Albert Goldman - Classic or Dud?

Always fascinating how a person's temperament colours their perception of the world around them.

Fred's aunt Helen was Sean's nanny.

So, is the forthcoming Philip Norman book the "lives of John Lennon it's ok to discuss now"?

I got the AlbGol book for a pound recently, so far am actually impressed by the scale of the book, and some of the things that have been stated as "Goldman says in his book" turn out to be not so.

He does not say John beat up Stu and caused his death (he actually says the opposite), but he does say John felt guilty about it.

just said this on the shapiro thread: re goldman's disco book, is it worth reading? i've seen it for around £70 which is crazy but so does anyone here have it and fancy scanning it in?

ps. the vitriol on this thread is quite something!

I remember Phil Spector writing a pretty scathing letter to some magazine when they printed Goldman's obituary. Something along the lines of "Albert Goldman's dead? I want someone to check and make sure, because I don't trust him." It ended with "Time wounds all heels."

^^^this thread brings the lolz

ps. the vitriol on this thread is quite something!

Here is a nicely written, even-handed, clear-headed takedown of his Elvis bio: http://www.ulmus.net/ace/aceworks/presley.html.

Meant to use italics, not bold, aargh.

so excited to tear into the lennon book tmrw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY4aPAehQ4A

watching videos like that last night, and the one where he's with Hunter Davies, really repulsed me though, and yeah, his bigotry and self-loathing makes everything he writes reek, but damn this lennon book is jUICY

Goldman's origin story explains a lot:

http://vk.com/video175391573_163319014

lmfao