The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records: Beatlemania & the Singles - Hardcover

Spizer, Bruce; Livingston, Alan W.; Capitol Records, Inc.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0966264916 ISBN 13: 9780966264913

Publisher: Four Ninety-Eight Productions Llc, 2000

Synopsis

This highly anticipated follow-up to Bruce Spizer's critically acclaimed "The Beatles Records on Vee-Jay" contains detailed information on the group's Capitol singles from "I Want To Hold Your Hand" through "Lady Madonna", as well as chapters on Beatlemania in America, how Capitol marketed the Beatles, Capitol's Beatles related singles, the history of Capitol Records, the Capitol Record Club and other fascinating stories. Hard cover with over 500 color photos throughout, including all picture sleeves, label variations, trade advertisements and press kits. Essential and entertaining for both casual fans and serious collectors.

About this title

About the Author

Bruce Spizer is a first generation Beatles fan and a life-long native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He has an extensive Beatles collection, concentrating primarily on United States and Canadian first issue records, record promotional items, press kits and concert posters. A taxman by day, Bruce is a board certified tax attorney and certified public accountant. A paperback writer by night, he is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Beatles Records on Vee-Jay. Bruce's articles on the Beatles are featured regularly in Beatlology Magazine and Beatlefan.

From the Back Cover

A narrative and pictorial discography of Beatlemania. Thousands of words have been written about the records...Hundreds on hundreds of color pictures have been printed... All in an effort to capture for fans and collectors the world over the fascinating truth and substance about the Capitol singles and albums by four wonderful guys named John, George, Paul and Ringo. Here, at last, IS the whole story and the real story about the Beatles on Capitol Records, authoritatively researched, written and compiled in two books by Bruce Spizer, author of the critically acclaimed "The Beatles Records on Vee-Jay."

Here's what you'll find inside:

The Beatles records in close-up, packed with details, anecdotes, facts you never knew before about them; the authentic stories of all records; the wonderful wit and humor of the Beatles themselves in off-the-cuff press conferences; the Beatles Campaign; pictures and stories of the Beatles hit records; best of the trade magazine ads; corporate documents; dazzling color photos of all record jackets, picture sleeves, label variations and promotional items; the most comprehensive coverage yet on the capitol records of John, George, Paul and Ringo - from "I Want To Hold Your Hand" to "Lady Madonna."

Reviews

Spizer, a tax attorney, Beatles historian, and contributor to various Beatles fan magazines, offers this meticulously researched follow-up to The Beatles Records on Vee-Jay (498 Prods., 1998). His study of the Beatles' American recordings on Capitol Records is two-fold. This work, Part 1, examines 45 rpm singles from 1964's "I Want To Hold Your Hand" to 1968's "Lady Madonna" (the last Capitol release before the Beatles launched Apple Records). Part 2, scheduled for fall 2000, will cover the Beatles' LPs. Three sections make up this title: how Capitol finally agreed to release Beatles records in the United States after rejecting the first four British hits; a breakdown of each single release with explanations and photographs of each issued label and picture sleeve variation, complete with coverage of Capitol's Beatles-related novelty singles, Canadian releases, and counterfeit records; and, lastly, a history of Capitol and other Capitol miscellany. The forthcoming book will contain information that will apply to this title, e.g., a chapter on identifying pressing plants based on information etched in the plastic discs. Hundreds of source documents from Capitol's files are reproduced, such as Capitol's first Beatles press release. In 2001, Spizer plans to write a history of the Beatles on Apple Records. Spizer's works are indispensable for serious Beatles collectors but of limited appeal to casual fans; recommended for libraries with large pop music/Beatles collections. [Chronicle Books will publish The Beatles Anthology, the first Apple Records-sanctioned history of the band, sometime this year.--Ed.].--Lloyd Jansen, Stockton-San Joaquin Cty. P.L., C.--.
-Lloyd Jansen, Stockton-San Joaquin Cty. P.L., CA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Four Ninety-Eight Productions Llc
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0966264916
• ISBN 13: 9780966264913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 226