The weird thing is that the book itself may have already been printed, since the delay happened pretty late in the process. So the thousands of copies may just be sitting around in a warehouse for an extra year. If this is indeed the case, I wonder if a few books may get smuggled out....
The Beatles- Get Back (book) August 31, 2021 240 pages. Editorial Reviews "It would be fair to say that today Let It Be symbolizes the breaking-up of The Beatles. That’s the mythology, the truth is somewhat different. The real story of Let It Be has been locked in the vaults of Apple Corps for the last 50 years.” ―Peter Jackson About the Author THE BEATLES are the bestselling music act of all time. Between 1962 and 1970 John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr released thirteen albums as a band, made five films together, and topped the charts all over the world. Until 1966 they toured the world to unprecedented mass acclaim, inspiring the phenomenon of Beatlemania. Their creativity stretched the possibilities of popular music and ― working with their producer George Martin ― they revolutionised studio recording processes. They had an unrivalled impact on the music industry, fashion, popular culture and society in the 1960s and beyond, and their influence persists today. PETER JACKSON is an Academy Award winning director, producer and screenwriter. His films include The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies as well as the BAFTA nominated World War One documentary They Shall Not Grow Old. In 2018 he began work on a new documentary about The Beatles' 1969 Get Back sessions, making use of the 55 hours of footage that have never been seen. HANIF KUREISHI is the author of The Buddha of Suburbia, which won the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel, The Black Album, Intimacy, The Last Word, The Nothing, and What Happened? His screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. Kureishi has been awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the PEN Pinter Prize, and is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His work has been translated into thirty-six languages. JOHN HARRIS writes for The Guardian and Mojo magazine. His books include The Last Party, about the culture of the 1990s, and the definitive account of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon. In 2018, he contributed an essay to the 50th anniversary edition of The Beatles’ White Album. ETHAN A. RUSSELL is a multiple Grammy®-nominated photographer, director and author of four books. He is the only photographer to have shot covers for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who. He was invited by The Beatles to photograph the band’s recording sessions in January 1969 and his images adorn the sleeve of the Let It Be album.
I’ve seen this track mentioned here and on the Spotify thread — is there a chance this will appear on the LiB box? If so, why here and not on Abbey Road deluxe?
Amazon.ca now has a description of the Get Back book: The most anticipated book in more than a decade by the legendary band, The Beatles: Get Back is the official account of the creation of their final album, Let It Be, told in The Beatles’ own words, illustrated with hundreds of previously unpublished images, including photos by Ethan A. Russell and Linda McCartney. Half a century after the 1970 Let It Be album and film, this milestone book coincides with the global release of Peter Jackson’s documentary feature film, The Beatles: Get Back. The book opens in January 1969, the beginning of The Beatles’ last year as a band. The BEATLES (The White Album) is at number one in the charts and the foursome gather in London for a new project. Over 21 days, first at Twickenham Film Studios and then at their own brand-new Apple Studios, with cameras and tape recorders documenting every day’s work and conversations, the band rehearse a huge number of songs, culminating in their final concert, which famously takes place on the rooftop of their own office building, bringing central London to a halt. This book tells the story of those sessions through transcripts of the band’s candid conversations. Drawing on over 120 hours of sound recordings, leading music writer John Harris edits the richly captivating text to give us a fly-on-the-wall experience of being there in the studios. These sessions come vividly to life through hundreds of unpublished, extraordinary images by two photographers who had special access to their sessions―Ethan A. Russell and Linda Eastman (who married Paul McCartney two months later). Also included are many unseen high-resolution film-frames, selected from the 55 hours of restored footage from which Peter Jackson’s documentary is also drawn. Legend has it that these sessions were a grim time for a band falling apart. However, as acclaimed novelist Hanif Kureishi writes in his introduction, “In fact this was a productive time for them, when they created some of their best work. And it is here that we have the privilege of witnessing their early drafts, the mistakes, the drift and digressions, the boredom, the excitement, joyous jamming and sudden breakthroughs that led to the work we now know and admire." Half a century after their final performance, this book completes the story of the creative genius, timeless music, and inspiring legacy of The Beatles. Link: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0935112960
Missed opportunity! Imagine what those dusty and faded cartridges would fetch on ebay today, being the only source for the "dualing solos" version of the song.
If they were to try to promote this project by releasing one of the unreleased (at least by The Beatles) compositions as a single - perhaps editing multiple takes together - what songs do you folks think would be the best candidates? Ones that come to my mind - Watching Rainbows (unfortunately no George) - All Things Must Pass - longer edit of "Dig It" - Lost My Little Girl - There You Go Eddie
Suzy Parker/Parlour seems like the most obvious choice. Personally, I'm a big fan of Commonwealth, but that's a longshot ...
So it's not a reprint of the original Get Back book then. The description sounds better though. But I kind of hoped, for historical/completeness sake it would be included. Although I guess it could be possible since the original book was all photos, that they could be carried over and all be incorporated into the new book as well. Unless they are releasing this book separately so they can include a facsimile in the deluxe cd box.
The original book wasn't all photos. It also included some pages of the written dialogue from the film.
that's the artwork for the official book (and maybe the same or similar will be used for the film changing "a film by Peter Jackson" instead of "By the Beatles"), the box set will not be called 'Get Back'. All the Amazons will be updating this picture in coming hours/days maybe. (was briefly available in the US store today but taken down, it's up in Japan and India right now, all the rest still with "no image available")
If we get a poster, we'd like to get a trailer. As I understand it, with this project, Apple is quite unpredictable.
Mike- was it ever confirmed for certain that the box set was pushed to 2021 or has it still been quiet on that end? Thanks
