Beatles for Sale to Help! - (Beatles Album) by Bruce Spizer (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

From November 1964 through Summer 1965, the Beatles issued two albums (Beatles For Sale and Help!), three singles ("I Feel Fine," "Ticket To Ride" and "Help!") and a movie (Help!) in Great Britain. In the United States, Capitol Records reconfigured the two albums into three: Beatles '65, Beatles VI and the Help! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The label also released a two-record documentary album titled The Beatles' Story and added the singles "Eight Days A Week" and "Yesterday." The ninth book in Bruce Spizer's acclaimed Beatles Album Series, Beatles For Sale to Help! covers these releases from the British, American and Canadian perspectives. The book contains highly detailed chapters on the EMI recording sessions for the albums and singles, and the album covers. And, like the other books in the Beatles Album Series, the book contains chapters on the news, music and films of the era (plus a special chapter on the Beatles and James Bond) to place these records and the Beatles second film in their proper context. And, of course, fan recollections of seeing the film Help! and listening to the great Beatles records issued during the time frame covered by the book. The recordings released during this creative period bridge the first phase of Beatlemania with the group's more mature sound that would be on full display with the albums Rubber Soul and Revolver. Beatles For Sale to Help! is being published on August 12, 2025, to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the American release of the Beatles colorful second film, Help! It is a 9" x 9" hardcover book matching the other books in Bruce Spizer's Beatles Album Series. The book is 272 pages long and contains 275 color and 11 original B&W images.

About the Author

Bruce Spizer has written 17 critically acclaimed Beatles books, including The Beatles Are Coming and his new series on the Beatles albums. He has appeared on several national TV programs (ABC's Good Morning America, CBS's Early Show, CNN, Fox) and radio programs (NPR, ABC, BBC) as a Beatles expert and has given presentations at the Grammy Museum, the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and Beatles conventions in the U.S. and Liverpool. Bruce serves a consultant on Beatles projects for Universal Music Group, Capitol Records, and Apple Corps, Ltd. He lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.