Silver Beatles: The Makings of a Fabulous Destiny... from the Unknown '50s... to the '60s World Hit Love Me DoPaperback, 30 June 2023

On the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the first Beatles explosive hit "Love Me Do" by duo Lennon-McCartney in 1962, here is the extraordinary story of "The Beatles before they became The Beatles". The early struggles of the unknown band, the people, places, strokes of luck and strokes of genius, from the incredible encounter with Brian Epstein, to Decca's historic rejection, from gigs in Liverpool's Cavern Club to Hamburg's red-light district, the band's first break with EMI and their first famous single at Abbey Road studios. This absorbing conversational account of the makings of a fabulous destiny is packed with precious photos of the young Beatles, legendary anecdotes, concerts, line-ups and a treasure of facts of "the most famous musicians in the history of music".