Author Event! Beatles For Sale to Help!

Bruce Spizer, a New Orleans-based lawyer and internationally recognized expert on the Beatles will discuss his latest book Beatles For Sale to Help!, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie.

This event is free of charge and open to the public. Registration is not required.

This latest book is purported to be the last of Spizer’s nine-volume series on the Beatles and their music. The book is 272 pages in length and contains 275 color and 11 original B&W images. The publication of the book coincides with the 60th anniversary of the American release of the Beatles second film, Help!

From November 1964 through Summer 1965, the Beatles issued two albums (Beatles For Sale and Help!), three singles (“I Feel Fine,” “Ticket To Ride” and “Help!”) and a movie (Help!) in Great Britain. In the United States, Capitol Records reconfigured the two albums into three: Beatles ’65, Beatles VI and the Help! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The label also released a two-record documentary album titled The Beatles’ Story and added the singles “Eight Days A Week” and “Yesterday.”

Beatles For Sale to Help! covers these releases from the British, American and Canadian perspectives. It also contains detailed chapters on the EMI recording sessions for the albums and singles, and the album covers.

Like the other books in the Beatles Album Series, the book contains chapters on the news, music and films of the era (plus a special chapter on the Beatles and James Bond) to place these records and the Beatles second film into context. Also included are fan recollections of the film Help! and the other Beatles records issued during the time frame covered by the book.

Program inquiries should be directed to Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.