.P's did they release in Britain betwen 1963 and 1967?

61. Title of unreleased song Paul originally wrote for Twiggy.

62. Which member of The Bowery Boys appears on the sleeve of 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.

63. Who was the inspiration behind Paul's song 'And I Love Her'?

64. In which film did Ringo appear as The Pope?

65. In which two countries was 'Magical Mystery Tour' filmed?

66. In which song did Henry the Horse dance a waltz?

67. Name of Registrar who married Paul and Linda. '

68. Title of song Ringo composed for Lulu 's brother, Billy Lawrie.

69. Hit song Dick James recorded for a TV series.

70. With which Orchestra did George Martin make his first concert appearance?

71. Title of Grapefruit's first release.

;-.t A which Theat re did The Beatles first Chri. mas _how take place?

~5 . Which Beatie was a former member of the Dark own itne Group?

76. Who did John Lennon call Normal Smith?

II . . ·ame of Ringo's stepfather.

7 .. 'ame of the club they visited in the film 'A Hard Day· :\ight'.

79. \\'ith which Lennon & McCartney number did the t. Lou· Lnion have a hit?

0. :\ame the authors of (a) Twilight Of The Gods - The Beatles In Ret rospect (b) Love Me Do - The Beatles Progre (c) Growing Up With The Beatie.

I. Which couple were married at Mount Pleasant Regis ry Office in Liverpool?

82 . gt Pepper track on which Ringo, George, Neil Aspinall and ~!al Evans played harmonicas.

3. At the age of 22 Brian Epstein became a student at which famous Academy?

4. \\"here and when did The Beatles make their last li\'e appea rance in Britain?

5. :\ ickname of Jeremy Hilary Boob Phud (P.H.D.) in Yellow Submarine.

6. Who became engaged on December 25th, 1967?

7. \ 'enue at which The Beatles opened their 1965 European Tour.

. Title of the first George Harrison composition to reach the singles charts. 72. Group led by Pete Best prior to him joining

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90. In which BBC 2 programme did John Lennon appear in a sketch as a lavatory assistant?

91. Title of documentary on George Martin , featuring Ringo Starr , screened in Britain in December, 1969.

92. Who said: "The Beatles - they're a passing phase: symptoms of the uncertainty of the times and the confusion about us?"

93. Musical instrument played by John Lennon's grandfather and mother.

94. Who was once the record reviewer "Disker" in the Liverpool Echo?

95. Who played Ringo's Aunt Jessie in 'Magical Mystery Tour'?

96. Who said: "My only ambition is to be God­conscious?"

97. In which song does a man's son work for the Daily Mail?

98. Profession of Paul McCartney's great , great grandfather.

99. Song Paul McCartney co-wrote with Tony Sheridan in Germany.

I 00. Pseudonym Stuart Sutcliffe used during a short tour of Scotland by The Silver Beatles.

• • The world of Beatle fandom .

T he first official Beatles fan club was launched in Liverpool in 1962 by a young girl called Bobbie Brown. When she became engaged the club was taken over by her friend Freda Kelly. The

headquarters of the club were shifted to London but Freda decided to remain on Merseyside and run the Northern branch from there. With the dramatic impact that the group made in the States in 1963, branches began to spring up everywhere and at one period in the Sixties there were over 200 U.S. branches of the official club.

When The Beatles disbanded, fans decided to continue running 'unofficial' clubs, which still exist to this day. In fact , since the mid-Seventies there has been a rebirth of interest in Beatie fandom and the introduction of a new dimension: second-generation fans, youngsters who weren't even born when The Beatles first came to fame, but who became firm fans nevertheless.

Below is a guide to some of the current fan clubs throughout the world. I suggest that readers send a stamped , addressed envelope with their enquiries for membership (the same applies to applications to fanzines for their subscription rates) and for overseas addresses, simply use an International Reply Coupon.

The fan club / fanzine list below is not in any particular order:

BEATLEFAN. Bill and Leslie King. P.O. Box 33515, Decatur, GA 30033, U.S.A.

BEATLES NOW. Roger.Akehurst. 73 Kitchener Road, Walthamstow, London El 7 4LJ, England.

THE BEA TLE FILM SOCIETY OF AMERICA. P.O. Box 8205, Spokane, WA 99203, U.S.A.

BEATLES UNLIMITED. Eric Bakker. P.O. Box 259, 2400G-Alpha Aa Rijn , Holland.

THE BEATLES INFORMATION CENTRE. Crackerbox Palace, IM Weidenbruch 4, D-500 Koln 80, West Germany.

BEATLES & WINGS FAN CLUB. Wolfgang Vock, Postfach 1244, 6944 Hemsbach, West Germany.

BEATLES COLLECTOR. Phillip Le Vrier, 8100 Seawall Boulevard, No. 329, Galveston TX 92262, U.S.A.

BEATLES CA VERN CLUB. Rua Cruzeiro 673, CEP 01137, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America.

BEATLES WERK GROUP. Aad van Zilt,

BEATLE.S F CLUB C\TER\"ATIO:'IAL Michael Krieger, P.O. Box 1-1-12 -<631 Bxhwn I, West Germany.

THE GEORGE HARRISO\" FA: . CLL13 .. Anne Wallis, 11 5 Albe rt Road. Lu on Beds LU 3PT, England.

wrrn A UTILE HELP FRO-.! :\ff FRIE\"D Pat Simmons, 9836 Pleasant Lake Boulevard. U-24, Parma OH 44130, U. .A

THE FAB FOUR PUBLICATIO\". Club Des-I De Liverpool , 43 bis, Boulevard Henri-I\". ;~ Paris, France.

THE WRITE THING. Barbara Fenic ·. 3310 Roosevelt Ct., Minneapolis, MN 554 1 . C .. A

GOOD DAY SUNSHINE. Katie Lieuallen. 14435 SW 92nd Avenue, Tigard, OR 97223. l. .A

INST ANT KARMA. Marsha Ewing, P.O. Box 256, Sault Ste. Marie, Ml 49783, U.S.A.

HELTER SKELTER. 141 Linden Road. Gloucester, England

YESTERDAY FAN CLUB. Bryan Sho n yo, 13400 Harlow, Corona, CA 91720.

MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER. Allison Villone, 15 Rock Ridge Road, Larchmont , NY I 0538, U.S.A.

McCARTNEY'S GAZETTE. D Williamson. 11 0 De La Barre, No. 1007 Longue11il , Quebec, Canada, S4K IA3.

FROM ME TO YOU. Peter Schuster. Postfach 555, 6430 Bad Hersfeld , West Germany.

WORKING CLASS HERO. Barb Whatmough , 3311 Niagara Street , Pittsburgh, PA 15213. U.S.A.

YELLOW SUBMARINE. Tim Trafalski, 384 Southwood, Kenmore, NY 14223. U.S.A.

JOHN LENNON FAN CLUB. Heidi Stemp fl. Bairawieserstr. 19a. D-8170 Bad Tolz, West Germany.

WINGS FAN CLUB. Stefanie Brummer. Bockelmannweg 8, D-5758 Frondenberg­Strickherdicke, West Germany.

GET BACK. Karlheinz Borchert , Postfach 165 1. Holzweg 6, 6370 Oberursel / Ts. West Germany.

RINGO MAGAZIN. Judith Phillip. Breslauer tr 29, 8700 Wurzburg, West Germany.

STRA WHERRY FIELDS FOREVER. Joe Pope. 310 Franklin Street , Box 117, Boston. MA 0211 0. U.S.A.

C0:\1E TOGETHER. 31 Williams Street, Ke tering. orthants NNl6 9RS, England.

RED ROSE SPEEDWAY. Lady Madonna, 1039 A.. \'andeventer , St. Louis, MO 63113, U.S.A.

ABBEY ROAD REVIEW. Jane Tate, 14648, Pa·ton. Detroit. Mitch. 48223. U.S.A.

BEA TLE.S BOOTLEG FANZINE. Mark Grundy. I Hartington Road, Windle, St. Helens , . ersey 1de WAID 6AQ, England.

IBE :\IE.SS. Becki Larter, 4505 Beard Avenue - th .. linneapolis, Minn, 55410. U.S.A.

:\l.\CLEA'I. An n Bruno, 26 Foxon Hill Road , Eas'. Haven. CT 065 13. U.S.A.

PJGGI . tuart Meall , 107 Birley Street, . e . on-Le-Willows, Merseyside WAl2 9UN, En:: and

- FTTOLCH. David Dunn, 14 Clincarthill Road. Ru herglen. Glasgow, Scotland.

DARK HORSE. J. Chadderton , 30 Woodlawn, ,. · Ha\·en. Connecticut 06516, U.S.A.

RL 'GO ARR FAN CLUB. Chris Daniesl, 11 Essex Road. Chesham, Bucks, HP5 3H7, England.

:\!IKE :\lcCARTNEY FAN CLUB. Barbara Paul n. 1-115 Winchester, Lakewood , Ohio 4410; . L .A.

GLASS O:'llON. C. McMillan, 2 Kirkconnel Drive. Ru herglen, Glasgow G73 4QW, Scotland.

ALL 11-lr'iGS MUST PASS. c/o Penguin Records. 1310 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn . '.Y. 11239. L .A.

CLUB A.'\l)\VICH. Wings Fan Club, P.O. Box 4CP. London \\'IA 4UP, England.

TilE BLlTLE.S APPRECIATION SOCIETY. Box I 111. I 3 tockholm, Sweden. JO~ LE.'\'NO APPRECIATION SOCIETY.

Peter oc ton. 12 Kings Drive, Heaton Moor, tockport. England. l\lcCART.l.'EY OBSERVER. Doylene

Ki ndsvater. 220 East 12th Street, La Crosse, CA 615 .

THE BEA TLE.S FAN CLUB. Stephanie Ross, 1776 Ra nchwood Drive S, Dunedin, FLA 33528, U .. A.

OFFJCIAL BEATLE.S FAN CLUB OF THE rIVERSE. Rich Koch, 2801 South 58th Street,

:\lilwaukee. WIS 53219, U.S.A. IBE BEATLE.S FAN CLUB. Martha Wager,

P.O. Box 130, Vienna , VA 22180 U.S.A.

ALL TOGETHER NOW. Vlasta Filipasic, 2012 Gergonio Road, Palm Springs, California 92262 , U.S.A.

WHAT GOES ON. Donna & Paul Bruker. P.O. Box 805, Ridgefield, N.J. U.S.A.

T he quality of both contents and production among the fanzines varies greatly. Some are expensively produced, professionally printed magazines, others are stapled, duplicated

sheets. They all share a love of The Fab Four and provide a wealth of information about the groups which is to be found only within their pages.

CLUB SANDWICH is the official organ of Paul McCartney's MPL Communications company and is a large format, glossy magazine crammed with exclusive photographs, many in colour, mainly taken by Linda McCartney. BEATLEFAN contains over 40 large pages of news, articles. photo's and reviews and RED ROSE SPEEDWAY is an audio club - a fanzine on cassette. The German fanzine FROM ME TO YOU, printed on glossy paper, has a special English-language section and the Dutch zine BEATLES UNLIMITED, is printed entirely in the English language.

Another growth area of Beatlefandom is the CONVENTION. There are now Beatie conventions every month of the year, mainly in the States,. where such events are to be found in most of the major cities, including New York, Chicago and San Francisco. There is also an annual Beatles Convention in Amsterdam, usually held around Eastertime ... and in the Beatles own birthplace, Liverpool, there is now a yearly "Mersey Beatie" Convention, held each August.

Apart from the franzines, there is one regular source of Beatie information which has been in existence since the Sixties: THE BEATLES BOOK. This monthly was first launched in 1963 with the backing of The Beatles and Brian Epstein and during it's first lease of life it contained thousands of original photographs of the group and many exclusive articles. The book was revived, using reprints of the original issues with a special added section of new material. The reprints ended last month and_J]OW. in Oc.toher ThP RP~tlP< R""k

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ESTERDAY Its Been A Long Long Long Time and museums are now discovering

the historic value of the Beatles .

T o some people museums must seem crusty places, homes of the bones of dinosaurs or Egyptian sarcophagi, edifices of echoes and memories of the distant past. Well, The Beatles seem to have

changed all that because in the twentieth year since the release of their first record, they are the subject of several planned museums.

The most prestigious of them all was to have been the Victoria & Albert's own Beatles section of their new Theatre Museum which was to have opened in the former Flower Market in Covent Garden. Unfortunately, at the time of writing, Paul Channon, the Arts Minister, had recommended that the scheme be abandoned due to Government cuts. The 40,000 square feet of space would initially cost £4,300,000 to transform into the Museum which would then cost an annual £450,000 to run, with a further £90,000 in maintenance costs. Perhaps by the time you read this a decision will have been made and an announcement published as to whether the Museum will be transferred to the site or not.

What was the Museum to have been like? I wrote to Danny Friedman who has been working on The Beatles project since 1979. He told me: "The idea for The Beatles exhibition is mine (and Beatles fans), though the setting up of the Pop Collection is the work of my predecessors.

"The material specifically relating to The Beatles which we have included six early stage suits (1963/ 4) worn by John Lennon and Ringo Starr; a number of programmes from early concerts in Britain and abroad, some of them autographed, and tickets for the concerts. We have some early adverts for The Beatles at the Cavern and literally thousands of press-cuttings, including some uncut issues of Mersey Beat; Dezo Hoffman has offered some of his photographs, a lot of which are unpublished; much of the fan club material; a nearly complete set of 'Beatles Monthly' Jots of books and much of the range of promotional material which came out in the 60's (stockings, wigs, badges, plates, bowls, bubble­gum cards etc., and offers of loans of more).

We also have the uniforms worn by the usherettes at the premier of A Hard Day's Night which are Beatles mini-<lresses in various colours, and the Beatie-covered wall hangings that formed part of the decor of the cinema. The majority of the material came from the fans, except for the stage suits which were donated via Apple.

"The major gaps are more of the actual properties used and owned by The Beatles, such as instruments and costumes. I'd love to get hold of the Sergeant Pepper costumes for example. I also need more documents and letters relating to their career."

!though the three surviving ex­mernbers of The Beatles sometimes feel that their own legend has become something of a burden as far as their solo

which would have made ideal stock for a museum. Unfortunately, it was destroyed when a fire burned down his California home where the souvenirs were stored. Paul , however, has been collecting material for years and does intend to build a Beatles museum of his own.

Liverpool's commercial radio station, Radio City, one of the most successful in the country, is also preparing a Beatles Museum.

Director Terry Smith attended Sotherby's 'Rock 'n' Roll & Advertising Art' auction in London last December and spent a sum reputed to be between £36,000 and £42,000. The items will no doubt go on display in the Radio City building, although it has been rumoured that they may be used in a brand-new museum to be built as part of a multi-million pound complex in Mathew Street, on the site of the original Cavern.

The Cavern was destroyed over ten years ago to make way for an air vent for the underground railway. The short-sighted planners, once again, bulldozed their way through the protests that the Cavern was a famous Liverpool landmark and should remain untouched. Fans barricaded themselves in the building and the police had to remove them forcibly.

Now, realising how The Beatles legend has not diminished but is, in fact, growing with each passing year, money will be found to try to dig down to the foundations, at a considerable cost, to try to find what the planner so carelessly sought to destroy. The original Cavern will be rebuilt and a museum set up in a new block with offices and shops.

I n some ways, this is not good news for Liz and Jim Hughes, two hard-working and dedicated Beatie fans who were the ones who originally launched the world's first-ever Beatles

museum. In the days when the rest of Liverpool seemed to ignore the memory of her most famous sons, when the council and tourist office had not yet clicked onto the fact that The Beatles name could bolster a mini-tourist industry, Liz and Jim were setting up their own museum. At that time the council were hostile to The Beatles and refused to have the individual members' names on street signs. Now there are four Liverpool streets named after them .

Over the years Liz and Jim had great financial problems setting up their venture, but they finally opened Cavern Mecca, The Liverpool Beatie Museum And Information Centre at 18 Mathew Street in January, 1981. Opening hours are from Tuesday to Saturday between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.

Unfortunately, beca,use of Radio City's planned museum, The Cavern Mecca is now unlikely to be awarded a grant. However , people are now beginning to realise just how much work Liz and Jim have put into their centre and they have received encouraging support from Paul McCartney - and thousands of Beatie fans

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RITER Some of the many Beatle books, part of an ever-growing library of Beatlelore.

SHOUT! TIIE TRUE STORY OF TIIE BEATLES. Philip Norman . Corgi books. £2 .50.

The claim in the subtitle isn't to be taken too seriously, the book is no more or less a 'true' account than several previous Beatles biographies. There are innacuracies, unsubstantiated stories and a certain amount of speculation to be found in the pages of 'Shout! ' some of which 1 pointed out to Philip Norman when the book was originally published by Elm Tree Books last year . He told me he'd delete some of the false stories in this edition, but he hasn 't.

A selling point when the book was first published was the ridiculous hint that Brian Epstein may have been killed by the 1afia. Also, ignore the suggestion that Brian signed The Beatles because he fell in love with John Lennon as soon as he saw him. As a witness to the event I can confirm that Brian signed the group because he was genuinely excited by their talent.

ALL YOU NEEDED WAS LOVE. John Blake. Hamlyn Books. £1.50.

Excellently written, with all the pace of a thriller. John has documented (and almost dramatised) the solo careers of the Fab Four following the group's split, although he had included a 'conspiracy' theory (as Philip Norman did in 'Shout!' about Brian Epstein) which suggests that Rolling Stone Brian Jones' death may not have been accidental.

A CELLARFUL OF NOISE. Brian Epstein. New English Library. £ 1.25

Brian's biography, ghosted by Derek Taylor and naturally giving a biased eye view which makes the reader almost believe that Brian was single­handedly responsible for the entire Mersey scene. It was already happening on the banks of the Mersey before he ever became aware that The Beatles existed. Nevertheless, an interesting account of Beatlemania in the mid-Sixties. TIIE PLAYBOY INTERVIEWS WITII JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO. David Sheff. New English Library. £2.50.

The first substantial book of John Lennon interviews in over ten years, following the initial famous Jann Wenner series of inteviews for Rolling Stone Magazine (which are still available from Penguin Books as 'Lennon Remembers' at £1.95). Revelations of his years as a housemother and his enthusiasm fo r 'starting over' and anticipation of touring again so shortly before the ragic killing. It still doesn't give an insight into

why the Lennon/Ono relationship was so intense, al hough here is lots of billing and cooing between them - but we all knew they were in love. Informative, sad and, let's face it, John was more articulate as a songwriter than he was as an interviewee. 1HE BE.A TLES FOREVER. Helen Spence. Colour Library Books. £5.95.

Forget the ext , it's weedy and, at times, innacura e. The joy of this book is contained in

the spectacular photographs, most of them in colour and the majority of them previously unpublished. A whole wealth of pictorial pleasure for the Beatie fan. TIIE COMPLEAT BEATLES. Omnibus Press. £19.95.

A boxed set of two impressive volumes with 1,020 large-sized pages and the words and music to 210 songs recorded by The Beatles, together with dozens of articles and a massive collection of photographs. PAUL McCARTNEY: COMPOSER/ ARTIST. Pavilion Books (available in both softback and hardback).

Basically a giant songbook with the words and music to almost fifty of Macca's own compositions. A major selling point on its release were the numerous illustrations by Paul which grace the pages, depicting each song. It proves that as far as drawing goes, he's no John Lennon. Still, it 's a valiant effort for a non-artist to hold up his personal sketches for critisism and some of them show a potential talent - indicating that the publishers could have got him to produce far more worthwhile drawings with some skilful coaxing.

LENNON & McCARTNEY. Malcolm Doney. Midas Books. £4.95.

A biography which offers nothing new to the legend. Very sketchy early history, some very familiar photographs and the usual discography at the end.

TIIE LONG & WINDING ROAD. Nevill Standard. Virgin Books.

Subtitled 'A History Of The Beatles On Record', a mine of information and intriguing facts covering every Beatles release in Britain and America with background stories and details of every recorded song.

TIIANK U VERY MUCH. Mike McCartney. Arthur Barker. £5.95.

Mike's affectionate and humorous story of the early years of the McCartney family , illustrated with invaluable momento's of schoolday memories and evocative holidays enjoyed by the McCartney clan in pre-Beatie days. Mike's own career as a member of The Scaffold is related with lots of anecdotes and a degree of 'scouse' sense of humour.

TIIE BEATLES APART. Bob Woffinden. Proteus Books. £4.95.

Despite the (at times) prentencious style of writing, an interesting documentation of the careers of the individual members since The Beatles came to a parting of the ways, together with a fine selection of photographs.

STILL AVAILABLE: Over the years, Book Sales, of 78 Newman Street, London W. J. have been issuing a series of Beatie books. Copies are generally available in bookshops, but if you have any difficulty in obtaining them, write off to the address above. Their books include dozens of 'music' books: The Beatles Ballads; The Beatles Rock 'n' Roll; The Beatles Fantasy; The Beatles Pop; The Beatles Humour; Love Songs; The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl; The Singles Collection 1962-1 970; Beatles 63 / 4/ 5/ 6/71819170; The Beatles Years; A Collection Of Beatles Oldies; Beatles Themes And Variations - Clarinet ; Songs Of John Lennon; Imagine; Beatles Songs For The Recorder; Magical Mystery Tour; Beatles For Sale; Rubber Soul; A Hard Day's Night; Abbey Road; Beatles Complete; The White Album; Let It Be; Help!; Shaved Fish; Walls & Bridges; Wild Life; Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; With The Beatles; Revolver; Beatles To Bacharach: Lennon & McCartney: 50 Great Songs and The Beatles For Classical Guitar.

Their other books include: MERSEY BEAT: TIIE BEGINNINGS OF TIIE BEATLES. Bill Harry. £3.50

Replica pages of Mersey Beat newspaper,

documenting the rise of The Beatles in Liverpool and nationally from early 1961 until 1964. Original articles by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and scores of never-seen-before photographs. TIIE BEATLES IN TIIEIR OWN WORDS. Compiled by Miles. £2.95.

Part of a series of books. Quotes by The Beatles throughout their career as they discuss their films, songs, love affairs and drugs, among many other topics. JOHN LENNON IN HIS OWN WORDS. Compiled by Miles. S2.95.

The formula as above, with many quotes from the Jann Wenner series of Rolling Stone interviews. PAUL McCARTNEY IN HIS OWN WORDS. Paul Gambaccini. £2.95.

Unlike the other 'In His Own Words' books, this is a more interesting read, compiled from several interviews which American B.J. Paul (a BBC steadfast) conducted with Macca for Rolling Stone magazine. TIIE POCKET BEATLES COMPLETE. £7.95.

Handy hardcover publication with the music and lyrics to 184 Beatie compositions.

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