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Reviewer Robert 'Bob' Bluffield : Robert is a UK author/general writer and photographer living in the English Home Counties. His latest book Imperial Airways – The Birth of the British Airline Industry 1914-1940 was published in October 2009 by Ian Allan and was quickly acclaimed Book of the Month in two leading aviation magazines. Although he has a strong interest in civil aviation history; Bob also writes informatively about food, social history, current affairs, photography, travel, motoring and business for a variety of consumer and specialist publications and websites. He has previously written three other books on photography and business and is currently working on a political/social history of 'Broken Britain' during the first decade of the 21sr century as well as his first novel. Follow HERE to learn more about Robert or HERE to visit his writing site. Robert also has several blogs, one of which you can follow HERE.




 
By Robert 'Bob' Bluffield
Published on June 18, 2011
 

Author: Stephen E Donnelly

Publisher: Outskirts Press

ISBN: 978-1-4327-6924-6




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Author: Stephen E Donnelly

Publisher: Outskirts Press

ISBN: 978-1-4327-6924-6

I absolutely love books that deal in rock history especially those that take me through a potted discography to reveal the soul of a group. I also love the Beatles who, along with the Beach Boys, contributed so much to my teenage years – and for that matter still do.

The author of this book, a self-proclaimed Beatles addict, has done a superb job in researching and collating the entire 1960s to December 1970 catalogue of the Liverpool band and, as a non-fiction author, I appreciate the amount of time and energy that goes into researching any work of this kind. But Stephen E Donnelly appears to have left no stone unturned in his quest for cataloguing the extensive recordings of the Fab Four. Every LP, EP and 45rpm single for the period is included. The story begins at Star Club (Hamburg) with the recording of My Bonnie for the Polydor label featuring Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers released on 23 October 1961 (was it really that long ago?) and each disc entry includes an identifying photograph. The book is organised in three, easy to follow, sections; Release Discography, Chronological Song Directory and Index. It also includes some very interesting recordings such as an LP featuring Ringo Starr (as the voice of Badfinger) with Peter Sellers and the Ken Thorne Orchestra released on the Commonwealth United label (a label I previously had not heard of) on 11 February 1970 to promote the film The Magic Christian.

The book contains an absolute wealth of interest for any fan of The Beatles in this fabulous book that will, no doubt produce many surprises. In addition the solo releases and special issue record recordings by the group, the release dates, recording numbers, labels and full track information is included.

Although this book carries a hefty cover price tag of $69.95 it will be a must for every Beatles aficionado, record collector, dealer and EBay record trader. I don’t know how long it took for the author to compile all the information – though doubtless he tells us somewhere – but I cannot wait for the next promised volume.

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