The Official Price Guide to The Beatles Records and Memorabilia: 2nd Edition [Paperback]

Perry Cox (Author)

Book Description

Series: Official Price Guide to the Beatles | Publication Date: August 17, 1999

- COMPREHENSIVE. The Official Price Guide to The Beatles: Records and Memorabilia has everything to please, please you--including CD and record listings (artist compilations, singles, EPs, and LPs from Meet The Beatles! to Abbey Road), bubble gum cards, lunch boxes, key chains, movie posters, toys, underwear, drum kits, hairspray, wigs, and much more!

- COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHIES for The Beatles, Apple label artists--plus the individual albums of John, Paul, George, and Ringo.

- SPECIAL FEATURES. Valuable information on pricing and grading records and memorabilia, what to expect when selling your records to a dealer, and a handy chapter on authenticating Beatles autographs.

- BUYERS-SELLERS DIRECTORY. Need to find an out-of-print record or sell a particular classic? Here are the addresses and phone numbers of the people to contact.

- WRITTEN BY AN EXPERT. Perry Cox is recognized as the leading authority on Beatles record collecting, and he has coauthored five different books on the subject since 1981. In addition, he is one of the world's top dealers in Beatles collectibles.

- FULLY ILLUSTRATED, including eight pages of color photographs.

Editorial Reviews

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"OUTSTANDING . . . THE BEST OF THE BEATLES GUIDES."
--Richard Cummings
   Post-Age Collectibles

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- COMPREHENSIVE. The Official Price Guide to The Beatles: Records and Memorabilia has everything to please, please you--including CD and record listings (artist compilations, singles, EPs, and LPs from Meet The Beatles! to Abbey Road), bubble gum cards, lunch boxes, key chains, movie posters, toys, underwear, drum kits, hairspray, wigs, and much more!

- COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHIES for The Beatles, Apple label artists--plus the individual albums of John, Paul, George, and Ringo.

- SPECIAL FEATURES. Valuable information on pricing and grading records and memorabilia, what to expect when selling your records to a dealer, and a handy chapter on authenticating Beatles autographs.

- BUYERS-SELLERS DIRECTORY. Need to find an out-of-print record or sell a particular classic? Here are the addresses and phone numbers of the people to contact.

- WRITTEN BY AN EXPERT. Perry Cox is recognized as the leading authority on Beatles record collecting, and he has coauthored five different books on the subject since 1981. In addition, he is one of the world's top dealers in Beatles collectibles.

- FULLY ILLUSTRATED, including eight pages of color photographs.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: House of Collectibles; 2 edition (August 17, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0676601812
• ISBN-13: 978-0676601817
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,875,940 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #100 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Records

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful And Informative; Don't Leave Home Without It!, August 20, 1999

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Bruce Spizer "Beatles author/historian" (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Official Price Guide to The Beatles Records and Memorabilia: 2nd Edition (Paperback)

The previous red-cover edition of this book was known as "The Red Bible" among collectors and dealers. This new edition, sporting an attractive blue cover, is more than an update of prices. It is an improved guide that adds new items and corrects misinformation that has appeared in Beatles books and record price guides since the beginning of recorded Beatles history. In addition to pricing thousands of records, tapes, CDs and memorabilia items, the book contains entertaining feature articles. You'll need this book every time you go to a record show or flea market as well as when you consider making on-line bids. This will quickly be known as "The Blue Bible."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This book is supposed to be good?, July 31, 2000

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Scott SanFilippo "scott" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Official Price Guide to The Beatles Records and Memorabilia: 2nd Edition (Paperback)

I have to say I was very disappointed with this book, especially after reading the Amazon reviews. The memorabilia section, especially, did not meet my expectations. In fact, most of the book is dedicated to the records, and there are many other books on that subject. And the pictures that accompany the text are ABSOLUTELY WORTHLESS. There are no captions and the quality is horrible - they look like 12th generation copies of copies. The quality is so poor that you can't even discern some of them from each other. Furthermore, Some of the differences in the labels have to do with COLOR -- and yet most of the label pictures are in B&W.

Bottom line -- will someone step up and write a better book?

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Official price guide for the Beatles records and memorabilia, March 28, 2002

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Mark H. Galloway "beatletail" (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Official Price Guide to The Beatles Records and Memorabilia: 2nd Edition (Paperback)

It doesn`t matter if you have been collecting the Beatles for years or a novice just starting out,this book has something for everyone.Chock full of details like label variations and year of release.What better way to find the value of your record collection than by the experts, and Mr. Cox certainly is that.He has been writing the only official guide to the Beatles records for years.Now,this book is in a handy size so you can take it along to yard sales where you`ll know if you`ve found that treasure or not.For ebayers,this book is a money saver.No more,"I sold it too cheap cause I didn`t know the value" Highly recomended.