Longest Cocktail Party - Softcover

Richard Dilello

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389 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872168891 ISBN 13: 9780872168893

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 1981

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When American teenager Richard DiLello wandered into the Beatles' Apple building in 1968, he was immediately appointed "house hippie." He began making tea, rolling joints, and listening to dozens of demo tapes. By the time Apple crumbled a few years later he was director of public relations. Along the way he noted many of the stoned conversations he heard and the insane bits of business he witnessed: one-man bands auditioning in the reception area, Hell's Angels taking over Saville Row, and the Beatles playing on the roof. Full of period detail, with a riotously colorful cast of characters, The Longest Cocktail Party is fast-paced and funny but also manages to be immensely poignant about the demise of the Fab Four and the death of the '60s dream.

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About the Author:

Richard Dilello lives in Los Angeles.

Review:

"Marvellous. If you want to know what Apple was like, this is the book." —Alastair Taylor, former general manager, Apple

"Incisive, evocative and hilariously funny. The Beatles are shadowy figures, but this is a fine view of rock's most inspired folly." —Mojo

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