Reddit reviews The Beatles - All These Years - Extended Special Edition: Volume One: Tune In

This comment was inspired by this fascinating post.

I spend a lot of time complaining about the show's writing while praising its production: acting, cinematography and music, but the reverse is true with the books: the writing is sublime but there are two areas where the production team has badly screwed up in my opinion:

• the lack of quality assurance for Roy Dotrice's wonderful narrations
  
  
• the obsession with "binding" and page count: This would matter if ADwD had been a "barely break even" business proposition, but they knew it was going to sell millions of copies. All they had to do to include the TWoW sample chapters that occur in the ADwD timeline was to print Part 1 and Part 2 in separate books and sell them in a nice little open-ended cardboard box that holds both - just like they've now done with A Storm of Swords and, for that matter, with the whole series. I recently bought all 5 paperbacks in one big cardboard case. Look at this book (a truly amazing book, by the way).
  
  I have no problem with using storytelling, rather than chronology, to order the chapters, but all the events you list (and many of the TWoW chapters, especially those pertaining to the three battles - Ice, Fire and the setup for Aegon VI being taken seriously as a threat to King's Landing) should have been in the original book. I support this opinion with my own experience of reading it as published, and then reading it with the extra chapters - there's no contest - I'm almost infinitely more frothing-at-the-mouth for TWoW now than I was when I'd only read the published book.

I'd steer away from Norman.

Regardless of age, it's hard to beat Miles' biography of Paul - because we all know it's authorised.

https://www.amazon.com/Paul-McCartney-Many-Years-Now/dp/0805052496

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As for George there was a thread today: https://www.reddit.com/r/georgeharrison/comments/cjy3hf/best_biographies/

You might also take a look at this: https://www.amazon.com/George-Harrison-Soul-Man-Vol-ebook/dp/B07N11T8W9/ and volume 2, but this one I haven't read.

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\> What are the best books on them as a band

I think that mean's Hunter Davies original biography: https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Updated-Hunter-Davies/dp/0393338746

And it has to mean the Anthology: https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Anthology/dp/0811826848

And it definitely has to mean Tune In: https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-These-Years-Extended-Special/dp/1408704781

Worth a look:

https://www.amazon.com/As-Time-Goes-Derek-Taylor/dp/0706700279

https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Mystery-Tours-Life-Beatles/dp/0312330448

https://www.amazon.com/Love-Me-Do-Beatles-Progress/dp/0140022783

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For John, I really enjoyed the 'Letters' book that Hunter edited - but I prefer first person material.

https://www.amazon.com/John-Lennon-Letters/dp/0316200808/

Also, you might look at https://www.johnlennonseries.com/ I've heard her speak and she knows her stuff - but its a long road she is hoeing.

https://www.amazon.com/Lennon-Remembers-Jann-S-Wenner/dp/185984376X

https://www.amazon.com/Daddy-Come-Home-Lennon-Father/dp/0207169969

Around Thanksgiving the cheapest one was $480. Before Christmas the cheapest one was $850! When I saw $150 I jumped on it. The cheapest one right now is $120 with shipping.

Apparently John Lennon liked the song enough that his late-teen nickname was “Johnny Guitar”. (Source: https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-These-Years-Extended-Special/dp/1408704781)

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The Beatles - All These Years - Extended Special Edition: Volume One: Tune In https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1408704781/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_Vwydub0GW4EJ3