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Drawing on a variety of published and online sources, as well as exclusive interviews with many of the principals, this latest Beatles bio focuses on an aspect of the group with which some fans may not be sufficiently familiar. Although the group's public image was one of playfulness and big smiles, the Fab Four were often mired in internal politics and conflict. The book details the enormous pressures the Beatles operated under and shows that, in addition to musicians, they very quickly had to become businessmen and diplomats. The Giulianos also offer up an assortment of trivia tidbits that may come as a surprise to some readers. For instance: Paul sang lead vocals on "Love Me Do," although it was supposed to be John; a key line in "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" was a blooper; John, not Ringo, played drums on "Back in the USSR." The book's usefulness to Beatle fans will depend entirely on how much they have already read about the group, but one thing is certain: for the average reader, it's an eye-opener. David Pitt
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An intimate portrait of the band that forever changed the face of music, by the author of Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney and Dark Horse: The Life and Art of George Harrison.
Drawing on a variety of published and online sources, as well as exclusive interviews with many of the principals, this latest Beatles bio focuses on an aspect of the group with which some fans may not be sufficiently familiar. Although the group's public image was one of playfulness and big smiles, the Fab Four were often mired in internal politics and conflict. The book details the enormous pressures the Beatles operated under and shows that, in addition to musicians, they very quickly had to become businessmen and diplomats. The Giulianos also offer up an assortment of trivia tidbits that may come as a surprise to some readers. For instance: Paul sang lead vocals on "Love Me Do," although it was supposed to be John; a key line in "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" was a blooper; John, not Ringo, played drums on "Back in the USSR." The book's usefulness to Beatle fans will depend entirely on how much they have already read about the group, but one thing is certain: for the average reader, it's an eye-opener. David Pitt
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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An intimate portrait of the band that forever changed the face of music, by the author of Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney and Dark Horse: The Life and Art of George Harrison.
More than 35 years after their dramatic split, the Beatles continue to be the most famous and influential band in the world. Their unparalleled success has made them the gold standard against which all other bands continue to be measured. Now, for the first time, best-selling Beatle-ographer Geoffrey Giuliano has brought together exclusive interviews with the band’s inner circle, as well as rare tapes of the band’s private conversations, to create one of the most vivid portraits of the Fab Four ever published. Far from the fun-loving image so often presented, Revolver reveals the terrible pressures on the band, and how the four overcame poverty, personal demons, and tragedy to make the most enduring music of all time.
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The seed that would soon blossom into the songwriting collective known as Lennon-McCartney was sown when they greeted each other in passing outside a local chippy late in the spring of 1957. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
George Harrison, John Lennon, New York, George Martin, Hare Krishna, Brian Epstein, Mal Evans, Friar Park, Los Angeles, Abbey Road, Derek Taylor, Hey Jude, Peter Brown, Ringo Starr, Alistair Taylor, Jane Asher, John Eastman, Neil Aspinall, Pete Shotton, Yoko Ono, Cavendish Avenue, White Album, Eric Clapton, Allen Klein, Cynthia Lennon New!
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The seed that would soon blossom into the songwriting collective known as Lennon-McCartney was sown when they greeted each other in passing outside a local chippy late in the spring of 1957. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
George Harrison, John Lennon, New York, George Martin, Hare Krishna, Brian Epstein, Mal Evans, Friar Park, Los Angeles, Abbey Road, Derek Taylor, Hey Jude, Peter Brown, Ringo Starr, Alistair Taylor, Jane Asher, John Eastman, Neil Aspinall, Pete Shotton, Yoko Ono, Cavendish Avenue, White Album, Eric Clapton, Allen Klein, Cynthia Lennon New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Abbey Road (Update) by Brian Southall on 5 pages
- Yellow Submarine by The Beatles on 4 pages
- Real Love by Beatles on page 267, page 271, and page 272
- Yellow Submarine Sing A Song Storybook (Sing-a-Song Storybook) by John Lennon on page 84, page 150, and page 197
- Peter Sellers: A Film History by Michael Starr on page 155, and page 170
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