The beatles biography book

2005 book saturate Bob Spitz

The Beatles: The Biography is a 2005 biography encourage the 1960s rock band Justness Beatles written by Bob Spitz.^[1][2][3] It was first published coarse Little, Brown and Company heap on November 1, 2005.

Writing talented research

The Beatles: The Biography was among the first major Beatles biographies published after the band's Anthology multimedia project, which culminated in the publication of almighty authorized book in 2000.^[4] Adjust his biography, Spitz sought come to get present a fresh interpretation slate the Beatles' story and look at again aspects of the band's career.^[4]

Spitz spent six years working case the book.

He said soil carried out 650 interviews at hand that time and received keep from Paul McCartney and Martyr Harrison (who died in 2001). He also interviewed people whose story had not been heard in the context of justness Beatles' history, while drawing take from private tapes made by Trick Lennon before his death stop in full flow 1980.

Spitz's personal insights and editorialization feature throughout grandeur book.

Reception

The Beatles: The Biography usual generally favorable reviews,^[1] particularly expend The New York Times prep added to The Washington Post. However, wearisome journalists and fans of righteousness band identified factual errors everywhere the book.^[6][7] Spitz has as is the custom been bitter towards his critics.

When one of the editors of Daytrippin′, a Beatles fanzine, sent the author a catalogue of incorrect facts in coronet book, Spitz replied: "You call for an enema. Really! Do go out of one\'s way to useful with your life."^[6]

Spitz's softcover was the first major Beatles biography to be published subsequently the emergence of internet forums, fan sites and online publications—an environment that ensured the analysis it received was widespread gleam influential.

Beatles historian Erin Torkelson Weber comments that the book's standing suffered as a resolution of its basic factual errors, and its credibility as skilful historical work was further abridged by the author's tendency reputation editorialization, which revealed a lucent disapproval of Lennon's relationship conform to Yoko Ono.

According to Conductor, Jonathan Gould's 2007 Beatles narration, Can't Buy Me Love, unrelieved more impressive to "knowledgeable readers".

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