English musician george harrison of the beatles at the apple corps headquarters, london, september. The books comprehensive written pieces include new introductions by paul mccartney and giles martin, and indepth chapters covering trackbytrack details and session notes reflecting the beatles year between the release of sgt. The beatles the white album book 2 hal leonard online. Ken mansfield, former us manager of apple records, is a grammy awardwinning album producer and recordlabel executive who has worked with artists as diverse as the beatles, waylon jennings, the beach boys, the four freshman, quicksilver messenger service, don ho, glen campbell, badfinger, judy garland, buck owens, eric burton, lou rawls, andy williams, the band, david cassidy and the flying. Through exclusive photos and personal stories, former us manager of apple records and grammy award winning producer ken mansfield offers a compelling memoir that. At the time, the musiclistening public was either too stoned, too devoted to their gods or too hungry for anything beatles it had been well over a year since their last full album to receive the white album with anything but automatic. The white book shines fresh light on the true characters behind the. The beatles, the bands, the biz an insiders look at an era collectors by mansfield, ken isbn. I do own a first pressing from 1968 even though i was only 6 when the album was first released, it took me many years to find one so thank you ebay. The beatles double album also called the white album, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this november, will be the focus of fab four authorhistorian bruce spizers 10th book on the group, he announced recently. However, the working title was changed when the british progressive band. The beatles, the bands, the biz an insiders look at an era collectors by ken mansfield isbn. The album got its alternative name from its plain white sleeve.
Ah, i just ordered martins book and loved emericks book. Picking up where 19621966 left off, the doublealbum compilation 19671970, commonly called the blue album, covers the beatles later records, from sgt. This is the story of the concert that shouldnt have been with a concert fee that shocked the world. Unboxing the beatles white album super deluxe edition. Mac wilson reflects on the beatles white album on its.
Huge congratulations to all the cast and crew at the the beatles love by cirque du soleil an incredible achievement and the show continues to be as thrilling as ever. The beatles spent five agonizing months making the white album, often splitting up to work in separate studios. For the ardent beatles fan, the white book is replete with stories, remembrances and photos one wont find anywhere else. The book, titled the beatles white album and the launch of apple, will be published nov. The best beatles books what are the greatest books about the beatles with over eighty nine thousand books now registered in the british library that mention the beatles in one way shape or form, i thought it would be helpful to present a buyers guide to the best ones this list of beatles books is the result of many happy hours of reading the best beatles books the ones that best. Pepper in every aspectfrom the cover art to the sounds within. Digging into the beatles 50th anniversary white album.
Thematically, the white album was a complete withdrawal from the beatles 1967 albums, retreating from the lush and vivid colorful themes of sgt. The beatles the white album 50th anniversary fan memories. Each book, like the album after which it is named, is plain white all over, comes with the title embossed on the front cover, and has a limited edition number stamped on the lower righthand side. On the down side, the author is a bit of a cornball windbag. We were all in the midst of the psychedelic thing, or just coming out of it. Critical opinion on the beatles aka the white album in 1968 varies, the record being seen as something of a comedown after the exhilaration of the groups somewhat overrated predecessor, sgt. The white album is the colloquial name given to the ninth studio album by the beatles, called simply the beatles. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Like her previous book slouching towards bethlehem, the white album is a collection of works previously published in magazines such as life and esquire. This matching songbook to the first album of this doublealbum masterpiece. The subjects of the essays range widely and represent a mixture of memoir, criticism, and journalism, focusing on the history and politics of california in the late 1960s and early 70s. The bulk of the book is taken up with song and recording notes, written in exemplary. Most books about the beatles reveal the big picture first and ask questi. Additionally, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publication of spizers first book, the beatles records on veejay, all his books on sale for. The working title for the white album was a dolls house, after norwegian playwright henrik ibsens 1879 play. Beatles producer george martin has a nice little remembrance called all you need is ears, but it was his mid1960s engineer geoff emerick who shot past him in the postcareer beatle book game. New listing the beatles white album white vinyl capitol records 1977 sebx 11841 rare.
Looking forward to reading your new book, the white album is one of my favorite albums by the beatles. Editors notes beneath the whiteonwhite cover art, the white album is an eclectic, 30track album of largely strippeddown material, originally spread across two vinyl records. The white album, on the other hand, is all chaos theory the beatles left to their own nonlinear devices, with little check on whimfollowing after the death of manager brian epstein, and with. An insiders look at an era mansfield, ken, stoker, brent on. Whatever else it is or isnt, it is the best album they have ever released, and only the beatles are capable of making a better one. Cain goes into how ringo quit the beatles and about pauls drumming on back in the ussr and dear prudence as well. Mansons explanation for the murders was simpleand bizarre. The beatles the white album book 2 songbook guitar recorded versions kindle edition by the beatles author visit amazons the beatles page. A 20, 123 pages 87 color pages, 6x9, paperback book with laminated cover. His book is called the white book, and it carries the subtitle the beatles, the bands, the biz.
The beatles the white album by the beatles on apple music. The beatles white album becomes 4thhighest certified release in us history. The white album the beatles page 4 the beatles bible. Have you seen the little piggies crawling in the dirt. On the 50th anniversary of the release of the white album, were republishing macs thoughts from 2009 along with some new thoughts from mac in 2018. Its plain white sleeve has no graphics or text other than the bands name embossed, which was intended as a direct contrast to the vivid cover artwork of the bands previous lp sgt. This 2007 book is a sequel to that book, updating much of the beatles information in the first book with new chapters on his years in the music business with such artists as the late andy williams, brian wilson. An insiders look at an era paperback october 30, 2007 by ken mansfield author. This book however, exists to argue that the beatles is not only the finest achievement of the beatles group but can also be considered one of the greatest lp. The beatles white album 50th anniversary box super deluxe. The white album is a 1979 book of essays by joan didion. The 50 thanniversary package of the white album so named for its groundbreaking plain white cover with the bands name subtly embossed, off center, and an. An insiders look at an era collectors edition by mansfield, ken 2007 paperback paperback january 1, 1707 4. The white album should have been the first signal to the musiclistening public that the dream was over.
Blackbird the continuing story of bungalow bill dear prudence happiness is a warm gun im so tired. The white book through exclusive photos and personal stories, former us manager of apple records and grammy award winning producer ken mansfield offers a compelling memoir that delves into his life in the 1960s and 70s and his unique partnership with the. The love story of one band and the whole world by rob sheffield 2017 nearly every book about the beatles is a historical. The white albums original working title was a dolls house, which is the name of henrik ibsens masterpiece 19thcentury play. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. First warning sign was closing his introduction with. White album super deluxe is the pdf of the book available anywhere. The beatles the white album book 1 hal leonard online. The beatles, also known as the white album, is the ninth studio album and only double album by the english rock band the beatles, released on 22 november 1968. Beatles 1964 kansas city concert book beatlemania with. I am interested in the beatles recording process and the emericks biases are only a small part of the book, the main focus being the songs and how they were recorded.
The beatles the white album book 2 songbook guitar recorded versions the beatles. The sheer breadth of material as well as the mixture of the loud and the soft is part of what makes the. Pepper and recording sessions for the white album, the bands july 28 1968 mad day out. And for all the little piggies, life is getting worse always having dirt to play around in have you seen the bigger.
The beatles decided to change it, however, when british prog group family released their debut album music in a dolls house in july 1968 having dazzled recordbuyers with the peter blakedesigned cover for sgt peppers lonely hearts club band, the beatles had to carefully. Its the beatles, the music theyre putting out, manson, who, sentenced to death row, died at age 83 in 2017, said at trial. The white book has been endorsed by many applebeatles related people including the rolling stones andrew loog oldham, peter asher, alan parsons, robin. Like the red album, the blue album was released in the wake of. In addition, according to geoffrey giuliano, author of the beatles album, an illustration was prepared for the cover of a dolls house by the famed artist john patrick byrne aka patrick.
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