The Beatles, the Bible, and Bodega Bay: My Long and Winding Road

by Ken Mansfield

Book Overview

Ken Mansfield can write authoritatively about the music business of the sixties because he was there making it happen. As a young record label executive at Capitol Records, the Beatles were his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805422897
• ISBN13: 9780805422894
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Raised near Bodega Bay when the Beatles came to America.

Having been raised 25 minutes from Bodega Bay, in a Bible believing home, at the time the Beatles came to America, I could not get the connection when I saw the title of this book. Currently working part-time in a major bookstore, I saw the title on the Beatles display, picked it up and found that it had pictures of Bodega Bay and the Beatles in it. This caused me to want to read the book. I took it home to read (permitted by company policy) and ultimately purchased the book. It is a fascinating blend of Ken Mansfield's relationship with the Beatles on a personal basis and his journey to spiritual enlightenment. His descriptions of his meditative experiences in and around the shores of Bodega Bay are spiritually uplifting. His genuineness in describing both his spiritual fervor and his intimate relationships with the Beatles lends itself to reality of experience in a world so full of "novels". If you are acquainted with Beatles history and have a spiritual sensitivity, you will find this a most fascinating and readable book.

remarkable

Ken Mansfield has written (with a little help from his FRIEND) the most Interesting (Beatles), Powerful (Biblical references and outstanding prayers!) and Beautiful (in it's entirity) book that I have read in a very long time. The insight into the Beatles is refreshingly honest and believable which is rare in books on the Beatles and the story of his travel down the path of life to Real Love is awesome. I loved this book and so will you!!!

Unique & Unusual

At first, I found it a bit off-putting to read one chapter relating to Ken Mansfield's experiences working with The Beatles, & the very next chapter detailing his personal spiritual journey, but his poetic prose & very humanistic approach to both topics soon lulled me into a creative rhythm not unlike the way the Fab Four completely changed popular music when they appeared on the scene in the U.S.Mansfield's writing is delicious, from the very first page when he says: 'You are invited to absorb these offerings as you would a suntan. Afterwards, you will probably look good in a white shirt or pale blue earrings.'The photographs of Bodega Bay are absolutely lovely & , along with Mansfield's joyful hymns to his faith, make this book as much a keepsake as the formerly unpublished photos of Paul, John, George & Ringo.

All You Need is Love (and this book)

This is an amazing book. Ken Mansfield has done a masterful job of relating stories and anecdotes about his days with the Beatles that will satisfy and intrigue any fan, while working in more meaty matters of faith and personal examination. The photos are great, the writing in first-rate, and the website on the back of the book .................... is fabulous. Highly recommend!