McCartney Times

Bruce Spizer’s books tell the fascinating and sometimes convoluted stories behind the Beatles vinyl releases. Each book is filled with images of 45 rpm discs, album covers, album labels, posters, rare memorabilia, magazine ads, company documents and, of course, the Beatles themselves. Many are from Bruce’s extensive Beatles collection, while others were contributed by top Beatles collectors and dealers throughout the world.

Bruce Spizer is a first generation Beatles fan and a life-long native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He has an extensive Beatles collection, concentrating primarily on United States, Canadian and British first issue records, record promotional items, press kits and concert posters.

A “taxman” by day, Bruce is a board-certified tax attorney and certified public accountant. A “paperback writer” by night, he is the author of the critically acclaimed books, The Beatles Records on Vee-Jay, TheBeatles’ Story on Capitol Records Parts 1 & 2, The Beatles on Apple Records, The Beatles Solo on Apple Records, The Beatles Swan Song: “She Loves You” & Other Records, The Beatles Are Coming! The Birth of Beatlemania in America, Beatles For Sale on Parlophone Records, and his latest project, the Beatles album series, which includes The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper: A Fans’ Perspective, The Beatles White Album and the Launch of Apple and The Beatles Get Back to Abbey Road.

Bruce has served as a consultant on several Beatles projects for Capitol Records, EMI, Universal Music Group and Apple Corps, Ltd., including The Capitol Albums Volumes 1 and 2, the 2009 remastered Beatles CD catalog, The U.S. Albums and the Deluxe Edition of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. He wrote the essay contained in the 56-page booklet included with The Capitol Albums Volume 2. Bruce’s articles on the Beatles are featured regularly in magazines such as Beatlefan and Goldmine.

Bruce was eight years old when the Beatles invaded America. He began listening to the radio at age two and was a diehard fan of WTIX, a top forty station in New Orleans that played a blend of R&B music and top pop and rock hits. His first two albums were The Coasters’ Greatest Hits, which he permanently “borrowed” from his older sisters, and Meet The Beatles!, which he still plays on his vintage 1964 Beatles record player.

Please visit his website: https://www.beatle.net/