Beatles For Sale on Parlophone Records covers all of the singles, albums and extended play discs issued by the Beatles in the U.K. from 1962 through 1970. Each record is given a separate chapter, which tells the stories behind how the songs appearing on the disc were written and recorded. The chapters also detail how the records were marketed and contain sales and chart information. The book has chapters on the history of EMI and Parlophone Records, how records are mastered and manufactured, how EMI contracted with other record companies to press Beatles singles and albums to help meet demand, British radio and record charts in the sixties and other record-related topics. The book has over 700 illustrations, all in either color or original black and white.
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Bruce Spizer has written seven critically acclaimed Beatles books, including The Beatles Records on Vee-Jay, The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records, The Beatles on Apple Records and The Beatles Are Coming! The Birth of Beatlemania in America. He has appeared on several national television and radio programs as a Beatles expert and is a consultant for EMI on Beatles projects.
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By BeatleBangs1964
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Bruce Spizer and Andy Babiuk are two world-reknown Beatles' scholars. Bruce Spizer has an extensive body of knowledge about the Beatles' recordings and Babiuk has just as scholarly knowledge about the Beatles' musical/recording equipment. With this book, Spizer does not disappoint.
"Beatles For Sale On Parlophone Records," is a work of genius that covers in full detail each story or set of stories behind each record that was released on Parlophone in England. Spizer has followed the Beatles' recording career and has provided his delighted readers with previous books about the history of and the Beatles' recordings on Vee-Jay; Capitol, Apple and Swan. As a bonus, readers are treated to an array of lovely black and white as well as color photographs of the album covers, record lables and of the Beatles themselves!
Spizer is plainly gifted in business and marketing. He also provides his readers with step-by-step, blow-by-blow information about each release; each record/recording company and each single covering the Beatles' entire recording career as a group. US and UK albums and releases are given equal coverage as well as rareties, such as some bootlegs like the infamous 1966 Butcher Album Cover, which was later replaced with the more tame Footlocker Image on "Yesterday & Today;" scrapped movie titles and the UK's extendedplay records. You get a treasure chest of information as well as some incredible photographs.
Considering the length of this excellent book which is a must have for every Beatles' fan, it is well worth the read. For non-Beatle scholars, they will soon rise to the ranks of Beatle knowledge with this book. It is a definitive chronology, history and full catalog and description of the Beatles' recordings. I rate it 5 plus stars and a hearty yeah, yeah, yeah!
"Beatles For Sale On Parlophone Records," is a work of genius that covers in full detail each story or set of stories behind each record that was released on Parlophone in England. Spizer has followed the Beatles' recording career and has provided his delighted readers with previous books about the history of and the Beatles' recordings on Vee-Jay; Capitol, Apple and Swan. As a bonus, readers are treated to an array of lovely black and white as well as color photographs of the album covers, record lables and of the Beatles themselves!
Spizer is plainly gifted in business and marketing. He also provides his readers with step-by-step, blow-by-blow information about each release; each record/recording company and each single covering the Beatles' entire recording career as a group. US and UK albums and releases are given equal coverage as well as rareties, such as some bootlegs like the infamous 1966 Butcher Album Cover, which was later replaced with the more tame Footlocker Image on "Yesterday & Today;" scrapped movie titles and the UK's extendedplay records. You get a treasure chest of information as well as some incredible photographs.
Considering the length of this excellent book which is a must have for every Beatles' fan, it is well worth the read. For non-Beatle scholars, they will soon rise to the ranks of Beatle knowledge with this book. It is a definitive chronology, history and full catalog and description of the Beatles' recordings. I rate it 5 plus stars and a hearty yeah, yeah, yeah!
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Comme tous les livres de Spizer, c'est du bonbon...D'ailleurs tout collectionneur sérieux se doit d'avoir ces volumes. Ils sont indispensables.
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Would buy again from this buyer. Everything was well protected. The book was well wrapped and in good condition.The article was exactly what I wanted.
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