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Summary: Stunning detail and art!
Review: Bruce Spizer has described in greater detail than ever before an important - and often forgotten - chapter in the history of The Beatles before they hit it big in America. The VeeJay label goes down in history not only for taking a chance on the unknown British group, but also for the creative and exploitive ways they capitalized on a small catalog of songs and helped contribute to Beatlemania as we know it. Spizer's book is essential for any Beatles fan, but it is also a high-end book suitable for any collector. It is comparable in quality to Mark Lewisohn's books - high praise indeed!
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Summary: Stunning detail and art!
Review: Bruce Spizer has described in greater detail than ever before an important - and often forgotten - chapter in the history of The Beatles before they hit it big in America. The VeeJay label goes down in history not only for taking a chance on the unknown British group, but also for the creative and exploitive ways they capitalized on a small catalog of songs and helped contribute to Beatlemania as we know it. Spizer's book is essential for any Beatles fan, but it is also a high-end book suitable for any collector. It is comparable in quality to Mark Lewisohn's books - high praise indeed!
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Summary: Great I have some of those and made me smile
Review: Have a beatle thought once a da
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Summary: BEATLES ON VEE-JAY - AN AMAZINGLY AUTHORATIVE WORK
Review: I received my copy of this book a couple of days ago with the similar Apple book (see my seperate review of that one). I bought it on the strength on the Author's similar Capitol volumes and boy it's amazing how much research this guy puts into his work. The Vee-Jay story was pretty much an unknown quantity to us Aussies so it's all the more fascinating to read the twists and turns of Vee-Jay's involvement in Beatlemania back in 1963-64. The chapters are mind-boggling to read. All 4 Capitol & Others vs Vee Jay legal cases are thoroughly detailed though I have skimmed through these because it's just so much to take in. The chapter on "Introducing The Beatles" was my main interest because I have a copy of the Mono Version #1 LP which I bought in an Auction here over 10 years ago. I have verified that it's the real deal thanks to this book + Perry Cox's "Beatles Price Guide". No, it's not for sale either!! The label representations and pictures of old original 45's are amazing and enough to drool over. I can't add much more than my colleague reviewers here other than you must have this and the Author's other books (On Capitol #1 & 2 & On Apple) if you're a serious Beatle nut like me. Even if you're not it's a wonderful addition to any Rock Music book library.
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Summary: The Best Book Of It's Kind!
Review: Raises record collecting books to an entirely new level! The Best
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Summary: VJ stands for Very Jumbled
Review: The story itself is absolutely mind boggling. This incredible tale has more loose ends than a rastafarian hat factory, and just as incredibly, Mr. Spizer pulls all of the threads together into a coherent whole and ties it up in spectacular fashion. The bumbling, cheating, lying, greedy characters that make up the story of how a record company missed the brass ring and lost the Beatles almost plays out like a soap opera....but it's all true! This is one of those cases where the truth is stranger than fiction. And while the story plays itself out, one is overwhelmed by the shear volume of product that an albums worth of songs engenders. If you think that Capitol "Butchered" the Beatles, you ain't read nothin' yet. The book is replete with scads of dazzling pictures of everything from record labels to court documents and everything in between. If you're a dihard Beatles fan or a just interested in stories with a twisted plot, you won't be disappointed with this book.
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Summary: An Amazing Book!
Review: This book is an absolute must for any serious Beatles collector or Beatles historian. It goes where no book has gone before. "Songs, Pictures, & Stories..." sets the record straight once and for all about the most mystifying Beatles album of all time, "Introducing the Beatles," and then goes on to explain, in great detail, everything you ever wanted to know about The Beatles and their short time on Vee-Jay Records. Not a stone is left unturned. Once you've started reading this brilliant masterpiece you will not be able to put it down, and you will return to it again and again as a fabulous reference.
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Summary: An Amazing Book!
Review: This book is an absolute must for any serious Beatles collector or Beatles historian. It goes where no book has gone before. "Songs, Pictures, & Stories..." sets the record straight once and for all about the most mystifying Beatles album of all time, "Introducing the Beatles," and then goes on to explain, in great detail, everything you ever wanted to know about The Beatles and their short time on Vee-Jay Records. Not a stone is left unturned. Once you've started reading this brilliant masterpiece you will not be able to put it down, and you will return to it again and again as a fabulous reference.
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Summary: An Amazing Book!
Review: This book is an absolute must for any serious Beatles collector or Beatles historian. It goes where no book has gone before. "Songs, Pictures, & Stories..." sets the record straight once and for all about the most mystifying Beatles album of all time, "Introducing the Beatles," and then goes on to explain, in great detail, everything you ever wanted to know about The Beatles and their short time on Vee-Jay Records. Not a stone is left unturned. Once you've started reading this brilliant masterpiece you will not be able to put it down, and you will return to it again and again as a fabulous reference.
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Summary: TWO THUMBS UP AND A RESOUNDING YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!
Review: This book is the best friend of anybody who is seriously interested in the Beatles' records on VeeJay. Even the most well informed fan will come away with tidbits of fresh information. The writing is sharp, clear and well organized and the work itself is nonpareil.All in all, an excellent job. This one is a keeper. It gets two thumbs up, loud cheering and a hearty yeah, yeah, yeah!
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