Beatles Mark Lewisohn Tune In Extended Book Review

Beatles Mark Lewisohn Tune In Extended Book Review
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[@TheNoisylover]

OK, Mark, I've read tune in twice. I'm seventy one. Absolutely loved it! Where is number two ??? I can't read number three in my grave, I'm afraid.

[@jmcortesl80]

This book is a master piece. The extended edition is THE real edition; incredible, such an amazing job. Everything pre1963 is here. Every page is such a joy, a big piece full of details and discoveries.

[@timshearn8203]

I've read the standard edition of this book. Finished it in June this year. I thought it was absolutely magnificent, such stories and detail. I cant wait for vol 2! I saw Lewisohn at his Hornsey Road lecture last year as well. That was fantastic too!

[@melissabrown2109]

We're all waiting for volumes two and three,but perfection obviously can't be rushed. I've read the standard version too and loved it.So much detail.Mark has a way of writing where you're experiencing The Beatles' story along with him,at that very moment.

[@matthewtodd3879]

My only Critic the Font is so small i need a Magnifying glas

[@Southlondonsteve]

I have read both the short version & the long version reviewed here. Both are brilliant but the long version is the one to go for. Simply put: BEST BOOK EVER. All of Mark's books are the best Beatle books, starting with The Beatles Live! in 1986 and coming up to today. I met him at the Liverpool convention in1989 & took his photo holding "Recording Sessions" which at that time was the best Beatle book ever. Can't wait for Vol 2.

[@melissabrown2109]

How gracious of Mark to offer to sign your copy of the extended edition,without you having to pester him.

[@tcac1687]

Mark lewisohn history will thank him for these incredible books thanks mark

[@tyronewhitehead3123]

Watching again I found marks talk last Saturday so interesting. The way he displayed it alll was easy to understand the book is a treat thanks Andrew

[@Pamela-rq8cy]

This is a great review, Andrew - thanks. I read the standard edition and savored every bit. I might get this expanded one while I’m waiting for volume 2. I sure hope Lewisohn takes care of himself so he can finish the story!

[@rubypepper2700]

Great review Andrew. I bought the extended edition in January this year and just finished it yesterday. It was amazing and insightful.

[@bimpson78]

Good review, nice mix of detail and passion. Love that they're signed too!

[@marktrimnell8245]

Good post, Andrew. I have the shorter version, and this was my spring/summer read during lockdown. I spent many an happy hour lost in the story whilst reading this in my back garden a few months ago, and I was gutted when I made it to the end. So much so that I'm now thinking of buying the larger version and starting all over again. Looking forward to the second (and third) volumes so much now, so I just hope (from a selfish point of view) Mr Lewisohn stays fit and healthy.....!!!

[@howcotube]

very nice review of the best Beatles Book and as you said a must have for every Beatles fan. I purchased the full set in Liverpool in 2014 and read them fairly quickly as the more you read the more your wanted to find out more and more. I saw Mark browsing in the Adelphi Hotel at Beatles week there and I was too shy to talk to him but wish I did. I as you, can not wait for Volume 2 !

[@dejamoocathy]

I’ve read the extended version twice. I am so excited for vol. 2 which he has hopefully begun writing. It is now 10 years later and there is no indication when it will be published. I really hope there is an extended edition for vol. 2. My era as an American fan begins in November 1963 so vol 2 will cover the Beatles from January 1963 probably through the end of 1966. As the Kinks sang, ‘so tired of waiting…”

[@stevendavis1940]

I got the opportunity to get the 900 page version used cheap and jumped at it. I agree with you about this work. Amazing detail, and the story of how it all happened is astonishing. I hope Lewisohn gets out the rest of it soon.

[@sharonevans6864]

I had the short version, then broke down and bought the big one. Loved your review.

[@delwood3111]

I bought the full book in 2 separate parts to read on kindle reader/tablet. One with kindle and other part with Google equivalent. The best Beatles book(s) by far that I've ever read. You get to know them in a way I never did before. And you see some characters in depth that weren't really in the foreground before (like Ringo's fearsome mum! ).

[@CraigHamlin1]

I have the hardback shorter version, but i`m taking my time because the detail is so vast , i want the info to stick. Love the videos, Andrew. Keep em coming xx

[@ThePajdzik]

Have to grab a copy after your review. Thanks Andrew.

[@daisynieves1644]

Hi Andrew! Thank you for the review! I have been meaning to purchase these books. You are lucky to have your's autographed. I certainly hope he won't take 10 years to write volume 2 but, I guess that will give slow readers time to read volume 1! Lol! Stay safe; blessings to you!

[@Beatgeneration2010]

Good honest review Andrew👍

[@codyknoxable]

I’m with you. The ultimate reference. Have been on the edge of my seat for Vol 2 for years now. Promises to be the greatest read of all time.

[@hansout2831]

Read the short edition. Loved it, as a great story, and credible. Great level of detail, makes their world come alive. Curious as to what the extra so many hundred pgs would add.

[@ShogunOfSweden]

Hi Andrew - Just finished John Lennon 1980 The Last Days In the Life by Kenneth Womack. Really moving and well researched. Not sensationalised. Really enjoying your videos which I have recently discovered. Thank You

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thanks Gareth! I have that John Lennon book on my Christmas list, I'm very much looking forward to reading it!

[@Woolfy1]

Excellent review Andrew. I haven`t read the extended version having bought the original book when it first came out. I totally agree with you with regards the historical importance of what Mark is doing. I hope to read volume 2 when it eventually comes out. I doubt I will be around, or at least, compos mentis when volume 3 comes out but regardless, hope Mark manages to complete his magnum opus. Keep up the good work matey.

[@brucejackson6451]

Thanks for the wonderful review! As fun just digging on your accent (Liverpool itself I’m guessing) as your enthusiasm for the book. I read the 900 page version when it came out in 2013 and have been on the fence about the complete edition but I think you talked me into it! Thanks again

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

I'm completely the opposite coast to Liverpool 🙂 Enjoy the full version, it's an incredible book.

[@melissabrown2109]

Yes Mark,look after yourself.We need you!

[@aaronolson2234]

Ha ha. Let’s hope they bubble wrap Mark Lewisohn, keep him safe for volumes II & III. This gave me a good chuckle this morning. Your enthusiasm for the book is inspiring. (Currently reading the first volume and I have to agree with you: it’s highly entertaining even in parts I thought I’d have no interest in)

[@nielsbie8922]

Fantastic Books, look forward to the next parts. 2030?

[@Zholobov1]

I bought the expanded edition a couple of years ago and since then I've been reading it. What a wonderful journey into pre-Beatles history! Tried to compare the full version with the shortened one - no way I'd choose the second for my reading: too much precious information is simply thrown out. If you are interested in such a work, go and find the expanded edition, it’s great 👍

[@melissabrown2109]

It's still out there and quite reasonably priced,considering the wealth of information that's in it.

[@neilymanadventures6577]

I bought the short version on Kindle at the start of lockdown and enjoyed it so much I later bought the audiobook version to listen to in the car, its only 42 hours long but well worth it. I cant wait for volumes 2 and 3 to come out.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

"It's only 42 hours long" made me laugh! 😄

[@matthewturnage4998]

I picked up the abridged paperback version a few weeks ago, and am about 180 pages in right now, which puts me in mid-1958. It's a great book, but I am glad I got the shorter version. There is plenty of detail there, and important contextual information about their environment and influences, but if Ringo doesn't see that drum in the window until 300 pages into the expanded version, I think I might have lost interest by that point.

[@worldgonewrong2049]

I read the shorter tome. Couldn't afford this one when it came out, but I sure am tempted now. Maybe for Xmas... I've bought his other Beatles related books as well. He is tops in my book, pardon the pun. After reading this book, I felt all the other books I had read felt like comic books.... Looking forward to the next book! Good review!

[@beatlebrad5339]

Hi Andrew. I do have the two books you showed . And yes they are just great . But you were talking about a book I don't have . I was a bit overwhelmed with it . And I am glad you are talking about it . I am captivated with you chat about it !!!!!! Wow look at you with a nice Autograph as well :) !!!! Well done :). Wow what a good book and now I will ask my wife this for Christmas :). + I do like your VERRY COOL phone book case you have there !!!!! Great video my friend well I am off for now take care !!!

[@beatlebrad5339]

Great !!!

[@Beantbeantbeant]

Lewisohn said volume 2 will come out in 2023 at the earliest, and volume 3 will be by 2030... worth the wait

[@melissabrown2109]

You are so lucky to have met Mark Lewisohn.Another "pinch me" moment.

[@nathanthomas5133]

I was considering buying as currently it’s discounted on Amazon from £150 to £93 - great video that I think made up my mind to buy it !

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Enjoy!

[@winstonoreggae6332]

The BEST edition is the extended edition. Incredible book.

[@pepparchips7609]

Great Video, the extended version is for sure on my list. Thanks for the advice! Just recieved the Uncut magazine with Paul. Looks like an interesting interview with Paul, I will read this evening. I would have asked him: You have said that in the 70''s there where a couple of times when 3 of the former Beatles members actually where positive to a reunion, but it always ended with one who said no. Can you tell us about one of these concrete situations and who said no? ( I suspect that could have been George). Also I would have asked Paul if he could disclose any information about future releases in the archive series.

[@matthewtodd3879]

I bought the single book version, brilliant

[@interglotti3858]

This video has totally inspired me to download the audiobook to listen to at work. 43 hrs long and it only takes us to 1962, looking forward to this!!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Enjoy!

[@Saturn-sd8ht]

Is the 43 hr audiobook the short or long version?

[@paulayers1111]

The Beatles Chronicles and Anthology are my two favorites

[@andreaschlapek780]

I love the Anthology book!

[@dennisosborne4368]

When I was 15 I read the Hunter Davies book , the original which finished in mid 68 , and it was that that kick started my obsession with the Beatles and here I am 45 years later still obsessed , still playing the albums

[@boxinghistorian2629]

Shout is the best book about the beatles in my opinion

[@dennisosborne4368]

@@boxinghistorian2629 Yes I have that one , thats the Philip Norman one , I also have his autobiog of McCartney

[@melissabrown2109]

Anything Mark Lewisohn writes is so well-researched,you can't not believe what he's saying.It's fascinating!

[@grahampr1]

I have the standard and expanded versions of the book. Apart from a flick through I haven’t read them. I plan to.... I’ve seen some interviews with Mark Lewisohn about his research - fascinating stuff and you can’t help but wonder how he’s going to complete the project. I understand that he’s met with ‘non- cooperation’ from major players.

[@melissabrown2109]

That's a pity.The lock downs hardly would have helped either.

[@bobyhic]

It took a worldwide pandemic just to find the time to read the shorter book. Hope to God it won't take another one to read Vol.2! If I'm alive still whenever that comes out

[@petejp1]

Seems like a great book, the bruce spizer Beatles book series is also amazing. I highly recommend them. Unfortunately some of them are out of print and go for quite a lot.

[@stayalivesweetheart]

Love your channel! Instant subscribe👊🏼💯. May I ask where you got your most excellent shirt?

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thank you! It was this one: amzn.to/3rC4DCg 🙂👍

[@melissabrown2109]

I also have "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions" book which is showing its age,with brown spots on the cover,but still in a perfectly acceptable condition to read.

[@jesserussell7242]

I have only read one Beatles book and I love it still the Beatles and Ology book I have never read anything from my closing before I would love to get my hands on all of the markers and stuff and actually I did listen to another book called the Beatles biography by Bob’s bits which is really good and one of the things I love about the Beatles anthology book is that it covers stuff that’s not on the Beatles anthology documentary which I think it still is one of the best documentaries ever, because it’s like behind the music but longer.

[@matthewtodd3879]

The book is fantastic

[@rorylane4069]

Great review Andrew. I was wondering, which book is, in your opinion, the best book gathering the stories behind every beatles song? Some of what I found are the following: The Beatles Lyrics: The Stories Behind the Music, Including the Handwritten Drafts of More Than 100 Classic Beatles Songs - by Hunter Davies The Complete Beatles Songs: The Stories Behind Every Track Written by the Fab Four by Steve Turner All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release by Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon

[@barrygreenfield9521]

To me Geoff Emmericks Here There and Everywhere is the most real, honest and insightful . Memories do fade and are at times are problematic, but .....

[@timshearn8203]

Agreed. Emerick's book is excellent as well.

[@larydixon4824]

Lewisohn is really an Amazing writer.. How he does it, and, can he Possibly finish it, we shall see.. But you have to be Gloriously Happy with what we have, at least to this point.. Thank you Andrew.. If I have any say in the matter, the Dixon name will Live On Forever... Lary

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Dixons unite!

[@larydixon4824]

@Andrew Dixon- Truer words were never spoken.. Be well Brother... Lary

[@shaunsmith3939]

Hi Andrew, I know you have plenty of spare time on your hands (not) so I came up with a list of videos I would love to see you do 1: The top 20 post Beatles team ups songs (mine number 1 would be Whatever gets you through the night) 2: Top 25 songs of all time that were never singles 3: Top 20 live albums of all time 4: Top 25 Artists of all time 5: Top 25 Christmas songs of all time (My number 1 would be Power of Love by Frankie) 6: Top 25 Albums of all time 7: A review of every Extra CD single 12" or cassette Macca has released since say the starts of the CD in the early 80's Feel free to take at least a couple of weeks to get these all done lol :)

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

No problem, I'll get them done tonight! 😄 Thank you though, ideas are always greatfully received, sometimes they might be ones that I don't feel like I'm the right person to do, but.... There is one on your list that's already on mine, and another that I definitely think I could do justice to, so thanks!

[@melissabrown2109]

I have a copy of "The Beatles Recording Sessions" too,although it's a long time since I've read it

[@mountart2]

Lewisohn's the man!

[@melissabrown2109]

One of the best Beatles authors out there.

[@melissabrown2109]

I have the "Beatles Recording Sessions" book too.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

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[@MrDirtybear]

I have seen Mark Lewisohn interviewed on on youtube, at length naturally. A fascinating man. Do the footnotes in the book have footnotes of their own? If they did that might account for the length of the book.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

There are often one or two footnotes on each page, So over the course of 1500 pages that's a heck of a lot of extra information to show at the end of the book! Do I mean footnotes? Possibly not, I don't mean the notes at the bottom of each page, I mean those reference notes that appear at the end of the book.

[@dennisosborne4368]

Andrew I can recommend And in the End The Last Days of the Beatles by Ken McNab - this is a month by month account of the year 1969 covering the Get Back Sessions , both John and Pauls weddings , some great stuff about the recording of Abbey Road going through to December and Paul starting his eponymous solo album. Lots of interesting business stuff about the appointment of Klein and the failed attempts to buy NEMS and Northern Songs, Are you familiar with this book?

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

I'm not familiar with that one Dennis but it sounds good! Very early and very late Beatles seem to be the 2 periods I have most interest in as time goes on.

[@melissabrown2109]

Another book I have read a couple of times is "The Beatle Who Vanished" by Jim Berkenstadt,about Jimmie Nicol,and his fading into obscurity after his brief period filling in for Ringo when he had tonsillitis during one of their 1964 tours.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Would love to hear Jimmie tell his story. I think he's still alive.

[@melissabrown2109]

@@AndrewDixonMusic he was at the time of the book's release anyway(2011).Hoping he still is and if so,whether he is willing to talk.

[@edised71]

The best book on the Beatles. Period! It's like being in street view when the other books were covering the satellite view! I went to see his Hornsey Road lecture about the Abbey Road album, very good!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Oh yes, that was a great show! I thought I knew about Abbey Road until that night...

[@edised71]

@@AndrewDixonMusic There is also a great Lewisohn interview on YT, where he goes even further in depth about this period... kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIuQc4Cwf956faM

[@Rkw772]

I’ve got about 150 pages to go on the “short” one. I was reading it online from my library and it came due and it disappeared 🥺 I tried to extend it but there is a waiting list. Tomorrow I’m going to the library to pick up a hard copy. Love Me Do is at 29 and I’m left hanging…That story about how they got signed was a jaw dropper. I love Sir George Martin but not the story he told. It’s an amazing book 📚 so far😱 I’m really pulling for them🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸🥁🎤

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

That's interesting about an online copy having a waiting list. Do they limit how many people can read it at one time even when it's a digital copy?

[@Rkw772]

@@AndrewDixonMusic yes it can loan only as many digital copies as it has purchased. They had four “short” hardback versions available in our libraries. I told the lady who help me locate the book that they should try to get that Beatles Library but she said right now they are working on one for Abraham Lincoln. 🎶🎸🎤🎶🥁📚

[@markandresen1]

Hi Andrew. As a writer, the main issue for me approaching the Beatles would be...where the hell do you start - and where do you finish?

[@andreaschlapek780]

I got it on kindle but was afraid to start 🤣 maybe I give it a try. I just finished a other lewisohn book.

[@scally1969]

Great video mate. I've had both versions of this book, starting with the abridged version. While they are both excellent, the mass of info in the two volume extended set is mind blowing. I think as you say, there are many good Beatle books out there; including the two of Mark's you mentioned. I throughly enjoyed "A Twist Of Lennon" by John's first wife Cynthia. It gave an insight into the formative years and a glimpse from the eye of the hurricane that was Beatlemania. "Pre Fab" by Colin Hanton is also enjoyable. With anecdotes from the early Quarrymen days, the morphing from Skiffle to Rock'n'roll; the first recordings etc.. Here's hoping that Mr. Lewisohn delivers us part 2 in the near future. I certain knew some guys who were Merseybeat peers of The Beatles from back in the day, who sadly have passed away in the interim between the first volume and the present. I know those lads were hoping to read the whole series before the great gig in the sky. Talking of which, two books by Manfred Kuhlmann "Beat Water Cross The Mersey" and "Some Other Guys" are great books showing the other bands of Merseybeat and how big that scene was. They've accompanying 5 C D collection too, with home demos, private recordings, failed audition recordings etc.. Worth a look at the unique melting pot The Beatles didn't invent, but were born from. Cheers Andrew

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Cheers Scally, some interesting sounding books there, I've not read any of them!

[@ramilopez6921]

Hi Andrew thanks for the video I have not read the book however I do have some questions. Being that Mark was so much associated with The Beatles aside from his research. Do you feel he was being objective in his presentation of The Beatles? What I’m trying to say here is does he show the bad with the good or are The Beatles portrayed in a positive way through out? Would the surviving Beatles as well as Olivia and now Sean approve of a biopic based on Mark’s research in the way of the biopics “”Ray” and “Walk the Line” where they showed the ups and downs; drug use and legal troubles?

[@kevinmoore4237]

Not everyone seems to agree with me, but I really love the narrator of the audiobook, based on the shorter of the two print books. His voices for each of the six main characters (Martin, Epstein and the 4) are easy to recognize. I've listened to it several times and I also have the extended edition in print but I still haven't gotten a feel for exactly what's missing. The way I've been using the extended edition is to keep the 2nd part open to the index, and to keep Chronicle open to the page with every tune the Beatles played live. As I go through each song and cover song, I go through each page reference and it's just amazing how detail there is on each song. The index is really thorough well put together.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Who is the narrator?

[@kevinmoore4237]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Clive Mantle - ever heard of him? You're British so you might find more flaws in his impressions but you can definitely tell which of the 6 is talking as he reads it. It makes the whole book feel like A Song of Ice & Fire with all the shifting points of view.

[@kevinmoore4237]

I'd say it's not quite as good as Yellow Submarine (the movie) for accuracy, but ...

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

@@kevinmoore4237 Ah yes, I know who that is, that's a name I've not heard in a long time!

[@ryangolding9526]

Have you read the Craig Brown book one two three four it's a great read I got it for my birthday and comes highly recommended

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

I've not heard of that one! I'll do some googling on it

[@jeremyb5640]

I've just seen this video a year late after KZbin recommended it! Did you get the books signed during Mark's Hornsey Road tour? I only took one of the two volumes (from the 'extended' version box) to be signed - I realise I should have taken both now! Nice review, Andrew. What a lovely guy Mark is. I interviewed him for a couple of magazine features that year and he was extremely gracious with his time and his knowledge. And he remembered me when we met after the Hornsey Road show, which was really nice. As you say, his overriding driving force is to tell the Beatles' story right. Of course, the 'extended' version is actually Mark's full-length original work which he first submitted to the publishers. However, the publishers weren't expecting him to produce anything near as large, so asked for a mass market abridged version instead. Which of course took Mark another year of editing!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

That's great that you got to interview Mark, Is it published online anywhere? I got these signed a year or two before the Hornsey Road shows, when he was doing a tour based on the With The Beatles 1963 era.

[@jeremyb5640]

@@AndrewDixonMusic I didn't know he'd done a 1963 themed tour. I missed his White Album talk, but I'm so glad I saw the Abbey Road one. It's my favourite album of all time, but I still discovered so much I didn't know! I expect you felt the same after the 1963 show. Thanks. Yes, the interviews are online. I'll send you the links on Twitter as YT doesn't allow me to post them here.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

@@jeremyb5640 63 show was great, in the back room of a pub with about 30 people, and during it we listened uninterrupted to an original 1963 mint pressing of With The Beatles really loud and Mark then talked around it.

[@dmf2475]

I've only read the standard version but even that blew my mind. Been reading Beatles books for over 40 years and thought I knew it all. I grew up with the Hunter Davies biography and Phillip Norman's 'Shout' or 'Shite' as Mr McCartney likes to call it. But, agreed this is the definitive text and can't imagine what skeletons he's going to pull out of the closet for the next volume. Can't wait. As for my favourite book, that would be Pete Dogget's 'You Never Give Me Your Money', you'll never look at the band the same way again after reading that. Take Care.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

I got the Pete Doggett for Christmas last year but had such a busy year I've not had chance to do much with it yet

[@melissabrown2109]

@@AndrewDixonMusic hope you manage to find some time to put your feet up and read it.

[@OscarDog200]

My own favourite is Revolution in the Head. I've read Tune In, but it was All Too Much, to coin a phrase. It's just physically too big. Nevertheless, I dip into it regularly. Mark has said that he is writing volumes two and three simultaneously - the books are not written end-to-end chronologically; more assembled as information comes to light and is dropped into the appropriate place. I heard an interview recently in which he revealed that Mean Mr Mustard was a real person that John read about in a newspaper. So Mark has done his research and slotted a brief biography into volume three.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Cheers Dougie. He told the Mr Mustard story in his Hornsey Road stage show last year, and again the depth he went in to researching the story was typical, we even got to see Mr Mustards birth certificate and back story!

[@melissabrown2109]

To have been a fly on the wall to see his Hornsey Road stage show..

[@PeKe999]

Hi Andrew I got the standard edition, but in doubt about buying the big one. Take are.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Cheers Pe, looks like the standard edition is still an incredible read from what I gather!

[@PeKe999]

@@AndrewDixonMusic it is.

[@westfield90]

I love this book and it’s the Bible for me. I have been a fan of his since the recording sessions book which for me really made the Beatles real for me. It showed the hard work behind these magnificent songs. I’ve been disappointed how Apple dropped him and he hasn’t been part of the 50 anniversary projects.

[@melissabrown2109]

I'd like to buy this as a Christmas present to myself,now I know it's still available.It's going to be quite a wait for volumes 2 and 3.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Probably at least another 3 years before volume 2...

[@melissabrown2109]

@@AndrewDixonMusic thought so.

[@melissabrown2109]

Not only have Mark's efforts to write volumes 2 and 3 been thwarted by lockdowns,but through surviving subjects refusing to speak to him.

[@melissabrown2109]

In the extended version it will be interesting to read about Pete Best's dismissal in the detail that Mark Lewisohn describes.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

@@melissabrown2109 It's a VERY interesting story! But wait until you get to the circumstances around George Martin signing them to Parlophone, it's jaw dropping!

[@jamesgriffithsmusic]

Hi Andrew. You've got me wondering now which version I've read. I don't think mine looks as vast as yours!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Hi James, I imagine you're away to find out, let me know whether you've got the slightly vast or the massively vast version!

[@jamesgriffithsmusic]

@@AndrewDixonMusic I think I probably have the slightly less vast one. When did the extended one come out?

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

@@jamesgriffithsmusic as far as I know they both came out at the same time.

[@_SliK_]

Which would you recommend purchasing; ‘The Beatles recording sessions’ or ‘The Beatles Chronicles’? Does the latter include both anyway? Thanks, great video👌🏼

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Chronicles would be best, like you say it includes what's in the recording sessions book but also has so much more!

[@_SliK_]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Thanks for your reply and I’ll make my purchase right now😂 Cheers.

[@philipmatthews7128]

Hi Andrew and whoever else reads this who might have the answer. My question is Has it ever been documented who went into Brian Epstiens shop ( NEMS) I think it was called, and asked for My Bonnie ? Whatever happened to him and his purchase which sparked Brian's' interest in The Beatles. Just imagine if this did not occur, just another sliding door moment. If it took you 6 years to read those books I'm pretty sure it would take me 12 years. Love your channel.

[@michaelrose3101]

His name was Raymond Jones not sure after that have heard the story many times in the past but forgotten. Go into the net and try something like Brian Epstein 1st Beatles customer order and may come up with some history

[@philipmatthews7128]

@@michaelrose3101 Thank you Michael

[@peterlemuria2093]

As I mentioned to you in a live blog, I'm on my 3rd read. You pick up more and more each time! Recently heard that volunteering will not be out before 2022, but because he's researching concurrently for vol3, perhaps we won't have to wait as long for that. I hope I live long enough! I strongly disagree with whoever below said he isn't a good writer, the description of the meeting in the church hall is as good as it gets - nobody else has conveyed that as well ever. All these years makes every other biography redundant, and I recommend it to any even vaguely serious fan.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

I completely agree with you.

[@yei-jopbities6100]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Hello Andy, i speak spanish, omg great review ¡ brillant ¡ Andy one asking: ¿do you know if Mark Lewishon will does a version in spanish of him books TUNE IN? ¿why there's not spanish version of books by Lewishon? ¿why Andy? please ask him. Grettings of Perú

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Hi thanks, I guess that kind of decision is a financial one made by the publishers. Hopefully they will make a Spanish version one day!

[@yei-jopbities6100]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Oh very thanks for your answer Andrew. Andrew i start like beatlefan i think since december 9th of 1980, after Lennon leave okey?. I hope one day you tell about your begins(stars) like beatlefan please okey ? or ¿did you make video about your begins early days how beatlefan? say me to searching (i speak spanish I still dont speak or write in english very good)

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

@@yei-jopbities6100 Here you are 🙂👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2SwkJebfMRpnNk

[@sirronnitram8937]

Buy the audio book, easier accessibility then carrying those big volumes around

[@idiotdrummer60]

A friend of mine is a close friend of Mark's, and he has told me of the lengths Mark goes to when researching for a book. For example, the famous 'story' of where John Lennon got the title of 'Happiness is a Warm Gun' says that he saw an magazine advert using that line. Mark has spent countless hours trawling US magazines of the period to back this up, rather than just take it as gospel. I guess we'll have to wait for Volume 3 to find out the result!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

I can absolutely believe that!

[@michaelrose3101]

Thanks for the review Andrew the better ones l have would be You Never Give Me Your Money. ...Peter Doggett ,...Here there and everywhere. ...Geoff Emerick ...Magical Mystery Tours...Tony Bramwell The Beatles White Album and the launch of Apple. ...Bruce Spitzer to name a few of course there are many more.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

You never give me your money is on my Christmas list! 👍

[@moodyguymick]

Bill Harry has written a few books worth a look.

[@michaelrose3101]

@@moodyguymick will try and find out about some thanks.

[@johnharrison9685]

“That is you can’t, you know, tune in but it’s alright. That is I think I disagree.”

[@kevinfitzsimons41]

Hi Andrew, I know this is off topic a bit, but I’ve been meaning to ask you. Would I be alone in noticing remarkable similarities between the Macca song Heather from Driving Rain and the song Waterfalls by the Stone Roses. It’s uncanny how similar they are... to my ears anyway. Thank you.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Interesting, that's not something I've thought of before, and I've played waterfall on guitar at many gigs. So, thinking about it now, I can tell what you're probably talking about is that main piano riff in heather, that is then also used with the first lyric "I want to fly to the moon" I can see that that is similar to the melody of the first and second lines of the verses in waterfall. I'll have to play those two songs later and hope that it's something I can unhear in future! 😄

[@kevinfitzsimons41]

@@AndrewDixonMusic can I ask you one more thing, to clear up a mystery for me please? For decades I thought John Cleese was the posh British voice on the uncle Albert song from RAM. ( “The butter wouldn’t melt so we put it in the pie”) However I cannot find any credit for John Cleese on this song in any book. If it’s not John Cleese and it’s just Paul doing a voice, it’s sounds exactly like John Cleese!! Can you clear up the mystery for me?

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

@@kevinfitzsimons41 That's definitely Paul! You've got me thinking about whether Paul has ever worked with John Cleese, you'd have thought their paths would have crossed at some point, but I can't think of anything. George did of course on Life Of Brian. John wasn't even at the concert for George that Paul appeared at.

[@kevinfitzsimons41]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Thanks for clearing that up Andrew. I have to say it’s uncanny and remarkable how much that voice sounds like John Cleese and what’s more, it actually sounds even more like the Cleese character Basil Fawlty! As I said I just took it for granted for decades that it was Cleese. I mean just listen to the talking part of ‘We’re so sorry Uncle Albert but we haven’t heard a Bally (bloody?) thing all day. Ironically Basil Fawlty would not be a household name for another 4 or 5 years.How weird is it that Paul made up a voice that sounded identical to the main character and writer of what would go on to be the most successful British comedy of all time, a character that did not exist at the time the song was recorded. I think that’s mind blowing but then most things about Paul McCartney are!

[@MrDirtybear]

As I write it is Spring 2022, and BBC radio is doing a season on 'modernism in literature'. So far we have had Marcel Proust and James Joyce competing for longest sentence and longest, hardest to read, book, where what they published was more of a literary maze than a book. It would seem to me that Mark Lewisholm tries to do for The Beatles what James Joyce did for Dublin with Ulysses, though Lewisham sticks to many facts where Joyce was happy to go off on a tangent. Lewisham borrows from modernism the idea of the whole of a book being far more than the sum of it's elements. Lewisholm uses shorter sentences and easier to follow syntax than James Joyce ever would. I am trying to imagine the audio books of these books might be like....

[@melissabrown2109]

Japage 3,named because they didn't have a drummer?

[@tyronewhitehead3123]

Ps I adore that telephone ☎️

[@Bonzodogdick]

Ooh, first person to comment - and would you believe I have bugger all to say :-)

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Congratulations on being the sender of my first ever "first comment" reply! 😄

[@svetlanap7244]

Salut))))🌟👏👍

[@moodyguymick]

I read the standard edition earlier this year. It took me about a week to finish. I thought I knew a bit about the Beatles and the Liverpool beat scene. WRONG !!!!

[@jim_wicks]

As it asks on the book in your video: "Who really were these people..." It turns out, they were not very likable. And not at all who I thought they were. My story mirrors Andrew's. I bought the book, it sat on my shelf only to be picked up years later during the pandemic. Bored, and with too much time in lockdown, I picked it up and couldn't stop reading. Mark's writing makes this a compelling read. But It's who I was reading about that left me saddened. I have been a life-long Beatles fan since seeing them on the Sullivan show in February, 1964. After reading this book, it turns out I feel as though I have wasted 50+ years of my life being a fan of this lot and helping make them millionaires in the process. For me, this is the book the bursts the Beatle bubble.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Unexpected reaction, but fair enough! 🙂👍

[@jim_wicks]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Yeah, yeah, yeah. I wasn't expecting it either. They were not musical gods. And this isn't the good ship Beatles. Quite the opposite. Brian was in charge of their public image and George Martin in charge of their musical image. When they were both gone, we got Let it Be. And ultimately the final breakup. Mark's book is engrossing, and one that I could not put down. I did Tune-In, but I'm no longer turned on, and have dropped out of the Beatle universe.

[@melissabrown2109]

One not very good Beatles book I am ashamed to have bought is "The Lives Of John Lennon" but I didn't keep it.

[@melissabrown2109]

There was another drummer,Norman Chapman,he decided it wasn't for him so he returned to university life.

[@melissabrown2109]

Neil Aspinall died in 2008 or was it 2007?

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

March 2008

[@melissabrown2109]

@@AndrewDixonMusic thought it was something like that Too soon in any case.

[@melissabrown2109]

"John",written by the late Cynthia Lennon is very well written and have read it a number of times.

[@peterlemuria2093]

Bloody predictive typing turned vol2 into volunteering. Sorry about that

[@monkeysmasher7628]

too much information I guess...

[@woodewoode]

First class researcher, third class writer. That was fine for his fantastic Chronicles, but bad for Tune In. How he approved that dreadful cover ill never know ( why not a newly discovered pic of the lads in 62?) The publication time ofthe sequel s is faarrr toooo loonng ( like the book). A fact checker is just not enough for this genre. I really wanted to like this more given his invaluable contribution to Beatle scholarship but the next one will have to be a serious improvement when it comes to dramatising now well trodden ground.

[@matthewtodd3879]

Lewisshon said liverpool was the only place to hear bands, shite, Glasgow was always better for Music

[@sebalberico]

The cover is awful...made with MS-word!