British Beatles Fan Club

The BBFC magazine is a glossy, full colour, 40 page publication which comes out 4 times a year. It is packed with fascinating and thoroughly researched articles on all aspects of the Fab Four past and present. We give you an insight into the Beatles' career and their associates in Liverpool, London and throughout the world.

Our correspondents include Pete Nash - former News Editor of The Beatles Book Monthly, Rod Davis of the original Quarrymen, Bill Harry - former Editor of Merseybeat, Stan Williams - former pupil of Dovedale Primary alongside John Lennon and George Harrison, David Bedford - Our Man in Liddypool, Andy Davis - former Editor of Record Collector magazine, Craig Smith, Lucy Carter and Peter Black.

Among the regular features are:

• Upcoming Events—organised by the club and anything else relating to the Beatles, including festivals, Beatles Days, concerts and conventions throughout the world
• Beatles A Day In The Life—a day-by-day diary
• Media Watch
• Reviews of the latest releases
• Classified Ads
• Concert and event reviews
• In-depth articles
• Letters from members
• The Legendary Crap Photos of the Month

Plus:

• Comprehensive feature articles on every Beatle subject imaginable!
• High quality colour and black & white Beatles photos throughout the magazine!

If you would like to advertise in our magazine, please contact the treasurer for further details, prices and any special offers.

Latest BBFC News

Saturday 30th January 2010

Liddypool: Birthplace of the Beatles

Liverpool, England. When it comes to The Beatles' history, Liverpool lore is a bit like Hollywood: the legend seems to get retold and rehashed with scant regard for the truth.

BBFC's resident Liverpudlian and Beatles Historian, David Bedford has penned a definitive new book describing facts and truths of the colourful, formative years of The Beatles, starting many years before they stepped out in suits and mop-top haircuts. This gloriously colourful new volume takes fans on a unique magical mystery tour through the Liverpool of The Beatles, while setting the record straight on many myths and legends.

Read Donna Jackson's review of Liddypool: Birthplace of the Beatles - and order your copy

Monday 25th January 2010

The Beatles: The Little Black Songbook iPhone app

A fully licensed Beatles iPhone/iPod Touch app has been made available to download from iTunes. It costs £3.99 and contains complete lyrics and chords to over 160 songs as well as 30 professionally recorded back tracks you can play along to. Has anyone got it yet? What do you think?

Email the Webmaster with your views

Sunday 24th January 2010

Issue 35 of the BBFC Magazine now available

Issue 35 of the British Beatles Fan Club magazine is now on sale—the first issue of a new decade! The best selling album of the past decade was of course by The Beatles, with the "1" compilation outstripping everything around.

In this issue we look at Paul's latest concert in London, there's an exclusive Miss O'Dell interview, and much more!

If you're a BBFC member you should have received your copy of the latest mag in the mail already—and if you're not, you can order it now from our shop (or why not join the BBFC?)

Read issue 35 full contents or visit our shop to buy your copy now

Wednesday 13th January 2010

Ringo Starr - Y Not

Ringo Starr has a new album out, scheduled for UK release on 1st February 2010. Y Not is self-produced and Ringo is joined by old and new friends including Paul McCartney.

Ringo's decision to take a stronger role in the recording of his latest and greatest solo album was a significant and fortuitous one. "I didn't do it at the start," he said. "I was the least involved in the production of the Beatle records. And then with my solo records, I worked with some other great producers like Richard Perry, Arif Mardin, and Don Was. So it just seemed like that's the way that it goes. Then suddenly, it's another point in your life, and you say, 'I'm going do this now.' So I'll be producing anything I make from now on. That's the good news. It's a confidence thing, I suppose. And Y Not is really another way of me saying, 'Yes, I can.'"

Read more and order your copy of Y Not

Thursday 7th January 2010

The Beatles' Liverpool in the snow - photo special

Happy New Year to all Beatles fans reading this! We hope you're keeping warm out there. It's the coldest winter the UK has seen in nearly 30 years—but it looks so pretty!

Terry of the Fab Four Taxi Tours has sent in some great pictures of Liverpool's Beatle-places in the snow.

View our snowy Livepool photo special!

Tuesday 15th December 2009

Nowhere Boy - film and soundtrack album review

Richard Porter was lucky enough to attend a press screening of the new movie Nowhere Boy at Studio Two of Abbey Road studios. Richard writes:

"Nowhere Boy is the new biopic about the teenage years of John Lennon. Normally the word 'biopic' fills me with dread, especially where the Beatles are concerned. Remember the 'classic' Birth of the Beatles where the Fabs are walking around Liverpool, pre-fame, carrying Harrods bags! [...]

Read Richard's review of Nowhere Boy in full

Wednesday 10th December 2009

Diary date: London Beatles Day

The final London Beatles Day of the year takes place this weekend, on Sunday 13th December 2009 at the usual venue—the Park Inn (formerly known as the Bonnington Hotel), on Southampton Row, WC1. You will find a Christmas treat for any Beatles fan for sale at prices to suit every pocket!

The London Beatles Day was founded in 1990 by Steve Holmes, Rob Batchelor, Keith Badman and Jason Hobbs who between them have attended many conventions and fairs all over Europe and beyond!

The London Beatles Day has been attracting Beatles fans from all over the globe ever since, originally 2 shows a year were staged but due to increased demand this was increased to the current 4 shows per year. This enables fab 4 fans to come along and buy and trade their Fabs items on a regular basis keeping their collections updated, and of course to come along to meet all the other fans & collectors in the comfort of the recently refurbished Park Inn.

Visit our events page to find out about more Beatles events in London, Liverpool and around the UK

Tuesday 1st December 2009

Nowhere Boy - Original Soundtrack

New film Nowhere Boy, released in the UK on Boxing Day (26th December), chronicles the life of John Lennon from 1955, when he was a rebellious 15-year-old living in stifling suburbia with his Aunt Mimi, delves into the beginning of his music career with his first band the Quarrymen, and ends with his departure for Hamburg with two other unknowns; Paul McCartney and George Harrison.

The soundtrack album is released in advance of the film on 14th December. It's a stylishly packaged deluxe 2CD set which features the soundtrack to the film on disc one, plus a collection of vintage rock'n'roll classics that inspired John Lennon as a second disc.

View full track listing and order your copy of the soundtrack album

Wednesday 25th November 2009

In the studio with The Beatles - a review

For over three years, Dennis Dekker almost literally spent his time in the studio with The Beatles. Every month he listened to a part of the (Nagra) rehearsal sessions, which have been integrally filmed by documentary and moviemaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1969. Dekker wrote a captivating personal transcript that defeats the myth the Get Back-sessions only show the falling apart of the Beatles. The Beatles-fan club in The Netherlands eagerly put these texts on their website. The texts have now been joined together in a unique volume: In the studio with the Beatles.

Ernie Sutton takes a look at the book, published both in English and Dutch, that puts the break-up of The Beatles in a different perspective.

Read more about In the studio with The Beatles

Tuesday 24th November 2009

The Beatles Box of Vision

Following hot on the heels of the 09 September 2009 release of The Beatles' digitally re-mastered catalogue, the highly anticipated The Beatles Box Of Vision is finally available in the UK and Europe.

Officially licensed by The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd., the stunning collection, previously only available in North America, includes the first LP sized book of complete album artwork and storage for the entire Beatles CD catalogue.

Find out more about The Beatles Box of Vision

Tuesday 10th November 2009

The Beatles: Across The Universe - John, Paul, George & Ringo On Tour And On Stage

The Beatles were a global phenomenon, changing all facets of popular culture through their music, image and personalities. While the group's legacy is enshrined through a catalogue of timeless recordings, from the earliest beginnings, the Beatles reputation and livelihood rested as a live band.

How big a part did performing in concert play in the Beatles' success? Would they have achieved what they did without an early grounding in the dancehalls and clubs of Liverpool and Hamburg? After their first year as a headline attraction, why did The Beatles soon tire of the relentless pace of Beatlemania?

These are just some of the questions answered in this stunning book—The Beatles Across The Universe: John, Paul, George & Ringo On Tour And On Stage.

Read more about this new book by Andy Neill

Tuesday 3rd November 2009

The Beatles: Here, there and everywhere - a review

Just when you think you have seen everything there could be to see about the Beatles, a small gem pops up and surprises you. The Beatles: Here, there and everywhere is one such gem.

This 80 minute DVD, released on 28th September 2009, features rare and unseen ITN archive footage of the Fab Four as they made pop history. Wherever they went ITN followed, allowing a fascinating insight into their amazing rise to fame and overwhelming success.

Read Ernie Sutton's reivew of The Beatles: Here, there and everywhere

Tuesday 20th October 2009

Beatles To Bowie: The 60s Exposed

A major photographic exhibition Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposed opens at the National Portrait Gallery this month, to herald the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the 1960s in 2010. Celebrating the leading pop music personalities and groups who helped create "Swinging London" in the 1960s, the exhibition will show how The Beatles and rivals such as the Rolling Stones and The Kinks set the musical agenda. Bringing together 150 photographs and 150 items of ephemera including record sleeves, illustrated sheet music and magazines, the exhibition will be arranged chronologically in ten sections covering each year of the decade.

More info about Beatles To Bowie: The 60s Exposed

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