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Title: The Beatles by Hunter Davies ISBN: 0-393-31571-1 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: February, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.52 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Vital source
Comment: Thank heaven for Beatle scholarship that this book was written. Competent journalist Hunter Davies spent a year observing the Beatles and interviewing them in their own homes during the heady, fascinating year of 1967. He emerged with a time piece: the Beatles as they were at that time, reflecting on what came before and unaware of what was yet to come. A chapter describing the writing and recording of "With a Little Help From My Friends," "Getting Better," and "Magical Mystery Tour" offers unique and especially valuable glimpses of the Beatles at work. Chapters depicting the home life and personal outlook of each Beatle are also very interesting. I must also say that for an authorised biography, this is remarkably honest. Perceptive readers will be able to detect the whole truth here, and a fine introduction written by the author years later helps fill in any gaps. Apart from being hugely entertaining, this book is a tremendous boon to historians interested in the Beatles.
Rating: 5
Summary: Important
Comment: This is an essential document for Beatles scholarship. At the time it was simply a pop bio by a competent writer, but it depicts the Beatles at a fascinating juncture in their career. It is particularly notable for its accounts of songwriting and recording sessions, for a glimpse of their home lives, and for their opinions about life in general at the time. Since this is an authorized biography, critics may complain that it is whitewashed - but one can read between the lines and gather the full meaning of everything pretty well. All in all, it is remarkably honest. This updated edition features a sterling introduction by the author about the writing of the book and offers further insight into the personalities of the Beatles.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Introduction to the Beatles
Comment: I was too young to remember much of the Beatles in their heyday, and although I was familiar with a lot of their songs, I did not know a lot about them as individuals. Two things happened towards the end of last year to arouse my interest. The first was the death of George Harrison, with all the media interest it generated. The second was when I asked my niece Imogen (then aged seven) what she wanted for Christmas. "A Beatles CD" came the reply. And this from a little girl whose parents are too young to remember much of the sixties. So much for those who say that the Beatles are only relevant to ageing ex-hippies, not to modern youngsters.
I decided to look for a book which gave the full story of the group. this was surprisingly difficult to find in the shops, but I eventually came across Hunter Davies's book on Amazon. This was just what I was looking for. Most biographies of popstars and showbiz celebrities are very lightweight affairs, but Davies's book is solid and workmanlike and full of useful information, despite having first been published in 1968 at the height of the Beatles boom.
The sections about the Beatles' early years are excellent. My only criticism is that their later years are not covered in such detail, although there are possibly reasons for this. When the book was first published, Davies may well have thought that the events of 1966-68 (when the Beatles did much of their best work) were too well-known to be retold in great detail. The book also includes a postscript dating from 1985; I would have liked this to have been more detailed, but perhaps the author, who knew the Beatles personally, felt that it was not appropriate to go into detail about the events surrounding the group's break-up in 1969-70. He may also have felt that the details of their post-1970 careers were beyond the scope of his book.
All in all, I felt that this was an excellent book which I could recommend to anyone looking like me for an introduction to the Beatles' lives and work.
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Title: Ticket to Ride by Larry Kane, Dick Clark ISBN: 0762415924 Publisher: Running Press Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title:The Beatles - The First U.S. Visit ASIN: B00018D2X8 Publisher: Capitol Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $18.74 |
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Title:Concert for George ASIN: B0000CEB4V Publisher: Wea Corp Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $20.99 |
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Title: The Beatles Are Coming: The Birth of Beatlemania in America by Bruce Spizer, Walter Cronkite ISBN: 0966264991 Publisher: Four Ninety-Eight Productions Llc Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Shout : The Beatles in Their Generation by Philip Norman ISBN: 0684830671 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 02 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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