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  • The Roof: The Beatles' Final Concert

  • By: Ken Mansfield
  • Narrated by: Andrew Totolos
  • Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
  • 3.2 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)
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By: Ken Mansfield
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Summary

He was there! Apple Records former US manager Ken Mansfield takes a touching and comprehensive look back on one of rock’n’roll’s most significant events, while bringing an insider’s perspective to the days leading up to those 42 fascinating minutes of the Beatles monumental rooftop concert.

There are moments in time that cause us to stop and take notice of where we were and what we were doing when they happen in order to commit the experience to memory - how it made us feel, who was there with us, why it felt important. January 30, 1969, was one of those moments.

There are those who were on the periphery of the event that day and heard what was going on, but as one of the few remaining insiders who accompanied the Beatles up onto the cold windswept roof of the Apple building, Ken Mansfield had a front row seat to the full sensory experience of the moment and witnessed what turned out to be beginning of the end. Ken shares in The Roof: The Beatles Final Concert the sense that something special was taking place before his eyes that would live on forever in the hearts and souls of millions.

As the US manager of Apple, Ken Mansfield was on the scene in the days, weeks, and months leading up to this monumental event. He shares his insights into the factors that brought them up onto that roof and why one of the greatest bands of all time left it all on that stage. Join Ken as he reflects on the relationships he built with the "fab four" and the Apple corps and what each player meant to this symphony of music history.

©2018 Ken Mansfield (P)2018 Ken Mansfield

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Thoroughly enjoyable

I thoroughly enjoyed this from start to finish, and with the recent release of the “Get Back” documentary series this book took on much more meaning and interest. It is very well written and the narrator is a joy to listen to - although I’d recommend adjusting the speed to x0.8 as he does speak at a pace. Can’t fault this book. It gives fascinating insight both into the event, the backstory, and the main protagonists aside from the Beatles themselves, and I especially enjoyed hearing about Ken Mansfield’s love for Mal Evans. Definitely recommended!!

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NOT a Beatles book

I buy audio books to listen to whilst going to sleep. I went to sleep with the author drivelling on about nothing, woke up half way through it to find the author STILL drivelling on about nothing. The fact that he worked for the Beatles is a red herring. I’m as qualified to write a book about the Beatles as this donkey, simply by having seen the rooftop concert on telly once and having walked past 3 Savile Road whilst picking my nose in 1986. There’s simply no justice in a universe where most of the key players in the Beatles story are dead whilst this crushingly tedious charlatan remains alive, and if I ever have the mis-fortune to meet him I’m definitely going to poke him in the eye, spin him around whilst he’s disorientated, and kick him up his useless American arse.

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