New Orleans Beatles expert Bruce Spizer's new book chronicles 'Beatles For Sale To Help!'
The Beatles have been busy. So has New Orleans-based Beatles expert Bruce Spizer.
Just as the Beatles announced that the 1995 “Anthology” documentary will be rereleased and expanded on screen, on vinyl and in print this fall, Spizer has released the ninth and final book in his meticulously researched Beatles Album Series about the band’s recorded output.
The utilitarian title of Spizer’s “Beatles For Sale To Help!” conveys the span of albums covered in the new book.
As with his 16 previous Beatles books, Spizer published the latest through his own 498 Productions with a hardback cover and heavy, glossy stock. The 264 pages are chock-full of full-color photographs of album and singles covers, relevant news magazines — Spizer likes to discuss Beatles releases within the context of what was going on in the world at large — vintage advertisements and promotional items from his personal collection of memorabilia.
Such is Spizer’s expertise that Universal Music Group, Capitol Records and the Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd. consult with him on Beatles-related projects. He wrote the questions for the Beatles-themed special edition of Trivial Pursuit.
He often speaks at Beatles-related conventions around the globe. This week, he’ll reprise two of his popular presentations in his hometown.
On Sunday at 12:30 p.m., the Prytania Theater hosts Spizer's "Beatles and Bond” talk. He'll narrate an audio/visual presentation about the Beatles’ second film, “Help!,” followed by a screening of the James Bond film “Goldfinger.”
He’ll then elaborate on how “Help!” parodied several scenes from “Goldfinger,” cutting between footage of both films. Tickets are available at the Prytania box.
Source: NOLA
