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9.30pm
4 April 2010
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I own “Being John Lennon ” and “I Me Mine “.
"The best band? The Beatles. The most overrated band? The Beatles."
9.01pm
8 June 2010
Offline My Beatles books:
Eight Days A Week (Pictures of the last tour)
John Lennon : The Life by Phillip Norman
A Hard Day’s Write
The Beatles Diary
John Lennon (a little book of pictures).
In His Own Write by John Lennon
George Harrison by Allan Clayson
The Beatles (big biography)
The Beatles Comic Book (its amazing!!!!)
Beatleology by Roger Jaquette
The Beatles Unseen Archives
John Lennon (another book of pictures).
It seems small now compared to everyone else’s! Looks like I gotta get mpre.
I have to say I loved In His Own Write and John Lennon : The Life by Phillip Norman was amazing. I thought it was very well-written and gave me quite some insight on John.
1.06pm
23 June 2010
Offline Well only one book i've read about FabFour was by James Woodall and it's called simple as it can be – John Lennon /Yoko ono
I'm looking forward to buy some The Beatles books,unfortunately there's no book about Fab Four in my country /Lithuania/
By the way – Addie_1899 nice collection :)))
And the banker never wears a mac in a pouring rain… Very strange…
1.58pm
31 March 2008
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Hi kadikas – welcome to the forum. I think you could be our first Lithuanian!
I have one new book in my collection: Way Beyond Compare by John C Winn, which came before That Magic Feeling. Both are good reference books but probably only for the hardcore fan.
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3.22am
19 September 2010
Offline My library consists of A Rough Guide To the Beatles with a million Typos in Track Listings (no point in buying it other than as a reference for a trip)
The Love You Make By Peter Brown (good don’t know why Paul Hated it)
And Albert Goldman’s The Lives of John Lennon (gossipy but worth the $7 price)
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
2.26pm
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14 April 2010
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To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
10.37pm
19 September 2010
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Since My Last post, I have Read/acquired many more books. Here Is the revised list:
The Love You Make – Peter Brown
Anthology – The Beatles
Lives of Lennon – Albert Goldman
Paul McCartney – A Life – Peter Ames Carlin
Chronicle – Mark Lewisohn
A Photographic History Of The Beatles – (Can't Remember)
Many years From Now – Barry Miles*
The Beatles – Bob Spitz*
Here, There And Everywhere – Geoff Emerick*
*indicates I don't own the book.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
12.17am
3 January 2011
Offline The Beatles Anthology
The Beatles – Bob Spitz
John Paul George and Ringo – don’t remember
Here, There And Everywhere – Geoff Emerick
Ticket To Ride – Larry Kane
The Love You Make – Peter Brown
Chronicle – Mark Lewisohn
Paul McCartney A Life – Peter Ames Carlin
Fab – Howard Sounes
Many Years From Now – Barry Miles
John Lennon the Life – Philip Norman
John – Cynthia Lennon
I Me Mine
Living is easy with eyes closed misunderstanding all you see
12.41am
19 September 2010
Offline Oh, I forgot the Spitz book. Nice list
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
1.25am
18 January 2011
Offline I'm really surprised by how many Beatles books you all have (read) ! 
I have:
Anthology (actually, my father got it as a present when it came out)
In His Own Write (stole it from my school)
I feel like a really bad Beatles fan now 
2.22am
19 September 2010
Offline Dont feel bad. I just got Anthology and Chronicle recently.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
4.50am
4 March 2011
Offline Nepomuceno, you forgot Shout! by Philip Norman
ONE MINUTE YOU'RE DEFENDING THE WHOLE GALAXY, AND SUDDENLY, YOU FIND YOURSELF SUCKING DOWN DARJEELING WITH MARIE ANTOINETTE AND HER LITTLE SISTER.!
5.27am
13 September 2010
Offline I only have the giant Anthology book personally, but I've read a couple others.
"I am definitely a mad man with a box."- Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor of Doctor Who (Episode 1 Season 5: The Eleventh Hour)
11.55am
18 January 2011
Offline StrawberryLakiesha said:
Nepomuceno, you forgot Shout! by Philip Norman
Why? I don't have that one.
12.09pm
19 September 2010
Offline I hate how big Anthology is. It seems so indimitating. But I love the book. And I’m only on 1963!
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
5.51am
14 December 2009
Offline I bought that “Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones” thing (that Joe reviewed elsewhere) by Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot over the Christmas holidays. It's pretty good, but a bit disappointing in a couple of ways. First, for some reason (and this is entirely my own fault, obv) I confused DeRogatis with Richie Unterberger, an older writer for whom I have more respect. And second, more importantly, I assumed that since there were two writers, one of them would be championing the Beatles, and the other the Stones, and that they'd fight it out. (Fun!) Instead, their ultimate conclusion – which they state in the preface, before the book proper even begins – is that both bands are great in their own way, so deciding “best” and “worst” is pointless, since musically they're equal. And that the Stones were, for what it's worth, “cooler” than the Beatles. (Surly, rebellious ugly dudes vs. handsome grinning moptops in suits, etc.) An opinion I probably agree with much of the time. (As if “coolness” has any bearing on musical greatness whatsoever.)
But once it's established that their shared (non-)answer to the question “Beatles or Stones?” is “Both!”, they begin to move to the minute details and individual comparisons, and on these they don't always share opinions, so that's good.
*nein*
Paul: Yeah well… first of all, we’re bringing out a ‘Stamp Out Detroit’ campaign.
12.04pm
19 September 2010
Offline Really, Von? Really?
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
1.14pm
19 September 2010
Offline Joe, a question. Is All You Need Is Ears any good?
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
5.55pm
31 March 2008
Offline It’s OK, I’ve not read it cover to cover, just dipped into it. It was written before The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions came out, so although the anecdotes are true, some of the details (such as which song they referred to) aren’t.
It’s not just about The Beatles either – it’s a general autobiography written (I think) in the early 80s. George Martin wrote another book, Summer Of Love, about the making of Sgt Pepper , though I haven’t read that one.
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Or buy my paperback/ebook! Riding So High – The Beatles and Drugs
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6.04pm
19 September 2010
Offline Thanks. It came out in 1980, and thanks for the warning.
The 1992 documentary “The Making Of Sgt. Pepper ” has a lot of his interviews regarding Pepper, Along with Anthology era interviews with the Threetles.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
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