Standing in the Wings
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Standing in the Wings

The Beatles, Brian Epstein and Me

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Standing in the Wings

The Beatles, Brian Epstein and Me

About this book

Joe Flannery has been described as the 'Secret Beatle', and as the business associate and partner of Brian Epstein, he became an integral part of The Beatles' management team during their rise to fame in the early 1960s. Standing in the Wings is Flannery's account of this fascinating era, which included the controversial dismissal of Pete Best from the group (nothing to do with London, but matters back in Liverpool), Brian Epstein's fragility, and the importance of the Star Club in Hamburg. This book is not simply a biography, as it also considers issues to do with sexuality in 1950s Liverpool, the vagaries of the music business at that time and the hazards of personal management in the 'swinging sixties'. At its heart, Standing in the Wings provides an in-depth look at Flannery's personal and professional relationship with Epstein and his close links with the Fab Four. Shortly before John Lennon's murder in 1980, it was Flannery who was one of the last people in the UK to talk to the great man. Indeed, Flannery remains one of the few 'Beatle people' in Liverpool to have the respect of the surviving Beatles, and this is reflected in this timely and revealing book.

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Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780750987608, 9780752490090
eBook ISBN
9780752492933
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword by Philip Norman
  6. Introduction by Joe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool
  7. 1 Early Childhood: ‘If you don’t Kick a Football, you’ll Get your Head Kicked-in’
  8. 2 Ivor Novello’s Poodles
  9. 3 A Dutiful Engagement and National Service
  10. 4 One or Two Home Truths
  11. 5 ‘Don’t worry Mr Loss, I won’t Let you down’
  12. 6 The Life of Brian plus Teenage Rebels and Further Detours
  13. 7 Jack Good, Lee Curtis and Even More Detours
  14. 8 The Beatles at Gardner Road, Brian Epstein and Merseybeat
  15. 9 The Beginning of the Parting of the Ways and the Pete Best Affair
  16. 10 The Very Root of Meaning
  17. 11 Germany Calling
  18. 12 Liverbirds in Love: The Decline and Fall of Carlton Brooke
  19. 13 This is the End, Beautiful Friend
  20. Postscript ‘Excuse me, Mr Lennon, a Mr Flannery’s on the Phone’
  21. Appendix A Mayfield Records Discography
  22. Plates
  23. Copyright