I used to think that Philip Norman's biography was the benchmark. Mark writes in a way which really does draw you into their world 'fly on the wall' is a well-worn phrase but he achieves it time and again. IMO Tune In extended version the only Beatles biography you really need. The Extended Version is well worth the money and then some. In fact I plan on selling my other Beatles biographies because I feel they are useless compared to Lewisohn’s. It seems the mass market version was edited down to nothing compared to the extended version, especially in regards to Paul and George. The extended version goes into so much about Paul and George, that for the first time I actually feel I have a strong knowledge of who they really were as people at that time. Mark Lewisohn's biography is the first true and accurate account of the Beatles, a contextual history built upon impeccable research and written with energy, style, objectivity and insight. Well the extended version has even more! Many people were disappointed that Mark didn’t seem to include the same detail about George and Paul. The Beatles have been in our lives for half a century and surely always will be. Now in paperback, Tune In is the New York Times bestseller by the worlds leading Beatles authority - the first volume in a groundbreaking trilogy about the band that revolutionized music. Most people loved the fact that the mass market version had a lot of information on Ringo. 36.28 4 Used from 20.52 9 New from 34.81. It’s there somewhere but it’s buried under the hundred of pages of extra detail about everything.

As I was reading I realized that I couldn’t even find the mass market version amid all of the detail. That’s when I realized that this was going to be a very different book. The mass market version breezes over this period. Hi Drew, ok first of all the historical period from 1864, to the period when their parents were born is minutely detailed for each family and goes on for probably hundreds of pages.

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