- The first travel guide to focus on the four cities that defined The
Beatles: Liverpool, Hamburg, London and New York- Compiled by four
leading Beatles authorities- Four port cities that are different, yet so
similar- Includes a wealth of information, connections, timelines,
Beatles trivia, and illuminating photographs- The perfect gift for
Beatles enthusiasts and globetrottersJohn Lennon said: We were born in
Liverpool, but we grew up in Hamburg.To paraphrase Lennon, we could say
that: The Beatles were born in Liverpool, grew up in Hamburg, reached
maturity in London, and immortality in New York. Four cities. Four
stars. The Fab Four - the Beatles - are revered the world over, but it
is in these urban centres that their legacy shines brightest. Liverpool:
where the band graduated from church halls, leaving their initial
line-up as 'The Quarrymen' far behind. Hamburg: where their raucous
stage act was honed; where arrests earned them a more notorious
celebrity reputation, but they became a true emblem of rock 'n' roll.
London: where The Beatles produced Sgt Pepper, and home to the iconic
album cover for Abbey Road. And New York: the city that became John
Lennon's home, where their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show announced
them to 73 million Americans. The Beatles: Fab Four Cities invites the
reader on a cosmopolitan trek across continents, tracing the Beatles'
rise to fame from one metropolis to the next. Flush with timelines,
stories, trivia, the numerous links and connections between the cities
and both pop cultural and local history, this is a travel guide like no
other.
