The Beatles Bible - Topic: Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

DrBeatle on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:52:01 +0000

I've got the original pressings of both of those books and never bothered to update...glad I didn't as it seems they are unauthorized!

Joe on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:47:17 +0000

From a 2005 interview:

BH: You have written several books about the Beatles and your 1988 landmark volume, The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, is still in high demand, today. Is there any plan for EMI to publish a slightly revised version (with the Anthology additions) of this popular book? It would certainly be a top seller.

ML: I think that is unlikely to happen, for the simple reason that EMI can no longer produce Beatles-related projects without asking Apple's approval, and this was an EMI-authorised book, not an Apple- authorised book. Had it been so, then I expect Apple would have ...

parlance on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 02:11:54 +0000

Joe said
That suggests to me that he doesn't really have the rights to the books any more, and the publishers can do what they want with them.

My guess is he has the rights, but from what I've heard from other authors, publishers generally have the final say on the content of book covers.

Finally, why would he put out another (old) book at the same time as his magnum opus? It would confuse potential purchasers, saturate the market with Lewisohn works, and take away the impact of his biography.

Perhaps one of the reasons why his biog has taken ...

Joe on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:33:49 +0000

I suspect it's a straight reissue, for a few reasons. Firstly, ML's probably been very busy with the massive biog, with not enough time to revise his earlier books (that's guesswork, of course). Secondly, I recall an interview where he expressed frustration that Chronicle was reissued with a crap cover pic of just John and Paul, which he hated as it was a book about all The Beatles (as a band). That suggests to me that he doesn't really have the rights to the books any more, and the publishers can do what they want with them. Finally, why would ...

mja6758 on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:15:55 +0000

A straight reprint is possible, but I don't see it would make sense, even to Lewisohn. He made several changes to the recording information in The Complete Beatles Chronicle, some of quite important (like for Can't Buy Me Love). I think it has to be a revised edition, just how revised has to be the question.

Father McCartney on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:24:07 +0000

Yes, even just a standard re-print I'd be really happy with. I swithered over paying a substantial amount of money for a second-hand copy recently, so a re-issue at this price is a gift.

I thought the same, with his extensive research on the new tome Lewishohn's bound to have uncovered many discrepancies that he'd take the opportunity to revise. Having said that, with the gargantuan task of producing these three behemoth new volumes it's hard to see how he'd have the time and energies left to attend to anything else! (Here's hoping, though).

mja6758 on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:15:09 +0000

Looks like it's being reprinted to coincide with the publication of All These Years. A good chance for any who haven't got it to get hold of this remarkably detailed, and essential, book. I wonder whether it will be a Revised Edition, at the least taking in the corrections he made in The Complete Beatles Chronicle, at best taking in details he learnt while working on All These Years. Anyone noticed that in Amazon's "Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed" bit, the impression is given that George Martin wrote The Complete Beatles Chronicle! LOL!

Father McCartney on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:19:35 +0000

So, uh, has anyone noticed that (a possibly new edition of??) this legendary tome is due for publication on Amazon in October 2013, and available for pre-order now for a mere... £11.87?

Choking Smoker on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:30:45 +0000

Thanks I will buy the 2 books by Walter Everett, sounds interesting

mr. Sun king coming together on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:52:26 +0000

In book form, your best odds are the Walter Everett books and Revolution in The Head by Ian McDonald

Choking Smoker on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:50:37 +0000

Thanks, Joe that must the book for instrumentation. But what I´m looking for is not just that but a documentation of: in which song plays Paul the lead guitar, in which is it John, info like that. Who plays the piano part in which part of which song etc., There is a lot of that information in the song descriptions on this web site, but I was wondering if there is a compilation

Joe on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:05:49 +0000

Choking Smoker - check out Beatles Gear by Andy Babiuk. It doesn't detail the instruments used for every single song, but does go through pretty much everything they played on from the early years to 1970. It's a very good book. I think ML wrote the introduction, and explained that after publishing Sessions he got a lot of correspondence from people wanting to know about the instruments etc. Because that's not his field of expertise he was unable to write about it, but said Andy Babiuk's book filled in most of the gaps.

Necko - the Sessions book has never been ...

Necko on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 18:01:56 +0000

Is the 2006 reprint updated or just a reprint?

skye on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:06:06 +0000

I haven't read anything on it lately. I'll see if I can find something.

mr. Sun king coming together on Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 03:00:38 +0000

When is the first Part of the Lewisohn Trilogy coming out? It was supposed to have come out this year but I can't find any info
Help please