Unboxing a first edition copy of the beatles book eight arms to hold you. Remarkable as it may seem, but this is the first book on the beatles film help. The followup to the successful hard days night, with rare. Great book of hi quality photos from 1965 on the set and off. These photos are from the fan funded book arms to hold you funded on pledgemusic. The solo beatles compendium is the ultimate look at the careers of john lennon, paul mccartney, george harrison and ringo starr beyond the beatles. In addition to his writing credits, simon has researched projects for the likes of the bbc, channel four, c5, discovery channel and virgin media, as well as broadcasting live on lbc, itn and the bbc on film. Every aspect of he their professional careers as solo artists is explored, from recording sessions, record releases and tours, to television, film and music videos, including.
Every aspect of their professional careers as solo artists is explored, from recording sessions, record releases and tours, to television, film and music videos, including. It is the gold standard of research, thoroughness the likes of few beatles related texts have rarely achieved. In october 2000 a text titled eight arms to hold you. The title track of the beatles second feature film and fifth uk album was recorded on this day, in an evening session taking place from 711. Eight arms to hold you was a oneofakind detailed examination of what the four exbeatles did musically, when and with whom. Published in 2000, the book immediately became a bible for fans and collectors of john, paul, george, and ringos solo work and activities.
Unboxing eight arms to hold you the beatles first edition. The solo beatles compendium is the ultimate look at the careers of. The solo beatles compendium i know for a fact a bunch of us on here have this book, so lets discuss. Eight arms to hold you a book celebrating the beatles. Back in 2000, chip madinger and mark easter produced an exhaustive study of every extant recording of the solo beatles, up to that very year. Its called eight arms to hold you because that was the working title of the 1965 beatle film now better known as help 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the movies release. It was the last album to feature original band members nina gordon, louise post, steve lack, and jim shapiro until the 2015 reunion album ghost notes the title of the album is a reference to the working title for the beatles film. One of the main inspirations behind going into selfpublishing was a beatles book entitled eight arms to hold you by chip madinger and mark easter by the way, mark is a passionate abba fan who supported the crowdfunding for abba the complete recording sessions. Images from the beatles photo book 8 arms to hold you. Eight arms to hold you the forgotten archives is an upcoming lp size book about the filming of help. For the purposes of eight arms to hold you, the book we issue in october of that. In short, eight arms to hold you is the best guide to everything the four solo beatles did in their brave new postfabs world. Then treat yourself to eight arms to hold you, a collection of rare and unseen photographs of the english rock band that dramatically altered the music landscape 50 years ago.
Chip madinger and mark easters eight arms to hold you. The book went out of print, but the good news is, its back in pdf form and updated with another 20,000 words, further detailing the ground covered though it still ends at 2000. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlightingnotes, may not include cdrom or access codes. Eight arms to hold you was a song recorded for the soundtrack to the film the goonies. It was utilized in a scene in the film where the character data puts a loud tape recorder blaring the song into the mouth of an octopus to fend it off. Eight arms to hold you is the second fulllength studio album by alternative rock band veruca salt, released on february 11, 1997, through outpostgeffen records. Copies of the single ticket to rideyes it is and early copies of the usreleased 45 single help. Poole lamented the early end of the beatles and wondered with many others, what if.
By the time the beatles lift off the ground in the. Doctor paul mccartney, prime minister john lennon, ringo starr the hairstylist, and george harrision the insurance guru and more. Eight arms to hold you was a working title of what. Now comes an idea for a crowdsourced beatle book called eight arms to hold you the forgotten archives. Every aspect of he their professional careers as solo artists is explored, from recording sessions, record releases and tours, to television, film and music videos, including everything in between. Follow the fab four as they do all kinds of things you never thought they would, and a few things you always wish they had. The book went out of print, but the good news is, its back in pdf form and updated with another 20,000 words, further detailing the ground covered though it. I love the lewisohn books and the bruce spizer books, but this is the one i always find myself. The song was recorded by a studio group called goon squad that was put together by producer arthur baker. While revisiting eight arms to hold you for the first time in nearly 20 years after writing and publication, we found a book that, while flawed and almost 20 years out of date, still holds up extremely well as it examines the four solo beatles from 1966 through 2000, the most artistically and commercially significant periods of their careers. Ive recommended this book a ton on message boards over the years and im continuing to do so here.
Luckily, thanks to the beatles lack of enthusiasm to write a song called eight arms to hold you and a legal loophole involving an exclamation point, the film was able to proceed as help. One of the main inspirations behind going into selfpublishing was a beatles book entitled eight arms to hold you by chip madinger and mark. As for the solo beatles, theres only one book that merits comparison to those two. Only a few copies were printed and the book is now very collectable. Beatles gifts and products eight arms to hold you book 6386 50 years of help. Eight arms to hold you the beatles solo compendium. The solo beatles compendium was published and quickly became what would be considered the holy grail of solo beatles books. Eight arms to hold you was one of the working titles for the beatles 1965 film, helpit was suggested by film producer walter shenson. The beatles eight arms to hold you releases discogs.
Neverbeforeseen photos of the beatles from eight arms to. Eight arms to hold you the solo beatles compendium. It features both rare and unseen photos and materials from the movie help. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Eight arms to hold you near my heart eight arms to hold you near my heart say that well never drift apart eight arms to hold you near my heart your dreams. The beatles eight arms to hold you 1991, cd discogs. History doesnt repeat itself in eight arms to hold you. I really dont have very much to say about this book. Mark easter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He was also the coauthor and book designer of the highly acclaimed. Total film, and was a contributor to the beatles book, the groups official magazine. Eight arms to hold you is a collection of eight different alternate histories of the beatles. Every aspect of their professional careers as solo artists is explored, from recording sessions, record releases and tours, to television, film and music videos, including everything in between.
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