1964 Book Collection: The Beatles Album Series by Bruce Spizer

Description

The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night & More covers the Beatles first film and its related soundtrack albums from the British, American and Canadian perspectives. As the title implies, there is much more. The book covers the records released from the Beatles 1961 Hamburg recordings, and singles and albums released from February through October of 1964, primarily in the United States and Canada. Other chapters cover the EMI recording sessions for the singles and albums, and the album covers. All the books in the series contains chapters on the news, music and films of the era to place the Beatles debut film and its related records in their proper context, along with fan recollections.

Please Please Me and With The Beatles, along with their associated singles, introduced the Beatles first to England and then to several countries across the world, including Canada and the United States. Although often overlooked due to the excellence of the group’s later albums, these early albums contain the exciting songs that fueled Beatlemania. These albums showcased the songwriting talents of John and Paul, as well as incredible cover versions of songs from the group’s stage show. Had the Beatles not evolved and matured, the group would still be well respected for the quality of the recordings on these two albums. In addition to the usual chapters on the British, American and Canadian perspectives, the book contains chapters on the Decca audition, the EMI recording sessions for the singles and albums, and album covers. Additional chapters cover the news, music and films of the era to place these albums in their proper context, along with fan recollections.

The Beatles Are Coming! The Birth of Beatlemania in America is the most thorough and accurate book ever published on how Beatlemania evolved in America. The Beatles first visit to the United States and the events leading up to their arrival on February 7, 1964 are covered. It details why Capitol Records turned the group down four times and tells the stories of two small record labels, Vee-Jay and Swan, who issued the group’s records without success in 1963.

Note: the copies we have available of The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night & More have a factory defect of two minor indentations on the back cover, and copies of The Beatles Are Coming! The Birth of Beatlemania in America may have minor cover scratches and missing the title page.