- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Hamlyn; New edition edition (15 Mar 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0600600335
- ISBN-13: 978-0600600336
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 23.6 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,098,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Marking the thirtieth anniversary of the break-up of the greatest group in the history of pop music, a new paperback edition of what has come to be regarded as the most authoritative document about the bank ever written, will be available. This much-acclaimed chronicle covers every working day of the Beatles' career, and author Mark Lewisohn, who is recognized as the world's leading authority on the subject, also includes track-by-track details of every Beatles recording session.
About the Author
Mark Lewisohn has long been recognized as the leading authority on the Beatles, and also writes in a freelance capacity for a number of publications including regular contributions to the 'Radio Times'.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Ultimate Chronicle,
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This review is from: The Complete "Beatles" Chronicle (Hardcover)
It's really the Best book about the Beatles recordings. Many other authors have made great jobs. Most of them worked on available bootlegs, but EMI allowed Mark Lewisohn to listen to the Abbey Road masters and mixes. Therefore, his work is no guess.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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encyclopaedic, but not dull,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Complete "Beatles" Chronicle: The Only Definitive Guide to the "Beatles'" Entire Career (Paperback)
If anyone wants to know the Beatles story, they should read this tremendous monument to the group. Granted, there is no real detail about the artistry of each song (for that, look to Ian MacDonald's marvellous "Revolution in the Head"), nor is there much biographical and psychological detail about the four individual members (Hunter Davies' or Philip Norman's biographies of the band are a safe bet here). However, Lewisohn's weighty tome gives such a detailed chronicle of the band's entire career, that it is easy to feel as if you are reliving it and experiencing it for yourself. Certainly, it explodes the myths somewhat, and the reader is left under no illusions that the group's countless wonderful songs simply floated from the ether, fully-formed. It would have been nice to have had more information about how and when the songs were written, and a bit of biography would have been a bonus (for instance, Brian Epstein's homosexuality is only mentioned once, rather gauchely, when this was clearly central to the personality of a man who so shaped and influenced the band). Sometimes Lewisohn can be somewhat over-polite, and may fail occasionally to capture the fact that really, the Beatles were much rougher than their image often suggests. However, all of this is minor quibbles when one realises just how much Lewisohn has achieved here - as a comprehensive record of the group's studio and concert career, it could hardly be bettered, and as a chronicle of the group's Liverpool and Hamburg days, it is highly impressive.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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The Ballad Of John, Paul, George and Ringo,
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This review is from: The Complete "Beatles" Chronicle: The Only Definitive Guide to the "Beatles'" Entire Career (Paperback)
This is the most exhaustive and detailed account of The Beatles' career available. Everything that has anything to do with their professional lives is included. Concerts, promotional appearances and recording sessions are accounted for on a day-by-day basis. Each chapter incorporates a period of time (usually a year) which is neatly summarized before delving into their daily activities. It contains many rare photographs and promotional material. This book combines all the information contained in Mr. Lewisohn's previous efforts, and is an indispensible guide to The Beatles.
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