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Title: Beatles Gear: All the Fab Four's Instruments, from Stage to Studio by Andy Babiuk, Mark Lewisohn, Tony Bacon ISBN: 0-87930-731-5 Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.84 (31 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Beyond gear!
Comment: I love guitars. And that's putting it mildly. I worship guitars. I eat, sleep, and breath guitars... if that makes sense. And, in fact, my dream guitar would be the 1964 black Rickenbacker 325 which John Lennon bought and was his favorite guitar for nearly three years.
So, when I found this book, I absolutely had to have it. I spent weeks reading it (it's very large, long, and in-depth), but I loved every minute of it. The instruments are so amazing, from the famours Hofner bass, to the little known electric sitars presented to John and George way back when. This book even turned me on to recording equipment and amplifiers, which I had previously considered the lesser parts of making music. I was wrong. They are just as fascinating and important as guitars and drums.
Of course, in order to enjoy this book, you really need to like what you're reading about. I wouldn't reccomend this for people who want to learn about the Beatles themselves. This book is about Beatle equipment and how they used it, not about the Beatles personal lives, although one could hardly mistake the subject of this book from the title and cover.
A wonderful, detailed book with beautiful glossy photos and more information than you could wish for on everything from guitar volume knobs to bass drum pedals. A must for every rock music fanatic.
Rating: 4
Summary: Get your copy NOW!
Comment: The Christmas present I never got--so I bought my own copy. This book meticulously covers a topic not widely known by a lot of people, even fans of the Fab Four. It's about time someone wrote a book on the instruments and equipment the Beatles used to craft their wonderful songs. The book is a must for a Beatlemaniac's library, those interested in rock music, modern musical instruments, and the recording arts. However, I wish the author could have hired better, more thorough proofreaders, as this edition had a few incorrect spellings (e.g., look for "Geroge" Harrison). In addition, I , too, would like a section that lists the gear they used on each album or song. Despite all this, it's a great read, but it could use a few more tweaks. Maybe the revised (2002) edition will do the trick?
Rating: 4
Summary: Good, interesting, but a few problems...
Comment: A very interesting book which I enjoy reading and looking at more than a few times. It has inspired me to learn how to play guitar. On the con side, I wish the book was indexed or had an appendix that listed all the gear the Beatles used on an album or in all their number one songs at least (or, just a list of all their gear in one location in the book). While most of the photographs are excellent there are numerous pictures of receipts and other paperwork that are sized so small that it becomes meaningless because you can't make out anything on it! I hope the publisher will consider losing some of the text and enlarging the receipt pictures et. al. so they are clearly legible. Also, a list of public collections where some of the gear can be viewed in person would be a useful addition. No other rock 'n roll band will command a book that is written about just their gear. The Beatles were incredible and so far ahead of their time musically. I found myself looking at the pictures of various instruments while replaying songs in which the instrument was used. Great stuff.
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Title: The Beatles As Musicians: The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul by Walter Everett ISBN: 0195141059 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Beatles As Musicians: Revolver Through the Anthology by Walter Everett ISBN: 0195129415 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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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 Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Ticket to Ride by Larry Kane ISBN: 0762415924 Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Beatles Complete Scores by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation ISBN: 0793518326 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
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