From the award-winning author of Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret comes a fascinating, hilarious, kaleidoscopic biography of the Fab Four.
John Updike compared them to ‘the sun coming out on an Easter morning’. Bob Dylan introduced them to drugs. The Duchess of Windsor adored them. Noel Coward despised them. JRR Tolkien snubbed them. The Rolling Stones copied them. Loenard Bernstein admired them. Muhammad Ali called them ‘little sissies’. Successive Prime Ministers sucked up to them. No one has remained unaffected by the music of The Beatles. As Queen Elizabeth II observed on her golden wedding anniversary, ‘Think what we would have missed if we had never heard The Beatles.’
One Two Three Four traces the chance fusion of the four key elements that made up The Beatles: fire (John), water (Paul), air (George) and earth (Ringo). It also tells the bizarre and often unfortunate tales of the disparate and colourful people within their orbit, among them Fred Lennon, Yoko Ono, the Maharishi, Aunt Mimi, Helen Shapiro, the con artist Magic Alex, Phil Spector, their psychedelic dentist John Riley and their failed nemesis, Det Sgt Norman Pilcher.
From the bestselling author of Ma’am Darling comes a kaleidoscopic mixture of history, etymology, diaries, autobiography, fan letters, essays, parallel lives, party lists, charts, interviews, announcements and stories. One Two Three Four joyfully echoes the frenetic hurly-burly of an era.
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- Ringo Starr - All-Starr Band Tour 1989 + Ticket Stub - Japanese - tour programme - £45.00, $63.45, €52.20 (New Item) (arrived 11-May-2021 16:52)on May 12, 2021 at 6:28 am
RINGO STARR All-Starr Band Tour (1989 Japanese Pepsi sponsored oversize 36-page glossy 'A Concert For All Generations' tour programme including an array of full colour photos or Ringo plus individual profile pages for the band members including Dr. John, Joe Walsh and Blly preston, also includes biography, song list, personnel page, tour dates and adverts. The sleeve is showing light evidence of storage but overall remains in great shape, and includes a ticket stub for the 6th & 7th November shows at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo)
- The Beatles - Love Me Do - 1st - Fair - MIGB - UK - 7" vinyl - £50.00, $70.50, €58.00 (New Item) (arrived 09-May-2021 13:12)on May 12, 2021 at 6:28 am
THE BEATLES Love Me Do (Debut 1962 UK first press red label 7" single with 'Made In Gt. Britain' label print & '-1N' matrix suffixes stamped in the run-offs, indicating that this is the version with Ringo on drums. Also features P.S. I Love You &is housed in the original die-cut Parlophone company sleeve. The vinyl on this copy is in FAIR condition with multiple hairlines & scuff marks either side - thanks to the quality of 60s British vinyl, it still plays through to an acceptable standard, albeit with some background surface noise - there is a faint sticker mark either side of the label & a small pen mark on the four-prong centre [b-side only], which remains intact, & the iconic label design is not compromised. Far from mint, this is still an ideal collection filler & an essential piece of Fabs history 45-R4949)
- George Harrison - Wonderwall Music - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £150.00, $211.50, €174.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 07-May-2021 14:59)on May 12, 2021 at 6:28 am
GEORGE HARRISON Wonderwall Music (Rare 1968 UK 19-track stereo LP on the dark green Apple label with 'Sold In UK' text, fully laminated picture sleeve with black die-cut Apple inner. This is an oustanding one previous owner copy. The sleeve shows little of its age with just a little edge scuffing, the vinyl is superb and is in near mint condition. Highly recommended SAPCOR1)
- The Beatles - Revolver - 2nd - UK - vinyl LP - £395.00, $556.95, €458.20 (Back In Stock) (arrived 07-May-2021 14:59)on May 12, 2021 at 6:28 am
THE BEATLES Revolver (Rare 1968 UK stereo issue of the 1966 14-track stereo LP, front laminated flipback picture sleeve with small block 'stereo' text in the top right corner of the sleeve. As this was a transitional copy, the sleeve featuresthe'Dr. Robert' spelling with 'Doctor Robert' on the label. One for the serious Beatles collector! PCS7009) See 'More Info' for further details....
- George Harrison - Cloud Nine - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $28.20, €23.20 (New Item) (arrived 07-May-2021 15:23)on May 12, 2021 at 6:28 am
GEORGE HARRISON Cloud Nine (1987 UK German-pressed 11-track vinyl LP featuring guest appearances from Jeff Lynne, Eric Clapton, Elton John and Ringo Starr and including the classic Got My Mind Set On You. The picture sleeve comes with its illustrated credits inner and the vinyl remains near 'as new' with few signs of play WX123)
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