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Monday, 29 August 2011

Book Review: Love Me Do (Braun) and The Beatles (Davies)

Here's my review of two very important early Beatles biographies, both with unique insights into Lennon and McCartney's songwriting process.


UPDATE - Rob Stevens (From Amersfoort) has left a comment below describing the 'missing pictures' from Love Me Do)

Get these books from Amazon UK

Love Me Do: The Beatles' Progress
The Beatles: The Authorised Biography

Get these books from Amazon US

Love Me Do: The Beatles' Progress
The Beatles: The Authorised Biography
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4 comments:

  1. Martin Quibell30 August 2011 at 16:57

    Thank you. :-)

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  2. Anonymous10 September 2011 at 12:00

    Thank you. I wanted to add Hunter Davies' book to my Ebay wish list but then I realized his name did ring a bell, so I looked at my book shelf and it appeared I already own this book, a Dutch translation from 1968. I will start reading it someday!

    There are not many photos in Love Me Do, and they are small, but actually they are quite nice:
    - head shots
    - classic Hamburg publicity shot
    - recording in the studio
    - at a tv gig
    - in Paris
    - live in Washington
    - at the airport
    - backstage
    and a lot of pictures of a lot of fans. For such a small book a nice varied bunch of pics, providing a contemporary representation of both the Beatles and their fans.

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  3. Gary Horn10 September 2011 at 23:18

    The Davies book is gear!

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  4. Matt Blick10 September 2011 at 23:30

    @Rob - thanks for that - I'll add a reference in the post.

    I just noticed that the most recent version has a single new postscript (written in a bout '85).

    Anybody got that? Any good?

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