The Beatles: The True Beginnings by Roag Best with Pete and Rory Best

The Beatles: The True Beginnings by Roag Best with Pete and Rory Best (Screenpress Publishing / 2002)

'The Casbah Coffee Club, which opened in Liverpool on 29 August 1959, was the brainchild of Mrs. Mona Best, the mother of Pete Best. It is well known that Pete Best was the drummer for The Beatles in their early days in Liverpool and Hamburg. Less well known is that The Beatles' origins were in fact at Pete's mother's club - it was at the Casbah and with Mona Best's blessing that the greatest popular music phenomenon of the twentieth century began.

This book tells the story of how Mona Best created the Casbah, and in the process played a major part in creating The Beatles. The band played the Casbah over ninety times, first as The Quarrymen, then as The Silver Beatles and finally as The Beatles.

The Casbah's significance cannot be overestimated - it brought together some of the greatest names in rock music and became the catalyst for the Mersey Beat phenomenon which swept Liverpool in the early sixties.'

This is a beautifully-produced first edition hardcover which reproduces original photographs and memorabilia from the legendary Casbah Club, and comes with a limited edition, fold-out poster on the reverse of the dustjacket, though the limited edition number remains blank.

VERY GOOD condition condition with clean, unmarked pages and very light wear only to dustjacket, spine and illustrated hardcover boards.

Pages: 196