The Beatles The Early Years with Mark Lewisohn

[Lord Reith]

Radio interview where he discusses the early years.

https://tinyurl.com/expiry-july-17

[baggiod]

Thanks LR for these treasures..

[returntopepperland]

Thanks LR! More info on this here https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/pr ... n/12156850

[alphabeatles]

Thanks for the post! The photo in the article sparked some thoughts:

•Paul was almost a fifth wheel with his 6-string in those days, he's lucky he lasted in the group!

•And didn't we see his amp in some later documentary (lined up on the floor in his studio along with others)?

[niallquinn]

Sweet, many thanks!

[MrMurphMcgee]

Thanks!

Like many I'm can't wait for volume 2 of Tune In. I wish they'd release the kindle version of the extended edition in the US. I have a copy of the first part of it covering through 1960, but the second volume or part one remain elusive.

[Lord Reith]

Thanks!

Like many I'm can't wait for volume 2 of Tune In.

I don't mind him taking his time if it results in a better book, particularly since I don't really have much interest in Vol.3 which will basically just be dealing with their decline and fall. I've never read any books about that period. But roll on Vol.2 which will be inspiring and uplifting reading.

It's funny but recently I've been revisiting Hunter Davies book. Although he records The Beatles own disatisfaction with never being asked any questions about their music during Beatlemania, he then proceeds to document their career as a series of public events concentrating entirely on their fame, without a single mention of their musical development along the way. He also has an extraordinary attitude twoards facts, saying at one point that all the details of their tours are still in the newspaper archives "if anyone is mad enough to want to read it". It really is an incredibly shoddy and insubstantial book. The only redeeming thing about it is the interviews with the Beatles and the eyewitness accounts of their recording sessions, but in those instances all he had to do was transcribe what they were saying. As an actual biography, it is only slightly more detailed than something you'd expect to read in Beatles Monthly.

[jpgrcat007]

I was off line for 20 days due to moving

Could someone re-up this?

[Gringo557]

I was off line for 20 days due to moving

Could someone re-up this?

I seem to have missed it too . . .

[bobzilla]

Sorry for the delay. Had to hunt it down.

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