We struggled to record it and struggled to make it. Great book of hi quality photos from 1965 on the set and off. 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 the beatles solo compendium.
The book is curated by world renowned beatles author, simon wells. 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. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. 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 the forgotten archives is an upcoming lp size book about the filming of help. 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. Chip madinger and mark easters eight arms to hold you. Beatles gifts and products eight arms to hold you book 6386 50 years of help. This book is a wealth of information, this is my goto book when i want data on beatle solo releases. Eight arms to hold you is the definitive guide to help. 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. Total film, and was a contributor to the beatles book, the groups official magazine.
By the time the beatles lift off the ground in the. The solo beatles compendium is the ultimate look at the careers of. Sadly, eight arms to hold you, both overreaching and superficial, is a bit of a mess, an earlier book, photographs from the set of help, setting out to do less, is far superior. Unboxing a first edition copy of the beatles book eight arms to hold you. For the purposes of eight arms to hold you, the book we issue in october of that. Others include doug sulpys regularly updated complete beatles audio guide, which sorts out the tangled bootleg market, and chip madinger and mark easters eight arms to hold you. It has been totally supplanted by eight arms to hold you. Poole lamented the early end of the beatles and wondered with many others, what if. Neverbeforeseen photos of the beatles from eight arms to. Eight arms to hold you revisited something about the beatles. 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.
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. That was the films second working title, the first one being, simply, beatles 2. He was also the coauthor and book designer of the highly acclaimed. The solo beatles compendium is the ultimate look at the careers of john lennon, paul mccartney, george harrison and ringo starr beyond the beatles. One of the main inspirations behind going into selfpublishing was a beatles book entitled eight arms to hold you by chip madinger and mark.
The beatles eight arms to hold you 1991, cd discogs. I love the lewisohn books and the bruce spizer books, but this is the one i always find myself. Unfollow eight arms to hold you to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Many others have tried, but there is no resource as accurate and far reaching as this book. 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. 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. Mark easter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Eight arms to hold you a book celebrating the beatles. 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. 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. The song was recorded by a studio group called goon squad that was put together by producer arthur baker. I really dont have very much to say about this book. Then treat yourself to eight arms to hold you, a collection of rare and. Eight arms to hold you was a oneofakind detailed examination of what the four exbeatles did musically, when and with whom. 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. Neverbeforeseen photos of the beatles from eight arms to hold. Eight arms to hold you the solo beatles compendium. The beatles spent the last day of march 1965 at twickenham film studios working on scenes for help. The beatles start filming eight arms to hold you feb. 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. 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.
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 their professional careers as solo artists is explored, from recording sessions, record releases and tours, to television, film and music videos. I think we wrote this when we were trying to write the title song for help. Published in 2000, the book immediately became a bible for fans and collectors of john, paul, george, and ringos solo work and activities. As for the solo beatles, theres only one book that merits comparison to those two. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. 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. 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.
1546 395 475 964 960 829 1119 634 1271 219 1531 1670 424 1153 638 165 1144 1423 75 356 867 409 18 508 733 274 424 856 587 128 1628 1640 71 1253 992 1626 515 459 170 1173 1012 41 1185 49 1323 350