Im hooked on this, Im not as far in as you , up to where manager Nigel sacks Eric (did I get that right ?) as he is told its his job
I'd better get this book; I don't know who Nigel or Eric are!
hahaEric Griffith was a guitarist in the Quarrymen and Nigel Whalley was their manager (of sorts) KelleyI downloaded it, its great !!
Just started reading it today.
I never knew about the bullying that went down, like on the Scottish tour with Johnny Gentle, Paul & George were bullying Stu (George physically) and John was mentally terrorizing Tommy MooreSounds like a complete shambles of a tour though.
..by the way.. is the Extended Special Edition really worth it - or should I just buy the other version? What is the real difference?
Damn, the Extended Special Edition is no longer available on amazon.co.uk. It has been in my basket for such a long time and I was gonna buy it today. Hopefully it will be back soon.
This bloke thinks its all very boring http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-2452115/Craig-Brown-reviews-new-Beatles-book-The-Fab-snore.html
I like the line "Lewisohn even includes everything he has failed to find out." And that was in reference to the single volume edition!I'm content with the US print edition Vol. 1 book I purchased. I'm wondering if I'll even be around for Vol. 3 Hey, I'm even wondering if Lewisohn will be around for Vol. 3!
The special extended edition still seems to be available on Kindle. Whether they withdraw it now that the hard copy is dold out remains to be seen. The price difference is worse than I thought though. On kindle its sold in two parts for $39 each. So you're out $78. Whereas I bought the normal volume one for $21.70. It seems to be considerably longer. The page length for the normal is 961. For the extended they have it as 1728. Almost another book. There's more pictures in the extended as well.
I love the extreme details. It cannot be detailed enough for me. That's exactly why I got the extended version. And still reading.