The Beatles: The Real Story
Julius Fast
1968
A sharp, era-specific account of the Beatles written at the height of their cultural power, The Beatles: The Real Story captures the group not as myth or nostalgia, but as a living, unfolding phenomenon.
Written by Julius Fast, a journalist and cultural critic with a keen eye for social context, the book reflects the moment when the Beatles had moved beyond pop stardom into something more complex: symbols of generational change, artistic ambition, and cultural rupture.
Published in 1968—the year of the White Album, Apple Corps, and intensifying internal tensions—this book belongs squarely to the contemporary Beatles literature, not the later retrospective industry. Its value lies precisely there: it shows how the Beatles were being understood in real time, before history settled into consensus.
The illustrated dust jacket, with its vivid period typography and painterly portrait imagery, is a strong visual artifact of late-1960s design.
Details
Author: Julius Fast
Publisher: Longmans / associated U.S. edition
Year: 1968
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Printed in: United States of America
Condition:
Book: Very Good+ (clean interior, solid binding)
Dust Jacket: Good to Very Good (edge wear, rubbing, visible age; intact and presentable)
Notes: No inscriptions or markings
Why This Copy
Contemporary 1968 Beatles biography (not a later retrospective)
Strong period dust jacket design
Solid, readable copy with clean interior
Appeals to collectors of music history, counterculture, and 1960s ephemera
The Beatles: The Real Story
Julius Fast
1968
A sharp, era-specific account of the Beatles written at the height of their cultural power, The Beatles: The Real Story captures the group not as myth or nostalgia, but as a living, unfolding phenomenon.
Written by Julius Fast, a journalist and cultural critic with a keen eye for social context, the book reflects the moment when the Beatles had moved beyond pop stardom into something more complex: symbols of generational change, artistic ambition, and cultural rupture.
Published in 1968—the year of the White Album, Apple Corps, and intensifying internal tensions—this book belongs squarely to the contemporary Beatles literature, not the later retrospective industry. Its value lies precisely there: it shows how the Beatles were being understood in real time, before history settled into consensus.
The illustrated dust jacket, with its vivid period typography and painterly portrait imagery, is a strong visual artifact of late-1960s design.
Details
Author: Julius Fast
Publisher: Longmans / associated U.S. edition
Year: 1968
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Printed in: United States of America
Condition:
Book: Very Good+ (clean interior, solid binding)
Dust Jacket: Good to Very Good (edge wear, rubbing, visible age; intact and presentable)
Notes: No inscriptions or markings
Why This Copy
Contemporary 1968 Beatles biography (not a later retrospective)
Strong period dust jacket design
Solid, readable copy with clean interior
Appeals to collectors of music history, counterculture, and 1960s ephemera
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