The Beatles: The Biography 披头士

EvenbeforetheBeatleshitthebigtime,amythwascreated.ThisversionoftheBeatleslegendsmoothedtheroughedgesandfilledinthefaultlines,andformorethanfortyyearsthismanicuredversionoftheBeatlesstoryhassustainedastruth-untilnow.Theproductofalmostadecadeofresearch,hundredsofunprecedentedinterviews,andthediscoveryofscoresofnever-before-revealeddocuments,BobSpitz'sTheBeatlesisthebiographyfanshavebeenwaitingfor--avast,completeaccountasbrilliantandjoyousandrevelatoryasaBeatlesrecorditself.SpitzbeginsinLiverpool,ahardcityknockedonitsheels.Inthehousingprojectsandschoolplaygrounds,fourboyswoulddiscoverthemselves--andvialate-nightradiobroadcasts,anewformofmusiccalledrock'nroll.Neverbeforehasabiographyofmusiciansbeensoimmersiveandtextured.SpitztakesusdownPennyLaneandtoStrawberryField(Johnlateraddedthes),toHamburg,Germany,where--amidthesqualorandtheviolenceandthepeppills--theBeatlestrulybecametheBeatles.WearethereintheMcCartneylivingroomwhenPaulandJohnlearntowritesongstogether;intheheatofLiverpool'sCavernClub,wherejazzhasbeenthenormbeforetheBeatlesshowup;backstagethenightRingotakesoverondrums;inseedyGermanstripclubswhereGeorgeliesabouthisagesothebandcanperform;onthelonelytoursthroughfrigidScottishtownsbeforethebreakthrough;atAbbeyRoadStudios,whereayoungproducernamedGeorgeMartintakesthemunderhiswing;attheEdSullivanShowasAmericadiscoversthejoyandthemadness;andonwardandupward:upthecharts,fromSheatoSanFrancisco,throughtheLondonnight,ontoIndia,throughmarmaladeskies,acrosstheuniverse...allthewaytoarooftopconcertandonelastmomentoflaughterandmusic.Itisallhere,rawandright:thehighsandthelows,theloveandtherivalry,theaweandthejealousy,thedrugs,thetears,thethrill,themagicneveragaintoberepeated.Openthisbookandbegintoread--BobSpitz'smasterpieceis,atlonglast,thebiographytheBeatlesdeserve.