Brian Southall started writing about music on a local newspaper in the 60's before moving onto Melody Maker and Disc. He then had a 30 year career in the music business including Head of Press at Abbey Road Studios where he dealt with the Beatles solo output.
He published his first book— Abbey Road: The Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studios with Peter Vince and Allan Rouse in 1982.
Beatles related publications written by Brian include books on Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The White Album, Beatles Memorabilia, From Me To You: Songs The Beatles Covered And Songs They Gave Away, The Beatles in 100 Objects and Northern Songs: The True Story of the "Beatles" Publishing Empire.
For The Beatles: Album By Album due to be published 5th September, Brian Southall has taken the role of General Editor inviting a team of experts to write on each Beatles album while examining what the Beatles were doing for each of their original 12 UK-release albums.
There's also further chapters on the US and foreign releases, which were significantly different in the early days. Meanwhile, there's quotes from musicians, how the press reacted and of course quotes from the Beatles themselves.
He published his first book— Abbey Road: The Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studios with Peter Vince and Allan Rouse in 1982.
Beatles related publications written by Brian include books on Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The White Album, Beatles Memorabilia, From Me To You: Songs The Beatles Covered And Songs They Gave Away, The Beatles in 100 Objects and Northern Songs: The True Story of the "Beatles" Publishing Empire.
For The Beatles: Album By Album due to be published 5th September, Brian Southall has taken the role of General Editor inviting a team of experts to write on each Beatles album while examining what the Beatles were doing for each of their original 12 UK-release albums.
There's also further chapters on the US and foreign releases, which were significantly different in the early days. Meanwhile, there's quotes from musicians, how the press reacted and of course quotes from the Beatles themselves.
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