- Hardcover: 365 pages
- Publisher: Bounty Books; New edition edition (15 July 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1851529756
- ISBN-13: 978-1851529759
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 24 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 548,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A complete chronicle of the life and work of The Beatles. The book includes a foreword from the group's producer, George Martin.
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
Format: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
Format: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
Format: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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