Beatles Memorabilia: Julian Lennon's Personal Collection

Description

Julian Lennon, John's elder son, has built a unique collection of Beatles memorabilia, including gold discs, guitars, clothing, jewellery, postcards and more. Now his collection appears in print for the first time and Julian, working with well-known music author Brian Southall, gives an insight into many of the pieces and explains what they mean to him and the family memories they evoke.

Author description

Brian Southall began writing about pop music in the 1960s on a local newspaper before graduating to the likes of Melody Maker and Disc. He then pursued a 30-year career in the record business working for A&M, Tamla Motown, EMI and Warner Music. His first book - the official history of Abbey Road Studios - was published in 1982 and since then he has written The A-Z of Record Labels; the Sex Pistols 90 Days at EMI, Northern Songs - the story of the Beatles music publishing; If You Don't Know Me By Now - the authorized story of Simply Red; Pop Goes To Court; and most recently The Rise & Fall of EMI.

Table of contents

The book starts with an introduction by Julian Lennon and then more than 100 items of memorabilia are displayed in order. Each piece features a description or explanation, and where relevant, the background story and/or Julian's comments.