And (groan) it seems like we're going to be waiting for YEARS for the next books.Ī five star book with a one star title and a no star cover, so let’s get that out of the way now – Mark, what were you thinking? Tune In? It’s from Timothy Leary, right? So I am assuming that your three volumes will be Tune In, Turn On and Drop Out. So my speculations (and others' too) about the titles of the next two books are proved correct! That doesn't mean I like these titles any more though. Today (11 September 2019) we have an article in the Guardian about Mark Lewisohn and about Abbey Road and it includes the following :Ĭonstant demands to know when Turn On (covering 1963-66) and Drop Out (1967-69) might appear are met with a sigh: “I’m 61, and I’ve got 14 or 15 years left on these books. For those who think they know John, Paul, George, and Ringo, it’s time to press the Reset button and tune into the real story, the lasting word.

Here is the complete and true account of their family lives, childhoods, teenage years and their infatuation with American music, here is the riveting narrative of their unforgettable days and nights in the Cavern Club, their laughs, larks and adventures when they could move about freely, before fame closed in.įor those who’ve never read a Beatles book before, this is the place to discover the young men behind the icons. This is the lesser-known Beatles story-the pre-Fab years of Liverpool and Hamburg-and in many respects the most absorbing and incredible period of them all. They’ve one hit record ('Love Me Do') behind them and the next ('Please Please Me') primed for release, their first album session is booked, and America is clear on the horizon. Ten years in the making, Tune In takes the Beatles from before their childhoods through the final hour of 1962-when, with breakthrough success just days away, they stand on the cusp of a whole new kind of fame and celebrity.

Mark Lewisohn uses his unprecedented archival access and hundreds of new interviews to construct the full story of the lives and work of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Tune In is the first volume of All These Years-a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy by the world's leading Beatles historian.

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