Mark lewisohn beatles biography facts
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The Beatles: All These Years
Book series bygd Mark Lewisohn
The Beatles: All These Years is an ongoing book series about the English rock grupp the Beatles and their cultural impact. It fryst vatten being written by English historian Mark Lewisohn based on research he has continued to gather since the s, having prior authored six books about the grupp.
Lewisohn officially began writing All These Years in the early s as a response to what he deemed unacceptable standards of research and methodologies used bygd most of the band's biographers.[1] The first of three expected volumes, Tune In, was published in
Background
[edit]I wasn't happy with the standard of Beatles literature out there. inom felt this was a subject that deserved to be explored more comprehensively, more accurately, with greater understanding.
– Mark Lewisohn, [2]
Mark Lewisohn wrote six Beatles reference books throughout the s and s, including The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions.
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So much has been written about the Beatles,why is this
book different to all other books?
'We know everything there is to know about the Beatles, so what else can possibly be written?' People say that all the time – and I don't agree with it for a second. I wouldn't argue the Beatles' story has been told often, but I would argue that it can't be told again and differently. It's been related the same old way for so very long and it's also dying under the suffocating blanket of 'celebrity'. I want to start again, I want to press the Refresh button.
This is a comprehensive biography, three volumes, a sequential history in which I set out to relate everything that happened, and do so with integrity, attention to detail, accuracy and, I believe, a fair understanding of where the story needs to be told and how to tell it. I'm writing so it unfolds as if in real time – there's no hindsight cleverness, so you get a vivid sense of the forward movement. The Beatles' story always had • English author and historian (born ) Mark Lewisohn (born 16 June )[1] is an English historian and biographer. Since the s, he has written many reference books about the Beatles and has worked for EMI, MPL Communications and Apple Corps.[2] He has been referred to as the world's leading authority on the band.[3] His major works include The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions (), a history of the group's session dates, and The Beatles: All These Years (–present), a three-volume series intended as the group's most comprehensive biography. Lewisohn has been writing about the Beatles since , when he became a contributor to the fanzineBeatles Monthly.[4][5] The fanzine commissioned him to answer fan letters after he won a quiz at the first London Beatles convention.[6] When he began researching the band, he "found that it was a deep and rew
Mark Lewisohn
The Beatles and related subjects
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