Wednesday 7 December 2022

The Beatles: An Illustrated Bibliography, from 1955 to 2027

 

The Beatles: An Illustrated Bibliography, from 1955 to 2027

This is a unique online illustrated bibliography of The Beatles.

With over 2400 entries, the bibliography provides details of author, book title, publisher, country of publication, date of publication, format, ISBN, for most entries an image of the front cover but some entries will have more images, in some cases a price guide, and notes about the publication.

Concentrating on books written in English, this is essentially a list of books relating to The Beatles as a group and as solo artists or written by a member of the group or their wives, lovers, or children, in chronological order.

This unique online illustrated bibliography of The Beatles can be found at 45worlds.com at https://www.45worlds.com/book/bk_list.php?li=9291

and ACCESS IS FREE.

You can join 45worlds for free (and then you won't see those annoying adverts when you log in as a member!).  You might even want to add some entries yourself.

Created and curated by Peter Sims (aka JPGR&B), this online bibliography is an amazing free resource for Beatles fans, authors, researchers, students, and teachers.

About the Illustrated Bibliography:

Melissa Davis, author, The Beatles Bibliography - A New Guide to the Literature 

A superb site and an excellent resource.  Sims sets high standards - and hits the mark every time.

Kenneth Womack, author, John Lennon 1980: The Last Days In The Life

In the evolving history of Beatles studies, we are only just beginning to take the measure and shape of our scholarship.  The Beatles: An Illustrated Bibliography makes a vital step in this direction.

Wednesday 26 October 2022

Beatles Day at the Workman's Club - Nov 5 2022


BEATLES DAY AT THE WORKMAN’S CLUB
Saturday, November 5th, 2022

2.00pm LENNON & SHOTTON / JON WARD 10

Lennon & Shotton is a short play about John Lennon and his best friend Pete Shotton. It follows the two teenage boys through their wild years at Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool and is completely based on fact. It will be performed by Padraic McGinley and is written and directed by Stephen Kennedy. The show will also include a set of songs from The Beatles played live by Jon Ward. The show has a total running time of 50 minutes. (Stephen Kennedy’s Beatle plays have been broadcast on the BBC, RTE and Radio Merseyside and they have been staged in Dublin, Belfast, Liverpool, Dundee, Berlin
and Washington DC.)


3.00pm THE BEATLES TABLE QUIZ 40 per team

This hugely popular table quiz returns to the Workman’s Club on November 5th. It will be hosted by Denny and Steve from QUIZ-TASTIC. There will be an excellent mix of questions and lots of great prizes. More importantly this quiz is about having fun.

 
Even if you’re on your own come along and we will find you a team.

For more information contact dublinbeatlesfestival@gmail.com


8.00pm THE MOONDOGS / BEATLES FOR SALE €22.50

The ‘Big Gig’ this year includes performances

from TWO amazing live bands! THE MOONDOGS (UK) last played the Dublin Beatles Festival back in 2013 when they were up-and-coming teenagers. That year they delivered blistering sold-out sets at the Workman’s Club, and the Grand Social, and we’ve been hankering to get them back to Ireland ever since. And BEATLES FOR SALE are without doubt one of the best Beatle tribute bands Ireland has ever produced. They cover all music periods from The Beatles and are well known for their attention to detail. Both of these bands have played throughout Europe, and both have headlined at the Cavern Club in Liverpool during Beatleweek. This gig is going to be a lot of fun. Bring your dancing shoes.



For more information
www.facebook.com/DublinBeatlesFestival
Tickets on sale at
www.eventbrite.ie

Tuesday 11 October 2022

Autumn Issue on its way to our members

Issue 82 will be arriving soon in your post! This issue is full of some really great content and is worth wait!

 

  • The Beatles A Day In The Life
  • Coming Up
  • Media Watch
  • Paul McCartney Rocks Glastonbury
  • There Are Places I Remember
  • The Beatles and their Apple artists
  • Beatles Fan Clubs - Part 3 - Solo Years
  • Lennon and Bowie
  • Paperback Writers
  • The Beatles Lost TV and Radio Shows
  • George Harrison and Belinda Carlisle
  • Trembling Wilburys Concert Review
  • Fest For Beatles Fans Chicago
  • Try Some, Buy Some-New Releases
  • Beatle Boots
  • Offers and Discounts
  • As I Write This Letter
  • Crap Photo of the Month

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Wednesday 28 September 2022

BEATLES 60th ANNIVERSARY BOOK TALK - Wed Oct 5

 

BEATLES 60th ANNIVERSARY BOOK TALK

THE ROCK & ROLL BOOK CLUB in Camden Town proudly presents a Beatles 60th Anniversary Special on the very day that “Love Me Do” was released in 1962, featuring respected authors and experts David Stark and Richard Porter. PLUS live Beatles music by a few of the Trembling Wilburys with the event hosted by Tony Gleed.

“It’s All Too Much - Adventures of a Teenage Beatles Fan in the ’60s and Beyond” is the unique memoir by music industry veteran DAVID STARK, who grew up in north London during the 1960s as a dedicated Beatles fan and was lucky enough to meet his musical heroes on various memorable occasions. From gate-crashing the Yellow Submarine film premiere in 1968 (aged just fifteen) and ending up sitting directly behind the group, to meeting them individually in some extraordinary circumstances, Stark has some highly entertaining stories about his many Beatles encounters which have never been told before.

RICHARD PORTER is London’s premier Beatles ambassador who runs the superb London Beatles Store on Baker Street and organises walking tours specialising in London Beatle history. He is also co-author of “The Beatles Fab Four Cities – Liverpool, Hamburg, London and New York'” with Merseyside’s David Bedford and New Yorker Susan Ryan. To paraphrase John Lennon, we could say that: ‘The Beatles were born in Liverpool, grew up in Hamburg, reached maturity in London, and immortality in New York.’

Come and hear them talking about their favourite musical subject and also enjoy some live music from some of David's bandmates in the Trembling Wilburys!
 
On Wednesday 5th October
At the Dublin Castle
94 Parkway, Camden Town
London NW1 7AN

Doors open 7.30pm, seating available.
Tickets only £6 in advance or £8 on the door, more details here:

Saturday 17 September 2022

Singing the Beatles Across India


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learn more at https://www.blueswan.events/

Review - "Shake It Up Beverly" fun Beatle Fiction


SHAKE IT UP BEVERLEY

Suzan Holder.
One More Chapter Publications.
ISBN 9780008522087.
£8.99 

The first novel by Suzan Holder is about Beverley Wilson, Beatles fan and a widow with three children.

She lives in Paul McCartney’s former childhood home in the suburbs of Liverpool (not Forthlin Road I should add).

After many years as a widow, she decides to approach a dating agency and “Get Back” to life with a partner.

There are many disastrous dates, some of which are particularly funny to read.

There are lots of Beatle song references in the book “I Should Have Known Better” she says after one disastrous date. After many dates, she meets a fellow Beatle fan called Scott. He reignites her love for The Fab Four.

It sets her off on a journey to find her mother, who she had thought was her elder sister as a child and had been a girlfriend of Ringo Starr. Her friend Tanya had met Paul McCartney a couple of times through her work, but nothing could prepare her when Paul himself turns up at her home. Paul helps her come to terms with the press who are camped outside her home following a piece on the local news.

The story is very well written, easy to follow, romantic and humorous.

Will she find love? Will she find her mum?

You will have to read it to find out.

We don’t normally review novels, but this one is worthy of a review.

~Ernie Sutton.