The Beatles: All These Years

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Crown Archetype, 2013 - Biography & Autobiography - 932 pages

Tune In is the first volume of All These Years--a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy by the world's leading Beatles historian. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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.

For those who've never read a Beatles book before, this is the place to discover the young men behind the icons. 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.

 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
Another LennonMcCartney Original January 1958
7
In My Liverpool Home 18451945
21
Boys 194554
38
Who You Lookin At? 19545
66
Scufflers to Skifflers 1956
85
Guaranteed Not to Split JanuaryJune 1957
107
Come Go with Me July 6 1957
127
Right Then Brian Manage Us October 15December 3 1961
489
The Boys December 1961
515
ALWAYS BE TRUE
535
Choices January 1February 5 1962
537
A Tendency to Play Music February 6March 8 1962
557
Us Against Them March 9April 10 1962
583
He Could Easily Have Been the Beatle April 1013 1962
602
You Better Move On April 13June 2 1962
608

Hell Get You into Trouble Son JulyDecember 1957
134
Where We Going Johnny? JanuaryMay 1958
157
This Is My Life JuneDecember 1958
180
A Sort of Violent Teddy Boy JanuaryJuly 1959
205
Come Viz Me to Ze Casbah JulyDecember 1959
219
COMPETENCE CONFIDENCE CONTINUITY
245
Wheres the Bloody Money? May 1830 1960
305
Drive and Bash May 31August 15 1960
319
Mach Schau August 15September 30 1960
347
A Cellarful of Oiks October 1December 31 1960
365
THE ROCK
395
The Big Beat Boppin Beatles JanuaryMarch 1961
399
Piedels on Prellies AprilJune 1961
426
Soup and Sweat and Rock n Roll JulySeptember 1961
453
21
462
Les Nerk Twins à Paris October 114 1961
483
Under Marching Orders June 26 1962
637
The Undesirable Member June 7August 18 1962
648
31
662
Some Other Guy August 19October 4 1962
679
Friday October 5 1962The Sixties Start Here
715
Weve Got It and Here We Are with It October 631 1962
725
Show Me Im Wrong November 115 1962
753
New Look New Sound November 16December 17 1962
762
And Who Knows December 1831 1962
791
NOTES
804
APPEAL
881
CREDITS
882
PICTURE CREDITS
891
INDEX
893
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About the author (2013)

MARK LEWISOHN is the acknowledged world authority on the Beatles. His books include the bestselling and influential Beatles Recording Sessions and Complete Beatles Chronicle. He has been a consultant and researcher on all aspects--TV, DVDs, CDs and book--of the Beatles' own Anthology and has been involved in numerous additional projects for them as well as independent works like this one. Married with two children, he lives in England.