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"The White Book" dings No. 1 spot twice Amazon.com

"The White Book" was No. 1 on two separate chart listings on Amazon.com and Top 10 on a third according to the book seller's Web site. The memoir, penned Ken Mansfield, former U.S. Manager for Apple Records and record producer, has charted in three different categories.

The book ranks #1 in the recording category; #1 in the Beatles section and #6 in biography and memoirs. Mansfield has worked with some of the biggest giants in the rock 'n roll and the country music genres.

As the former U.S. manager of the Apple Records label, he was invited by his bosses, The Beatles to be among only a handful of eyewitnesses to catch their last-ever gig on the rooftop of their London headquarters on January 30, 1969. He was a loyal employee and companion to John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr both during the band years and well after their breakup in 1970. He was present when they composed some of their most enduring tunes.

As a record label exec and Grammy Award-winning producer, he also worked on the marketing, promotion and production of dozens of top-selling artists, such as the Beach Boys, and was also a major player in country music in the 1970s as producer of choice of the groundbreaking Outlaw movement, whose impact is still felt in the genre to this very day.

Now, Mansfield's experiences with the Fab Four and the music industry - many of which are told for the first time - are recounted in his first all-music tome, "The White Book - The Beatles, the Bands, the Biz: An Insider's Look at an Era" (Thomas Nelson/ISBN 1595551018) published on October 30, 2007.

Through exclusive, never-before-seen photos and personal stories, Mansfield - one of the very last Fab Four insiders to pen a book - offers a compelling memoir that delves into his life in the 1960s and '70s and his unique partnership with The Beatles and other musicians who had orbited their world, from James Taylor to Harry Nilsson.

It also includes fleeting, yet unforgettable encounters with Mama Cass Elliott, Eric Clapton, Donovan, Glen Campbell and Dolly Parton. As observer, friend and colleague, Mansfield attended Beatles recording sessions, partied in their swimming pools, took their irate calls, witnessed the madness of Beatlemania, and publicized their success.

Entertaining, historically accurate, and illuminating a side of the Fab Four known only to a few like Mansfield, The White Book shines fresh light on the true characters behind the cultural phenomena that revolutionized a generation."The White Book" is packaged in a limited, numbered edition, a la the original copies of "The Beatles" highly influential double album from 1968, also nicknamed "The White Album."

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Chicago Daily Herald heralds "The White Book"

Ken Mansfield, "The White Book: The Beatles, the Bands, the Biz: An Insider's Look at an Era" (Thomas Nelson)

Another Christmas season, another book on the Beatles. This newest is penned by Ken Mansfield, the U.S. manager of the band's Apple Records label and one of the few people who can claim he stood on the same London rooftop while the band played their farewell performance in 1969, captured in the film "Let It Be." Mansfield lends an insider perspective into the financial grappling that would eventually lead to Paul McCartney suing the rest of the band, the unconventional business climate at Apple, his informal job escorting the Beatles through L.A. nightlife and the recording sessions behind "The White Album." For long-suffering Beatles fans managing their way through towers of books, this one offers fresh stories right from the source.

Source: Chicago Daily Herald

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