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.

1967-1970

THE BEATLES - 1967-1970
(Wise Publications - 1978 - U.K. - 180pp.)

Guitar and keyboard scores for the anthology 1967-1970 album, released in 1973.

Size: 27,5x21,5 cm.

L'EUROPEO

Sgt. Pepper-inspired cover of italian weekly magazine L'Europeo. The issue (September 12th 1987) featured an article by Renzo Arbore on the 100 best lps of the last 40 years (1947-1987).

ALL THOSE YEARS AGO Review

Review for George Harrison's 1981 sigle All Those Years Ago, from italian music mag "Ciao 2001".

MUSICA 80

MUSICA 80 
(Edizioni 80 - n. 10 - December 1980 - 48pp.)

The short lived magazine Musica 80 features John Lennon on the cover of this December 1980 issue. Inside, a 3-page article by Riccardo Bertoncelli, a not too enthousiastic review of "Double Fantasy".

YESTERDAY POSTCARD

Italian postcard, bought circa 1981.
L. Patrignani - "Yesterday".
Published by Photocards - Edizioni Beatrice D'Este (20280).

LENNON POSTCARD

Italian postcard, bought circa 1981.
Published by Photocards - Edizioni Beatrice D'Este (20012).

This picture was taken while Lennon was performing with Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Mitch Mitchell and Yoko on the Rolling Stones' Rock & Roll Circus in December 1968.

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT POSTCARD

A Hard Day's Night french postcard, bought in the early 80's.
Published by Editions "Humour à la Carte" (Paris), "In concert" series.

BEATLES COLLAGE POSTCARD

Italian collage postcard which uses many images fromthe solo years, bought circa 1981.
Published by Photocards - Edizioni Beatrice D'Este (20078).

LENNON COLLAGE POSTCARD

Italian postcard, bought circa 1981.
Published by Photocards - Edizioni Beatrice D'Este (20080).

 

Edizioni Beatrice D'Este also released many posters with the same subjects.

LENNON GREETING CARD

John Lennon greetings card, neon art by Ahmet Eren Yigitguden.
Published by Verkerke 1981 (Holland).

BEATLES POSTCARD

Italian postcard, bought circa 1981.
Published by Photocards - Edizioni Beatrice D'Este (20101).

BEATLES POSTCARD

Italian postcard, bought circa 1981.
Published by Photocards - Edizioni Beatrice D'Este (20026).

PAUL McCARTNEY IN HIS OWN WORDS

PAUL McCARTNEY IN HIS OWN WORDS - written by Paul Gambaccini
(Omnibus Press - U.K. - reprint - 1981 - 112pp.)

Part of In His Own Words series, Paul McCartney's book of interview excerpts was first released in 1976. The main subjects featured here are The Beatles, Apple, Paul and Linda's relationship, Venus And Mars (Wings' new album at the time). Many nice black and white pictures.

Size: 25,5x18 cm.