The love you make : an insider's story of the Beatles / by Peter Brown & Steven Gaines.
| Author/creator | Brown, Peter |
| Other author | Gaines, Steven S. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1983. |
| Description | xv, 448 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Chapter one. Cynthia Lennon's rude awakening ; Romance blooms in Liverpool ; John Lennon's childhood: double desertion ; Aunt Mimi and Mendips ; The skiffle craze ; John meets Paul McCartney ; Paul as a young boy -- Chapter two. The scene at the "Jac" ; Stu Sutcliffe ; Baby George Harrison joins the beat scene ; Johnny and the Moondogs on the circuit ; Hamburg, a sexual Disneyland ; Johnny and the Moondogs become the Beatles ; Return to Liverpool and a new professionalism -- Chapter three. Brian Epstein: a stranger in a strange land ; Brian discovers the Beatles ; Brian smitten ; Under new management: the big image change ; The recording contract ; Cynthia's desperate play ; John marries Cynthia -- Chapter four. Pete Best forever: Ringo never ; Richard Starkey's bit part ; "From me to you" ; The NEMS stable begins ; Julian Lennon is born ; Brian and John Tryst in Spain ; Paul meets Jane Asher ; Ringo meets Maureen Cox -- Chapter five. London: Sunday Night at the Palladium and the royal command performance ; Brian to New York ; The Beatles and company move to London -- Chapter six. An American beachhead: the Ed Sullivan Show ; The Seltaeb fiasco -- Chapter seven. Swinging London ; A Hard Day's Night ; George meets Pattie Boyd ; In His Own Write ; Brian's Cellarful of Noise ; Paul's pocketful of lawsuits -- Chapter eight. The bon voyage party ; First American assault ; Bob Dylan and the great turn-on ; Nat Weiss ; Brian blows a fuse -- Chapter nine. Kenwood ; Ringo becomes a daddy ; Help! and the great tax dodge ; Have a sugar cube ; NEMS branches out ; The Saville Theater ; Brian's discontent: enter Dizz ; The Beatles at the palace -- Chapter ten. Aunt Mimi gets a house ; The second American tour ; The L.A. acid trip ; Dizz gets a car -- Chapter eleven. Splitting up the pie ; From black and white to color: Rubber Soul and Revolver ; Tokyo and manila: terror on the road ; Brian's balance tips ; The "bigger than Jesus" scandal ; The Beatles third American national tour ; Dizz Gillespie's Coup de Grace -- Chapter twelve. The four-headed hydra ; John's discontent ; On the loose in London ; Magic Alex ; John meets Yoko Ono ; Brian's downhill slide ; The Stigwood deal -- Chapter thirteen. Paul discovers America ; Brian's sleepless sleepcure ; Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ; The arrival of Linda Eastman ; The Kingsley Hill acid party ; The Haight-Ashbury hate trip ; The Beatles go Greek ; The Beatles go India: introducing the Maharishi ; The final demise of Brian Epstein -- Chapter fourteen. The Magical Mystery Tour ; The seeds of apple ; From here to the Himalayas: the untold story of Rishikesh ; Escape from India ; John's Confession d'Amour -- Chapter fifteen. Yoko in the limelight ; A messy divorce ; John and Yoko retreat: the heroin days ; Paul McCartney's black and white minstrel show ; Jane Asher makes a nasty discovery ; The apple pie: a piece for everyone ; The White Album -- Chapter sixteen. Targets of the people: John and Yoko on the cross ; Two Virgins ; Won't you please Let It Be -- Chapter seventeen. Eastman and Eastman meets the Beatles ; Allen Klein meets the Beatles and Eastman and Eastman ; The NEMS battle ; The setup of Pattie and George ; John and Yoko's quickie wedding ; Peace: the Amsterdam bed-in ; A call to arms: the northern songs battle ; The only winner is Klein -- Chapter eighteen. The power of publicity: John and Yoko go public ; Cold Turkey ; Toronto rock and roll festival ; John off the edge ; In pursuit of peace and Kyoko in Denmark ; John discovers Dr. Janov ; John and Yoko discover L.A. ; Paul is dead but alive and well in Scotland ; McCartney, Abbey Road and Let It Be ; And in the end -- Chapter nineteen. George, Ringo, and Paul: from then till now -- Chapter twenty. The search for Kyoko ; John and Yoko discover New York ; John and the White House follies ; Uncle Sam wants you Out ; Paranoia runs deep ; The L.A. lost weekend: 18 months in hell ; Together again -- Chapter twenty-one. The househusband years: John as a father ; The Dakota hermitage ; The big comeback: starting over ; Mark David Chapman ; The spirit of Yoko Ono. |
| Abstract | The author, a close friend of and business manager for the band--and the best man at John and Yoko's wedding--presents a complete look at the dramatic offstage odyssey of the four lads from Liverpool who established the greatest music phenomenon of the twentieth century. Written with the full cooperation of each of the group?s members and their intimates, this book tells the inside story of the music and the madness, the feuds and the drugs, the marriages and the affairs--from the greatest heights to the self-destructive depths of the Fab Four. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 82021645 |
| ISBN | 007008159X |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML421.B4 B76 1983 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |