Beatlesdiscographycom Daybyday Songbysong Recordbyrecord Author:Craig Cross Day-by-Day... — Starting off in 1956, when John formed the Quarrymen, we take you through a day-by-day history of the band. We cover John and Paul's first meeting at Woolton fete, Alan Williams stint as manager of the band, to Hamburg and the Kaiserkeller. Read about Bert Koschmider and the Tony Sheridan session. Find out how Brian Epstein came t... more »o manage the band, and the fans recollections of the Cavern Club. Moving on to their failed Decca audition, we take you through their first session at George Martin's EMI, and signing up with Dick James in '63. We give you the full contract dealings and story behind Northern Songs. We tell you how they broke the States in '64, and Capitol's wranglings with Vee-Jay. We give you memories from the people who were really there - Neil Aspinall, Mal Evans, Derek Taylor and all the kids who came to the gigs. We cover the Philippines debacle, John's 'Jesus' comment in '66 and 'Sgt. Peppers'. George talks all about his Indian religion, and John tells us about LSD. Read about the Maharishi, and what really happened in Rishikesh. Find out why Apple was formed and how Brian died. Read the House Hippie's rosy recollections of Savile Row (and the Beatles not-so-rosy recollections of the Get Back sessions!).
Song-by-Song...
Read about every single Beatles song, with full session details and recording history. Not only do we give you the bands recollection and memories of the song, we give you recording dates, mixing dates, engineers and producers present, first appearance on disc in Britain and the States, and notable cover versions by other bands!
Record-by-Record...
We give you the release dates, track listings and chart positions for all of their British and American singles and LPs. We tell you all about Brian's contract dealings with Vee-Jay and Capitol, why Capitol fiddled with song-sets, and why they lost 'A Hard Day's Night' to United Artists. We've got the story behind the Butcher cover, and the 'White album's' cover numbers. We also give you a full run-through of Glyn John's aborted 'Get Back' LP and the 'Let It Be' book and movie.
From the Author
A day-by-day history, song-by-song synopsis and record-by-record discography in ONE volume. With over 500 pages and an inch thick, this is the only book that you'll ever need on the greatest group in history!« less