As Time Goes By

By: Derek Taylor, Jon Savage - foreword

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's Summary

Derek Taylor's iconic memoir is a rare opportunity to be immersed in one of the most whirlwind music sensations in history: Beatlemania. As Time Goes By tells the remarkable story of Taylor's trajectory from humble provincial journalist to loved confidant right at the center of the Beatles' magic circle. In charming, conversational prose, Taylor shares anecdotes and reminiscences so vivid and immediate that you find yourself plunged into the beating heart of 1960s counterculture. Whether watching the debut performance of "Hey Jude" in a country pub or hearing firsthand gossip about a star-studded cast of characters, Taylor's unique narrative voice forges an autobiography like no other. 

Reissued here in a brand new edition with a foreword by celebrated writer Jon Savage, this long-admired memoir is a cult classic of the genre.

Contains mature themes.

©2018 The Estate of Derek Taylor (P)2019 Tantor

Nearly ruined by bad narration.

Derek Taylor was a clever writer, but the million-miles-an-hour narration makes the book nearly unlistenable.

Interesting Prose - First-hand source

The prose style and the book’s format are very untraditional, so I think it was easier to process Taylor’s narrative by having someone read the text aloud to me. Some VERY iconic Beatles and 60’s stories from a first hand reliable, albeit tactful narrator who was there and who was a friend of the Fabs.

Terrible Reader

This book was hard to listen to, with the reader using a strange stop and go, pauses, and rushed narration. It was really hard to follow the book. Did the editor not notice this bad reading??

Time goes by very slowly

Incredibly badly written for a man who worked as a national journalist and was the Beatles' publicist. And the reader's voice and style of narration are both unbearable. A few interesting snippets but that's about it. Was expecting so much more.

Pass

The performance of the book could hardly be more dreary. Impossible to comment on the text really, the narration is unlistenable

Looking through………

Like looking through a window of the psychedelic 60’s and hearing precious moments of people we loved from afar. The Beatles were extraordinary, Derek Taylor was there and travelled along their path, what a path. He’s given us glimpses of the magic that was happening. I loved it.

Get someone who can read-awful

Why have what might have been an interesting book read out in such an uninteresting way?

Quite alright

Interesting to know another insider's point of view. I enjoyed more Richard Di Lello's book "The endless cocktail party" but this one is ok. I don't think the narrator did a great job here.

Didn't float my boat or quench my thirst

Didn't like the narrative style from the first minute but persevered with an expectation that didn't arrive infact sent me to sleep on every listen, hardly anything about the fab 4, disappointing.