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October 31, 2005, 12:40am Report to Moderator
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Just thought you all might want to look into this stunning Beatle book! Traces the lads heritage back through a couple of generations and is written more as a "History book" than a musical one! It's being released with a $39.99 price point! Goes into explicit detail about recording of numerous Beatle songs that in itself is worth the price. Just look on some book sites for the name of it lost the article about it!!!!!!
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October 31, 2005, 12:47am Report to Moderator
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It's called the Beatle's Biography author Bob Spitz and is reviewd on Amazon books! A very worth while purchase!
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October 31, 2005, 10:55am Report to Moderator

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On the Xmas list i think...Cheers.


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This Book has many mistakes not buy for now when you ask me...
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Quoted from Carry_Anne
This Book has many mistakes not buy for now when you ask me...


Nobody cares about your opinions here Dirk.


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"Mistakes" from a "date" point I can deal with there were over 600 people interviewed fror this book with in depth descriptions of studio recordings that in itself would make it a good read for me!
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OH my!! I just spelt "for" wrong! See mistakes?
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Quoted from Carry_Anne
This Book has many mistakes not buy for now when you ask me...


Apparently daytrippin.com has found some interesting nitpicks.  

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/371630p-316189c.html
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No nitpicking mistakes I have read about on Amazon.com, instead basic historic clunkers a "101" fan would make out from the sky. Stuff that makes you go "how can I trust the rest?" (...900 pages, small types!)
I don't remember the examples, but go read some of the negative reviews: those sure cool you off a bit!
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I probably shouldn't have used the word nitpicks--corrections would be more correct.  Don't these publishing houses have editors and factcheckers anymore?
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lots of heated discussion on the spitz book here:

http://www.beatlelinks.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24247
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The more that's written? The less that's true.....I wonder how this legacy will change Beatle history after reading the posts here.

When's the point that too many facts blind you? I often wonder. lol


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I just started this book and I'm around page 50. It seems pretty good, but so far it seems like the author is a big John fan.
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Am always very sceptical if someone comes out with a new book about them guys. You can't believe anything, no matter who the author is. IMHO it's just another book written by  another person with a different point of view. Same as Goldman, Cynthia, Peter Brown, Hunter Davies.....ad infinitum.

There are certainly books I enjoy reading but in the end it's always up to the readers rationality and comprehension to choose from all given information whether they might be true or not.
The only ones who could tell how it really was are the guys themselves. And I don't even think they would always tell the truth about certain things - they're only human as anybody else

....let me take you down.....nothing is real....Always, no sometimes, think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream.
I think I know I mean a 'Yes' but it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree....


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When I was young(ish) - a long time ago! - I went into a bookshop and tore up a load of pages in a certain author's book!!!!


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