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Bruce Spizer

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Bruce Spizer is a first-generation Beatles fan and native of New Orleans, Louisiana. A “taxman” by day, Spizer is a board-certified tax attorney and certified public accountant. A “paperback writer” by night, he is the author of several critically acclaimed books about the Beatles and has served as a consultant on several Beatles projects for Capitol Records, EMI, Universal Music Group and Apple Corps, Ltd. His articles on the Beatles are featured regularly in magazines such as Beatlefan and Goldmine.

Schedule

Noon to 12:45 pm
Capitol Park Museum, First Floor, Auditorium
Beatles for Sale to Help!

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Cavalier House Books Tent
Book Signing

Beatles For Sale to 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."
The ninth book in Bruce Spizer's acclaimed Beatles Album Series, Beatles For Sale to Help! covers these releases from the British, American and Canadian perspectives.
The book contains highly detailed chapters on the EMI recording sessions for the albums and singles, and the album covers. And, 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 in their proper context. And, of course, fan recollections of seeing the film Help! and listening to the great Beatles records issued during the time frame covered by the book. The recordings released during this creative period bridge the first phase of Beatlemania with the group's more mature sound that would be on full display with the albums Rubber Soul and Revolver.
Beatles For Sale to Help! was published on August 12, 2025, to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the American release of the Beatles colorful second film, Help!
It is a 9" x 9" hardcover book matching the other books in Bruce Spizer's Beatles Album Series.