Beatles Made In The UK definitive guide the UK singles the only book you'll need

Sold Date: May 25, 2024
Start Date: May 17, 2024
Final Price: £78.00 (GBP)
Seller Feedback: 2124
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Following a recent visit to my publisher in The Netherlands, I am pleased to announce that I have the only (few) copies of my Beatles singles book available for sale directly in the U.K. 
Copies will be signed, or dedicated as requested. Copies are sent via courier, fully insured. The book is A4 format and weighs over 3KG! Until they are signed, they remain sealed. They are then immediately placed in a protective bubble wrap and boxed.
Please note that I cannot accept offers. These books are very expensive, even for the publisher and writer. The offer price suggested by eBay is less than it costs me!
The book was given a five star review by The Record Collector publication and rated "essential". It was also placed in the same category as Lewisohn and "Revolution in the head"!
Whilst avoiding the trap of trying to value every disc, some weight is given to those deemed rare. One dealer sold a record for £130 on reading my book, when he'd expected to sell it for around £10! 
Postage quoted is for U.K. mainland only. Outside of this region, eBay global programme is applied, of which I have no control of the cost. If you want to collect (or meet me on the A12 between Chelmsford and Colchester), please message for postage refund.
This is the companion volume to my book on The Beatles UK EPs: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126411918691. Please see the current issue of record Collector for a five star review!

Feedback for my Beatles singles book 

Wow wow wow what an unbelievable book Its amazing can’t wait to go through my many Beatles singles over the next few months or even years Thank you for all your hard work (Mark, U.K.)

What an incredible book, The detail is amazing with wonderful photos and illustrations. This must be the definitive book of Beatles UK singles.(John U.K.)

 Amazing book. Superb quality heavy hard backed book. A book I will use for years. Many thanks indeed.(Playthatrecord, U.K.)

 "I thought spizers book was good. this one is unreal. honestly unreal. believe me if you want. it's incredible. buy this book people." (JP, Glasgow)

 "Received today. WHAT A MASTERPIECE!!"(Servi, Holland)

 "A fantastic book Admiral" (Mark, canada)

 An absolutely brilliant book on the Beatles singles. Fantastic work! (Nav, Ebay, U.K.)

 It's probably the most thoroughly research book on the Beatles UK singles(MrElirecords, YouTube)

 this is the best Beatle book I have ever brought(BeatleDave, YouTube)

 this book is up there with lewishohns recording sessions and tune in. the research and attention to detail is amazing. thank you richard. (Ralph Ebay)

 Wow wow wow what an unbelievable book Its amazing can’t wait to go through my many Beatles singles over the next few months or even years Thank you for all your hard work (Mark Maynard Ebay)

 Brilliant book showed Record Collector how to do it properly (Wikkercat ebay)

 Excellent communication and fast delivery. What an incredible book, The detail is amazing with wonderful photos and illustrations. This must be the definitive book of Beatles UK singles. (johnb1927 ebay)

 This is a magnificent book. Expectations truly exceeded. Looking forward to the EP edition next year!(Number-Nine Dream eBay)

 Hey! This book is a work of art, I am speechless. (Kate eBay)


From the publisher:

There are many books that deal with Beatles singles, from all over the world. It seems, however, that the singles that were released in The Beatles’ own country throughout the last 60 years have never been properly catalogued in detail.

This is where Apcor’s latest offering comes in, in the form of a book written by Richard Noller called “Made In The U.K. – A Complete Overview Of The Beatles’ Singles Manufactured In The U.K.“. This hardback book, which counts 668 pages and more than 2,700 (!) photos and scans of labels, sleeves, promotional items, original sheet music, advertisements, reviews, acetates, etc., etc., covers every U.K. manufactured Beatles single released from the Sixties up to the present day in great detail.

From the humble beginnings as the Quarrymen and their sole acetate disc cut in 1958, through the Beatlemania years, the Polydor releases, the 1970s reissues, the 1980s picture discs, the elusive silver injection labels, right up until the most recent set of Beatles reissued singles from 2019.

But that’s not all!

Every flexi disc featuring The Beatles – and that’s not just the Xmas flexis, but also the various flexis promoting Beatles product in the 1970s. A gallery of company sleeves used on The Beatles’ single releases in the U.K. and to which titles they apply. Non-EMI product on labels such as AFE, Baktabak and Polydor. All 7″ box sets in every known variation. All export singles. A concise and clear chapter on how records are made, what the markings in a run-off groove mean and why they are important to the subject matter. An extensive chapter on Acetates, Demos And Songs They Gave Away, picturing all the appropriate labels and every known demo and acetate disc and sheet music by the likes of Billy J. Kramer, Cilla Black, The Fourmost and other lucky recipients of a Lennon-McCartney or Harrison original. A complete overview of all other (single) formats such as cassette singles and CD singles. A complete Irish discography, including every known label variation.

“In-depth” does not begin to cover the detailed descriptions of every entry. Every known variation has been included (A-sides and B-sides); and that’s not just the labels, but also the picture and company sleeves! This is the definitive word on The Beatles’ singles output from the U.K.