THE BEATLES BOX. Alan Clayson (4 Paperback Box Set) Sanctuary Publishing 2003

THE BEATLES BOX by Alan Clayson - 4 Paperback Box Set:

1) RINGO STARR.
Considered by many as lucky to have been in The Beatles, Ringo Starr epitomises the rock 'n' roll lifestyle. World-famous pop star, acclaimed film actor, the voice of an internationally successful children's TV series and husband to a glamorous movie star  at face value he seems to have led a charmed life. Yet behind the sunglasses and the ready quips loom the horrors of his health problems, alcoholism and deprived family background

Fully updated to include The Beatles' Anthology, 2000's best-selling 1 album, plus Ringo's latest sell-out world tour, RINGO STARR remains the definitive biography of the man who anchored the Merseybeat.

2) JOHN LENNON
For many years, John Lennon has been seen as the crazed, eccentic yet obscenely talented 'engine room of The Beatles', providing some of the most memorable melodies the music world has ever known. After remaking pop in his own image with The Beatles, the erstwhile would-be artist and Liverpuglian reprobate went on to carve out a significant solo career, the enigmatic Yono Ono at his side. Following his murder in 1980, in a country to which he was for so long denied entry, his work and life took on mythic status, elevating him to near-godhood, his role as mentor to a musical generation assured.

In JOHN LENNON, accomplished author Alan Clayson continues his four-volume study of the four Liverpoll lads who rocked the world to discover the truth behind the myth of this most controversial, antagonistic yet publicly adored genius.

3) GEORGE HARRISON
Often overlooked as a songwriter, despite introducing Indian music to western ears and penning The Beatles' standards 'Here Comes the Sun' and 'Something'. George Harrison embraced fame reluctantly. Almost as famous for his religious beliefs, drug use and film funding as for his music, he retired from public life following the assassination of John Lennon. A spectacular late-1980s comeback, as both solo artist and Traveling Wilbury, returned him as a household name for a new generation, a position maintained by working with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr on The Beatles' Anthology projects and 2000'sbest-selling 1 compilation.

Fully updated to include George's near-fatal stabbing by a crazed fan, some 19 years after Lennon's death, and his recent unsuccessful battle with cancer, GEORGE HARRISON remains the definitive study of this most reserved and genuine talent.

4) PAUL McCARTNEY
When the most successful pop group in the world, The Beatles, disbanded in 1970, its four members went off to spearhead radically different projects, and none was more successful than Paul McCartney. Free at last to take control of hios own songwriting destiny, his new group Wings, produced a steady stream of quality music, most notably the BAND ON THE RUN album and the million-selling single 'Mull of Kintyre'.
Since those early days of freedom, Paul has established himself as one of the most creative artists of his generation and a British showbusiness treasure. With wide-ranging projects auch as the soundtrack to the movie GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET and the more recent and critically acclaimed LIVERPOOL ORATORIO, he has also proved that his talents have transcended the writing of what ex-bandmate John Lennon once called 'granny music'. Celebrating his four decades of unparalleled success in the business, PAUL McCARTNEY is a multi-faceted account of one of the world's most-fascinating musicians.

All 4 paperbacks are in AS-NEW, UNREAD condition and kept in the Boxset case.

Issued by Sanctuary Publishing (£39.99 r.r.p.)

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