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Summary: Great Addition to the Beatles' Story
Review: First let me say what a wonderful book this is. I bought it thinking of it as a reference, but ending up reading it cover to cover. There are many stories that run through the book, John, Paul, George, and Ringo's lives, for sure, but you can also follow the legal cases (I never knew Apple records sued Apple Computers, and got an undisclosed settlement!), the tours, the press bickering and the love fests in the press. I found the organization exceptional. While an index would have been nice (maybe for future editions), I didn't really need it. My favorite activity while reading this book was to follow various threads from entry to entry. So, when John wrote a letter to Melody Maker, that is noted and you are directed to the subsequent dates to find out the response, etc. I found this to be fun and engaging. All in all, a wonderful book.
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Summary: Great Addition to the Beatles' Story
Review: First let me say what a wonderful book this is. I bought it thinking of it as a reference, but ending up reading it cover to cover. There are many stories that run through the book, John, Paul, George, and Ringo's lives, for sure, but you can also follow the legal cases (I never knew Apple records sued Apple Computers, and got an undisclosed settlement!), the tours, the press bickering and the love fests in the press. I found the organization exceptional. While an index would have been nice (maybe for future editions), I didn't really need it. My favorite activity while reading this book was to follow various threads from entry to entry. So, when John wrote a letter to Melody Maker, that is noted and you are directed to the subsequent dates to find out the response, etc. I found this to be fun and engaging. All in all, a wonderful book.
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Summary: NECESSARY COMPANION
Review: From John and Paul's last photo together to John's statement of a possible Beatle reunion; this book has it all on the four muscicians who continue to influence the musical world. Keith Badman details all the relevant events of the post-Beatles' lives which is a must for any true Beatle fan!
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Summary: What a great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I thought this book was a great read!. Its researched with great detail & passion from a writer who knows his stuff. I'd love to meet the writer, as I imagine that he could talk for hours about the Beatles & you wouldn't get bored!.
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Summary: What a great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I thought this book was a great read!. Its researched with great detail & passion from a writer who knows his stuff. I'd love to meet the writer, as I imagine that he could talk for hours about the Beatles & you wouldn't get bored!.
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Summary: What a great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I thought this book was a great read!. Its researched with great detail & passion from a writer who knows his stuff. I'd love to meet the writer, as I imagine that he could talk for hours about the Beatles & you wouldn't get bored!.
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Summary: Every Little Thing
Review: If you need to know every activity each Beatle has participated in from the minute Paul announced he was leaving the group, until the present time, this is the book for you. It's a diary, plain and simple, which lists day by day appearances, meetings, concerts, interviews, record releases, etc., many of which were obscure until now. If you're looking for narrative prose about the solo Beatles, look elsewhere. This book definitely has the most detailed account of John's final day, and the other Beatles' reactions. It has a few rare photos; a must have for true Beatlemaniacs.
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Summary: Exhaustive Overview Of The Post-Beatles Era
Review: The authors have provided a detailed day by day account of the ex-Beatles lives. A very thorough job. In fact, they probably know more about what happened to them on a daily basis than they do themselves. The diary format is good for this kind of a book but I would like to see a discography and musical analysis book on the former Beatles. Roy Carr had a good book out in the early eighties but that is now out of print. This book is the best available book about the Beatles following the events of 1969 to the present and was good reading, even if it was like reading someone else's journal.
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Summary: Essential No Matter What
Review: This is a great book. The research is fantastic. However some things are wrong with this book. There is a complete lack of an index, appendixes, and discographies. It is also somewhat annoyingly not a coffee table style book but shaped like a novel. There is some obvious events that are missing and some dates are incorrect. Not to mention some are pretty much irrelevant. Also, it starts on April 1, 1970(the last day a Beatle [Ringo] recorded something on a Beatle Song)which is somewhat clever, but it should have started at sometime around August 1969, which as we all know was for the most when the real breakup occured. This may be a harsh opinion, but when it comes to Beatle books there is only one thing you can do and that My friends is to compare them to the Lewisohn books.
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Summary: Best Beatles Book in 10 years!
Review: This is the best book since Lewisohn's Day By Day book of the Beatles which cover 1962-1989. It picks up where he left off and gives us the most complete picture of the Beatles after the Beatles to date. Only a few mistkaes on dates and times, which hopefully will be corrected in the next edition. Buy it ASAP!
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