Beatles

by John Robertson

The indispensable consumers' guide to the music of The Beatles. An album by album, track by track, run-down of every song recorded by The Beatles, from 'I Saw Her Standing There' to 'Let It Be'.
Includes full details of who wrote and sang which songs, when and where the songs were recorded, and who played what on which songs; the truth about the non-EMI material; a critical consumers' guide to The Beatles' back catalogue; details on Beatles re-issues and compilations; and track index.

Genres: Music, Reference

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

1957-

Reviews

[Corey]

I'm on record as saying I'll read and enjoy anything about the lads. This is just a quick run-through of all their songs but it still made me happy. I didn't always agree with him--his take on Abbey Road seems off to me--but I enjoyed his easy-going style and his admiration of the group.

[Cecy]

El libro trata igual al anterior pero en este caso son las 100 mejores canciones de The Beatles, nos cuenta los autores principales, las echas que grabaron la canción, fecha de lanzamiento y si la canción fue lanzada como sencillo o no.

[Jean-denis Crouhy]

C'est le second volume de cette collection que je découvre et je suis encore étonné par la qualité de ces guides si complets !

A l'instar de celui sur la musique d'Hendrix, ce guide devrait être obligatoire pour tous les vrais fan des Beatles : on y retrouve tous les enregistrements des Beatles commentés chansons par chansons et, du coup, on prend encore du plaisir à les réécouter sous un nouvel éclairage !

Et puis, on redécouvre de nouvelles perles sur lesquelles notre oreille était passée un peu vite ;) !!

Ces guides existent pour bon nombres d'artistes : avis aux mélomanes !

[Ryan]

A pocket sized guide to all of the Beatles' recordings, this is perfectly good for what it is. Unlike other expensive, photo-filled tomes that present the same material in a long-winded style, this book is short and too the point. Each song gets a simple description, some technical details, a positive or negative evaluation, and sometimes an interesting anecdote. There is also info about potential differences between mono and stereo versions of each record when applicable.

[Micki James]

This is basically a catalog of Beatles tracks from all their albums, with an annotation for each. But the commentary is so informative and opinionated that the book actually works as a page-turner.