Beatles Biography by Mark Lewisohn (6th edition)- plus Lewisohn news. *

I even made myself laugh!

 

So I was reading an essay in the New York Times written by someone who became a Beatles fan after going on a tour of Beatles sites around London and Liverpool. One of the tours was called the Fab Four Taxi Tour in Liverpool, and a cab driver named Gareth Byrne, 57, drove them around the various sites. What jumped out at me was this:

I think this is the first time I've seen anyone take major issue with Mark's facts. Perhaps he needs to have a chat with Gareth.

Here's the link to the essay: A Beatles Tour in England? You Know That Can’t be Bad

 

I don't think Lewisohn is infallible. Didn't the 'true' story about George Martin being forced to sign the Beatles originate only with one source?

The long delay or timeline for the release of this mammoth work is a bit strange. Lewishon clearly wants to establish his work as the primary source for histroians going forward or... is attempting to create a definitive history on behalf of The Beatles.

It seems there are all kinds of oddities and weirdness involved in the telling of this story and I can't help but wonder if Lewishon is patiently if not morbidly waiting for certain persons to leave this mortal coil. After all you can't libel the dead.

 

And an author also cannot write a book if he or she dies. So Mark just better hurry up, for his own sake!!

 

That may take the cake for supreme cynicism.

The first book was fantastic and I look forward to the next one.

 

I keep seeing this thread go on and on. Are there any details of the ongoing work? Any actual news?

I bought "the complete Beatles chronicle" back in 1992 for £25. That's been more than enough for me.

 

It creates the absurd mental image of Lewishon patiently waiting for the board of Apple to cease to exist while Beatle fans patiently pray for Lewishon to continue to exist.

I think 66-70 (or even 66-80) are the most interesting years to read about. It seems like a weird irony in the Beatles story that as soon as they became free of the madness of their touring years they seemed to create endless new madness and drama from the Maharishi, Apple, Alan Klien etc... and the drama pretty much continued for John and George through 76.

 

Which will be released first...Carnival of Light, Let It Be film or Tune In part 2 ?

 

I'd bet on the Let It Be film.

 

1. Tune In pt 2
2 Let It Be bluray/dvd
3. Carnival Of Light

In other words:
1. sometime in the next two years?
2. odds are on 2020 [for a 50th anniversary]
3. never [or at least unlikely while any of us are still alive...]

 

Lewisohn has stated that 2020-21 is the tentative scheduled date. But he also said that this may have to be pushed back. So that's why I think the Let It Be film will pop up earlier.

 

Ok, you win. Which means.... "I'm a looooo-ser..."

 

This idea has come up before, and I don't understand why. Lewisohn is not the sort of writer who plays fast and loose with the facts or dwells on the salacious bits. Why would he fear a libel suit?

How many inaccurate books have already been written about the Beatles? How many led to libel suits?

 

Just wait until I finish the Beatle book that I am writing...

 

The entire history of the band is a prologue. Chapter one starts with the creation of Bip Bop and the last chapter ends with the completion of Bip Bop. I'd buy it.

 

My goal is to be as accurate as this:

 

Swear I heard the carnival of light near the end.

 

No, you are confusing it with "Circus of Darkness" ...

 

Kind of makes you wonder.....if there are things/facts ...that Lewisohn uncovers - that even he himself will leave unwritten. And we will never know.

 

never know"
Looks to be that way.

 

He's going to be giving a two hour talk on The Beatles in India later this year. This is the part of the book I was most looking forward to but maybe a revelation or two will materialize from this happening in September.....

Q&A: Beatles in India with Mark Lewisohn

 

Arnold, if you write a Beatles book, loaded with pix from that infinite collection of yours, I'd be first in line. Just name your price!!

 

The thing about a 2020 release date is that more and more people with living memory of the events are rapidly moving on. I noticed the other day that Astrid Kirchherr is 79 years old. 79!!!

The Beatles story is evaporating. Time is of the essence.

 

If you're publishing your highly anticipated book in 2020 maybe you name it The Beatles: In Hindsight.