Tune In

The Beatles: All These Years

De: Mark Lewisohn

Narrado por: Clive Mantle

Tune In is the first volume of All These Years—a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy by the world's leading Beatles historian. Mark Lewisohn uses his unprecedented archival access and hundreds of new interviews to construct the full story of the lives and work of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.

Ten years in the making, Tune In takes the Beatles from before their childhoods through the final hour of 1962—when, with breakthrough success just days away, they stand on the cusp of a whole new kind of fame and celebrity. They’ve one hit record ("Love Me Do") behind them and the next ("Please Please Me") primed for release, their first album session is booked, and America is clear on the horizon.  This is the lesser-known Beatles story—the pre-Fab years of Liverpool and Hamburg—and in many respects the most absorbing and incredible period of them all. Here is the complete and true account of their family lives, childhoods, teenage years and their infatuation with American music, here is the riveting narrative of their unforgettable days and nights in the Cavern Club, their laughs, larks and adventures when they could move about freely, before fame closed in.  

For those who’ve never read a Beatles book before, this is the place to discover the young men behind the icons. For those who think they know John, Paul, George, and Ringo, it’s time to press the Reset button and tune into the real story, the lasting word.

In My Life

In my life, no musician has come close to influencing so many. While Elvis influenced the Beatles as a pioneer, the Beatles took rock and pop music much further across the music universe. And the Beatles influenced culture on a much grander scale. I cannot think of anyone who has come close.

This book is inspiring and fascinating, to look at where the Beatles came from and how they came together. If you like the Beatles, you will love this book with one proviso: you may not be quite so interested in as much detail as the book provides.

The world's foremost Beatles historian, a Doctor of Beatlosophy, Mark Lewisohn, has published the first volume of his trilogy in Beatles Bible. Volume I takes you through the formative years of the band, John, Paul, George and Ringo up through the end of 1962.

When I was considering purchasing this, I looked at the Beatles' music over the years and I could not pass up a chance to listen to this. I hope that once Lewisohn has completed the trilogy a great documentarian like Ken Burns will pick this up and take this to another, higher form of media in words, sounds and pictures/film.

I thought the narrator could have used a little more liveliness because when the book gets bogged down in so much detail, his monotone delivery makes it seems boring and even induces drowsiness.

Overall, a great purchase!

Magical mystery tour

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Thank you, Mark Lewisohn and Clive Mantle. In 2 years, I'll be 64. Still no grandchildren on my knee. Yet like many my age, The Beatles rocked me into adulthood, a long, strange trip. Every time I changed, they changed. Who was first? God, it was magical! With Lewisohn's sharp skills as a writer and a depth of material that is mind boggling, and Mantle's ability to tell the story and do the accents, we have here a book that requires a review, my first in 10 years of membership. (note the 5 stars across the board). This is simply a great piece of work. To be savored. This really happened, folks. Here's the story of how it happened; listen up and be amazed over and over and over again. I'm 2/3 of the way thru Tune In (volume 1!!) and to summarize: music is love.

Perfect book perfectly performed.

This deep and detailed account of the Beatles' early years is as good as it gets, painting an incredibly deep and rich portrait of the people and places involved. Clive Mantle's narration is impeccable as he glides from different Liverpudlian accents to German and proper British and beyond. A tour de force.

FAB-Tastic

Outstanding details and insight of The Beatles from their early beginnings. Every die hard fan will love this book.
The narration is fantastic and the imitation of the Beatle's voices and others were great and made it highly entertaining.
A MUST for all Beatles fans.

Amazing Detail

Excellent Material, we'll written and extremely well presented by the reader. I can't wait to read part two and three.