Beatle news digest: Iceland to be site of Lennon birthday tribute; book news

October 8, 11:48 PMBeatles ExaminerSteve Marinucci

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The cover of Eric Krasker's new book.

Posted Thursday:

• Happy birthday John Lennon (and Sean and Giles Martin)!
• On this date: 10/8/64 -- The Beatles record 'She's a Woman'
• Photos: Sean Lennon, girlfriend and other celebs at Lagerfield fashion show in Paris

Yoko Ono will commemorate John Lennon's birthday with a dual lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland and in the virtual world. On her website, Yoko says there will be a special memorial concert in Iceland, too.

Eric Krasker sent us a note that his latest book, "Les Beatles : Enquête sur un Mythe 1960-1962" is now available in English as "The Beatles : Fact and Fiction 1960-1962." The book, which has been updated, contains 28 new documents, some of them published for the very first time. This new version has 440 pages. The price (excluding shipping) is 25 euros ($28). For more information on ordering the English version, see this link: http://www.beatlesfannext.com/Mythology_Enquiry.htm
Richie Unterberger, author of "Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film," will discuss the book and play rare Beatles audio and films from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 14 at the San Francisco Library Park Branch of the San Francisco Public Library, 1833 Page St., San Francisco. Admission is free.

Here's a review from the New Statesman of Peter Doggett's "You Never Give Me Your Money: The Battle for the Soul of the Beatles." The book is out in the UK, but doesn't come out in America until next year.

Our friend Yer Blogger has a post for John Lennon's birthday.

The next edition of “Dennis Mitchell’s Breakfast With The Beatles”  features the first of a two-part interview with Grammy-winning Beatles recording engineer Geoff Emerick. He discusseshe came to work with the Beatles, the frenzy surrounding Abbey Road studios during the British Invasion, and about his contributions to “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” The show will be posted for on-demand listening beginning early Sunday at www.beatlesradioshow.com. Until then, you can hear this week’s program honoring John Lennon’s birthday. “Dennis Mitchell’s Breakfast With The Beatles” is now heard on 52 U.S. and Canadian radio stations, one in the U.K. and at the Cavern Club and Hard Day’s Night Hotel in Liverpool, and on Beatles-related webcasts, MaccaRadio and Beatles-a-Rama.