The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
 Cover, volume 1 (1969) | |
| Author | The Beatles Alan Aldridge (editor) |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Alan Aldridge |
| Subject | song lyrics |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Macdonald Unit 75 |
Publication date | 1969, 1971 |
The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics is a set of two books combining the lyrics of songs by
Black Dog & Leventhal, and in a signed limited edition in 2012.[4] Some of the illustrations were fan art
solicited by Aldridge.
The book focuses almost exclusively on the lyrics to songs written by
Lennon-McCartney and for reasons unclear, not all of the songs written by George Harrison are included, let alone the two songs written by Richard Starkey (AKA Ringo Starr). The book doesn't include the lyrics to the many cover versions of songs recorded for EMI
.
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Artists
Artists and photographers featured in the book (Part I) include:
- Julian Allen
- Clive Arrowsmith
- David Bailey
- Stephen Bobroff
- Mel Calman
- Seymour Chwast
- John Deakin
- Erté
- John Farman
- Hans Feurer
- Folon
- Milton Glaser
- John Glashan
- Rick Griffin
- Robert Grossman
- Chadwick Hall
- Rudolf Hausner
- David Hockney
- Art Kane
- David King
- Roger Law
- Peter Le Vasseur
- James Lloyd
- Jean Loup Sieff
- Brian Love
- Peter Max
- James Marsh
- Mike McInnerney
- David Montgomery
- Phillipe Mora
- Victor Moscoso
- Stanley Mouse
- Ronald Searle
- Donald Silverstein
- Diane Tipple
- Harri Peccinotti
- Colette Portal
- Enzo Ragazzini
- Ethan Russell
- Justin Todd
- Roland Topor
- Tomi Ungerer
- Richard Weigand
- Harry Willock
Artists and photographers featured in the book (Part II) include:
- John Alcorn ("Eight Days a Week")
- David Bailey ("Lovely Rita")
- R. O. Blechman ("No Reply")
- Charles Bragg ("I Call Your Name")
- Mel Calman ("Only a Northern Song")
- Seymour Chwast ("The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill")
- Alan E. Cober ("From Me to You")
- John Deakin ("P.S. I Love You")
- Étienne Delessert ("Bad to Me")
- Heinz Edelmann (numerous)
- Erté ("Goodnight")
- Michael English ("Another Girl")
- Michael Foreman ("And I Love Her")
- Milton Glaser ("A Day in the Life")
- John Glashan ("Can't Buy Me Love")
- Rick Griffin ("Why Don't We Do It in the Road?")
- Robert Grossman ("Back in the U.S.S.R.")
- Rudolf Hausner ("Magical Mystery Tour")
- David Hockney ("I'm So Tired")
- Her Majesty")
- Girl")
- Art Kane ("Eleanor Rigby")
- Jan Lenica ("All My Loving")
- James Marsh ("Michelle")
- Peter Max ("Glass Onion"), ("The Word")
- James McMullan ("I Feel Fine")
- Tony Meeuwissen ("Hello, Little Girl")
- Carry that Weight")
- Victor Moscoso ("Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da")
- Stanley Mouse ("The Inner Light")
- Barbara Nessim ("I'll Be Back")
- Eduardo Paolozzi ("Let It Be")
- Ethan Russell ("Got to Get You into My Life")
- Ronald Searle ("Help!")
- Jean Loup Sieff ("Good Day Sunshine")
- Ralph Steadman ("Oh! Darling")
- Wait")
- Roland Topor ("Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band")
- Tomi Ungerer ("All I've Got to Do"), ("Fixing a Hole")
- Because")
- Tadanori Yokoo ("I'll Cry Instead")
- Michael Leonard ( When I'm Sixty Four )
References
- The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics, edited by Alan Aldridge. Black Dog & Leventhal/Workman (1999) ISBN 1-57912-058-X
- ^ "Lyrics Explained in Book on Beatles", Paul Smurthwaite, Los Angeles Times, Oct 29, 1969
- ^ "The Talk: Ink-Stained Wretch", Alan Aldridge, New York Times, September 17, 2006
- ^ Visuals: Cover to Cover, Steven Heller, New York Times, May 28, 2009
- ^ Omnibus Press edition announcement, at the 2013 London Book Fair website
- ^ Lyrics Stop
