THE BEATLES: PAPERBACK WRITER: 2026

THE LONG WAY ROUND

The Long Way Round by Martin Wilson

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Copper Needle Media

Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 13, 2026

Print length ‏ : ‎ 68 pages

Book Description - from Amazon

Before the stadium anthems and the corporate tours, rock and roll was built on steel ramps, heavy flight cases, and the sweat of invisible men.

In the spring of 1973, Martin Wilson is a twenty-year-old lad from Byker with four pounds to his name, a bad hangover, and hands scarred from carrying gear for bands that never made it.

Then a letter slipped under a rehearsal room door changes everything. Suddenly, he is trading the cold working men's clubs of Tyneside for a warehouse in West London, joining the elite American audio crew Showco, and embarking on a journey that will shape the rest of his life: the historic, chaotic, and deeply human 1973 UK tour of Paul McCartney & Wings.

Told from the vantage point of a side-stage flight case, this beautifully crafted memoir is not a book about the "dragons" of celebrity gossip or rock-star excess. It is a profound love letter to the craft, the road, and the families we forge at four in the morning.

From a terrifying moment when a roaring Glasgow crowd threatens to bring down a century-old balcony, to a quiet, unforgettable late-night encounter in a Cardiff theatre, Martin captures the rhythm of an era defined by a sonic revolution.

Most of all, it is a story about home, fatherhood, and the silent dignity of a true craftsman-learning to love people through the hard, invisible work of your own two hands.

Readers' Praise:

"A masterfully written look at the golden age of rock from the perspective of the people who actually built the cathedrals of sound."

"Deeply moving, authentic, and evocative. A stunning memoir about music, memory, and the choices that make us who we are."

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WITH THE BEATLES: MAL EVANS' ILLUSTRATED JOURNEY

With the Beatles: Mal Evans' Illustrated Journey – The First Publication of Mal Evans' Personal Beatles Archive of Diaries Photos and Unpublished Memoir by Kenneth Womack

( This title will be released on December 1, 2026. )

HERE is the book description from Amazon:

A four-color extravaganza from the Mal Evans archives, including sections from his never published memoirs, his detailed (and humorously illustrated) diaries and hundreds of unseen photographs he took during his time with the Beatles. Truly a goldmine of new insight into the most famous band in the world, from a man who knew them better than most.

Malcolm "Mal" Evans was an integral figure in the lives of The Beatles, acting as everything from roadie and assistant to confidante and, above all else, friend. Even after the band's split, Evans remained close to each member as they ventured out into solo careers, though he was closest to Paul McCartney. And through it all, he kept a detailed diary.

In the 1970s, Mal made a deal with a publisher for a memoir, and the typed manuscript he submitted remained in that publisher's basement until it was discovered by a temp, tasked with cleaning out a storage unit. Along with the manuscript, the temp discovered an amazing collection of photographs and diaries. Instead of throwing them away as instructed, the temp sent a letter to Yoko Ono, who quickly responded. Yoko retrieved the materials, and returned them to Mal's family in England. Unfortunately, Mal had taken his life years prior in a drug fueled showdown with the police.

Now, from the author who wrote our own acclaimed Living the Beatles Legend, comes a visual celebration of the Mal Evans archives. Once thought lost forever, this holy grail for Beatles die-hards is being shared for the first time. With annotated (by Ken) excerpts of Mal's memoir, the first-hand account of life with the world's most important band through the eyes of the man that was there for it all, and bits from his diaries showing the comings, goings, recording schedules, and personal appointments of John, Paul, Ringo, and George, their life as a group, time on the road, and lives after their dissolution.

A companion to Womack's thoroughly researched and family blessed biography of Mal, Living the Beatles Legend, now with the words of the man himself, and featuring hundreds of never before seen photos as well, this will be a beautifully designed must-own for Beatles lovers everywhere.

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THE BEATLES' TOURING ERA

The Beatles’ Touring Era: Inside the Fab Four’s Musical Artistry, Song by Song, 1962-1966

by Kenneth Womack (Author), Scott Freiman (Author) Format: Hardcover

(This title will be released on November 12, 2026.)

Book Description from Amazon:

World renowned Beatles experts provide groundbreaking insights into the Fab Four's artistry, from Please Please Me to the incredible heights of Rubber Soul and Revolver.

Dive into the songwriting, musicianship, and production of some of the most influential popular music ever created. In this revelatory assessment of the band's artistic development from 1962 to 1966, Kenneth Womack and Scott Freiman provide accessible, close readings of songs – based on cutting-edge Beatles research – and tackle hard-hitting questions:

What were the song's origins, and how was it written? How was the song transformed in the studio? What instruments were used and how did that impact the song's arrangement?

Discover the lyrical and musical elements that give these songs their magic and the techniques used by producer George Martin and engineers Norman Smith and Geoff Emerick that add that extra spark, bringing these songs to fruition.

The unparalleled artistic journeys of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr as the Beatles are revealed here.

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THE BEATLES LIVE AT CANDLESTICK PARK 1966

The Beatles by Jim Marshall: Live at Candlestick Park 1966 by Amelia Davis (Author), Jim Marshall (Photographer), Joel Selvin

This is the book description from Amazon:

Relive The Beatles’ last live public concert through the eyes of the ultimate rock 'n' roll photographer Jim Marshall.

This deluxe volume collects over 150 photos and proof sheets, half of them never before seen.

Jim Marshall's photographs of The Beatles' 1966 concert in San Francisco capture a historic convergence: one of the biggest names in music photography and one of the most beloved bands in history.

Specially requested as photographer by The Beatles, Marshall immortalized not only the concert itself, but also intimate moments backstage, such as the musicians meeting the Baez sisters and hanging out in the locker room before the show.

This definitive collection presents the photographs at large scale and in the rich high-contrast tones Marshall favored.

An in-depth essay by music historian Joel Selvin brings the moment to life. Whether you were there at Candlestick Park or wish you had been, this is your chance to see The Beatles as you've never seen them before.

EXCLUSIVE WINDOW INTO THE CONCERT: Jim Marshall was the only photographer allowed backstage to photograph The Beatles during the Candlestick Park concert. This book brings you into the historic moment and makes you feel like part of the band.

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN CONTENT: Marshall's photographs from this event have never been published all together in a single book, and half the images were never published at all. Plus, it includes Marshall's proof sheets, from which he selected his iconic shots.

PHOTOGRAPHY ICON: Jim Marshall is the great rock 'n' roll photographer, as his images of The Beatles prove. In addition to being a legendary artist, he was a peer, colleague, and friend to musicians, and he documented countless seminal musical moments throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

ANNIVERSARY YEAR: August 2026 marks the 60th anniversary of The Beatles' last live public concert. Celebrate by going back in time through these incredible photographs.

Perfect for:

Beatles fans

Jim Marshall fans

Music history buffs

Photographers and photography book collectors

Birthday or any special occasion gift-giving to any devoted Beatlemaniac

Anyone looking for a great present for music lovers

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1967 - THE WORLD OF BRIAN EPSTEIN AND THE BEATLES

This is the Amazon book description:

“A little peep behind the net curtain of swinging London. Meet the people that made the 60s tick.” Noel Gallagher

When I first saw Brian Epstein’s black Twinlock binder, I was struck by how small and unassuming it was – just 160 by 100 millimetres, the kind of thing you could slip into a coat pocket.

But inside, it held a universe. The book felt alive, buzzing, ready and waiting to be explored. So I dug deeper.

1967 – The World of Brian Epstein and the Beatles is a remarkable fusion of biography and detective story, offering a vivid portrait of The Beatles' inner circle and the cultural energy of the 1960s.

This engaging work delves into the extraordinary cast of characters – from Mick Jagger to David Bailey – a dazzling mix of celebrities, musicians, icons, power players and the occasional shady character.

Everyone who was anyone in the 1960s found their way into its pages.

When Gary first acquired the book, he was seized by an irresistible curiosity.

Who was Brian Epstein, really? And who were all these fascinating names? This project offers an intimate and unprecedented exploration of the connections he forged and the figures who helped define a generation.

More than just an address book, it is a time capsule of one of the most electrifying years in modern culture: 1967.

Perfect for Beatles fans, music historians, and anyone curious about the electric culture and untold stories of the 1960s.

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'GET BACK: The Boys Who Became The Beatles' by HUNTER DAVIES

Hunter Davies's new book is titled [Get Back (also referred to as Get Back: The Boys Who Became The Beatles or Get Back: John, Paul, George, Ringo and Me

Explores the formative years and coming-of-age of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr up to 1962.

Draws upon 39 treasured personal notebooks filled with unpublished interviews and notes from the three years (1966–1968) Davies spent shadowing the band as their only authorized biographer.

Length & Publisher: 352 pages, published by Ebury Publishing / Penguin Books.

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‘They did not seem arrogant or entitled. I didn’t see them bossing around their staff or being horrid to studio assistants.

But they did worry if this was all there was. All this fame and fortune, was it really all that great? The world saw them as an overnight success, who had come from nowhere.

But they knew from whence they had come. Perhaps that’s what kept them grounded.’

Hunter Davies, the only authorised biographer of The Beatles, revisits his treasured 39 notebooks filled with remarkable interviews to explore the lives of John, Paul, George and Ringo as they were growing up and coming of age.

Drawing on a wealth of never-before-revealed, intimate material, and his own experience as a boy of similar age from a working-class Northern background, Hunter now tells the story of where they came from, what it was like, how it shaped their hopes and aspirations.

Hunter spent three years with The Beatles, visiting all their homes, and each of them visiting his.

He also spent time with their parents, school friends, teachers, girlfriends, members of the Quarry Men and many others from their inner circle.

Their conversations often harked back to the War, with memories of air-raid shelters and rationing, to the NHS coming in, the eleven plus and grammar schools, and council house life in the 1950s.

We all know what they became famous for, but here Hunter takes us into the much more private world of their formative years, for this colourful, richly detailed, personal portrait of the young boys who were destined to come together and revolutionise music and pop culture.

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NEW BOOK: 'BEATLES REWIND'

Beatles Rewind: Essential Stories of John, Paul, George, and Ringo—and the Music That Never Gets Old by Steve Weber

Publication date : May 16, 2026

Print length: 429 pages

Here is the book description on Amazon:

Sixty years after four young men from Liverpool changed everything, the Beatles remain the most written-about, argued-over, and obsessively studied band in the history of popular music. So, what is there left to say?

Quite a lot, it turns out.

Beatles Rewind is a deep dive into the people, the music, and the cultural phenomenon that the Beatles became—and remain. Written by a lifelong Beatles scholar and the creator of the popular Beatles Rewind platform, this book brings together essential essays that examine each of the four Beatles as individuals, the extraordinary alchemy that happened when they played together, and the music that resulted from both.

The book opens where it has to: with the explosion. What was it about that moment—the Sullivan appearance, the screaming fans, the hair, the chord changes—that announced something genuinely new had arrived? From there, it examines each Beatle in depth. John Lennon: the leader, the visionary, and the provocateur who could be the most generous and the most cruel person in any room. Paul McCartney: the untrained genius who wrote melodies by instinct that trained composers spend careers trying to understand. George Harrison: the quiet spiritualist who took longer to emerge but left a body of solo work that rivals either of his more famous bandmates. And Ringo Starr: the steady, joyful, grateful heartbeat without whom none of it would sound quite right.

But Beatles Rewindis more than four biographies. It examines the collective alchemy that made the Beatles something greater than the sum of their extraordinary parts, traces the evolution of their music across the most compressed and radical creative arc in pop history, and asks the questions that matter today: What does this music still mean? What did we almost lose? And what comes next?

Along the way the book explores the wizards behind the curtain—the producers, engineers, and collaborators who helped bring the music into being—and tells the full, complicated story of how and why the greatest band in history fell apart.

This is not a book that assumes you need to be convinced that the Beatles matter. It assumes you already know they do, and it offers you the deeper story: the arguments worth having, the details worth knowing, the context that makes the music even richer than it already is.

Accessible to casual fans and satisfying to serious scholars, Beatles Rewind is the book for anyone who has ever wondered what it is about four young men from Liverpool that still stops you in your tracks when a certain song comes on the radio.

Because it always will.

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