New York Walking Tour of Beatles Sights and John Lennon's New York DVD Walking Tours of Famous Rock and Roll Music Sights!

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FAB 4 NYC Walking Tour of Beatles' Sights

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As featured in the New York Times, TimeOut New York and the Rough Guide to the Beatles.

 See many famous NYC sights significant in Beatles history including:

• Strawberry Fields in Central Park
• The Dakota
• The Plaza Hotel
• The Ed Sullivan Theater
• Carnegie Hall
• Radio City Music Hall
• NBC Studios
• Manny's Music
• Former U.S. Apple offices
• and much more!!

Follow in the Beatles' footsteps! Visit the famous and not-so-famous places that link the Beatles with the Big Apple! This 2-1/2 hour walking tour will be guided by a Beatles expert and will be filled with important Beatles facts--you're sure to learn something on this long and winding road tour. Plus we'll have trivia questions and prizes along the way, so plan on spending a few hours with us on your next visit to NYC!

Tours meet in front of Manny's Music store at 156 W. 48th St. (between 6th and 7th avenues). RESERVATIONS REQUIRED!

Testimonial "First generation and second generation Beatle fans in my family got together in New York City and went on Daytrippin's FAB 4 Beatles Tour. It was a two-hour walking tour that led us from early Beatlemania hotels and concert locations to current day Beatle-sighting spots and ended at John Lennon's old haunts near Central Park. The tour, complete with trivia contests, was very informative and we had a blast. " --Corri Glydon from Uxbridge, MA

Meet the New York Beatles Tour Guide:  

 

 

Susan Ryan • Native New Yorker and New York City historian • Beatles and rock and roll expert for over 35 years • Co-host of "John Lennon's New York" DVD travel program filmed in 2007 by ArtsMagic Ltd. • Founder, Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of Beatles webzine, Rooftop Sessions, and editor of four "Rooftop Sessions Fiction Digest" books • Contributor to Daytrippin' Magazine and other Beatles-related publications • University degree in Communication Arts and Sciences • Frequent guest speaker at The Fest for Beatles Fans

 

John Lennon's New York Travel DVD A Magical History Tour 3-hour version OR Concise 90-minute version (released August 28, 2007 by Arts Magic DVD) John Lennon loved New York and chose New York to be his home, living there for the last 9 years of his life. Join us on this grand tour of the Big Apple, honing in on the sites that will be forever associated with John Lennon. This DVD features a comprehensive tour of John Lennon sites in New York City. Your hosts are Trina Yannicos, Daytrippin' Rock and Roll Tours Guide, who created the FAB 4 NYC Tour of Beatles Sights, and Susan Ryan, Daytrippin' Rock and Roll Tours Guide, who now leads the FAB 4 NYC tour. 3-hour version features interviews with: Bob Gruen, photographer Allan Tannenbaum, photographer David Peel, musician signed to Apple Records Mark St. Germain, playwright "Ears on a Beatle" and EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE INTERVIEWED: Tamiko Steinberg, Lennon's Japanese Instructor, Berlitz Language Center 10-minute excerpt from "John Lennon's New York: A Magical History Tour" REVIEWS From Goldmine Magazine: Beatle Beat: Check out the latest Fab Four-related releases by Gillian G. Gaar Earlier this year I covered "The Beatles Liverpool," a DVD that offered a five-and-a-half-hour tour of the Beatles' hometown (in the two-disc version). Now the same company (Arts Magic) has issued "John Lennon's New York," a less daunting (in both three-hour and 90-minute versions) trek around the city that Lennon called home for most of the '70s. You visit obvious locations, like the Dakota apartment building and "Imagine" mosaic in Central Park, but the guides (Trina Yannicos and Susan Ryan) take you to plenty of other locales as well, such as recording studios, John and Yoko's Greenwich Village apartment, favorite restaurants and more. Photographers Allen Tannenbaum and Bob Gruen, as well as wacky street musician David Peel are among the interviewees, which provide further interest even if you're not planning a visit to the Big Apple. You'll find the DVD most readily available on Amazon. "I worked with the London John Lennon, spent time with the LA John Lennon and now I know the New York City John Lennon by peering through the lens of Trina and Susan's two DVD collectors' edition of "John Lennon's New York". Their "Magical History Tour" helps us imagine how he saw this vibrant place he called home for so many years.  Ken Mansfield Former US Manager Apple Records Author of "The White Book: The Beatles, the Bands, the Biz: An Insider's Look at an Era"   Review of "John Lennon's New York" by Marshall Terrill A new DVD called John Lennon's New York: A Magical History Tour will have Beatles fans planning on taking a trip to the Big Apple wanting to take a few more bites. Guided by Daytrippin's Trina Yannicos and Beatles enthusiast Susan Ryan, the duo have produced a three-hour guided walking tour of New York, honing in on sites that will forever be associated with the Beatles and John Lennon. The DVD is the brainchild of Yannicos, who spent five years giving fans and tourists guided walks of various Beatles and Lennon landmarks.  The DVD is also an in-depth examination of Lennon's life, taking visitors to apartments, recording studios, concert venues, famous landmarks and other locations linked with the singer. The pair have done their homework, picking famous sites that are a must-see and locations where every Beatles fan has wondered about at one time or another. Famous sites include Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, the Statue of Liberty, Central Park and the Dakota. But it's the not so well-known places that are the most compelling. I loved seeing Cafe La Fortuna, where Lennon spent almost every morning sipping coffee, plotting out his day when recording Double Fantasy.  They also document Lennon's regular jaunts to the West Side Pharmacy near the Dakota where the ex-Beatle would pick up his meds and engage the owner, who was Muslim, about religion and world politics. Other sites include John & Yoko's Bank Street apartment during their activist period in Greenwich Village; Lennon and May Pang's garden apartment where the two spotted a UFO in 1974 and also the place where Bob Gruen took his iconic photo of Lennon in his "New York City" T-shirt; Electric Lady Studios where Lennon recorded "Fame" with David Bowie; The Association of the Bar building where Lennon and Ono held a 1973 press conference announcing the formation of Nutopia; the St. Regis Hotel where John & Yoko occupied three rooms in 1971 and filmed promotional footage for Imagine; the Apollo Theater in Harlem where the Lennons performed a three-song set at a benefit to help the families of the Attica State riots; the Hit Factory and the Record Plant, where the Lennons recorded and mixed Double Fantasy. Equally engaging are interviews with photographers Allan Tannenbaum and Bob Gruen, musician David Peel (who's as crazy as ever), playwright Mark St. Germain, and for the first time ever, Tamiko Steinberg, Lennon's Japanese instructor.  Lennon enlisted Steinberg's services at the Berlitz International School of Language in 1977 to prepare for a trip to Japan.  Steinberg reveals that Lennon was funny, engaging, and a fast learner. Two version of this DVD are available:  The Concise John Lennon's New York (90 minutes) contains the walking tour only; the two-disc Collector's Edition (three hours) includes interviews with Tannenbaum, Gruen, Peel, St. Germain and Steinberg. Whichever version you pick, both DVDs will live up to its billing as a "Magical History Tour". Following in the Footsteps of the Beatles: Artsmagic DVDs take you to Beatles' stomping grounds by Steve Marinucci, AbbeyRd Beatles Page http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/1214artsmagicdvds.html