Ex-Macca Rep To Write The Beatles Fanthology

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OK, alright!! Geoff Baker, too write a Beatles Book about the Fans~ see Press Release below~ You freakin Go Geoff~ woohoo!!~

GEOFF BAKER

PR for Linda McCartney 1990-1998

PR for Paul McCartney 1989-2004

PR for Apple Corps 1995-2004

FAN-MEDIA RELEASE

EX-MACCA REP TO WRITE THE BEATLES FANTHOLOGY

with a little help from their friends

Geoff Baker, former PR to Linda and Paul McCartney and The Beatles, is to write a history of Beatles fans - using the fans' own words and calling it The Beatles Fanthology.
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Baker, who worked at Apple Corps as press assistant under Derek Taylor on the actual Beatles Anthology projects, is asking Beatles fans around the globe to send him their stories, memories and moments about their love for the world's most-enduring rock band.

Baker will edit anecdotes and observations from the fans into the first full and illustrated biography of The Beatles fan phenomenon.

'I have a lot of respect for them, there is absolutely nothing like a Beatles fan and I love 'em,' said Baker, who worked for 15 years as Paul McCartney's publicity chief.

'The fans made the band and they have continued to make the band through five decades - but I feel their crucial side of the story that Derek called 'the 20th century's greatest romance' has never been told properly before. I'm reasonably qualified to write this book and it is the only Beatles book that I shall ever write.'

Baker said he was spurred to do the book after attending the Beatles Week festival in Liverpool and after a Beatles fan wrote to him and suggested that he did it.

'I've always been fascinated by the fans. I did three world tours with Paul McCartney and on each one it was the dancing fans with their cheeky banners, friendly faces and expert knowledge who made each show a smash.
I have no interest in the posh people who buy the expensive seats and then just sit in them throughout the gig.

'The kind of things I'm interested in are what was it like for a Beatles fan in the Sixties, what was it like seeing them in Liverpool, what's it like being a Beatles fan now, what's it like having a son as a Beatles fan, or a grand-daughter, what's special about them above every other band, how did they affect your life -
I want to know what the fans think about The Beatles, not the biographers' opinion or the critics', the fans. Other than forever admiring their screaming, we've not paid enough attention to their voice.'

Baker is asking fans who want to put their voice in the book to tell him their stories - by email to geoffbaker@beatlesfanthology.com

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'I want to cover the whole Beatles period, from the beginning of the birth of the band in 1957 up to the current day. The fans can send me as much or as little as they like. Email me pix or anything they want, but don't send me originals because everybody knows I'll lose them,' said Baker.
'I'm looking for those little moments that may be personal to one but will be understood by us all. I want to get in as many voices as possible from as many places as possible.'

Although Baker has been kicking fan-related book ideas around in himself for years, it was his business partner Jill Newton who came up with the name The Beatles Fanthology after the fan's prompt. The pair, both former journalists, recently formed a books-writing partnership, Newton & Baker Books. The Fanthology will be their fourth book currently in production.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Geoff Baker 07966 473 919

geoffbaker@dsl.pipex.com

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New books Broken Saint: a Story of a Brillaint Failure

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New books Broken Saint: a Story of a Brilliant Failure

Hey people, are you an avid reader? well, I have something new for you. Just a few short months ago, my friend-
Mark Zamen and fellow Beatles's fan, published his very first novel, titled: Broken Saint.
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Mark, had mentioned, years ago, he had been writing such a book, (but was pretty low key about it- all ) and now, his dream of becoming a published Author, has come to fruition. Right on, Mark! I Love, when that happens!

I cannot wait to read the book myself. Below, is the press release to Broken Saint-

says Mark "The Beatles are mentioned in the book" I didn't ask him what chapter tho? :) I will just have to read it- for myself. I am proudly, happy for Mark's- most recent, accomplishment.... way to go! well done!


E L O Q U E N T B O O K S
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BROKEN SAINT: A STORY OF A BRILLIANT FAILURE

Vietnam Vet Struggles with Post-War Life, Religion, Sexual Orientation, and
Mental Illness in California Author’s Novel

Tom Wahrheit was a combat infantryman in Vietnam. He was gay. He
was Mormon. He was manic-depressive. And Mark E. Zamen’s Broken
Saint: A Story of a Brilliant Failure shows how Tom could have been so
much more.
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From his first breakdown during the war through his attempts to navigate
the rough seas of post-military life, Tom struggles to reconcile the different facets of his life. In Tom’s story, there are incidents of trueugliness, with no sugar coating. There are also interludes of peace when Tom, for a time, knows true contentment.

Ultimately, this is a story of intolerance and how it is internalized and
often prevents us from being true to ourselves. Broken Saint is the
penetrating, fictionalized account of a real man torn asunder by forces beyond his control, a very
good man who should have been a productive and successful member of society.

Publisher’s website: www.eloquentbooks.com/BrokenSaint.html


About the Author: Mark E. Zamen met the man upon whose life this novel is
based on their first day in the Army. Mark was inspired to tell Tom’s story after
witnessing what he has gone through over the course of their nearly four decades-
long friendship. Both men hope that readers will derive knowledge
and understanding from learning of these sometimes sad, sometimes euphoric,
often grotesque actions and experiences – and the psychological processes
underlying them. Mark lives in Mountain View, California with his wife. They
have a 24-year-old daughter.

For media inquiries, appearances, or other publicity —

please contact: Ellen Green — PressManager@aegpublishinggroup.com

AEG Publishing Group, Inc.
845 Third Avenue, 6th floor-6016 – New York, NY 10022

http://www.strategicbookpublishing.com/- http://www.eloquentbooks.com/

- http://www.strategicbookmarketing.com/

1-888-808-6190 - Corporate Office
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Where to find Copies of Broken Saint- you can find it on Amazon or see my widget to the left on sidebar yu can click there - also Barnes & Noble.

Good Luck, Mark, I wish you, HUGE Success on the road to the Bestsellers list!

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harleyblues~

Bakers Banned now see Melons in comfort press release

PRESS RELEASE

The Purplemelon Press Office
Tel 07971 461 002
Tel 01380 860 169
Mail: email omitted by harleyblues (I'm sure Geoff doesn't want the whole world havin his email addy) lol

BAKER BANNED! NOW SEE MELONS IN COMFORT

Purplemelon patrons were today said to be "naturally knocked out with delight" by the news that human chimney and bronchitic PR Geoff Baker has been banned from smoking at gigs by Act of Parliament.

"This is great news", Purplemelon fan Nick Witkowski told the PM Press Office, "now for the first time we will be able to see the band instead of been blinded by Geoff's smog like soldiers under gas attack".

The all-new-clear-view and diphtheria-free Purplemelon return to their popular haunt at The Troubadour Club (265 Old Brompton Road) on Saturday night (July 7th). They are wildly expected to be onstage around nine.

Sources close to the band which is exciting London as we speak suggest they will be outing new songs alongside the PM favourites that turned the Troubadour cellar bar into a bopping sweatshop of female frenzy a few weeks back.

Sources close to Baker say that the pleuristic publicist has been told to behave himself. His spokesman said Mr. Baker would bear it in mind.

Purplemelon are: Tom Hill (lead vocals, guitar), Eric Joyce (bass), Windsor McGilvray (drums), Owen Barry (lead guitar) and they are very good. Saturday's show will be filmed for the forthcoming web-TV reality rock soap This Is Purplemelon.

SAT. JULY 7TH. THE TROUBADOUR CLUB. DOORS OPEN @ 8.00
Website www.purplemelon.co.uk
Band Space www.myspace.com/purplemelonband
Fan Space www.myspace.compurplemelonmusic
Film Fan Space www.myspace.com/knowmeinthefuture (women only)

Harleyblues take:

Geoff GOD love ya, lol I just can't help from laughin we should all join in on the smoking ban. hoping that loads of people will be able to see PURPLEMELON July 7th why not leave a message here Geoff? Hello, "Ground control to Major Tom" hehehehe

harleyblues XX