Ep.2 - The Beatles in Canada - Piers Hemmingsen
04/01/21 • 84 min
Episode is about The Beatles in Canada. My guest is Piers Hemmingsen. We discuss his book, The Beatles in Canada – The Origins of Beatlemania.
We talk about The Beatles in Canada and I give brief history timeline.
I mention some key figures in the history of The Beatles in Canada.
Paul White - Capitol Records Canada. He was the Vice President and A&R person and was responsible for introducing The Beatles to Canada.
Sandy Gardiner – Journalist with the Ottawa Journal
Dennis Corrie - Winnipeg DJ at CKY
Roy Sonin - Toronto DJ at CFRB
Trudy Medcalf and Dawne Hester – Beatles Fan Club in Canada
Copies of Piers book can be found on Amazon and eBay
Amazon.com -https://www.amazon.ca/BEATLES-IN-CANADA/dp/0987829335/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Beatles+In+Canada&qid=1615411320&s=books&sr=1-1
The book is also available in digital form on Apple and Google Books
Apple - https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-beatles-in-canada-the-origins-of-beatlemania/id1407693472
Google books - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Piers_Hemmingsen_The_Beatles_in_Canada_The_Origins?id=a9JiDwAAQBAJ
You can reach Piers at his website which is http://thebeatlesincanada.com/. You can also reach him on Twitter https://twitter.com/beatlesincanada?s=20
If you want to learn more about Beatles vinyl releases in Canada you can also check out another website co-founded by Piers called Capitol 6000. http://www.capitol6000.com/
Episode is about The Beatles in Canada. My guest is Piers Hemmingsen. We discuss his book, The Beatles in Canada – The Origins of Beatlemania.
We talk about The Beatles in Canada and I give brief history timeline.
I mention some key figures in the history of The Beatles in Canada.
Paul White - Capitol Records Canada. He was the Vice President and A&R person and was responsible for introducing The Beatles to Canada.
Sandy Gardiner – Journalist with the Ottawa Journal
Dennis Corrie - Winnipeg DJ at CKY
Roy Sonin - Toronto DJ at CFRB
Trudy Medcalf and Dawne Hester – Beatles Fan Club in Canada
Copies of Piers book can be found on Amazon and eBay
Amazon.com -https://www.amazon.ca/BEATLES-IN-CANADA/dp/0987829335/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Beatles+In+Canada&qid=1615411320&s=books&sr=1-1
The book is also available in digital form on Apple and Google Books
Apple - https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-beatles-in-canada-the-origins-of-beatlemania/id1407693472
Google books - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Piers_Hemmingsen_The_Beatles_in_Canada_The_Origins?id=a9JiDwAAQBAJ
You can reach Piers at his website which is http://thebeatlesincanada.com/. You can also reach him on Twitter https://twitter.com/beatlesincanada?s=20
If you want to learn more about Beatles vinyl releases in Canada you can also check out another website co-founded by Piers called Capitol 6000. http://www.capitol6000.com/
Previous Episode
Ep.1 - Collecting Beatles - Terry Crain
Episode is about collecting Beatles. My guest is Terry Crain, Terry is the author of NEMS and the business of selling the Beatles 1964 to 1966.
In this episode I talk about the collecting Beatles, and I discuss Terry's book with him. I also give a brief history on Beatles merchandise, and give some tips on collecting.
You can reach my at [email protected] or on Twitter @AbbeyLanePodC
You can buy Terry's book on his website which is https://www.fabgear.company.
Along with Terry's book I also used other references including Philip Normans Shout, Bob Spitz The Beatles, and Bill Harry's Encyclopedia of Beatles People.
Philip Norman Shout
https://www.amazon.ca/Shout-Beatles-Generation-Philip-Norman/dp/0743235657
Bob Spitz The Beatles
https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Biography-Bob-Spitz/dp/0316013315
You can check out the Beatles Fest store. https://www.thefest.com/store/
Next Episode
Ep.3 - John Lennon 1980 - Kenneth Womack
The podcast covers Kenneth Womack's book, John Lennon 1980 - The Last Days of his Life.
You can find out more about the book, and all of Kenneth's books on website.
https://kennethwomack.com/
The link to purchase John Lennon 1980: The last days of his life on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/John-Lennon-1980-Final-Days/dp/1787601366
You can find Kenneth on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/KennethAWomack
Kenneth's podcast is called Everything fab four which you can find at https://anchor.fm/everythingfabfour
Kenneth and his colleague, music historian Jason Kruppa (found on Twitter @JasonKrupp), have a new book 'All Things Must Pass Away.' You can preorder today!
https://www.amazon.com/All-Things-Must-Pass-Away/dp/1641603259
John Lennon Anthology can be found on Amazon,
https://www.amazon.ca/Anthology-4CD-Boxset-John-Lennon/dp/B00000DG1Q
The Dakota YouTube that I mention can be found here,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGB9B3Ks0PU
Thanks for listening. I appreciate it very much. You can reach my at [email protected] or on Twitter @AbbeyLanePodC if you have any questions, comments, or show ideas.
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