Glass Onion: The Beatles In Their Own Words

by Geoffrey Giuliano

Glass Onion consists of exclusive, rare, and uncensored transcripts of press conferences, letters, FBI memos, interviews, and dozens of previously unpublished photos. Here are the inimitable voices and views of John, Paul, George, and Ringo, juxtaposed alongside those of Yoko Ono, Linda McCartney, Pete Best, Julian Lennon, Brian Epstein, Billy Preston, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Ravi Shankar, Denny Laine of Wings, and many others. In this volume, readers will discover an early 1960s letter from George to Stuart Sutcliff; Elvis Presley badmouthing the Beatles to President Richard Nixon; John's open letter to Paul after the rancorous Beatles' break-up; a conversation between Lennon and Samuel Beckett; Lennon's last will and testament; George Martin and Jeff Lynn discussing the Beatles' twentieth-anniversary reunion; Paul's feelings on God, John, and Linda's death in 1998; and much more.

Genres: Nonfiction

400 pages, Paperback

First published December 23, 1999

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this book because when I opened it up to look at it, and John and Yoko were holding a press conference, and telling the reporters who had came that they were about to embark on their "Acorns for Peace" initiative, in which, John explained, they would send two acorns, in the mail, to each world leader on the globe, and ask them to plant the Acorns for peace.

I still might go back and buy the other book that had a portriat of John that Joan Baez did - drawing, she explained in a letter sent with the line drawing, with her left hand upside down.

It would be better if there were more context in the book besides the documents.

[Christofer · Rating 5 out of 5]

An Trivia book of intrinsic value to Beatles fans everywhere. alot of news clips and press releases from the band as well as pictures and unheard of trivia.