I’m definitely well past the point where I am able to count up all of the books I’ve read about The Beatles. It’s safe to say I’ve read a lot more than 7. But these are the seven of those books that most stand out and that I highly recommend to Beatles fans.
The Beatles Anthology – If I had to recommend just one book to every Beatles fan it would be this. It’s The Beatles story as told by The Beatles themselves and it’s filled with interesting stuff.
The Beatles Complete Scores – Every song The Beatles released from 1962 to ’70. It includes the complete words and music for each song and it also includes the tab for guitarists who don’t read music (and it should be mentioned that John Lennon & Paul McCartney could not read music.)
Many Years From Now – Paul McCartney wrote this book with Barry Miles (who was around the band during the ’60s.) This is a great first person account on the The Beatles.
Revolution In The Head – This handy resource includes factual information on each Beatles song with quite a bit of opinion. While the opinions are often way off the mark (at least in my own opinion!) they do make the book more interesting.
The Beatles As Musicians – I’m sort of cheating with this one because this is actually a two book series. One book covers the The Beatles from 1957 through Rubber Soul and the other picks up at Revolver through the end of their career. This book is meant for those who are very interested in an extremely detailed look at The Beatles music (not their life, but their songs.) If you don’t like music theory, you probably won’t like this book!
Recording The Beatles – This is a book that’s aimed mostly at the most serious “gear heads” who need to know every detail of how The Beatles music was recorded.
Here, There, & Everywhere: My Life Recording The Beatles – This book really “puts you in the studio” with the band. This is probably most interesting to those who are really interested in the process of how The Beatles music was recorded.
Almost all of these Beatles books can be downloaded and read with the Kindle DX and with the new Global Kindle ebook reading devices.
