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The Beatles lyrics : the stories behind the music, including the handwritten drafts of more than 100 classic Beatles songs / Hunter Davies.

Davies, Hunter, 1936- (author.).

Summary:

The definitive book of Beatles songs, shown as first written by their own hands and put into authoritative context, for the 50th anniversary of the Beatles coming to America. For the Beatles, writing songs was a process that could happen anytime -- songs we all know by heart often began as a scribble on the back of an envelope or on hotel stationery. These original documents have ended up scattered across the world at museums and universities and with collectors and friends. Many have never been published before. More than 100 songs and lyrics are reproduced in THE BEATLES LYRICS, providing Hunter Davies a unique platform to tell the story of the music. The intimacy of these reproductions -- there are sections crossed out and rewritten, and words tossed into the final recordings that were never written down -- ensures that THE BEATLES LYRICS will be a treasure for musicians, scholars, and fans everywhere.

Record details

ISBN: 0316247162
ISBN: 0316247170
ISBN: 9780316247160
ISBN: 9780316247177
Physical Description: 376 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles (some color) ; 26 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-364), discography (pages 357-362) , and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- 1. Love Me Do -- 2. With the Beatles -- 3. A Hard Day's Night -- 4. Beatles for Sale -- 5. Help! -- 6. Rubber Soul -- 7. Revolver -- 8. Strawberry Fields Forever -- 9. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- 10. Magical Mystery Tour -- 11. The White Album -- 12. Yellow Submarine -- 13. Let It Be -- 14. Abbey Road -- Discography -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.