A HARD DAY'S NIGHT Italian VHS

Paper box cover VHS Miramax edition of A Hard Day's Night published in 2002 by popular italian TV magazine "Sorrisi e Canzoni".

CONCERTO ALLO SHEA STADIUM VHS

This is the paper box cover for an italian VHS edition of the 1965 Shea Stadium film (notoriously the audio was recreated in studio for most of the tracks). It was issued by DeAgostini in 1991 as part of a series entitled "Il Grande Rock Video" and sold at newsagents.

CARNET VERONA - White Album cover homage

Carnet Verona is a magazine listing theatrical and musical events in Verona, Italy. The issue for December 2012/January 2013 ("The white edition") pays a nice homage to The Beatles' White Album. The cover's design is a tribute to the 1968 double lp and a couple of the vinyl labels are also pictured inside.

MORE BEATLES Memorabilia

Some more Beatle memorabilia: 3 glittering stickers (the ones below are made of hard see-through plastic) and a badge, all from 1981.

MORE BEATLES - LENNON badges

Some more 2,5 cm. Beatles & Lennon badges from 1981.

MORE LENNON BADGES

More 2,5 cm. Lennon badges bought in 1981.

MORE BEATLES BADGES

More 2,5 cm. Beatles badges from 1981.

BEATLES - LENNON enameled badges

More Beatles and Lennon badges bought in 1981.
All except for the Imagine one are enameled.

LENNON badges

A group of 2,5 cm. Lennon badges bought in 1981.

THE BEATLES IN ITALY

FRANCO BRIZI  & MAURIZIO BECKER - THE BEATLES IN ITALY
(Arcana - November 2012 - 240pp.)

This is a beatiful brand new italian book with a large selection of scanned articles from Italy's press in the 60's. Almost all the material comes from Franco Brizi's huge collection; it includes an interesting introductory text by journalist Maurizio Becker and a memorabilia section.

Size: 29x25,5 cm.

ANTHOLOGY Italian ad

4-page glossy paper publicity for the Fab Four's complete discography on cd and the Anthology VHS set, 1996.

ITALIAN magazine cassette

This is an odd cassette item; it came out in 1993 as a freebie with a popular italian weekly magazine named "Gente"; Gli Indimenticabili Beatles is, surprisingly, a bootleg to all effects as it features officially unreleased live tracks from various shows (not the EMI studio versions) taken from the italian "grey area" live albums releases on Bulldog and Live labels.

MOJO John Lennon Special Edition

MOJO - John Lennon, his life - his music - his people - his legacy
(Bauer London Lifestyle Ltd - U.K. - Winter 2000 - 148pp.)

Mpjo special edition as a commemoration of John Lennon's legacy featuring an afterword by Pete Townshend, lots of unseen pictures, insight articles and interviews with Pete Best, Klaus Voorman and other pivotal characters in John's life.

Limited edition of 89.000 copies (this one is number 24766).

Size: 30x22,5 cm.

MOJO The Psychedelic Special Limited Edition

MOJO - 1000 Days that Shook the World
(Bauer London Lifestyle Ltd - U.K. - March 2002 - 148pp.)

1000 Days that Shook the World, a special limited edition of Mojo with a beautiful die-cut cover focusing on the Beatles' psychedelic era from April 1965 (filming of "Help!") to December 1967 ("Magical Mystery Tour" on UK tv).

This publication features hundreds of pictures (b&w and color), lots of articles, a chronology and Brian Wilson's foreword.

 

Size: 30x22,5 cm.

JOHN LENNON Glittering sticker

Glittering Lennon sticker, bought in the early 80's.

THE PAUL McCARTNEY WORLD TOUR

THE PAUL McCARTNEY WORLD TOUR
(Emap metro - 1989 - U.K. - 100pp.)

Full color booklet for Paul's Flowers in the Dirt world tour. Lots of pictures and reports on Macca's activities including his "Friends of the Earth" battles. This publication also features articles on Richard Lester, Wings, The Beatles, early rock & roll heroes and Brian Clarke ("Flowers" cover illustrator).

Size: 30,5x23 cm.

MOJO Classic, Rare & Unseen

MOJO - Classic, Rare & Unseen
(Bauer London Lifestyle Ltd - U.K. - March 2004 - 156pp.)

Classic, Rare & Unseen is a beautiful special of Mojo with over a hundred black and white pictures from the erly Hamburg days to end of their touring days in 1966 and interviws to some of the photographers.

Size: 30x22,5 cm.

IT'S ALRIGHT Review

Yoko Ono's 1982 album "It's Alright" reviewed on Ciao 2001 (unknown number).

YET MORE BEATLES STAMPS

The final couple from the series of UK Royal mail stamps with Beatles album covers. Released in 2007.

MORE BEATLES STAMPS

Two more stamps from the UK Royal mail series of 6 Beatles album covers.
Released in 2007.

BEATLES STAMPS

Two UK stamps from a series of 6 items with Beatles album covers.
Released in 2007.
I got this series as a present from fellow trader Pamela Barban (thanks!).

LOTTA CONTINUA

A commemoration of John Lennon on the first anniversary of his assassination. From the newspaper Lotta Continua (December 6th 1981), 2 full-page article by Giancarlo Susanna.

THE BEATLES BOX

ALAN CLAYSON - THE BEATLES BOX
(Oscar Mondadori - 2004 - 4 volumes)

Cubic box of the 4 biographical books by Alan  Clayson. This is the italian version. The box has a nice design with portraits of each Beatle.

Size: 14,5x14,5x14,5 cm.

PYRAMID BADGES

Last set of 4 badges, this one is called (not surprisingly) "black".
Licensed by Apple Corps Ltd., published by Pyramid Posters (2006).

PYRAMID BADGES

"White" set of 4 badges, licensed by Apple Corps Ltd.
Published by Pyramid Posters (2006).

PYRAMID BADGES

Yet another set of 4 badges, named "blue", sold in a fakely worn package. Licensed by Apple Corps Ltd. Published by Pyramid Posters (2008).

PYRAMID BADGES

Another set of 4 badges, this one is called "blue" (not surprisingly), licensed by Apple Corps Ltd.
Published by Pyramid Posters (2006).

PYRAMID BADGES

"Red" set of 4 badges, licensed by Apple Corps Ltd.
Published by Pyramid Posters (2006).

YELLOW SUBMARINE BADGES

Set of 4 Yellow Submarine badges,, licensed by Apple Corps Ltd.
Published by Pyramid Posters (2006).

PYRAMID BADGES

Set of 4 badges, nicknamed "green", licensed by Apple Corps Ltd.
Published by Pyramid Posters (2008).

BEATLE BADGES

Italian set of badges, licensed by Apple Corps Ltd.
Published by Magazzini Salani (2006).

BOY MUSIC

A Macca Santa Claus on the cover of Boy Music n. 52, December 28th 1984.
This music magazine for kids was a supplement to top italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera".

RADIOCORRIERE TV

Paul McCartney featured on the cover of tv guide Radiocorriere TV n. 35-1986 (August-September 1986).

BEATLES AUCTION

Article on one of Sotheby's Rock & Roll Memorabilia auctions from italian press. Magazine and date unknown (Panorama? Probably from the late 80's).

STERN AD

Ad for the german Stern Edition Beatles monography from issue 51/2009 of Stern magazine.

JOHN LENNON OBITUARY

This is a rare obituary flyer for John by a band from Verona, Italy named The Can's. Self printed in Abbey Road (sic!), December 9th 1980.

CIAO 2001

A zodiacal portrait of George Harrison by Gabriele Ducros from Ciao 2001 (March 11th 1984, issue n. 10, year XVI).

CIAO 2001

Sgt. Pepper's picture disc (european edition) used to illustrate a letter from a reader of Ciao 2001 (April 25th 1982, issue n. 17, year XIV).

CIAO 2001

CIAO 2001
(Edizioni "Leti" S.R.L. - year XIII - n. 51 - December 20th 1981 - 68pp.)

Ringo featured on the cover of Ciao 2001. Inside, 4 pages about his new album Stop And Smell The Roses.

BEATLE WRITING PAPER

Beatle writing paper from France, 1981.

BIG STORY

John Lennon featured on the cover of Big Story (issue 11, year 3 - 1981), an italian pop music magazine for young girls. Inside, an article entitled "John Lennon story".

LOTTA CONTINUA

John and Julian Lennon on the front page of italian left-wing newspaper Lotta Continua (December 11th 1980) just after John's assassination.

PANORAMA on bootlegs

Article on bootlegs from the italian weekly magazine Panorama (August 11th 1985) with several references to The Beatles and some of their illegal collectables.

TUTTO

TUTTO
(n. 5 - May 1982)

Paul featured on the cover of Tutto, an italian magazine; inside an article on his 1982 Tug Of War lp with a series of alternative covers for the album.

CIAO 2001

CIAO 2001
(Edizioni "Leti" S.R.L. - year IX - n. 31 - August 7th 1977 - 68pp.)

The Beatles featured on the cover of this 1977 issue of popular italian music mag Ciao 2001. Inside, a 3-page article by Franco Montini on The Fab Four's cinema in occasion of a program of reruns of their films in italian cinemas.

LA LONDRA DEI BEATLES

PAOLA COLAIACOMO & VITTORIA C. CARATOZZOLO
LA LONDRA DEI BEATLES
(Editori Riuniti - Le capitali della cultura - November 1996 - 360pp.)

An excellent illustrated essay on London's artistic scene at the times of the Beatles with accounts on photography, painting, fashion, cinema and rock music; Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, David Bailey, The Who, The LIving Theatre and lots more.

Size: 25,5x18 cm

BACK TO THE EGG

WINGS - BACK TO THE EGG
(MPL - 1979 - U.K. - 80pp.)

Scores for all songs from Back To The Egg album, with 21 picture pages.
4 cut-out postcards (long gone, except for one).

Size: 30,5x21,5 cm.

THE BEATLES COMPLETE

THE BEATLES Complete
(Wise Publications - no date, 1980? - U.K. - 220pp.)

Piano-organ scores for most songs of The Beatles' repertoire, illustrated with works from Alan Aldridge's "Beatles Illustrated Lyrics". Introduction by Ray Connolly. Still printed with the same artwork.

Size: 28x21,5 cm.

'60 Gli Anni Giovani

'60 Gli Anni Giovani
(Skira / Coop Lombardia - June 2005 - 192pp.)

This is not a Beatle monography but a beautiful book with elegant graphics, multicolored paper and lots of pictures on mid '60's lifestyle and music in Milan; obviously, the Fab Four's visit to Italy becomes a pivotal event around which Gli Anni Giovani" is centered.

1967-1970 paper bag

Italian record shop paper bag for the release of 1967-1970 on cd.