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BEATLES LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

Beatles Locations Across the Universe

by Leslie Cavendish ,Lou Longobardi

Here is the book description from Amazon:

This is a fascinating journey through The Beatles' world. From Liverpool and Hamburg to the rooftop of Savile Row, and all points in between, this book is the definitive guide to over 1,400 Beatles-related locationsconnected with moments and people that helped shape the story of the greatest band of all time.

Authored by former Beatles hairdresser Leslie Cavendish, and Beatles subject matter expert Lou Longobardi, this unique guide presents fascinating history, rare insights, and personal memories, combined with hundreds of colour photographs, to create the most comprehensive and entertaining book of Beatles locations ever compiled and published.

Whether you're planning your own Beatles pilgrimage or simply want to sit back in your easy-chair and relive the story of John, Paul, George and Ringo through stories about the places where it all happened, this is your indispensable 'travel' guide.

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PAUL McCARTNEY: FLOWERS ON THE DIRT. THE ROAD TO COMEBACK (1987-89)

“Flowers in the Dirt. The Road to Comeback (1987-89)”

198 pages.

The story of one of McCartney's most challenging but rewarding periods. 25 exclusive interviews, the Phil Ramone sessions, Elvis Costello.

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Released in June 1989, nearly three years after the disappointing reception to Press to Play, an album that, despite receiving some positive critical acclaim, wasn’t blessed by the desired commercial success, Flowers in the Dirt was hailed as Paul McCartney’s grand comeback.

The album was the final piece in a well-executed strategy that saw Paul change his artistic direction. It was a path lasting more than two years, during which McCartney put many irons in the fire. The collaboration started in early 1987 with an experienced producer, Phil Ramone, who seemed to be the solution, it only posed the eternal question of egos in the studio.

That aborted project had the merit of catapulting Paul towards something more refreshing, first through rock ‘n’ roll (the Сно´ваВСССРsessions and album) and next through a new songwriting partnership with Elvis Costello; both breathed new life into McCartney’s music and renewed his enthusiasm. The nearly 18-month-long Flowers in the Dirt recordings, during which Paul experimented with the multi-producer formula for the first time in his career, proved that he considered the album to be a real cornerstone. McCartney’s burst of confidence would culminate shortly afterwards in the mammoth Paul McCartney World Tour 1989/90.

Enriched by photos (including some from the personal archive of Charlie Morgan), the volume Flowers in the Dirt. The Road to Comeback (1987–89) tells the story of one of McCartney’s most challenging but rewarding periods, over which more than 70 songs were recorded. In its detailed account of all the events and recordings that filled those two years, the book guides readers through the elements that made the whole period a real journey of self-discovery for Paul, who still desired to sound contemporary, this time distancing himself from the abstract lyrics and the experimental musical approach of Press to Play.

Twenty-five in-depth interviews by the author with musicians, engineers and producers, including Phil Pickett, Tim Renwick, Charlie Morgan, Stuart Elliott, Kevin Armstrong, Hamish Stuart, Chris Whitten, David Rhodes, Steve Lyon, Neil Dorfsman, Chris Hughes and Steve Lipson enrich the book with anecdotes from the studio sessions, never heard before details, as well as musical and human insights.

The volume covers the timeline of the sessions, the stories behind the songs of the album and of the period (including the entire Phil Ramone Return to Pepperland project, “Tropic Island Hum”, the Daumier’s Law soundtrack, the single “Once Upon a Long Ago”, plus B-sides and other tracks), their harmonic and rhythmic inventions, the instrumentation, the recording equipment, lyrical analysis, the promotion, the chart success, the critical acclaim.

Over two complete chapters, the book also explores the McCartney-Costello partnership – how this collaboration started, developed and somehow “fell apart”, their communication and disagreements, their discussion about the re-discovering of The Beatles’ musical language – offering an analysis and perspective that go beyond the obvious Lennon/McCartney analogy.

An unprecedented first-hand account of one of the most important Paul McCartney albums ever.

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MR. MOONLIGHT: BRIAN EPSTEIN AND THE MAKING OF THE BEATLES

Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles by Philip Norman

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"Captivating . . . . tells a great story . . . . a rip-roaring yet empathic rock history."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The definitive, comprehensive biography of Brian Epstein—the man who built the Beatles—by eminent Beatles biographer Philip Norman

There will never be another pop manager like Brian Epstein, the young record retailer from Liverpool behind the 20th century’s greatest romance.

Having achieved his much-derided aim of making the Beatles "bigger than Elvis," Brian went on to make them bigger than any earthly instrument could measure. Only a handful of years older, he nonetheless referred them as "The Boys," protecting and pampering them like the children he could never hope to have.

Brian’s achievement in a profession in which he had no experience, and for which nor rulebook existed, remains jaw-dropping.

A devout classical music fan, he was nonetheless solely responsible for a new genre of pop that was to change its course, and Britain’s international image, forever—yet, disgracefully, earn him no public honor nor even thanks.

Mr. Moonlight draws on a cache of exclusive interviews with those closest to Brain, including his mother, Queenie, and brother, Clive, to tell the story of this hugely complex, self-contradictory, and ultimately tragic character.

This revelatory narrative explores the unplumbed depths of Brian’s many trials and tribulations—how he almost lost the Beatles to organized crime, the antisemitism and homophobia he had to face even at the height of his success, his complex relationship with John Lennon that led to their reckless “Spanish Honeymoon”—and sheds new light on Brian’s mysterious, lonely death in the throes of the so-called Summer of Love.

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JOHN LENNON: I'M ONLY SLEEPING

John Lennon : I´m Only Sleeping

By C.A.Burton

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What if John Lennon still had something to say?

After completing the Monroe Institute® Gateway Experience, author C.A. Burton awakened one night with three unexpected words in his mind:“Write about me.”

What followed was an extraordinary journey through memory, music, loss, love, fame, fatherhood, and the complicated life of John Lennon: I’m Only Sleeping is not a traditional biography.

Told through an intimate first-person narrative, John revisits his life outside the boundaries of ordinary time. Liverpool, Hamburg, Beatlemania, marriage, separation, reconciliation, and the quiet years of fatherhood arrive not as a tidy timeline, but as memories do—alive, emotional, contradictory, and connected by music.

Along the way, John confronts the people who shaped him: Julia, Mimi, Cynthia, Julian, Paul, George, Ringo, Brian, Yoko, and Sean. He reflects on the wounds he carried, the mistakes he made, the love he struggled to express, and the man hidden beneath the legend.

At his side is Chris, the writer asked to listen, challenge, question, and occasionally argue back.

Their conversations move between humor and heartbreak, certainty and doubt, the mystical and the deeply human. Was this imagination, inspiration, spiritual guidance—or something more?

Perhaps the answer is not the most important part.

Perhaps what matters is the conversation.

For readers fascinated by John Lennon, the Beatles, creativity, consciousness, and the possibility that our stories continue beyond the lives we remember, I’m Only Sleeping offers a daring and deeply personal encounter with the man behind the music.

The dream may have ended. The conversation did not.

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IMAGINE

Alan Budge is the author of 'IMAGINE'. Find the Press Release here:

JOHN LENNON LIVES!

IMAGINE - Lennon survives the attack in 1980

IMAGINE- The Beatles getting back together for a one-off concert

IMAGINE - You were there

Jane and Carol, two fourteen-year- old Beatlemaniacs in 1963, win a contest to meet the boys after a concert in their local town. But things don’t go to plan, with disastrous consequences for their friendship.

They go their separate ways - Jane to New York to carve out a career in the vibrant Greenwich Village art scene, Carol to work in a local business.Their lives, loves and losses are woven into the pop cultural world of the sixties, seventies and eighties: the Beatles split, Punk Rock on both sides of the Atlantic, Studio 54, the ‘assassination attempt’ on Lennon, and McCartney’s appearance at Live

Aid.

1989. The Berlin wall comes down, the Soviet Union is crumbling; is the time right to finally ‘Give Peace a Chance’? Could the Beatles actually reform for a one-off concert? And might Jane and Carol finally get the chance to meet their teenage heroes?

‘Just finished reading Imagine. Couldn’t put it down. Absolutely loved it. So many great memories for me of the Beatles . It was a joy to read.’

‘It's a rarity to find female characters written by a man to be so compelling, so relatable and well-rounded. To read this book is to be transported into a time that is so familiar yet just-off kilter enough to keep you hooked …a fascinating idea that sits with you long after you put the book down.’

‘Loved this book. The final ‘gig’ is fantastic. A real love letter.’

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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. )

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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

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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