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Seven Great Books On The Beatles
I love The Beatles and I love reading so as you can imagine, I have read a lot of books about The Beatles and their music. I really couldn't count how many I've read actually. What follows in this article are the seven books on The Beatles that most stand out in my memory and that I recommend to my fellow Beatles fanatics.
The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul - If you're really into music at a deep level like I am then you will love this book. On the other hand if music theory scares you then you will probably find this book to be way too much for you to handle.
The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver through the Anthology - These "Beatles as Musicians" books go so deep into The Beatles music that they had to broken up into two volumes. This book covers the most interesting part of The Beatles career from 1966 through the end.
Tell Me Why - This is an enjoyable resource which covers every song The Beatles released during the 1960s. A lot of it is basically just the opinions of the author, but I personally enjoy reading such opinions if they are well informed (and they clearly are in this case.) Plus there's a lot of real factual information included as well.
The Beatles Complete Scores - The ultimate tool for any musicians who wants to learn how to play The Beatles music. It's also a recommended companion piece to The Beatles as Musicians book set. It can help you to study The Beatles music along with Walter Everett.
Lennon Revealed - Of the many John Lennon biographies I have read I think this one easily stands out as my favorite. It's portray Lennon as a saint but it also doesn't try tear him down like some other biographies do. I think it's a great biography because it makes me feel like I'm really getting to know the real person and not the myth of that person.
Here, There, ... Everywhere: My Life Recording The Beatles - I think this book may be, in some ways, the most revealing book about The Beatles I've read. For everything I had read about the band and about their music before I read this book this year, I found out a lot more about them that I had never really known before. This book made me feel like I was there in the studio with the band, experiencing the recording of their timeless music first hand!
Recording The Beatles - This massive book cost me $100 but I think it was worth the cost! The amount of detail on the gear The Beatles used to record their music (and how they used that gear) is amazing. This is definitely a book for those really serious about music (really it's aimed at those who record music themselves.)
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