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RIVALS OF THE BEATLES 2 - BOOK - MARTIN ORKIN
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£19.99
Martin has done it again and created a second book to ‘Rivals Of The Beatles’. Check out the link in the image above and you will be able to read some sample pages.
It is available direct from Martin by clicking on the image. Hope you were lucky enough to grab the first book as it has now sold out! CLICK HERE TO GO THROUGH TO HIS WEBSITE.
Rivals Of The Beatles 2 is available now!
This eagerly awaited all new follow-up to Rivals Of The Beatles 1 features detailed chapters on 10 more of the groups of The Beatles’ era, and slightly after. These include Simon & Garfunkel, The Who, Badfinger, The Animals, The Doors and Queen.
ALL THE INFORMATION BELOW REFERS TO RIVALS TO THE BEATLES 1. MARTIN MAY CONSIDER A REPRESS OF VOLUME 1 WHICH HAS NOW SOLD OUT.
Rivals Of The Beatles is a new book, and was brought to my attention by its author and Leo's Den customer, Martin Orkin. This was because of his passion for the Shadows, and the dedicated section to Cliff and The Shadows that he included in the book.
Rivals Of The Beatles is well-written and very entertaining. It was published in April 2021, and is available initially in a limited edition of 500 numbered and signed copies. More details are available on Martin's dedicated website rivalsofthebeatles.com and his site is the only place from which the book is currently available from.
Martin has spent the last 4 years writing his book, and he kindly sent me a copy recently to see what I thought of it.
Click HERE to go through to Martin's page for more information and to buy the book.
The book tells the individual and detailed stories of 20 groups of The Beatles' era, including The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Kinks; and Cliff Richard and The Shadows - of course! All the tales are interesting but what is different about this book is the way Martin shows a connection with each group to The Beatles. In some cases The Beatles helped their fellow competitors with hit songs that they didn't want or need for themselves. The sheer variety of influences that occurred is one factor in making this book so appealing. The areas Martin has touched upon and the way he has written this book makes it a thoroughly interesting read and his passion and dedication to this book comes across.
This is a beast of a book and here are the dimensions to show that...
L 24.5cm x W 18cm x D 5cm
Martin's book is nearly 2 inches thick - and weighs about 1.5kilos/3.5 lbs.
If you check out the link above you will also find some sample pages to take a look at and read in advance.
There is a 28 page chapter relating to Cliff And The Shadows. This chapter includes a detailed look at the early years of rock 'n' roll which gave rise to Cliff and his group, their subsequent massive popularity in Britain, and finally the titanic tussle between them and The Beatles in 1963 when the Liverpool band got properly going and these two great groups battled it out for chart supremacy!
Review: Monday, 7th February 2022
"I've been enjoying your book immensely. Very interesting and very well written. Well done. Your knowledge is incredible - so much detail, and insight into the recording process of the different artists. And I like the references to The Beatles and what they were doing at the same time.
You asked me to let you know what I think of the Cliff Richard and the Shadows chapter. Well I think it's great, particularly because you describe the Pop scene as it was before the Beatles, in the very early sixties and the late fifties, with great acts like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and many more. All of these influenced Cliff Richard and then The Beatles and The Stones etc. This is all very interesting to me and my age group who remember it well. But it's also good for younger readers, and readers in the future, to know the evolution of music and understand those early times and how different and great they were - and how they changed music forever."
Reviewed by Andrew Rose of Twice As Much
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