Foreword / Philip Norman -- Introduction -- 1. Early childhood -- 2. Ivor Novello's poodles -- 3. A dutiful engagement and National Service -- 4. One or two home truths -- 5. 'Don't worry Mr Loss, I won't let you down' -- 6. The life of Brian plus teenage rebels and further detours -- 7. Jack Good, Lee Curtis and even more detours -- 8. The Beatles at Gardner Road, Brian Epstein and Merseybeat -- 9. The beginning of the parting of the ways and the Pete Best affair -- 10. The very root of meaning -- 11. Germany calling -- 12. Liverbitrds in love: the decline and fall of Carlton Brooke -- 13. This is the end, beautiful friend -- Postscript: 'Excuse me, Mr Lennon, a Mr Flannery's on the phone' -- Appendix: A Mayfield Records discography.
Summary:
"Joe Flannery has been described as the 'Secret Beatle', and as the business associate and childhood friend of Brian Epstein he became an integral part of the Beatles' management team during their rise to fame in the early 1960s. This is his account of this fascinating era, which included the controversial dismissal of Pete Best from the group, Brian Epstein's fragility, and the importance of the Star Club in Hamburg. The book also considers issues to do with sexuality in 1950s Liverpool, the vagaries of the music business and the hazards of personal management in the 'swinging sixties'."--Book jacket.
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