- Format: CD
- Label: Ace
- Genre: Rock / Pop
• Beatlemania's incredible impact on the world is displayed in all its fun-filled glory on this long-awaited compilation of rare Beatles novelty and tribute 45s devoted to the Fab Four at the peak of their fame.
• The first legitimate CD of its kind, it brings to life the merchandising madness of those years. Even before the Beatles conquered America, a growing inventory of Beatles guitars, drums, lockets, belts, badges, jigsaw puzzles, bedspreads, trays and confectionary was flooding the market. A company later set up in New York to let rights to American merchandisers had a turnover millions of dollars based solely on its power of veto.
• The one area of exploitation over which the Beatles exercised no control was the novelty or tribute record and here the American record industry had a field day.
• Over 200 of these Beatles-inspired concoctions appeared in 1964 alone, including a sizeable proportion pertaining to their haircuts, and just as many by females expressing undying devotion to one or all of the Beatles.
• Here for the first time on a legitimate CD are 24 of the best.
• The monumental mega-booklet - one of the most ambitious ever attempted by Ace - with eye-catching period-style cover art by Phil Smee - is in itself a masterpiece, full to bursting with dozens of rare pics, ads and label shots woven within a 13,000 word note combining the rise of Beatlemania with the tales behind each of the 24 records.
• Compiled and annotated by Rob Finnis.
Track listing:1. John, Paul, George & Ringo - THE BULLDOGS
2. I'll Let You Hold My Hand - THE BOOTLES
3. Like Ringo - DICK LORD
4. We Love The Beatles (Beatlemania) - VERNONS GIRLS
5. Beatle Crazy - BILL CLIFTON
6. A Beatle I Want To Be - SONNY CURTIS
7. The Beatles Are In Town - THE FONDETTES
8. My Beatle Haircut - THE TWILITERS
9. A Letter To The Beatles - THE FOUR PREPS
10. You Can't Do That - (HARRY) NILSSON
11. Please Please Me - LINK WRAY & RAYMEN
12. Only Seventeen - THE BEATTLE-ETTES
13. John, You Went Too Far This Time - RAINBO
14. I Dreamed I Was A Beatle - MURRAY KELLUM
15. The Beatle Bounce - BOBBY COMSTOCK & THE COUNTS
16. What's Wrong With Ringo? - THE BON-BONS
17. Saint Paul - TERRY KNIGHT
18. Beatles, Please Come Back - GIGI PARKER & THE LONELIES
19. Stamp Out The Beatles - THE HI-RIDERS
20. Beatlemania - DONNIE RAE & THE DEFIANTS
21. We Love You Beatles - THE CAREFREES
22. Beatle Fever - BRET & TERRY
23. I Want To Be A Beatle - BOBBY WILDING
24. The Ballad Of Paul - THE MYSTERY TOUR
