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| Lizzie Bravo with her book. |
Lizzie Bravo's book about the Beatles
"Do Rio A Abbey Road" will be released at the end of November. So far, it's the Portuguese language edition which is being released, the English language book will be available early next year. It's 300 pages, with 210 unpublished photos of the Beatles, most of the photos are of her favourite, John, then Paul, George and Ringo. Hardcover, 23x23cm, matte coated paper, photos and and/or illustrations are on most of the pages.
Lizzie will handle the sale, packaging and shipment herself, and can be contacted by e-mail (write to lizzie.bravo@gmail.com and receive more information about payment and shipping).
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| This is Lizzie with har favourite Beatle, John Lennon. |
This is an important document because it is a great collection of photos of the Beatles, in the majority unpublished, shot by herself, and she is a historical figure in Beatlemania. You'll remember Lizzie as one of the backing singers on the original version of
"Across The Universe". When she was a teenager, Lizzie Bravo used to stand outside Abbey Road studios every day, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Beatles. She moved from Rio de Janeiro to London in 1967, when she was actually on a summer holiday, sponsored by her parents for her 15th birthday, but she decided to stay and eventually found a job as an au pair to support herself. Between shifts, she hung around the entrance to the famous building on the off chance that John, Paul, Ringo or George would drop by. On 4 February 1968 she was outside the studio as usual, when Paul came outside and asked if any of them could hold a high note,. Lizzie raised her arm, as she was a soprano at her school choir back in Rio de Janeiro. After that, Lizzie and fellow Fab Four fan Gayleen Pease were escorted to Abbey Road's Studio Two, where the Beatles were busy recording "Across The Universe". Paul and John started to give the girls instructions about the part they needed them to sing. She was sharing the same microphone as Paul and John. According to Lizzie, the session lasted for "about two hours". She then returned to her "vigil" outside the studio, while Gayleen Pease went home. Lizzie's adventures in London ended in October 1969.
She was homesick, but she had also noticed that the camaraderie she had seen during the "Across the Universe" sessions seemed to have faded.
"The Beatles weren't coming to the studio every day and most of the time they wouldn't even be there together. It was time to move on."
Always a champion of The Beatles in Brazil and on the internet, Lizzie remains a Beatles fan.
