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Here is a different take of The Beatles story, which includes the more obscure, rare and unseen appearances and references worldwide, through the wonderful art of film, television and video; some of which will make you gasp in disbelief! It's full of unfinished projects and little known facts: did you know that The Quarrymen (the proto-Beatles) apparently appeared in a Liverpool City Police Recruitment Film in 1958, or that The Beatles had a film release before A Hard Day's Night that only came out in Australia? Also featuring the many projects The Beatles turned down, such as 'The Yellow Teddy Bears' AKA 'The Gutter Girls' and the weird and wonderful shelved projects such as Joe Orton's 'Up Against It' and McCartney's sci-fi movies of the 1970s. McCartney did however make experimental films, George did sing with Carole King on a novelty record, Ringo did duet with Carrie Fisher, and John and his wife Yoko did make Did Britain Murder Hanratty? It all goes to show that The Beatles were never idle during their time together and as solo artists. In this book, we will look at the history of the lesser-known films and TV shows that are associated with The Beatles, as well as their well-known canonical movies, such as the fictionalised documentary of A Hard Days Night, to the animated masterpiece of Yellow Submarine; to documentaries about them, biopics, parodies, and other projects that involved the Fab Four in some capacity. The Beatles didn't just revolutionise pop music, they revolutionised pop culture as a whole!

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Rory Hoy is a multi award-winning Music Producer/DJ and Film Maker. His music career has seen him producing 6 critically acclaimed albums and numerous EP's, Singles, Remixes and Collaborations with other artists worldwide on various worldwide labels. Rory covers many genres including House, Funk, HIp-Hop, Big Beat, Breaks, Chillout and many more. He has also produced tracks for Film, TV and Adverts including tracks for Disney, Sony BET TV, Fox TV, Audi, Costco and the Tour De France Documentary and is constantly working on new syncs. He has DJ'ed throughout the country in clubs and at Major Festivals including Leeds Festival, Leeds United Football Club,and he was the Opening Act at the Tour de France Fan Park performing to over 20,000 people and has DJ'd in Paris several times. He's supported Craig Charles on his Funk & Soul tours and Craig plays his tracks regularly on his BBC6 Funk & Soul Show. He's been on British and American TV, Radio and Press a number of times and has seen praise from artists such as Fatboy Slim, Craig Charles, Mr. Scruff, Afrika Bambaataa, Fake Blood and others. He's written book on the 1990's Big Beat scene. which includes interviews with over 120 artists including Fatboy Slim and The Prodigy, published by New Haven Publishing Ltd.

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