When We Was Fab

When We Was Fab
Author: Astrid Kirchherr
Publisher: Gingko PressInc
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2003
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9780904351880

Photographs from the Beatles in the early 1960's; also includes self portrait of Astrid Kirchherr (1960).

The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny)

The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny)
Author: Kathleen Krull
Publisher: Clarion Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Picture books for children
ISBN: 9780547509914

Chronicles the legendary band's rise to prominence and highlights the humor of each member.

The Beatles: I Was There

The Beatles: I Was There
Author: Richard Houghton
Publisher: This Day In Music Books
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2016-07-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1787591026

This book provides a fan's-eye account of the Fab Four as they conquered the world. From their skiffle days as The Quarrymen, their thrilling early gigs at the Cavern Club in Liverpool through to the Beatlemania of the Shea Stadium concerts in the USA. Share in the excitement of more than 400 first-hand encounters with The Beatles: the teenagers, kids, twenty-somethings, promoters and support bands who can all proudly say 'I was there!' Featuring fascinating anecdotes, stories, photographs and memorabilia that have never been published before, this book is a portrait of an amazing era. It's like being at your very own Beatles gig!

Fab Gear

Fab Gear
Author: Paolo Hewitt
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Fashion
ISBN: 9783791345635

KEYNOTE:The Beatles' incomparable fashion sense takes center stage in this unique look at how the world's most popular band influenced the fashion of the times. The Beatles' incomparable fashion sense takes center stage in this unique look at how the world's most popular band influenced the fashion of the times. The Beatles knew how much image mattered in the 1960s, and whether it was Nehru jackets, skinny ties, granny glasses, or the Cuban heel boot--if John, Paul, George, or Ringo wore it, the rest of their millions of fans followed. Renowned music and fashion author Paolo Hewitt takes readers on a fashion tour of the Beatles' career and the trends they co-opted. From their Hamburg debut in sunglasses, leather, and black sweaters to the conservative suits they were ordered to wear by their manager Brian Epstein; from their infatuation with Pierre Cardin's collarless jackets to their more casual corduroy; from their Mod madness to psychedelic spaciness to faux-military attire to hippy-chic--each style is revealed as a reflection of the music they made and the world views they embraced. Filled with fabulous photographs and with an appealing retro feel, the book features numerous images, many of which have never been published before. It offers insights into how the band's meteoric rise and enduring success shaped their fashion choices. There's even a chapter devoted to their hairstyles. Fans of all ages, as well as anyone interested in fashion, will be enthralled with this first ever Beatles stylebook that proves the Fab Four were as timely as they were timeless. ILLUSTRATIONS: 300 colour

Fab Four Friends

Fab Four Friends
Author: Susanna Reich
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2015-08-18
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 080509458X

Combines lyrical prose and illustrations in an introduction to The Beatles, history's best-selling band, that details their ordinary childhoods and musical inspirations amid a backdrop of postwar England.

The Love You Make

The Love You Make
Author: Peter Brown
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2002-11-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780451207357

The national bestseller that Newsday called “the most authoritative and candid look yet at the personal lives…of the oft-scrutinized group,” from the author of All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words. In The Love You Make, Peter Brown, a close friend of and business manager for the band—and the best man at John and Yoko’s wedding—presents a complete look at the dramatic offstage odyssey of the four lads from Liverpool who established the greatest music phenomenon of the twentieth century. Written with the full cooperation of each of the group’s members and their intimates, this book tells the inside story of the music and the madness, the feuds and the drugs, the marriages and the affairs—from the greatest heights to the self-destructive depths of the Fab Four. In-depth and definitive, The Love You Make is an astonishing account of four men who transformed the way a whole generation of young people thought and lived. It reigns as the most comprehensive, revealing biography available of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Includes 32 pages of rare and revealing photos A Literary Guild® Alternate Selection

The Beatles - All These Years

The Beatles - All These Years
Author: Mark Lewisohn
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 960
Release: 2015-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781408705759

Here is the Beatles story as it really was. Throw away what you think you know and start afresh.

Beatles Gear

Beatles Gear
Author: Andy Babiuk
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2001
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780879306625

Chronicles the Beatles' use of instruments from 1956 through 1970, including photographs and discussion about Paul's 1963 Hofner 500/1 violin bass, John's Rickenbacker 325 12-string, and George's Gibson Les Paul.

The Beatles and the Historians

The Beatles and the Historians
Author: Erin Torkelson Weber
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2016-04-27
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476624704

Hundreds of books have been written about The Beatles. Over the last half century, their story has been mythologized and de-mythologized and presented by biographers and journalists as history. Yet many of these works do not strictly qualify as history and the story of how the Beatles' mythology continues to be told has been largely ignored. This book examines the band's historiography, exploring the four major narratives that have developed over time: The semi-whitewashed "Fab Four" account, the acrimonious breakup-era Lennon Remembers version, the biased "Shout!" narrative in the wake of John Lennon's murder, and the current Mark Lewisohn orthodoxy. Drawing on the most influential primary and secondary sources, Beatles history is analyzed using historical methods.