Lewisohn Special Edition

The book we’re all looking forward to read, the new definitive Beatles biography by Mark Lewisohn is due out with volume one, “Tune in” in October. The trilogy goes under the collective name of “All these years”. Volume one is available to preorder from Amazon with a stipulated publication date of October 10. However, if you really want to get into the story in great detail you may want to hold out until November 13th, when the expanded edition is expected.

The regular edition will be big (800 pages), the expanded edition will be bigger. There’ll be more to read. 1856 pages, if Google Books is anything to go by. And of course, the price is also expanded.

At the moment, Amazon has a price tag of £30 for the regular edition and a whopping £120 for the expanded one. Details about the differences are expected soon from the publisher Little, Brown.

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Word from the publisher:

Everyone knows the Beatles’ story – right? Wrong. Their
enduring fame and influence has made them the subject of many
books, but this biography is the true ultimate: a riveting read,
unbiased, independent, authoritative, accurate, written by the
world’s leading authority. A whole new take on the most
extraordinary of subjects, and surely the lasting word. Delete
what you’ve read or know and start afresh

Tune In is the first book in a genre-defining three-volume project.
It takes the Beatles from before their beginning up to the final
night of 1962, when they know success is theirs to grasp but they
have no clue they’re on the cusp of a whole new kind of celebrity.

This is the lesser-known Beatles story, the pre-fame years, the
Liverpool and Hamburg years – and in many respects the most
absorbing, extraordinary and incredible period of them all. Here is
the full colour story of their family backgrounds, childhoods, and
their infatuation with a new and much misunderstood music
bursting out of America: rock and roll. Everything comes together
in these years and in this one volume: the Beatles’ talent,
charisma, looks, sex appeal, personalities, honesty, attitude – and
the Lennon-McCartney partnership.

Told with panache, wit and the alluring, authoritative style of a
master craftsman, this is one of the most eagerly awaited books
for years.

Written from an immense wealth of primary and insider
resources, many never heard or seen before, including letters,
contracts, photos, recordings and hundreds of new and archive
interviews. Researched around the world from public libraries to
deep private archives.

The Saturday-night dance in Port Sunlight, July 1962, (this photo has never been seen before) mere months before the revolution – John, Paul and George in harmony and dressed for success.

Sir George Martin:

‘Of all the chroniclers who have studied the lives of John, Paul,
George and Ringo, Mark Lewisohn stands supreme. His dedication
in getting all the true facts, coupled with a style of writing that is
most readable, leaves him with no rival. Time and again he has
proven that he knows far more about what we did than any of us.
So many other books have been written about the lives of the
Beatles that are less than truthful and a great deal of misinformed
rubbish has been avidly devoured. We are fortunate to have
Mark’s scholarship’

Official book site: www.thebeatlesbiography.com