12/28/2023 0 Comments Paperback writerAlso, there is a good deal of material the group either wrote, demoed, rehearsed, played live or recorded in January of 1969 for the ‘Let It Be’ sessions (then called ‘Get Back’) that would appear on ‘Abbey Road’, making reading these two books together particularly insightful.Īll four of these books make for the perfect companions to the last three reissues of ‘Sgt. The ‘Abbey Road’ album was released before ‘Let It Be’, but was actually recorded after ‘Let It Be’. Spizer’s ‘Abbey Road’ book came out in 2019 and his ‘Let It Be’ book came out in 2020. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ and ‘The Beatles’ covered previously, it’s fitting to look at the ‘Abbey Road’ and ‘Let It Be’ books together. Now, the emphasis is more on the individual songs and recordings, fan recollections and placing an individual album in its musical, cultural and political context. The books in the album series have the same focus on release information, illustrating graphic evolution of editions and cultural history, along with related memorabilia as his past books. While the previous books in his label series were published in over-sized, 9×12 hardcover editions, these books are 9×9 hardcover editions. ![]() Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, ‘The Beatles’ (the White Album), ‘Abbey Road’ and ‘Let It Be’. The four thus far published are about ‘Sgt. His past four books, all part of his Album Series, focus on individual LP’s. For years, Spizer mostly wrote and published lavishly illustrated, meticulously researched books that primarily focused on the record labels that released the group’s music (Vee-Jay, Parlophone, Capitol, Apple, etc.). ![]() Paperback Writer Everybody had a hard year in 2020, but over the past 12-plus months, fans of the Beatles were treated to many great books on the group.Īlong with Mark Lewisohn, Bruce Spizer must be considered one of the world’s foremost experts on the music of the Beatles.
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