Talk:Geoffrey Giuliano/sources/rewrite

Currently posted on Talk:Geoffrey Giuliano and Talk:Geoffrey Giuliano/sources. I'm going to attempt to rewrite these sources/reviews into a readable form. --Onorem 11:04, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

INTENT ON CREATING A WHOLLY NEGATIVE ARTICLE The intent of the online editors is obvious. I have sent a MOUTAIN of WELL SOURCED GOOD REVIEWS OF Giuliano'S BOOKS and NO ONE has put ANY of them in!!! ONLY THE BAD ONES! Is that unbiased? Here they are AGAIN!! Now if you REALLY want to be FAIR, AND NOT ATTACK THIS GUY here are sourced reviews to quote. READ THE CURRENT ARTICLE ONLY THE BAD ONES ARE USED. WHY?

Compassionate Cuisine: Gourmet Vegetarian Recipes and the Philosophy and Culture of Caring (Vrnda Devi with Geoffrey Giuliano)
A cookbook with a conscience, it takes a holistic approach to vegetarianism. Devi blends Eastern philosophy, spirituality and nutrition with original recipes to embrace not only an animal-free diet but a humanitarian lifestyle. Animal welfare is the cornerstone of this compelling and enriching work. ASPCA Animal Watch, 2001

Celebrated vegetarian gourmet Vrnda Devi examines the negative effects of chemicals in a meat-based diet; outlines the benefits of a vegetarian diet rich in unprocessed fruits, vegetables, milk, whole grains and nuts; and explains how such a diet can help heal, strengthen and purify the body. A Cooks.Com Recommend Book, 2004

Lennon in America: 1971-1980, Based in Part on the Lost Lennon Diaries
John Lennon’s diaries and private letters reveal a lonely obsessive trapped in a miserable marriage in January 1979, from his 12-room apartment in New York, John Lennon typed a letter to his cousin Leila in England. The correspondence, which has not been published before, reveals a chatty, if abbreviated style. In the light of his assassination in December 1980, one paragraph is particularly poignant. He wrote: I'm 40 next year - I hope life begins – I.E. I'd like a little less trouble and more - what? The letter forms part of a Lennon archive collected by biographer Geoffrey Giuliano, which includes the former Beatle's diaries from his explosive new book, Lennon in America, on these journals, building up an extraordinary picture of a genius whose creative powers faded as he submitted himself to a lonely, obsessive existence under the domination of his second wife, Yoko Ono. Giuliano describes a volatile, crumbling and increasingly sexless marriage in which Yoko restricted his access to friends, family and the other Beatles. Under pressure, Lennon’s latent addictiveness came to the fore. He sought sadomasochistic sex; suffered an eating disorder in which he See-sawed between gorging on chocolate (purging himself by vomiting) and an ascetic rice diet; and indulged heavily in drugs from marijuana to heroin. The misery of Lennon’s last years, beset by paranoia, agoraphobia and deep depression, comes through acutely. He had the gold-plated curse of being a Beatle," says Giuliano, who received death threats when his book was published in the U.S. this week, Giuliano showed me copies of Lennon’s letters and diaries the latter in the musician’s large, looping hand and in typed transcripts. As he became increasingly reclusive, Lennon noted the minutiae of his life, recording bowel functions, clinically describing sex acts ("Got up. Fucked the wife...") and more minor illnesses which caused him to take to his bed for days. One entry detailed a typical night in 1975: He was alone, consuming shepherd’s pie and ice cream and watching films such as Jailhouse Rock and Rosemary’s Baby. In his book, Giuliano seldom quotes the diaries directly, which he acquired from a friend, the songwriter Harry Nilsson. "John had been thinking of doing an autobiography and was afraid that Yoko would find out, and gave copies to Nilsson," he says. Unsure of his right to publish them, Giuliano was advised that Lennon and his estate owned the expression of the ideas but not the ideas themselves. If he paraphrased the diaries contents, he would not breach copyright law. Giuliano also extracted information from audio tapes, one of which he acquired from Lennon’s uncle, Norman Birch. On one tape, Lennon quizzes Ono about her sexual history. Why did they record their conversation? "They thought everything they did was high art, every squeak and squawk. They were doing it for posterity...or for me to get my hands on." Lennon and Ono married in March 1969. In September 1971 they moved to New York because, says Giuliano, Ono’s ambitions could not be satisfied in Berkshire. According to Giuliano, the move was the beginning of Lennon’s undoing. "I think she was jealous of him,” he says. "Imagine living with someone the whole world loves, knowing you’re a universal object of derision. She wanted no one around but those who were loyal to her. If you wanted to get to John, you had to suck up to her." In a letter to his cousin Leila, dated "After birth 1975" (a reference to the birth of his son Sean), Lennon said he planned to visit his family in England, but this never happened. Although he was not included this detail in the book  Giuliano claims Lennon longed to return to England . "He wanted to buy a farm in Wales , be a gentlemen farmer and write children’s books and historical fiction, but that was no good for Yoko, who wanted to keep the Yoko parade going." Giuliano claims Ono blocked his contacts from home and listened in on his CALLS. "when Julia (Lennon’s half-sister, Julia Baird) rang, she would hear John shouting, "get off the line, or I'll come in there and kick the fuck out of you!" Such threats of violence were not without foundation: Lennon had hit all the women in his life, and even showed his temper to his baby son, Sean. in one unforgettable diary entry, Lennon on says he frightened the baby and hoped that Sean would forgive him. In the unpublished 1975 letter to Leila, John referred to his past which might reflect on this propensity to hitting out: "It’s strange my family should see me in terms of dollars and cents, through before I guess, they saw me in terms of problem child or an orphan of sorts." In his 1975 diary, he also writes of an evening spent with Paul and Linda. Boring All they talk about is how, well they are. Really overbearing, self-satisfied and dumb. His jealousy was such that in 1976, Lennon refused to attend a showing of the film the Buddy Holly story, as McCartney owned the rights to the Holly's music. A it was sibling rivalry, explains Giuliano. A the other two Beatles weren't a threat to him, but Paul was good. Most people grow out of sibling rivalry, but did John ever grow up as an artist or as a person? He sat in his bedroom, smoking pot and listening to music until he was 40. Immature he may have been, but Lennon did hope that he would grow out of his sex addiction. A he said he hoped he wouldn't be 79 and dribbling on about sex as he was at 39. His addiction found expression in over the top sex. Ono serviced him as long as she could. She once said that in Japan, after the age of 40, upperclass men are allowed to take a concubine. Over the years, and dogged by death threats, Lennon became increasingly paranoid, erupting at the smallest things and seeing danger everywhere. On the night he was shot dead by Mark Chapman, the crazed fan to whom earlier in the day Lennon had given his autograph, Lennon had traveled home without his bodyguard for the first time in weeks. A he'd said, first they kill the bodyguard, then they kill you. If it happens it happens, says Giuliano, who believes Lennon had premonitions of his death. Chapman, who is said to have been a model prisoner, has been granted his first parole hearing, set for the next month. His earliest possible release date in December 4, four days before the 20th anniversary of the murder. Giuliano, 47, calls himself a recovering beatleholic and says that his book goes to the heart of the Lennon enigma. A Chapman said he didn't shoot Lennon, he shot an ideal, says Giuliano. A John died for our myths. We all bought into this idea that he was a deity, but he was simply a product of the Church of England and of Liverpool. It was John's vulnerability and angst, as seen in the book, that made him who he was.
 * Moira Petty, The London Times, 2 Section September 29, 2000

A Bit like Albert Goldman's "The lives of John Lennon" through a soft-focus lens, this book looks at the artists life during the 1970s, examining his paranoia and exposing myths about the nature of his character. Giuliano, renowned for his biographical work on the Beatles, is clearly sympathetic toward the a smart Beatle and, to paraphrase a song by the subject, simply wants to give us some truth. Beatle fanatics will be fascinated by the minutiae withing, including the truth behind a political prisoner John Sinclair and the details of Apple's dissolution. In fact, the book occupies itself with everything from Lennon's masturbatory habits to his recurring religious awakenings. Non-fans may be put off by this image of Lennon as a cad drug addict, and paranoiac; this account is for voyeurs and fans with deconstructive tendencies and is one of the best, most detailed books available on this subject.
 * Colin Carson, Library Journal July 15, 2000

Glass Onion: The Beatles in Their Own Words-Exclusive Interviews With John, Paul, George, Ringo and Their Inner Circle
Exclusive, rare, and uncensored transcripts of the Beatles press conferences, letters, FBI memos, and interviews, in their own words with lots of photos.
 * Ingram

Two of Us: John Lennon & Paul McCartney Behind the Myth
This nuts-and-bolts account of the fabled John Lennon / Paul McCartney collaboration underscores two very different personalities meshed to create the Beatles sound. Lennon (clearly the author's favorite) was the word man, the rebel, the experimenter who didn't really care how people reacted to his music; McCartney the crowd pleaser, the melody man with a gift for pleasing tunes, the traditionalist with one foot in tin pan alley. Together they made magic; separately, after the Beatles broke up in 1970, Lennon was preachy and screechy, McCartney was trite and trivial. Longtime Beatles chronicler and music biographer Giuliano doesn't come up with any staggeringly new information in his otherwise solid examination of the day-to-day specifics involved in creating songs from early pop classics like "Please Please Me" to such mature masterpieces as "A Day in the Life," but he does extract some fab quotes about the fab four. A must for fans, and critical enough to interest even more detached followers of 1960's pop as well.
 * Wendy Smith Amazon.com

Obscured behind the popular music of the legendary songwriting team of John Lennon and Paul McCartney was a fierce tumultuous rivalry that spanned an entire generation. This riveting, provocative biography uncovers the meaning behind their music. 60 illustrations.
 * Ingram

Things We Said Today: Conversations with the Beatles
Reviews To Follow

Behind Blue Eyes: The Life of Pete Townshend
Townshend is one of rock's most complex figures, as Giuliano expertly conveys.
 * Jeff Bradley, Sunday Denver Post December 22, 1996

Giuliano's [new book] is also a first-rate effort. The literary style of most rock journalists is just a notch above that of a sun sub-editor, so it is wonderfully refreshing to find real wit and grace in Giuliano's writing. His sentences are sprinkled with such words as 'bide' and 'lethargy' - the sort of terms that would make Beavis and Butthead dizzy with incomprehension, best of all, Giuliano loves music, and he writes with real enthusiasm about The Who's greatest achievements, "Quadrophenia" and "Tommy".
 * Books of the Year, The Daily Telegraph November 30, 1996

In taking so much straight from the horse's mouth, Giuliano is able to put a very personal spin on Townshend's life. For instance, where Dave Marsh's Before I Get Old: The Story of The Who frames Townshend's famed guitar-smashing within the context of pop culture and modern art, Giuliano suggests it was sparked by the guitarist's anger, particularly at his childhood home.
 * J.D. Considine, Baltimore Sun November 24, 1996

In this spirited chronicle, veteran rock biographer Giuliano captures nearly everything, the excesses as well as the successes. Townshend's tumultuous life has gone through several incarnations. Giuliano documents the musician's struggles to continue to break new creative ground after the public embraced "Tommy", his conflicts with his bandmates and, of course, his highly publicized substance-abuse problems. But Giuliano also peels away the layers of Townshend's public persona to find a complex, passionate man who is full of contradictions.... Giuliano, who's known the rock star for nearly 20-years, reveals his subject hasn't lost his bite: 'You know what happens to the likes of Bowie, Jagger, and me?' asks Townshend. 'Our teenage kids turn around and say, 'You look like mutton dressed as lamb.' How can I possibly have my friends around?' The kid's still all right, and so is this penetrating look at his life!
 * Publishers Weekly October 28, 1996

This in-depth book about Townshend is a must for any pop music library. veteran rock biographer Giuliano, whose previous subjects have been members of precisely the clique of 1960s-70s British rockers whose musical and personal self-indulgence brought on, first, punk rock and then all things alternative, gives us that book. as The Who's guitarist-songwriter-resident genius, Townshend, has always more than slightly impressed with his and his band's magnitude, is another one of the aformentioned clique. Giuliano provides valuable insight and commentary. he is particularly revealing on Townshend's state of mind in the late 1970s, when several uneven albums put The Who's creative and, more important, profit-making future in doubt: turns out Pete was boozing. the drinking, the drugs, the groupies-all are here, along with everything you want to know about Meher Baba and Pete, and lots of over- intellectualizing about rock. in other words, this is the perfect Pete Townshend bio!
 * Mike Tribby, Booklist October 15, 1996

Giuliano uses his 20-year friendship with Townshend, interviews with Who insiders to create an admiring but gritty and insightful account of this contradictory man. he covers Townshend's troubled early life, his transformation from jazz guitarist to guitar-smashing rocker, his addiction and subsequent recovery, his search for meaning and discovery of guru Meher Baba, his creative output (especially the rock opera "Tommy"), the autobiographical nature of his writing, and his recent admission of bisexuality. This is a highly readable account of a popular musical genius and his demons. Recommended for all music and popular culture collections.
 * Rossellen Brewer, Library Journal October 15, 1996

Giuliano has collected an extraordinary number of details about Townshend’s profoundly dysfunctional childhood; his long-standing rivalry with fellow who member, vocalist Roger Daltrey; his addiction to heroin; his search for religious meaning and his (occasionally bizarre) devotion to the silent Indian mystic Meher Baba; his erratic career after the who stopped touring his charitable work; his hearing loss; and the relatively recent revelation of his bisexuality.
 * Jim Kobak's, Kirkus Reviews September 15, 1996

American actor Giuliano, a British pop fanatic with more than a dozen books to his name, has a fair stab at capturing the Townshend enigma in what is the first full biography of the who guitarist. Giuliano is a bit of a trainspotter but that simply means his book is well-researched, exploring much of Townshend’s personal life - his drink and drug battles and his enduring marriage to Karen - as well as his stormy but successful rock’n’roll career. it’s a matter-of-fact, warts’n’all portrait - more man than music - but one that will have you rushing to play some of those classic who tunes!
 * Shropshire Star - Wellington August 17, 1996

See me, feel me, read me! This book... is packed full of dates, facts, a decent index, a discography, a diary of events and quotes from a mysterious who fan and 'long-time insider' codenamed Kathy. it [sets] out Pete’s background (both parents were musicians) and the story of the who, chronicling in detail the endless infighting, squabbling and permanent war zone that constitutes life in one of the world’s most successful rock groups... his picture of growing up in West London in the 1960's is not bad at all; he’s got all the right pub names, got the jargon.
 * Janet Street-Porter, London Sunday Times August 11, 1996

Unlike so many fawning rock biographers who lavish false praise on a bunch of worthless morons, Giuliano has the ability to get to the heart of the man and, by doing so, gives readers a glimpse of a period in history... fans will never get closer to the man than in behind blue eyes. unfortunately, Giuliano does such a magnificent job, many fans may wished they never searched so hard.
 * Calgary Sun August 11, 1996

"Nobody knows what it’s like to be the bad man, to be the sad man, behind blue eyes.' so sang Pete Townshend on The Who is rock classic. Behind Blue Eyes attempts to let everyone else in on the secret, and a disturbing read it is, too. This first biography of rock icon Townshend depicts him as the tortured genius who inspired a generation, but who lacked self-esteem and worth. It tracks his life and career from his lonely DAYS in a dysfunctional family to his fall, and rise, from the depths of drug and alcohol oblivion. The Who guitarist and songwriter, says Giuliano, pushed the self-destruct button despite watching his friends and contemporaries die around him. Townshend’s on-off battle back to life forms the most absorbing part of the book, taking in his conversion to the teachings of Meher Baba en-route. The friction within The Who, held by some to be responsible for their very success, is seen here for the destructive influence it really was. Giuliano refuses to pussy-foot about, detailing the numerous times Townshend and Daltrey all but came to blows, and the bitter disillusionment of both. Townshend’s financial disasters, his infidelities and insecurities are put under the microscope, too – often in his own admissions. Yet amid the mayhem and tragedy, including the untimely deaths of drummer Keith Moon and manager Kit Lambert, there are beacons of hope. There is the survival of Tommy and Quadrophenia, the writer’s 30-year marriage against amazing odds, and, of course, some memorable music.
 * Paul Cole, Birmingham Evening Mail August 9, 1996

Committed fan Giuliano tells a good story...It’s lucky Townshend did so much TV, press and radio talking to give a fund of sources to draw on. The most fascinating part of Townshend’s 50-years, however, has to be his marriage to Karen, with its survival after 28-years. Karen's view of her husband is the most poignant: 'he seems lost, blinded by the past,' she insists. 'I don’t think the man really ever found himself.' Maybe that’s why he wrote: Hope I die before I get old...
 * Alison Ferst, Middlesbrough Evening Telegraph August 2, 1996

Behind Blue Eyes, takes a close look at the man and his persona. Written by Geoffrey Giuliano, it is published by Hodder & Stoughton. Giuliano explores Townshend’s relationship with John Entwistle, Roger Daltrey and the late Keith Moon, his battle against heroin and cocaine addiction, his 30-year marriage, and his work for rock against racism and Amnesty International. It is an intriguing insight into one of the great performers and songwriters.
 * Mark Nicholls, Peterborough Evening Telegraph July 20, 1996

In a life of Pete Townshend Giuliano examines Townshend’s long-term fascination with the spiritual teachings of silent master Meher Baba, his untiring work for rock against racism and Amnesty International and his enduring 30-year marriage. Above all Giuliano examines Pete Townshend’s unwilling elevation to his position as rock's often contradictory, and all too human, reigning elder statesman.
 * Nick Jackson, Bolton Evening News July 20, 1996

Behind Blue Eyes is mainly about the good Pete Townshend. The second [Pete] is more implied. Giuliano has researched this book with forensic attention to detail. It is an honest account of an interesting man.
 * Sam Wollaston, The Guardian July 16, 1996

Pete Townshend gets 'Giulianoed'!
 * John Harris, Q Magazine August 1996

The man who became a voice of the young when he penned such 1960s anthems as "My Generation" and "I Can't Explain" has grown from a guitar-bashing rebel to a resvered inductee (as a member of the who) in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In this spirited chronicle, veteran rock biographer Giuliano (Dark Horse: The Private Life of George Harrison, etc.) captures nearly everything in etween, the excesses as well as the successes. Townshend’s tumultous life has gone through several incarnations. Giuliano adequately documents the musician’s struggles to continue to break new creative ground after the public embraced Tommy his conflicts with his bandmates and, of course his highly publicised substance-abuse problems. But Giuliano also peels away the layers of Townshend’s public persona to find a complex, passionate man who is full of sontradictions. Although Townshend has been married to the same woman most of his adult life, he has carried on numerous affairs with both mean and women in the 1970s, he followed the teachings of the spiritual leader Meher Baba, which required him to abstain from alcohol and drugs, but he continued to struggle with his addictions. In tracing Townshend’s later years, Giuliano, who’s known the rock star for nearly 20 years, reveals that his subject hasn't lost his bite: "You know what happens to the likes of Bowie, Jagger, and me?" asks Townshend. "Our teenage kids turn around and say, 'You look like mutton dressed as lamb. How can I possibly have my friends around?' " the kid's still all right, and so is this penetrating look at his life.
 * Publishers Weekly

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ToutED as the “world’s LOUDEST rock Band," the who has also been one of the most INNOVATIVE and POPULAR musical groups for more than 30 years NOW. the creative forCE behind the Band has always been Townshend, who, SURPRISINGLY, has never been the SUBJECT of a full-FLEDGED biography. Giuliano (BORN under a bad SIGN, ST. MARTIN'S, 1994) uses his 20-year friendship with Townshend, interviews with who insiders, and PERVIOUSLY PUBLISHER interviews to create an admiring but gritty and insightful account of this contradictory man. he covers Townshend’s troubled early life, his transformation from JAZZ guitarist to GUitAR –SMASHING ROCKER, his addiction and SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY his search for meaning and DISCOVERY of GURU Meher Baba, his creative outPUT (ESPECIALLY the rock OPERA TOMMY), the AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NATURE of his WRitING, and his recent ADMISSION of bisexuality. THOUGH Giuliano’S style is OFTEN FLORID, this is a HIGHLY READABLE account of a POPULAR musical genius and his DEMONS. RECOMMENDED for all music and POPULAR CULTURE COLLECTIONS?
 * ROSELLEN BREWER library journal

an in-depth book about Pete Townshend is a must for any pop MUSIX library. veteran rock biographer GILUIANO, whose previous subjects have been members of precisely the clique of 1960s^-70s British rockers whose musical and personal self indulgence brought on, first, punk rock and then all things alternative, gives us that book. as the who’S guitarist-songwriter-resident genius, Townshend, always more than slightly impressed with his and his Band’S magnitude, is another one of the aformentioned clique. Giuliano SHARES Townshend’s HIGH OPINION of himself (in fact, the TEXT occasionally HYPERVENTILATES with AWE) but provides valuable insight and commentary, TOO. he is particularly revealing on Townshend’s state of mind in the late 1970s, when several uneven albums put the who’S creative and, more IMPORATNT, profit-making future in doubt: turns out Pete was boozing. the drinking, the drugs, the groupies—all are here, along with everything you want to know about Meher Baba and Pete, and lots of OVERINTELLECTUALIZING about rock. in other words, this is the perfect Pete Townshend bio.
 * Kirkus Reviews

FOUNDING member and DRIVING forCE behind the who, rock 'N' ROLL BOSWELL of his ``G-G-G-GENERATION, CREATOR of TOMMY (and of a new forM of musical EXCESS. the ``rock OPERA), and POSSESSOR of one of the most PROLIFIC APPETitES (EVEN by ROCKER STandARDS) for BOOZE, drugs, and the HIGH life, Pete Townshend has long SINCE CEMENTED his LEGEND as on of the GIANTS of CONTEMPORARY rock. beginning with the who'S 1965 ANthemIC ``MY GENERATION (REMEMBERED for itS DEFIANT REFRAIN, ``HOPE I DIE before I get OLD), Townshend’s career is PERHAPS BEST CHARACTERIZED by an UNCOMPROMISING (some would SAY self-DESTRUCTIVE) APPROACH to both music and life. BIULIANO (BLACKBIRD: the life and TIMES of PAUL MCCARTNEY, 1991, ETC.) has collected an extraordinary number of details about TOWNSHENDS profoundly dysfunctional childhood; his long-standing rivalry with fellow who member, vocalist Roger Daltrey; his addiction to heroin; his search for religious meaning and his (occasionally bizarre) devotion to the SILEN Indian mystic Meher Baba; his erratic career after the who stopped touring his charitable work; his hearing loss; and the relatively recent revelation of his bisexuality. the FIRSTEVER biography of this CONTRAVERSIAL rock LEGEND CHRONICLES the AMAZING career, DEADLY ADDICTIONS, and enduring PRESENCE as one of the world’s GREATEST POPULAR PERforNERS.
 * Ingram

The Lost Beatles Interviews
the LOST BeatleS interviews a ALTHOUGH the ORIGINAL BeatleS DRUMMER is REPRESENTED in it, a PRE-BeatleS Band MATE of John, PAUL, and GEORGE, TOO, this ISN'T a COLLECTION of interviews with Pete BEST and other LOST BeatleS. but has many FAB FOUR PRESS CONFERENCES, NEWS CLIPPINGS, latter-DAY interviews with INDIVIDUAL BeatleS, and CONVERSATIONS with the group = S INNER CIRCLE (Yoko Ono, PRODUCER GEORGE MARTIN, ETC.) and FAMILIES (E.G., John'S SISTER and his AUNT MIMI, who RAISED HIM) as well as FIGURES on BeatleDOM'S PERIPHERY (DONOVAN, RAVI SHANKAR, ETC.). REMARKABLY, Giuliano has DRAWN up PLENTY of NUGGETS for BeatleMANIACS, RANGING from BACKSTAGE TRIVIA to GOSSIP and AX-GRINDINGS RELAYED by the LIKES of Lennon a CONCUBINE may PANG and a former groupie married to one of McCARTNEY'S WINGS Band MATES.
 * Gordon Flagg, Booklist

a in this revealing book, BASED on interviews with Lennon, McCARTNEY, HARRISON, and STARR, as well as CONVERSATIONS with MADONNA, ERIC CLAPTON, Yoko Ono, GINGER BAKER, DONOVAN, and many OTHERS who KNEW and WORKED with the FAB FOUR, the BeatleS SPEAK CandIDLY on such PREVIOUSLY TABOO subjects as drugs, RELIGION, MYSTICISM, their BREAK-up, the death of BRIAN EPSTEIN, and the MURDER of John Lennon, never before SEEN PHOTOS.
 * Ingram

as NEARLY all FAitHFUL FOLLOWERS of the LEGACY of the FAB FOUR have COME to REALIZE over the PAST DECADE, Giuliano has ASCENDED -through the SHEER VOLUME of his WRitINGS on the BeatleS - to the POSitION of the UNOFFICIAL 'BOSWELL of BeatleDOM'. he’s APPROACHED them, INDIVIDUALLY and as a group, in his WRitTEN and TAPED DOCUMENTATION from JUST about every ANGLE IMAGINABLE... but IF you CARE to know ANYTHING, IF not everything, about the BeatleS, Giuliano is the SOURCE. his LATEST work APPEARED last DECEMBER... as the TitLE STATES, this is a COLLECTION of interviews, as well as PRESS CONFERENCE transcripts, SPANNING the years 1963 to 1993... Giuliano CONDUCTED many of these SESSIONS himself (INCLUDING ONES with Yoko, Pete BEST, JULIA BAIRD, MARY HOPKIN and GERRY MARSDEN)... it all AMOUNTS to a VAST CROSS SECTION of VIEWPOINTS about the BeatleS PHENOMENON that NO other book has HERETOforE MANAGED to ASSEMBLE. the book also FEATURES 32 PAGES of ENTERTAINING, EXCELLENT, BLACK and WHitE PHOTOS, some of them APPEARING for the first time in book forM... Giuliano may BE MOVING on NOW to other subjects, other DISCUSSIONS of pop CULTURE HEROES and their RELATIVE SIGNIFICANCE to us NOW (in a time when the ONLY THING that SEEMS to matter to ANYONE is HOW much MONEY a PERSON MAKES, OR has access to.) IF the LOST BeatleS interviews has, TEMPORARILY OR for GOOD, EXHAUSTED Giuliano'S STORE of FAB LORE, at LEAST he has SPENT it on a work that does JUSTICE to their LEGEND...
 * Paul Gabriel, DISCoveries June 1995

as is the CASE with ELVIS PRESLEY, THERE is a GLUT of books about the BeatleS CROWDING the STORE SHELVES these DAYS. FEW of them are DESERVING of ANYONE'S ATTENTION... TWO of the BETTER BeatleS BIOS, HOWEVER, were WRitTEN by Geoffrey Giuliano: BLACKBIRD / the life and TIMES of PAUL McCARTNEY and DARK HORSE / the private LIVE of GEORGE HARRISON. Giuliano has TURNED his INTEREST in the group INTO a minor INDUSTRY, with at LEAST a HALF-dozen TitLES to his CREDit. the LOST BeatleS interviews is his LATEST ENDEAVOR, and a STRANGE HODGEPODGE it is. Giuliano has COBBLED TOGETHER forGOTTEN interviews with the BeatleS and their ASSOCIATES from OBSCURE SOURCES, and the RESULT is an ODDLY revealing LOOK at FOUR COMPLEX PERSONALitIES CAUGHT up in an UNIMAGINABLE SWIRL of FAME and SUCCESS. most STRIKING are the PRESS CONFERENCES from their early DAYS of endless touring and HOW FUNNY the EXCHANGES COULD BE... GEORGE HARRISON, in his POST-BeatleS interviews, comes ACROSS as a CRABBY, PREACHY CHURCH LADY, and is particularly NASTY and COMBATIVE with the PRESS in a PRESS CONFERENCE with MADONNA to PUBLICIZE the FILM, " SHANGHAI SURPRISE". PAUL McCARTNEY, who has the RARE TALENT of GIVING a SEEMINGLY CandID interview WitHout revealing a WHit of himself, is SURPRISINGLY forTHCOMING in an interview with JULIA BAIRD, John Lennon’s HALF-SISTER. WORTH the PRICE of the book, HOWEVER, is a HILARIOUSLY FRANK interview with John Lennon’s AUNT MIMI, who RAISED Lennon from AGE THREE. when ASKED about John'S LEFTIST POLitICAL ACTIVitIES, MIMI REPLIES, 'DON'T TALK to me of such things! I know that BOY... IF THERE were a REVOLUTION, John would BE first in the QUEUE to RUN!' 'I USUALLY have a large PHOTOGRAPH of John HANGING in the LOUNGE,' ADDS AUNT MIMI. 'when he’s a GOOD BOY it'LL GO BACK up AGAIN!'
 * Tom Graves, Washington Post Book World March 12, 1995

Giuliano has SIFTED through what must have been HUNDREDS of HOURS of PRESS CONFERENCES tapes, along with VOLUMES of MAGAZINE and NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FEATURING John, PAUL, GEORGE and RINGO to COME up with this VOLUME. Giuliano himself APPEARS to have BEGUN INTERVIEWING former BeatleS SOMETIME in the MID-1980s, and he has AMASSED an IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION of MEMORABILIA about the Band as well as OLD NEWS RELEASES and PRESS CLIPPINGS. the RESULT is a QUICK read through the history of the BEST-DOCUMENTED musical group EVER. STARTING with the first FLUSH of BeatleMANIA, MOVING through the troubled last DAYS of the Band and ENDING with DECADES of REFLECTION and POSTURING, the book ILLUMINATES VARIOUS FACETS of this story. some of the MATERIAL is of GENERAL INTEREST; other TIDBitS are INTENDED SOLELY for the fanatic who has a room full of BeatleS albums, SINGLES, CDs and other itEMS. the book BEGINS with EXCERPTS from THIRTEEN PRESS CONFERENCES that TOOK PLACE AROUND the WORLD in 1964. it’s the BeatleS in their 'CHEEKY LADS' PHASE; BANAL QUESTIONS are GIVEN UNDESERVEDLY SHARP ANSWERS... the MIDDLE SECTION of the book is DEVOTED to interviews with the BeatleS FOLLOWING the group'S BREAK up, and the FINAL PAGES CONTAIN interviews with PEOPLE close to the Band. the MATERIAL from PRODUCER GEORGE MARTIN, for INSTANCE, is QUitE INTERESTING, as are TALKS with Pete BEST (he was KICKED out of the Band and is REPLACED by RINGO JUST before they Hit the BIG time) and John'S AUNT MIMI... on BALANCE, THERE'S ENOUGH GOOD MATERIAL in the book to MAKE it WORTHWHILE. INTEREST in the BeatleS REMAINS HIGH as their OLD BBC RADIO tapes have been MADE INTO a TOP-SELLING CD - and any new information about them is WELCOME.
 * Mike Stedham, Anniston Star February 5, 1995

THERE are some INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS to BE FOUND here... a COUPLE of SERIOUS interviews STand out - those with PRODUCER GEORGE MARTIN and ENGINEER GEOFF EMERICK, in which they describe the PRIMitIVE TECHNICAL WIZARDRY behind the BeatleS' SOUND, and with John Lennon’s SISTER JULIA. Book Review, Los Angeles Times Sunday, January 29, 1995 this HODGEPODGE of interview and PRESS-RELEASE transcripts is LARGELY FREE of PREJUDICE. INCLUDED are transcripts from early Beatle PRESS CONFERENCES (in which OFTEN-RECOUNTED quotes are PRESENTED in their LARGER CONTEXTS), INDIVIDUAL Beatle interviews from the late 1960S through 1991, and CONVERSATIONS with VARIOUS Beatle ASSOCIATES... this [book] OFFERS a COMPELLING\ OVERVIEW of VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES on the group and itS CONTINUING MYSTIQUE. RECOMMENDED for POPULAR music COLLECTIONS.
 * Lloyd Jansen, Library Journal December 1994

the LOST John Lennon interviews a COLLECTION of transcripts, INCLUDING the last interview John Lennon EVER did. the book also FEATURES 32 PAGES of RARE PHOTOS of Lennon TAKEN DURING his DAYS with the BeatleS and with his wife, Yoko Ono.
 * Jae-Ha Kim, Chicago Sun-Times January 3, 1997

I LOVED Yoko Ono'S ASSERTION that 'IF I were HitLER'S GIRLFRIEND, things would have been DIFFERENT. THERE'S also one REMARKABLY CONTENTIOUS interview in which Lennon FINALLY SNAPS to the REPORTER, 'will you SHUT up for a MINUTE!'"
 * Stephen Whitty, San Jose Mercury News December 15, 1996

a FEATURING RARE, EXCLUSIVE interviews with John Lennon, TAKEN DURING the period when he PRODUCED some of his GREATEST work with the BeatleS, DIVORCED CYNTHIA Lennon and married Yoko Ono, and OVERcame a SHORT-LIVED heroin addiction, the LOST Lennon interviews OFFERS new insight INTO this TIMELESS and troubled HERO. with some 200 RARE PHOTOS.
 * Ingram

The Illustrated John Lennon
ACCOMPANIED by an INTRODUCTION by CHARLIE Lennon, in which he reveals the OFTEN COMPLICATED HIDDEN WORLD of his NEPHEW, this insightful LOOK at John Lennon = S ENTIRE life NEATLY TIES TOGETHER the MYTH, music, and MAGIC of the LEGEND and SERVES as a TREASURY of seldom-before-SEEN PICTURES from Giuliano'S library.
 * Ingram

The Illustrated Paul McCartney
Reviews to follow

The Illustrated George Harrison
Reviews to follow

The Illustrated Jimi Hendrix
a UNCOVERING the MYTH and MAGIC of a CELEBRATED, PIONEERING rock guitarist, a full-COLOR DEDICATION FEATURES SCORES of EXCLUSIVE, never-before-published PHOTOGRAPHS and DOCUMENTS.
 * Ingram

Unlike other recent books that simply RECYCLE FAMILIAR IMAGES, this VOLUME OFFERS new and INTERESTING SHOTS of JIMI HENDRIX, as well as REPRODUCTIONS of POSTERS, TICKETS, picture SLEEVES, and DOCUMENTS of VARIOUS SORTS... the book provides over TWENTY full-PAGE PHOTOGRAPHS and SCORES of SMALLER PHOTOGRAPHS. FURTHERMORE, the PICTURES (LOADS in COLOR) are VERY well REPRODUCED. THERE are some new PICTURES O members of the HENDRIX family from AL HENDRIX'S COLLECTION, and from the COLLECTION of JIMI'S AUNT, PEARL BROWN; the SNAPSHOT of a TWELVE-year-OLD JIMI with his COUSINS is ESPECIALLY WELCOME. the FRONT and BACK of TWO PHOTOGRAPHS from the early SIXTIES are both REPRODUCED, so WE CAN see JIMI'S OWN ANNOTATIONS: a FAMILIAR SNAP of the ROCKING KINGS, with all the Band members NAMED, and a new COLOR PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN by an AIRBORNE 'JIMMY' in JUMP SCHOOL, from FEBRUARY of 1962. a FINE new ACTION SHOT of HENDRIX with the SQUIRES\ in full CHEETAH REGALIA is also INCLUDED. the PHOTOGRAPHS OFFER a PRETTY fair REPRESENTATION of JIMI'S career. THERE are also QUitE a lot of UNPUBLISHED HENDRIX SHOTS on OFFER. the FINE new SHOTS from MUNICH 1966; TEN PHOTOGRAPHS from GOTHENBURG between 1967 and 1969; ROTTERDAM 1967; ROYAL ALBERT HALL 1969; INDIANAPOLIS 1969; and HARLEM 1969 are particularly valuable. the EMPHASIS in the ILLUSTRATED JIMI HENDRIX is on PHOTOGRAPHS of JIMI, RATHER than on FACSIMILES of MANUSCRIPTS; NEVERTHELESS, the book does OFFER some new AUTOGRAPHS and DOCUMENTS. Giuliano OFFERS some ORIGINAL work as well: he SPOKE with AL HENDRIX in 1982 and NOEL REDDING in 1994, and provides transcripts of these interviews in BRIEF APPENDICES. the NOTES on the DUST COVER MENTION that Giuliano GHOSTED GINGER BAKER'S forTHCOMING autobiography, and the TEXT of the ILLUSTRATED JIMI HENDRIX includes some INTRIGUING new QUOTATIONS from BAKER. but at the END of the DAY it’s REALLY all the FINE ILLUSTRATIONS on OFFER which MAKE it WORTHWHILE to PURCHASE this book.
 * Joel J. Brattin, Univibes November 1994

The Illustrated Eric Clapton
Reviews to follow

The Illustrated Elvis Presley
Reviews to follow

Paint It Black: The Murder of Brian Jones
a RASH of books have APPEARED in recent MONTHS - of which Giuliano'S is PERHAPS the most HIGH-PROFILE, SUGGESTING that JONES was MURDERED... the EVIDENCE is CERTAINLY CONVINCING. he EXAMINES - and REPRODUCES - in detail the POST-MORTEM and CORONER'S REPORTS and EXPLORES the CONTRADICTIONS in the EVIDENCE of WitNESSES' PRESENT at the time. he SHOWS HOW JONES COULD not have DROWNED as a RESULT of TAKING TOO much BOOZE and drugs, and that JONES - an ASTHMA SUFFERER - did not SUFFER a SUDDEN ATTACK that RESULTED in his death. that LEAVES MURDER, and a CONFESSION, MADE to Giuliano by one of the MEN who HELD JONES under the WATER, of HOW a PRANK with UNDERTONES of REVENGE got FATALLY out of Hand. Giuliano'S book, APART from OFFERING CONVINCING PROOF of HOW JONES was KILLED, also LAYS to REST RUMORS that have CIRCULATED in the PAST 25-years, that the ROLLING STONES, HAVING EDGED HIM out of the Band, had JONES MURDERED to stop HIM SETTING up a RIVAL Band with John Lennon OR JIMI HENDRIX.
 * Simon Evans, Birmingham Post June 25, 1994

Giuliano SEEKS to ANSWER [the] QUESTIONS [SURROUNDING JONES' death] in his new biography ENTitLED PAINT it BLACK. most will forM their OWN OPINION after READING this book, but EVEN IF the QUESTION of who KILLED the SIXTIES STAR does not INTRIGUE you, THERE'S HEAPS of FILTHY GOSS on the ROLLING STONES at the HEIGHT of their FAME. THERE'S NO DENYING it, PAINT it BLACK is a THOROUGH and ABSORBING read.
 * CHOICE read, Southern Cross June 1, 1994

the mysterious death of ROLLING STONE BRIAN JONES SPAWNED this INTRIGUING book which ARGUES the CHELTENHAM-BORN STAR was MURDERED. FOUND DROWNED in the SWIMMING POOL at his MANSION in SUSSEX, BRIAN JONES' death is NOW part of SIXTIES MYTHOLOGY. pop AUTHOR Geoffrey Giuliano'S well-WRitTEN account TELLS a SINISTER TALE of the STAR'S life and death in 1969.
 * Matt Rodda, Cheltenham News June, 1994

Giuliano WEAVES TOGETHER the CONFLICTING EVIDENCE to PROVE CONCLUSIVELY that JONES was MURDERED. TWO-THIRDS biography and one THIRD THRILLER, Giuliano SKETCHES an EVOCATIVE picture of the 'SWINGING SIXTIES' when JONES first MET MICK JAGGER and KEitH RICHARDS. PEOPLE are 'CATS', music VENUES are 'JOINTS' and every SENTENCE is SUFFIXED by "man". JAGGER and RICHARDS, who both came from ORDINARY MIDDLE-CLASS BACKGROUNDS, thought JONES was 'COOL' BECAUSE he had TWO ILLEGitIMATE CHILDREN WHILE STILL in his TEENS.
 * Brian Boyd June, 1994

STONES EXPERT Giuliano NOW says that JONES was MURDERED. Giuliano reveals EVIDENCE which he CLAIMS SHOWS that JONES' death was FAR from being 'MISADVENTURE'. to BACK his VERDICT he outLINES the MOTIVES and METHODS of the MURDERER and pieCES TOGETHER the events which SURROUND that FATEFUL night. his CONCLUSION, after a CONVINCING RUNDOWN of events, is that all the details POINT to JONES being KILLED as OPPOSED to simply DYING.
 * Hartlepoel Mail June, 1994

pop AUTHOR Giuliano'S VERY well-WRitTEN account TELLS a SINISTER TALE of the STAR'S life and death in 1969. JONES was a COMPLEX PERSON, FAR from the STEREOTYPICAL BOHEMIAN rock and ROLL STAR. he WENT through a DIFFICULT time after LEAVING the STONES WHILE STILL DEPENDING on them for his LIVELIHOOD. Giuliano TELLS HOW JONES SACKED EASTENDER FRANK THOROGOOD, LEAVING HIM with a GRUDGE EVEN THOUGH he TRIED to LET THOROGOOD DOWN GENTLY. Giuliano says THOROGOOD and another BUILDER DROWNED BRIAN JONES in the SWIMMING POOL, DURING a Bout of HORSE play that got out of CONTROL.
 * Matt Rodda, Gloucestershire Echo May 17, 1994

Giuliano has an IMPRESSIVE INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUE which ABSORBS the most from the JUICES of EVIDENCE his a WitNESSES @ give HIM. he is VERY READABLE and the book is both COMPELLING and COMPULSIVE.
 * Adam Moss, Bolton Evening News May 7, 1994

Giuliano'S book is POWERFUL, FRIGHTENING and IMPRESSIVE. one would HOPE that in VIEW of the ALLEGATIONS in this book the POLICE MIGHT take some ACTION to VERIFY the facts. APART from the MURDER ANGLE, the book is well-WRitTEN and hard-HitTING, GIVING a most REMARKABLE insight not ONLY INTO BRIAN JONES but also the other ROLLING STONES and their RELATIONSHIPS with EACH other. it is also a MOVING biography of a YOUNG and VERY TALENTED musician who RELIED on drugs and drink and who DIED in the VERY PLACE WHERE the most FAMOUS CHILDREN'S CHARACTER in the WORLD, WINNIE-the-POOH, was CREATED.
 * Gordon Young, Jersey Evening Post May 6, 1994

the book MAKES a CONVINCING ARGUMENT that THERE was, INDEED, FOUL play. it includes a new forENSIC OPINION that RULES out drugs, BOOZE, ASTHMA OR LIVER FAILURE as the CAUSE of death; it HIGHLIGHTS GAPING INCONSISTENCIES in the STATEMENTS of the THREE PEOPLE who CLAIMED to BE the ONLY ONES PRESENT on the night JONES DIED; it reveals that, in fact, many more PEOPLE were THERE. the most POWERFUL TESTIMONY comes from a man GOING by the PSEUDONYM 'JOE', who was one of THOROGOOD'S LABORERS. he RECOUNTS HOW JONES was KILLED by himself and another LABORER, CALLED FRANK, in DRUNKEN HORSEPLAY that got out of Hand.
 * Chris Holt, Northern Echo April 23, 1994

Giuliano, LIKE the late ALBERT GOLDMAN, has THRIVED on CONTROVERSIAL books on FAMOUS ENGLISH rock STARS. in GOLDMAN'S CASE it was John Lennon. NOW, FOLLOWING his TOMES on PAUL McCARTNEY which UPSET the FAB one, and GEORGE HARRISON, the AUTHOR (who describes himself as a 'TOUGH New YorkER who GETS the job DONE') has SWitCHED from the BeatleS to STONES. the INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER WINS FEW friends as he TREADS on TOES. but for Giuliano it has always had a PURPOSE: to find the TRUTH. he BELIEVES PAINT it BLACK is making the POLICE CONSIDER REOPENING the FILES on the DEMISE of JONES which was ONCE CONSIDERED 'death by MISADVENTURE' by an EAST GRINSTEAD CORONER'S COURT. Giuliano SAID: 'I BELIEVE they will RE-OPEN the CASE and I HOPE BRIAN'S name will BE CLEARED.
 * Mike Donovan, Scene April 22, 1994

Giuliano'S VERSION of events is BACKED by forENSIC EVIDENCE that JONES COULD not have DIED ACCIDENTALLY. he was ONLY MILDLY DRUNK, BARELY under the INFLUENCE of drugs and would EASILY have been ABLE to SWIM to the POOLSIDE IF, for INSTANCE, he had suffered an ASTHMA ATTACK. for ANYONE who RELISHES the NUTS and BOLTS of a MURDER MYSTERY, this is a RICHLY-detailed and PERSUASIVE read which ASKS a lot of QUESTIONS and MANAGES to ANSWER most of them. Paul Taylor, Manchester Evening News April 21, 1994 in an ASTONISHING book, Geoffrey Giuliano names the man he BELIEVES was RESPONSIBLE for KILLING JONES - BUILDER FRANK THOROGOOD, who had been HIRED to LOOK after the STAR. and his CLAIMS have been BACKED by TOP U.S. PATHOLOGIST PROFESSOR CYRIL WECHT, who has STUDIED all the FILES. he SAID: 'I CANNOT RULE out the POSSIBILitY that one of more PEOPLE may have caused his DROWNING.' Giuliano has SPENT THREE years PROBING the STONE'S death in JULY 1969. and he has FOUND THREE KEY WitNESSES who he CLAIMS POINT to MURDER.
 * Mark Thomas and David Jack, The People April 3, 1994

Rod Stewart: Vagabond Heart
this is the story of HOW he WENT from BOOZY SOCCER STAR-rock SINGER to GLitZ-and-GLAM, HOLLYWOOD-style pop STAR. it SHOULD BE read as a CAUTIONARY TALE by YOUNG musicians and as the FASCINATING story of an important pop-music forCE by pop CULTURE ENTHUSIASTS.
 * Mike Tribby, Booklist October 1, 1994

the book SCORES BIG in it’s DETAILING of STEWART'S early career in such STRANGE AGGREGATIONS as STEAMPACKET (with long John BALDRY) and SHOTGUN EXPRESS (a LINE-up that also INCLUDED future members of FLEETWOOD MAC and cameL). THERE'S also his time with the JEFF BECK group, which RESULTED in the SEMINAL TRUTH album.
 * Birmingham Press November 20, 1993

Geoffrey Giuliano provides a UNIQUE insight INTO the STAR, with the UNMISTAKABLE SandPAPER VOICE, BOTTLE-BRUSH HAIR and his UNIQUE style of SHOWMANSHIP. after NEARLY THREE DECADES, STEWART is STILL one of the most POPULAR and sought-after rock STARS AROUND.
 * Nick Jackson, Bolton Evening News December 11, 1993

VERY READABLE, it is a must for fans.
 * Lesley Williams, South Wales Argus

ANYONE INTERESTED in STEWART will ENJOY this book from an American who has CERTAINLY DONE his HOMEWORK. he TELLS the REMARKABLE story of HOW a YOUNG GRAVE DIGGER and FOOTBALLER ROSE to BECOME one of the world’s most FAMOUS rock STARS and sex SYMBOLS. he EXPLORES his UNPARALLELED FLAIR for WINE, WOMEN and FOOTBALL with PLENTY of CONTROVERSY along the WAY. Giuliano TALKS to the LADIES in ROD'S life, and findS out what MATES such as GINGER BAKER, RON WOOD, ELTON John and MICK JAGGER REALLY THINK of HIM.
 * Derek James, Evening News December 9, 1993

Giuliano TELLS ROD'S story from his childhood and TEENAGE years, when he WORKED as a GRAVEDIGGER, SIGN PAINTER, FENCE MENDER and APPRENTICE SOCCER PLAYER, to his ASTOUNDING SOLO music career. the FEISTY TARTAN ROCKER'S LitTLE-KNOWN DARK SIDE, as well as his self-ADMitTED FEAR of FAILURE, is UNVEILED as the DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD that DRIVES HIM YET HOLDS HIM BACK. the AUTHOR FOLLOWS HIM through a SEEMINGLY-endless PROCESSION of LEGGY BLONDES and a WILD rock-STAR life, to his PRESENT DOMESTIC HAPPINESS with RACHEL HUNTER. the RESULT is a DEFINitIVE account of ROD STEWART'S extraordinary life and LOVES.
 * Express & Echo November 18, 1993

Giuliano has ALREADY published several BeatleS books, with GROWN-up TitLES LIKE TOMORROW never KNOWS, so VAGABOND heart is CLEARLY not INTENDED as a HACKISH RODOGRAPHY. INDEED, after a FEW PAGES it BECOMES CLEAR his MODEL is ALBERT GOLDMAN RATHER than GEORGE TREMLETT. one VIRTUE of the WARTS-ONLY APPROACH is that it RAISES QUESTIONS which would BE UnlikeLY to ARISE in the COURSE of the NORMAL ANODYNE HELLO!-style JAUNT through ROD'S GREATEST HitS and MISSES.
 * Ed Barrett, Modern Review February-March 1994

well researched.
 * John Naugton, Q January 1994

Gloria: The Autobiography of Gloria Hunniford
SHE is the DARLING of BBC RADIO TWO. the BRIGHT-EYED, HONEY-HAIRED, GLAMOROUS MATURE WOMAN with the SING-SONG NORTHERN IRISH ACCENT. GLORIA HUNNIforD LOVES PEOPLE, HER work and HER family. not NECESSARILY in that ORDER. NOW SHE has WRitTEN a book with Geoffrey Giuliano, biographer of the STARS, whose SUCCESSES INCLUDE many books about the BeatleS. the book is DESTINED to DO well AMONGST GLORIA'S many fans. SHE was ONCE VOTED the most POPULAR RADIO DISC JOCKEY and THERE is LitTLE doubt PEOPLE WARM to HER PLEASANT MANNER and WHOLESOME IRISH DOWN to EARTH APPROACH. but the GETTING TOGETHER with Giuliano, for the book, was an UnlikeLY LIAISON. 'I INTERVIEWED HIM about one of his BeatleS books and as he LEFT the STUDIO he ASKED me IF I had EVER DONE MY story. I SAID, 'OH GOD, NO,' but he WENT AWAY and got the DEAL. WitHout HIM I WOULDN'T have got AROUND to doing it.
 * Stephanie Bryant, Sussex Life

GLORIA HUNNIforD has the SORT of WARM PERSONALitY and DISTINCTIVE HONEY TONES PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZE and USUALLY LIKE. SHE'S BECOME an enduring RADIO and TV PERSONALitY. but HER SUNNY EXTERIOR and CHEERY BANTER HIDE some of the SADDER EXPERIENCES of HER life. these are revealED - along with other, HUMOROUS MOMENTS and TENDER TIMES - in HER autobiography with Geoffrey Giuliano. it’s an EVOCATIVE, VERY HUMAN TALE of MARY WINNIFRED GLORIA HUNNIforD, brought up in SEMI-RURAL NORTHERN IRELand, in a WORLD NOW-VANISHED of TRADitIONAL family VALUES and HOME-BAKING, of HOMESPUN ENTERTAINMENT and HELPING to BRING in the HARVEST of HER GRandPARENTS' FARM. READING this book is an ALMOST-FAMILIAR EXPERIENCE. it’s LIKE FINALLY MEETING a long-time PEN PAL, OR SOMEONE you'VE ONLY EVER SPOKEN to on the PHONE. well-WORTH READING, it’s the KIND of book that LEAVES a COSY GLOW.
 * Evening News December 4, 1993

this is the WINSOME story of the GLORIOUS RISE to FAME from a MODEST START in HER family'S TWO-up, TWO-DOWN in PORTADOWN, NORTHERN IRELand. HER IDYLLIC early RECOLLECTIONS of HAYMAKING on HER GRandPARENTS' FARM, BAKING BREAD and making JAM in HER MOTHER'S KitCHEN are a FAR CRY from TODAY'S WHIRLWIND life of interviews, and TV and RADIO SHOWS.
 * Sunderland Echo December 18, 1993

PERHAPS to the SURPRISE of many, GLORIA HUNNIforD has BECOME one of NORTHERN IRELand 'S most successful EXPORTS to MAINLand BRitAIN. ASSISTED by AUTHOR Giuliano, the DIMINUTIVE ULSTER BLONDE TELLS all.
 * Maris Ross, Publishing News August 13, 1993

from HUMBLE BEGINNINGS to the QUEEN of British BROADCASTING, GLORIA reveals the career and personal life of one of BRitAIN 'S FAVORitE RADIO PERSONALitIES.
 * Publishing News July 16, 1993

GLORIA HUNNIforD'S autobiography, by NO means self TRUMPET BLOWING, with a career at the AGE of 53 by NO means over, SEEMS to DISTILL the VERY ESSENCE of what MAKES a PERSONALitY. SUFFICE it to SAY that this is a VERY INTERESTING autobiography, TOLD with CandOR and much GOOD HUMOR. Giuliano and his wife BRENDA with DEBORAH LYNN BLACK have MADE a GOOD TEAM to PRODUCE the work.
 * Peter Allen January 1, 1994

The Rolling Stones Album: Thirty Years of Music and Memorabilia
the DEFINitIVE book on the ROLLING STONES.
 * John Tesh, Entertainment Tonight

a more than FIVE HUNDRED PHOTOGRAPHS, many PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED, HIGHLIGHT a LIVELY LOOK at rock ' N ' ROLL 'S ROLLING STONES, OFFERING a COMBINATION of history, discography, and VISUAL TRIBUTE and FEATURING an ESSAY by the group'S former MANAGER, the long LOST andREW LOOG OLDHAM.
 * Ingram

many THANKS for the book. a UNIQUE COLLECTION of PHOTOS. VERY PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED and so FAR I AM ENJOYING it (EVEN THOUGH it does REMIND me of HOW OLD I AM).
 * Tony McCraig, Senior Rolling Stones Management December 31, 1992

in the FIELD of pop/rock BIOGRAPHIES, the LIGHTNING of SUCCESS RARELY STRIKES TWICE, LET alone a MULTitUDE of TIMES. such is the CASE with rock-CHRONICLER to the STARS, Geoffrey Giuliano, and his LATEST EFforT, the ROLLING STONES album. after a SLEW of BEST SELLERS on the BeatleS, the STONES SEEMED the NEXT LOGICAL SUBJECT for Giuliano'S METICULOUS JOURNALISM. Giuliano'S book, the ROLLING STONES album, is the first to have it’s MATERIAL AUTHORIZED by the ROLLING STONES. and it is, as it’s SUB-TitLE DENOTES, THIRTY-years of music and MEMORABILIA. it is a RIOTOUS WHIRLWIND of events, COLOR and rock’n’roll. as with his previous bio'S, Giuliano FARES EMINENTLY in his account of the STONES' TUMULTUOUS history. FEUDS, MISCHIEF - both SMALL and BANNER-HEADLINE VARIETY - drug BUSTS, LOVE and the NUTS-and-BOLTS of the music BUSINESS: NONE ESCAPE Giuliano'S SCRUTINY. the book TAKES you through the group'S INCEPTION, their GLitZY MID-years right through their ELEGANT, GENTEEL PRESENT, and does so with detail and APLOMB.
 * John R. Ford, Niagara Gazette April 21, 1993

an AMAZING COLLECTION of MEMORABILIA with ANODYNE ACCOMPANYING TEXT from BeatleS SPECIALIST Giuliano. OLD RECORDS, POSTERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, SHEET music, COVER ART work, BUBBLEGUM CARDS, PINBALL MACHINES and PROMOTIONAL INTERNS from every STAGE of both group and INDIVIDUAL CAREERS.
 * London Times July 9, 1993

it is PROBABLY CORRECT and not EXAGGERATED to COMPARE not FADE AWAY with a TOUR of BILL WYMAN'S 'STICKY FINGERS'. ANYONE who has SAUNTERED PAST the WALL of the London CAFÉ in ASTONISHMENT will RECOGNIZE the FEELING when LEAFING through the over 250 PAGES. this is a DOCUMENTARY of the STONES history in WONDERFUL, RARE, UNUSUAL and never before SEEN MEMORABILIA that has been collected over the years. over 800 PHOTOS (MAINLY COLOR), TOUR POSTERS, ENTRANCE TICKETS, PROGRAMS, T-SHIRTS also RARE RECORDS and CD'S, picture DISCS and PROMOS and much much more. it is GREAT to BROWSE through the history of the STONES AGAIN. a GREAT book, which CLEARLY RISES from the MASS of STONES PUBLICATIONS. a book for everyONE, both STONES fans and STONES COLLECTORS (the one NEED not EXCLUDE the other).
 * Peter Winterstein, Basement News ( Germany ) June 1993

at over 250 PAGES, TOMORROW never KNOWS, is a GIGANTIC COMPENDIUM of ROLLING STONES EMPHEREA COVERING 30-years of rock'S most enduring STALWARTS. ESSENTIAL for the group'S fans it is also a FASCINATING GRAPHIC REFERENCE work. this must BE the DEFINitIVE COLLECTION of STONES' PRODUCT from the 60s' pop covers of TEENBEAT to the ELABORATE WOODEN CD PACKAGING of the FINAL BOW, COMPLETE with MINIATURE BOTTLE of JACK DANIELS, MOUNTED in a GENUINE LEATHER BASE. in between, WE get a LOOK at every album and SINGLE COVER 9 OFFICIAL and BOOTLEG, every CONCEIVABLE forM of MERCHandISE INCLUDING the STONES' PINBALL MACHINES, JIGSAWS and T-SHIRTS - over 1,200 itEMS in all. at l20 it is VERY REASONABLY PRICED and CERTAINLY LIVES up to it’s BACK PAGE BLURB as the DEFINitIVE ILLUSTRATED history.
 * Event (Music, Arts & Entertainments in West Yorkshire ) June 1993

a SUPERB ADDitION to the MINI-library of books on the Band ONCE QUitE RIGHTLY HAILED as the GREATEST in the WORLD. rock HISTORIAN Giuliano has put TOGETHER a TRULY AMAZING COLLECTION of STONES' MEMORABILIA which includes TOUR PROGRAMS, T-SHIRTS, POSTERS, BUBBLE-GUM CARDS and much more. STRONG on PICTURES and TRIVIA RATHER than the well-DOCUMENTED TALES of the Band, this is a LOVING LOOK at the STONES for the TRUE fan.
 * Lancashire Evening Post December 19, 1992

"one of the BEST books of the year. FOUR STARS!"
 * City Limits January 7, 1993

the book is WHOLLY UNIQUE.... it’s AUTHOR INFAMOUS Beatle biographer, Geoffrey Giuliano,\ provides a SOLID account of the groups' career. one THING'S for SURE: THOUGH the Band PROBABLY RESENT many of the OPPORTUNIST PUBLICATIONS that have APPEARED over the PAST THIRTY-years, PURPORTING to REPRESENT the STONES, EVEN they will PROBABLY BE AGHAST at the SCOPE of the book and the DEDICATION that has GONE INTO PRODUCING it. it’s a book that - ROLLING STONES POPCORN and PROMOTIONAL BOTTLES of JACK DANIELS INCLUDED - does the group PROUD!
 * Mark Paytress, Record Collector January 1993

not SURPRISINGLY, the ROLLING STONES RECORDED their first TUNE in MARCH, the MONTH that comes in LIKE a LION. to COMMEMORATE the 30 th ANNIVERSARY of this MOMENTOUS musical EVENT, VIKING STUDIO books is PUBLISHING the ROLLING STONES album, a 250-PAGE CATALOG of PHOTOGRAPHS and other RIVETING MEMORABILIA COMPILED by rock HISTORIAN Giuliano that'S GUARANTEED to give SATISFACTION to any STONES fan.
 * Karen Brailsford, Elle March 1993

MAYBE it’s ONLY rock’n’roll, but this album TREATS it LIKE the second COMING, with 1,500 PHOTOGRAPHS, a COMPLETE discography, 30-years of TOUR dates, ARCANE and FAMILIAR MEMORABILIA... IF THERE is NOTHING about the ROLLING STONES that DOESN'T INTEREST you, this is YOUR book. GRADE B+
 * Entertainment Weekly 1993

Giuliano'S PROSE is TERSE and BREEZY, making for EASY READING Giuliano KEEPS a LIGHT Hand here, DUTIFULLY COVERING all the HEADLINE-making events, WHILE AVOIDING a LURID, TABLOID TONE. INTRIGUING for fans, is the ABUNDANCE of BOOTLEGS, some QUitE IMAGINATIVELY PACKAGED, that are COVERED in the book. the outLAW VERVE does more to SUGGEST the STONES' early REBEL IMAGE than any of the BIG-BUSINESS DEALINGS one ASSOCIATES with the Band CURRENTLY. STILL, the STONES ROLL on. but one has to WONDER, as the CONCERTS MOVE FURTHER INTO BROADWAY SPECTACLE and the music BECOMES an EVER more FAINT WHISPER of itS ONCE MIGHTY self, HOW much LONGER fans will CONTINUE to SHELL out for a MERE TASTE of LEGEND. as this ENTERTAINING, VOLUME SUGGESTS that may BE for QUitE a WHILE LONGER.
 * Curtis Ross, Tampa Tribune 1993

Giuliano'S book is an ILLUSTRATED GUIDE to STONES' picture SLEEVES and OLD MAGAZINE covers, with a TEXT which is SAMPLED from SOUNDS, CIRCA '75: 'it’s KEitH RICHARDS who...STILL EMBODIES the STREETWISE, SCRAPPING MAVERICK that is the HALLMARK of the ROLLING STONES.' this is the book for those who GO to GAZE at rock MEMORABILIA AUCTIONS, and COME BACK with the CATALOGUE.
 * Vox January 1993

TOMORROW never KNOWS and not FADE AWAY take a LOOK at a HUGE SELECTION of pop MEMORABILIA, GIMMICKS, ARTWORK, FANZINES, and BOOTLEG RECORDINGS. they were ONCE COMMON CURRENCY of the pop SCENE, but are NOW FOUND in AUCTION HOUSES FETCHING THOUSandS of POUNDS. Geoffrey Giuliano, an AVID COLLECTOR and rock BUFF, PRESENTS both LAVISHLY PACKAGED and ILLUSTRATED books, FONDLY REMEMBERING the DAYS when the BeatleS and the STONES VIED with EACH other for CHART SUPREMACY. the REAL VALUE of these CHERISHED pop RELICS LIES not in their CASH WORTH, but in their NOSTALGIC ability to CONJURE up a FLAVOR of those EXCitING DAYS when the 60s were ACTUALLY HAPPENING (man!). IDEAL books for AVID BeatleS and STONES fan OR ANYONE with a FAD for the SWINGING 60s.
 * Antoinette Kent, Portsmouth News April 24, 1993

the book LEAVES NO STONES UNTURNED, as it reveals the HUMBLE BEGINNINGS of GIGS AROUND London to MASS CONCERTS AROUND the WORLD to THOUSandS of fans and, ULTIMATELY, REPORTS on the SOLO CAREERS.
 * Julie Fulcher, Uxbridge Gazette April 14, 1993

Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney
a London SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLER

Giuliano'S UPDATE of his BEST SELLING 1991 ORIGINAL FOLLOWS McCARTNEY through his first forAY INTO CLASSICAL music with"the LIVERPOOL ORATORIO", his work with ANIMAL RIGHTS, the REUNION of the 'THREETLES' to CUT new SONGS for the 'ANTHOLOGY' albums, and wife LINDA'S Bout with BREAST CANCER. also INCLUDED are EXCERPTS from recent interviews and an UPDATED discography. this may BE more POPLAR NOW than when first RELEASED!
 * Michael Rogers, Library Journal November 1, 1997

a PRINCE PAUL CONQUERS the WORLD as a Beatle, then DARINGLY STARTS his OWN group (WINGS) and LIVES forEVER after in TIGHT- FISTED HAPPINESS with his LADY LINDA. Giuliano BEGINS with a 90-PAGE REHEARSAL of the FAB FOUR = S career...he then turns to the marriage of LINDA EASTMAN and McCARTNEY. POTENTIALLY of INTEREST, this UNION of a SON of a COTTON FACTOR and a DAUGHTER of a CLEVELand HEIRESS. DENNY LAINE, who PLAYED GUitAR in WINGS for several years, does provide some INTERESTING INSIGHTS. MONEY: McCARTNEY was always making EXCUSES for not PAYING us PROPERLY by SAYING his MONEY was all TIED up in the BeatleS COMPANY, APPLE...I was KEPT in the DARK all the time about MONEY, JUST GIVEN a CHECK NOW and AGAIN. recording: a he and LINDA did SMOKE a FANTASTIC AMOUNT of STUFF by ANYBODY’ S STandARDS...so much of it MAKES you VERY INDECISIVE and TAKES AWAY YOUR self-CONFIDENCE. that’ S why PAUL'S albums take HIM AGES to MAKE. he CANNOT BE DECISIVE about ANYTHING. LAINE LEFT the Band when McCARTNEY was ARRESTED for drug-POSSESSION in TOKYO. in SUBSEQUENT years, McCARTNEY forBADE the Band to CARRY any drugs ACROSS the BORDER. this PROHIBitION, says Giuliano, did not APPLY to PAUL himself; he USED the HOOD on his DAUGHTER 'S COAT and his SON 'S DIAPER as STASH BAGS. THIRTY-TWO PAGES of B&W PHOTOS.
 * Kirkus Reviews, 1991

a the most PROLIFIC and COMMERCIALLY successful of the BeatleS, PAUL McCARTNEY has MADE musical WAVES for over THREE DECADES. in BLACKBIRD, BeatleS insider Giuliano UNFOLDS the WHOLE story of McCARTNEY 'S contradictory CHARACTER, COLOSSAL TALENT and PRESENTS the REAL PAUL. 90+PHOTOS.
 * Ingram

BLACKBIRD is a fair, BALANCED, well-researched TEXT with a GREAT DEAL of PREVIOUSLY UNTOLD information to ACCOMPANY the man'S history...Giuliano is a RECOGNIZED BeatleS AUTHOR whose HIGHLY-ACCLAIMED books GRACE the SHELVES and COLLECTIONS of most FOLLOWERS of the FAB FOUR...UNTIL McCARTNEY WRitES his OWN MEMOIRS, and DARES DELVE INTO CERTAIN subjects PERHAPS CONSIDERED TABOO, BLACKBIRD SERVES as the DEFINitIVE book on the 'CUTE Beatle' for OPEN-MINDED MACCA MAVENS WORLDWIDE.
 * Charles F. Rosenay!!!, Good Day Sunshine (The International Beatles Magazine)

Giuliano DESERVES KUDOS for his EVEN-HandED APPROACH...WE get a behind-the-SCENES LOOK at the SINGER'S FROLICKING, BED-HOPPING ESCAPADES, his STINGINESS with MONEY and his IRRATIONAL devotion to marijuana.
 * Michael Dunn, Tampa Tribune-Times

a DEFINitIVE work on an EX-Beatle... CONTAINS an INCREDIBLE VOLUME of FRESH facts on the REAL PAUL McCARTNEY, not the PUBLIC PERSONA...Giuliano'S FRANK, UNBIASED account will BE the BEST you'LL EVER get.
 * John R. Ford, Niagara Sunday Gazette

Geoffrey Giuliano, INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED rock biographer and BeatleS AUTHORitY, DRAWS on his OWN EXTENSIVE interviews with McCARTNEY and those CLOSEST to HIM to BRING us a DEFINitIVE biography - WORTHY of the man who has DOMINATED pop music for the last THREE DECADES.
 * Newtownends Chronicle April 26, 1992

STRAIGHTforWARD...PAINTS an EVOCATIVE picture of McCARTNEY and his MATES. San Jose Mercury News most revealing...POIGNANTLY describes McCARTNEY'S LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP with John Lennon and CHRONICLES the BeatleS BREAK up in PAINFUL detail.
 * Chattanooga News-Free Press

An expansive study...takes us on a magical mystery tour of the singer-songwriter's life.
 * Wilmington Sunday News Journal

This fab book finally puts the record straight!
 * The Echo, Sunderland November 5, 1991

Giuliano is refreshingly frank in assessing McCartney’s creative output, particularly in the Wings and post-Wings era...The book is a quick, entertaining read with quite a bit of new material.
 * Larry Lipkis, Library Journal October 1, 1991

a COMPLETE a LOOK at McCARTNEY as has been published to DATE. with it’s musical and personal family TREES, CHRONOLOGY and POST-BeatleS discography, BLACKBIRD SHOULD BE WELCOMED by many McCARTNEY fans.
 * Lynne Francek Urian, Publication Unknown

Giuliano'S DEFINitIVE biography UNRAVELS the COMPLICATED life of the world’s most POPULAR, most POWERFUL and RICHEST musician of his time. ILLUSTRATED with many RARE PHOTOGRAPHS.
 * Loughborough Echo/Shepshed Echo November 1, 1991

BASED on interviews with McCARTNEY himself and close friends, the VOLUME TAKES an AUTHORitATIVE LOOK at the ORIGINAL musical group and it’s COMPLEX INTER-RELATIONSHIPS, FOLLOWING it’s RISE and FALL before GOING on to TRACE PAUL'S OWN LATER work. a GENEROUS GALLEY of CandID SNAPSHOTS, many of them from Beatle BUFF Giuliano'S OWN COLLECTION, ADD YET another INTERESTING ELEMENT to a book ALREADY full of new facts and RE-EVALUATIONS.
 * Anniston Star January 5, 1992

Giuliano ACKNOWLEDGES ASSISTANCE from some FIFTY SOURCES from LIVERPOOL, London and NORTH America .... WINGS and McCARTNEY fans will ENJOY the book'S COLLECTION of VERY RARE PHOTOGRAPHS....
 * Faith Rosanne Corman, Publication Unknown

this LATEST in the LINE of Beatle BIOGRAPHIES is PERHAPS the most insightful WE'VE had the PLEASURE to read...the book REMAINS a SUBSTANTIAL LOOK INTO the life of PAUL McCARTNEY. the AMOUNT of RESEARCH the AUTHOR UNDERTOOK ADDS CREDENCE to many of the facts and STORIES. his USE of interview subjects SUGGESTS that many of the STORIES, HOWEVER STRANGE, must BE TRUE...at the END of the book is a COMPLETE SOLO discography (up to 'all MY TRIALS'), a LIST of PROMOTIONAL RELEASES as well as BOOTLEGS and an EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. these LISTS alone are WORTH the PRICE of the book! with lots of INTERESTING STORIES and JUST the right AMOUNT of DIRT (a lot of which is DIRECTED TOWARD LINDA and Yoko) BLACKBIRD is an ENJOYABLE read. UNTIL PAUL WRitES his OWN autobiography, this is PROBABLY the CLOSEST and most ACCURATE LOOK at McCARTNEY as his fans will EVER get.
 * Penny Lane Press

KNOWING most OF THE CHARACTERS PERSONALLY, I WAS VERY impressed BY Giuliano'S ACCURATE AND REVEALING PROSE... A classic!
 * Ginger Baker Of Cream and Blind Faith

Comments
There you go. Every review from my website sourced. Now please include them.

As for proving who you are, it would be in your best interest to not have anyone here think you are Giuliano, as Wikipedia heavily discourages people editing articles that relate to them. I DONT CARE I want OFF OF this SILLY PAGE! I am going to ask you straight up, have you read any of those links? Do you understand them? When you do, you will know that you can get your information onto Wikipedia. You need to conform to Wikipedia's method, however; Wikipedia will not conform to yours. I am trying to tell you how to get your way; please take it in so that we can all work together! V-Man737 02:54, 20 February 2007 (UTC)