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The Beatles Solo on Apple Records
The Beatles Solo on Apple Records details the solo records released by John, Paul, George and Ringo on their own Apple label in America from 1968 through 1975. It tells the stories behind classic solo albums such as Imagine, Band On The Run, All Things Must Pass and Ringo. All solo projects are covered in matriclous detail, including all of the albums and singles released by John & Yoko and Paul McCartney & Wings. The book provides complete session and chart information and shows all picture sleeves, album covers and label variations, along with many of the promotional posters, displays and trade magazine ads. The book is hard cover and printed on heavy weight glossy paper. It has over 900 images (all in full color or original black & white) spread throughout the book's 358 pages. The book is the followup to the critically acclaimed The Beatles on Apple Records, which covered the records released by the group from 1968 through 1970 and is still available from Midpoint.
- GenresMusicNonfiction
358 pages, Hardcover
First published April 30, 2005
About the author
Bruce Spizer
30 books11 followersBruce Spizer is an American tax attorney and music historian.
Bruce Spizer is a life-long native of New Orleans and a first generation Beatles fan. He is a well-known Beatles author/historian and is considered one of the world's leading experts on the Beatles. A "taxman" by day, Bruce is a Board Certified Tax Attorney and CPA. A "paperback writer" by night, Bruce is the author of ten critically acclaimed books on the Beatles, including "The Beatles Are Coming! The Birth of Beatlemania in America," "The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper: A Fans' Perspective," "The Beatles White Album and the Launch pf Apple" and "Beatles For Sale on Parlophone Records," which covers all of the Beatles records issued in the U.K. from 1962 - 1970. His articles have appeared in American History, Beatlefan, Goldmine and Parade. He has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America and Nightline, CBS's The Early Show, Fox National News, CNN, and morning shows in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Nashville, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. He is a frequent guest on local, national and international radio programs, including those broadcast by NPR, ABC and the BBC. Bruce has been a guest speaker at numerous Beatles conventions in the U.S. and U.K. and at the Grammy Museum, the Paley Center for Media, the Newseum, the American Film Institute, New York's Lincoln Center and the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame & Museum in Cleveland. He wrote the questions and answers for the Beatles edition of Trivial Pursuit. Bruce serves as a consultant for Universal Music Group, Capitol Records and Apple Corps, Ltd. on Beatles projects. His credits on Beatles releases include the multi-million selling CD "1," the CD box set "The Capitol Albums, Vol. 2" (wrote the essay), "The U.S. Albums" box set, the Ron Howard film "Eight Days A Week" and the deluxe edition of the 50th Anniversary release of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
Bruce Spizer is a life-long native of New Orleans and a first generation Beatles fan. He is a well-known Beatles author/historian and is considered one of the world's leading experts on the Beatles. A "taxman" by day, Bruce is a Board Certified Tax Attorney and CPA. A "paperback writer" by night, Bruce is the author of ten critically acclaimed books on the Beatles, including "The Beatles Are Coming! The Birth of Beatlemania in America," "The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper: A Fans' Perspective," "The Beatles White Album and the Launch pf Apple" and "Beatles For Sale on Parlophone Records," which covers all of the Beatles records issued in the U.K. from 1962 - 1970. His articles have appeared in American History, Beatlefan, Goldmine and Parade. He has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America and Nightline, CBS's The Early Show, Fox National News, CNN, and morning shows in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Nashville, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. He is a frequent guest on local, national and international radio programs, including those broadcast by NPR, ABC and the BBC. Bruce has been a guest speaker at numerous Beatles conventions in the U.S. and U.K. and at the Grammy Museum, the Paley Center for Media, the Newseum, the American Film Institute, New York's Lincoln Center and the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame & Museum in Cleveland. He wrote the questions and answers for the Beatles edition of Trivial Pursuit. Bruce serves as a consultant for Universal Music Group, Capitol Records and Apple Corps, Ltd. on Beatles projects. His credits on Beatles releases include the multi-million selling CD "1," the CD box set "The Capitol Albums, Vol. 2" (wrote the essay), "The U.S. Albums" box set, the Ron Howard film "Eight Days A Week" and the deluxe edition of the 50th Anniversary release of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
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January 23, 2017
This book chronicles all four of the Beatle members solo album releases, on Apple Records; which was functional up to 1975 (It's a big book). The book is really only for collectors, as it focuses only on the vinyl releases, and all the different options for each album came out on vinyl, including promotional discs. Unfortunately, this was of no use to me, and I wish they had the updated bonus songs that have since come out on newer compact disc reissues.
Regardless, the author did describe what each and every song was about, and give his opinions on each song for every album. This was the interesting part for me. To learn some new stuff about each song on each of the of the albums, as well as the singles. Also, it was very helpful in pointing out uncredited musicians, on some albums. Whereas some of the CD releases do not mention some artists. This was very detailed in this book, and extremely helpful.
So this book had three parts to it as I see it, and two were very interesting to me. So all-in-all I found this to be an informative and enjoyable book, even though it's aimed at the vinyl collector.
Regardless, the author did describe what each and every song was about, and give his opinions on each song for every album. This was the interesting part for me. To learn some new stuff about each song on each of the of the albums, as well as the singles. Also, it was very helpful in pointing out uncredited musicians, on some albums. Whereas some of the CD releases do not mention some artists. This was very detailed in this book, and extremely helpful.
So this book had three parts to it as I see it, and two were very interesting to me. So all-in-all I found this to be an informative and enjoyable book, even though it's aimed at the vinyl collector.
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