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Dear Beatle People: The Story of The Beatles North American Fan Club Kindle Edition

by Sara Schmidt (Author), Eric Cash (Illustrator), Janet Davis (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition

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The story about the Beatles Fan Club in North America has never been told in over 50 years. This book tells the story of The Beatles fan clubs in the United States and Canada from 1963-1972. The Beatles had a lot of love and respect for their fan club members and frequently met them while they were touring North America. The stories of fan club members who met The Beatles are shared. The Official Beatles Fan Club in New York City did not meet the fans' expectations, so many quit and started independent fan clubs. When The Beatles stopped touring, the fan club members traveled to London, and many met John, Paul, George, and Ringo outside the recording studio and their homes. The Official Beatles Fan Club changed hands and threatened to sue the independent clubs, which was quite controversial. The fan club continued even after The Beatles had broken up and has impacted Beatles fans today.

There have been thousands of Beatles books written since 1964. Their music and lives have been analyzed and dissected more than any other group of four men in history. However, this book differs from all other books on the market. This book does not focus on the Beatles' music or lives. Its focus is on the fans and how while being teenagers, they were able to organize and run successful fan clubs for The Beatles. The stories of how they were innovated to arrange an in-person meeting with The Beatles while on tour or in London have never been told.

The story of the Beatles fan club in the United States has never been told before, and most Beatle fans are unfamiliar with this part of the Beatles' history. The story of how the Official Fan Club attempted to sue the independent fan clubs has yet to be spoken about since it occurred over 50 years ago.

DEAR BEATLE PEOPLE INCLUDE:

Previously unseen photographs.
Beatles fan club memorabilia.
Unheard stories about meeting the Beatles.
Checklist of Beatles fan club memorabilia and photographs.

Dear Beatle People will take you back to the 1960s to relive the Beatles fan club era and imagine what it was like to have been in a Beatles fan club. Remember the wild and crazy Teenage fan magazines that were popular in the 1960s, and have a new appreciation for the hard work and dedication it took to run a Beatles fan club.

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April 3, 2023
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CW2XL56H
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sara Schmidt (April 3, 2023)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 3, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 138236 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe

Best Sellers Rank: #815,696 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #51 in Philosophy & Social Aspects of Music
- #131 in Music Business (Kindle Store)
- #143 in Musical Philosophy & Social Aspects

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Sara Schmidt has been a Beatles fan since the late 1980s. She is the creator of the popular website, Meet The Beatles...For Real, which documents the stories and photographs of fans that have met one or more of The Beatles in person. She is the author of the books "Happiness is Seeing The Beatles: Beatlemania in St. Louis" and "Dear Beatle People: The Story of The Beatles North American Fan Club." She is a contributing author to "A is for Apple (Volumes 2 & 3)." She has given presentations at Beatles conventions and festivals around the United States.

Sara lives in Alton, Illinois, where she is a Title 1 reading teacher for elementary school students. She has a master's degree in elementary reading and a dyslexia certification. She love The Beatles, collecting Disney pins and taking naps.

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Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2024

This past year I finally made it onto Santa’s Nice List. Ooh, I must have REALLY been nice, because on Christmas morning Sara’s book was under our tree. I wasn’t sure what to expect. The fan club topic is of some interest to me, but initially I wondered if such a large book would hold my interest (even though I’m a lifelong huge Beatles fan). OMG OMG and Lordy Lordy Lordy! -> My highest compliments, Sara. I LOVE this book. I was sad to reach the end. But that’s ok - I’ve already re-read it several times. It would take me many pages to fully describe all the great things about this. I learned that there was once a Victor Spinetti Fan Club in my home town of Philadelphia. I wish I’d known that when he & I were on an elevator together and he joked about my hair. You’re a Beatles fan? Then BUY Sara’s book. Give copies to friends and enemies. Great fun. Thank you Sara!

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Great read re: pre-social media fan clubs, unique photos, correspondence, rare memorabilia

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2023

Great stuff you never knew you needed to know about the Beatles and their North American fan clubs! Dear Beatle People is a meticulously researched and wonderfully organized book, with abundant photographic documentation. At the same time, it is truly a FUN read which chronicles all the drama brewing among the various fan clubs in pre-social media days.

Not having any instant messaging, email, or even FAXing, the fan clubs had to organize through mimeographed newsletters, radio station rallies, and regular postal correspondence. Some club officers even got to meet the Beatles. Through it all, relationships and alliances were made and broken – it was quite a ride! New groups formed depending on which Beatle was the group favorite. When John Lennon got divorced, the 800-member Cyn Lennon Fan Club faced a sad dilemma: carry on in support of the ex-wife, or disband in the name of family privacy? While some independent fan clubs (with really crazy names like “The Yeah,” “Flying Cow Ltd.,” and the “Mod Mockers Club”) feuded amongst themselves, others eventually received “cease-and-desist” letters from the Beatles’ U.S. lawyer and from Apple !?!?

Perhaps even more interesting than the personal drama and spreading (pre-Internet) Beatle rumors, this book provides important cultural context as to global events at the time. What to do about Lennon’s “more popular than Jesus” comment? What is this Transcendental Meditation in India? How to feel about Bed-Ins for Peace amid the ongoing Vietnam war? Each chronological section of this book includes unique photographs (of fans and Beatles, separately and together), plus high-quality scans of correspondence, rare Beatles memorabilia, and other relevant artifacts.

I also learned from this book that the Beatles supplied their fan clubs (even some “unofficial” ones) with lots of special merch, some items more exclusive and collectible than others. At a recent auction, I (successfully) bid on the Beatles’ last Christmas message record, sent exclusively to fan club members in 1969. This book provided invaluable insight on the record’s history and contents. I highly recommend Dear Beatle People for die-hard “Beatle People” as well as casual fans ... and even for those interested in any type of dynamics which drive fan clubs, affinity groups, and other social media phenomena.

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2023

Loved the new information about fan clubs. I have never read about it before. Lots of great pictures. Takes me back to when I was a teenager.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 28, 2023

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I was looking for a book on The Beatles that I hadn’t read before. I noticed this at an eye catching £7.99 and decided it was well worth a punt at such a good price. The book offers a different side to Beatlemania, a side from the point of view of young girls in America determined to start fan clubs for their new heroes. There was, of course, a danger that this would be a gushy fan worship type of book. It is not. There are plenty of photos of the boys themselves and of various fan club memorabilia. A hardback book running to 378 pages this is well worth a look.

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