Il y a quelques semaines de cela, nous vous rapportions dans nos colonnes qu’allait très prochainement être disponible l’ouvrage « La France et les Beatles » de Jean-Claude Hocquet et Eric Krasker.
Ce livre, premier tome d’une série de deux, exposera sur non moins de 286 pages, et plus de 1000 illustrations, tous les secrets de la discographie française, avec en bonus, des documents jusqu’alors inédits, émanant directement d’EMI France, parrain de cet ouvrage qui s’annonce déjà comme une référence.
Au delà du fait d’être très attendu par les fans des Beatles français, novices ou érudits, cet ouvrage est aussi particulièrement attendu par les fans canadiens, et plus particulièrement ceux du site internet « Ottawa Beatle Site », qui ont réservé la présentation suivante à l’ouvrage.
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New publication: « France and the Beatles » Volume One : The original discography (1962-1970) » An unprecedented wealth of information. During the sixties, France was among the very few countries to establish odd but also privileged relations with the Beatles. And, until today, no comprehensive work had ever tried to study such a mixed relation, made of mutual admiration and paradoxes, which, nevertheless, remains unrivalled between the Liverpool boys and Molière?s fatherland. So, the present book, entirely dealing with this original subject, definitely fills this gap while offering, both the casual fan and the hardcore collector, a highly detailed research work based on first-class and unpublished documentation. This first volume (from a series of two) concentrates exclusively on the original french discographical output between 1962 and 1970. Because of the beauty of the various and colourful covers, not mentioning the historical value of some pressings, this discography really constitutes a unique collection theme. France was, for instance, the only country in the world to produce so many EPs: some of them, such as the Mister Twist EP, the Eiffel Tower cover or the famous ?sandwiches cover? are among the most sought after collector items. But what were the reasons which led the french record companies to manufacture more EPs than their foreign counterparts? How many variations from each pressing can we find? And what do we know about those mysterious export records ?made in France?? This book, written by Jean-Claude Hocquet and Eric Krasker, not only intends to answer such questions, but it also presents the french records (LPs, EPs, singles and juke-box singles) in a real profusion of details. All covers are reproduced, front and back, in colour, as well as most A and B sides of the records themselves. The book also brings to the public the different known variations for each reference number, true dates of issue and a lot of new historical and technical information. But most of all, and thanks to Polydor, Odeon and Pathé-Marconi archives, you will be able to discover, for the very first time, exclusive documents : genuine ads, official news sent to record retailers and, last but not least, those precious production sheets offering invaluable information about the manufacturing process of several records. Preceding a second historical volume, the first part of this ambitious study devoted to France and the Beatles has been expected for a long time by all Fab Four fans. We are sure it will undoubtedly show why so many beatlemaniacs around the world do envy us this extraordinary original french discography. 286 pages, more than 1000 illustrations mostly in colour, softback. The book, written in French, will be published in April by Séguier Atlantica. An English version of this new book is expected sometime in 2006. © Ottawa Beatle Site -2005 |
Nous vous rappelons que Yellow-Sub.net, est partenaire de la publication du livre « La France et les Beatles » de Jean-Claude Hocquet et Eric Krasker, et propose à tous les internautes, un tarif préférentiel dans le cadre de l’achat de cet ouvrage. Pour en savoir plus, nous vous invitons à cliquer ici
De plus, nous vous rappelons qu’Eric Krasker, et Jean-Claude Hocquet, collaborateurs et amis de Yellow-Sub.net seront les invités d’un forum spécial sur la France et les Beatles, dans le courant du mois d’Avril 2005, forum sur lequel vous pourrez leur poser toutes les questions que vous désirez sur ce thème.
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