Presents the Beatles story in a way it's never been seen before: truthfully and completely. Lewisohn's research ( New York Journal of Books) Every single page brings the Beatles back into focus and moves them away from legend. Tune In clears the air of myth and legend, leaving as much reality as a biography can offer. Lewisohn brings that story back down into the world of real people. The accomplishments of the Beatles has given rise to a near deification of them as both people and myth. A five star review is an insult, it merits an unheard of ten (Colin Larkin Best Things On Earth) This is the best work ever produced on the subject of the Beatles. Nobody but nobody could begin to match this work of joy and detail and reassuringly, nobody ever will. Positively a page turner, both for excitement and anticipation - Lewisohn has enhanced the story as a beautifully flowing factual tale that reads like a classic novel. It's the kind of book where want-to-know and need-to-know is wrapped into a narrative that unfolds brilliantly and, for once, justifies that 'real story of the Beatles' billing ( Mojo) Does far more than enrich with mind-boggling detail, there's a surprise on every page. This first volume suggests he is on the verge of achieving what was heretofore considered impossible: blowing the cobwebs off one of the late 20th century's hoariest cultural myths, scraping away decades' worth of accumulated crud and revealing detail no one previously suspected was there ( Literary Review)Īn epic unprecedented in rock 'n' roll biography, and a great read. Mark Lewisohn raises the biographical bar to stratospheric heights. Lewisohn has set out to do the Beatles justice and write the definitive history.

Not only an enthralling account of the Beatles' origins, far superior to anything that has gone before, but also an essential piece of social history. If only all important subjects had their Lewisohn ( Washington Post)Ī triumph. Lewisohn's work stands as a monumental triumph, a challenge not merely to other Beatles biographers but to the discipline of biography itself. A radical event and a joy to read - Lewisohn tells the tale with such authoritative command of the evidence and so intimate a grasp of the Beatles' daily lives that the reader emerges knowing - with a certainty denied all previous generations - that this is how it really happened.

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