This is an auction for EIGHT DAYS A WEEK: THE BEATLES' TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND 1964, by Graham Hutchins.

"Where were you during that memorable week in June 1964 when the Beatles toured New Zealand for the first - and only - time? If you were a teenager, you might have been amongst the thousands of young Kiwis defying your parents' or teachers' wishes and devising ingenious ways of getting to see your idols. Beatles aficionado, Graham Hutchins was amongst them. He was a teenager during the early sixties. He went to the Beatles' Auckland concert - an experience he has never forgotten - collected their records and formed a would-be Beatles band. Now, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Beatles visit to this country, he has written a book, Eight Days A Week: The Beatles Tour of New Zealand 1964. Hutchins felt that this tour, momentous in its day, needed to be honoured as one of those special events in New Zealand's history that could never happen again in quite the same way. The Beatles were at the height of their 'powers' in 1964. This was the year they took to the road, touring beyond Britain and Europe for the first time. And, for eight frenetic days of that tour, from 21 to 28 June, they turned this otherwise conservative country on its ear. Eight Days A Week is the first full account of this memorable visit. For a memorable week in June 1964, the Beatles toured New Zealand, giving concerts in the four main centres and changing life as we knew it for ever. For teenagers of the time, it was the most exciting week of their lives. Teachers were ignored and parents defied as thousands of young people devised ingenious ways of seeing their idols."

Paperback 2004.

144 pages.

Photographs throughout.

Very good condition.

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