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Editorial Review:
The Beatles Are Coming! is the fifth book by Beatles author/historian Bruce Spizer. The book covers the Beatles first visit to the United States and the events leading up to the group’s arrival on February 7, 1964. The book is 246 pages and contains over 450 images, including over 50 previously unpublished photos of the Beatles and never-seen-before documents.
The Beatles Are Coming! is the most thorough and accurate book ever published on how Beatlemania evolved in America. It details why Capitol Records turned the group down four times before finally agreeing in late November, 1963, to release the Beatles records. It tells the stories of two small record labels, Vee-Jay and Swan, who issued the group’s records without success in 1963. It details the American media coverage of the Beatles in late 1963, when Beatlemania was viewed as a curious fad happening in England that could never catch on in the United States. It explains how the Beatles were booked for appearances on The Jack Paar Program and The Ed Sullivan Show, as well as two concerts at Carnegie Hall. The book concludes with stories and pictures of the Beatles historic first U.S. visit in February, 1964.
In researching the project, the author reviewed hundreds of documents, magazines, and pictures as well as television news stories from 1963 and 1964. His interview subjects included influential newsmen such as Walter Cronkite, who wrote the foreword ot the book, and Edwin Newman, staff members of The Ed Sullivan Show, former president of Capitol Records Alan Livingston, employees of Carnegie Hall and numerous others with first-hand memories.
The Beatles Are Coming: The Birth of Beatlemania in America Reviews:
This book is long overdue! 
2009-05-13 - This book is exactly what I've been hunting high and low for! It reads somewhat like it was on Pearl Harbor in the months before 12/7. That is, it took everyone by susprise! There were Beatle hints throughout 1963, but very few people thought much of them till November, when the name was starting to be bandied about. Highly recommended!
Now you know the Beatles
2007-12-12 - Nobody likes a know it all unless it is someone like Bruce Spizer who not only knows all about the Beatles but has the gift of presenting this information with great text and incredible graphics. These are things we would never see if it wasn't for his painstaking attention to detail and veracity in collecting rarities of the Fab Four. Once you have experienced one of them then Bruce's many other books about the Beatles become the next thing to collect . I like that he has no agenda other than sharing his commitment to detail in the classiest of manners through these incredible books. On your coffee table or with your coffee - you can't miss.
The Truth behind the Beatle Invasion
2004-06-15 - At long last we finally have the true details behind that first visit by four people who changed the world. There have been so many urban legends over the years about the Beatles arrival in the US and the days that followed that trying to get to the facts was next to impossible. Mr. Spizer has once again unleashed his considerable talents at cutting through the morass of myth and mayhem to get to the ultimate truth. Many of the long held misconceptions of what went down all those years ago are put to rest, and many a hidden nugget of treasure is brought to light. If you want to relive those days in the light of an accurate account, or are just curious about what all of the hubbub was about, this is the book for you.
These Youngsters From Liverpool Who Call Themselves .....
2004-04-13 - Bruce Spizer is a lawyer. Why? I don't know. This man should be spending all of his time writing Beatle books. This accounting of the birth of Beatlemania in America is extremely entertaining and insightful. The battle between Capitol and VJ records is revealed and quite funny. In the 60's I used to wait for each new Beatle record to be released. Now I wait for new Bruce Spizer books. Well done again...
Over four hundred images � 50 previously unpublished
2004-04-04 - The Beatles Are Coming: The Birth Of Beatlemania In America is the fifth book by Beatles historian Spizer, and covers their first visit to the U.S. and the events leading up to their arrival in 1964. The narrowed focus offers for more depth and detail than most general coverages of Beatles history, offers over four hundred images - 50 previously unpublished - and is visually outstanding. Beatles fans should consider this a 'must' acquisition.
