Author: Hitoshi Namekata
Size: 46-size
Number of pages: 368 pages

A man who was obsessed with The Beatles as a boy and was also involved in The Beatles at work talks about the truth about The Beatles now that 50 years have passed since the band broke up.

The boy who encountered The Beatles when they were still active and became obsessed with rock music eventually ended up overseeing the release of The Beatles' music in Japan.
"My home town is The Beatles, my current home town is jazz," said the man in question, Hitoshi Yukikata, the rare producer who established the famed jazz label Blue Note in Japan.
His serial articles in the Beatles Club newsletter and his commentary based on his having watched all of the British, American and Japanese albums in real time as a fan,
And three Beatles interviews (with Hiroyuki Takashima, the original director, and Peter Barakan, who, like Yukimoto, was baptized by the Beatles in real time,
The show is composed of Michiko Fujimura, who worked under Yukikata on "The Beatles Anthology" and "The Beatles 1," and Satoshi Yoshida, an avid Beatles fan who also works with the Beatles.
This book takes a fresh look at the truth about the Beatles.

Yukikata passed away from leukemia during the production of this book, but his love for the Beatles has come to fruition here.

[CONTENTS]
Part 1: Our Beatles

Part 2: Commentary on 58 original albums from the UK, US and Japan

Part 3: A conversation between the old and new Beatles in Japan and the UK
Hiroyuki Takashima (first director in charge of The Beatles)
Beatr Barakan (Broadcaster)
Michiko Fujimura (former Beatles director) + Satoshi Yoshida (Shinko Music Entertainment)

<Apologies and corrections>
We would like to apologize for the following error in the program information on the band for "The Beatles Are Not Over."
Incorrect: Jun Tosaka
Correct: Junichi Tosaka

■Author profile
Namekata Hitoshi
Born June 29, 1951.
Graduated from Waseda University's Faculty of Political Science and Economics.
He joined Toshiba EMI and began producing jazz records and CDs in the 1980s, mainly for Blue Note/Somethin' Else.
He has also edited and published many books on jazz.
He also translates subtitles for books and movies, and works as a radio DJ.
From 1999 to 2013, Toshiba EMI ~ EMI Music Japan ~ Universal Music
It oversees the domestic release of Beatles albums, including "The Beatles 1."
The last Chairman and CEO of EMI Music Japan.
He passed away on March 13, 2020 at the age of 68.
*This data was published at the time this book was published.