Some of the very early chapters felt like a bit of a slog. And mind you, this is the first of a planned three volume set. My iBooks version comes in at just under 3,500 digital pages. The paper version is 944 pages and weighs in at 2 lbs. So after listening to the two podcast episodes with Lewisohn I sprang for an e-book edition of Tune In and plowed through it over the past few months (all the while also reading and reviewing a lot of science fiction and listening to and reviewing a lot of music, etc., etc.). Pepper came out, and it’s definitely been at a higher level since I started listening to a certain podcast about the time the pandemic got underway. I’ve been on a bit of an on-and-off cycle since 2017 when the 50th Anniversary remix of Sgt. So OK, my Beatles obsession waxes and wanes over time, which I think is healthy. That was when I became aware that Lewisohn was in the midst of a three-volume biography of The Beatles, and that the first volume was in print. So well done, podcasters Jason Carty and Steven Cockcroft! (See below for embedded links to those episodes.)
But even better, they did a two-part episode featuring an interview with Lewisohn that is fabulous, insightful, and often quite hilarious. The fourth episode of the very first season was titled “Paperback Writers – Books About The Beatles,” and it covered a lot of ground. I’m not sure anyone can, but the gentlemen behind the podcast “Nothing Is Real” make a gallant effort. Of course he’s not the only one writing about them, thus my opening rhetorical question, who can keep up? He’s been writing about the Fabs since the 1970s, and has actually worked for EMI and Apple Corps. I’ve been a fan of Mark Lewisohn since I stumbled upon a copy of his first (of many) Beatles reference books, 1988’s The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions in a used book shop sometime in the ’90s. I’ve been a fan since Beatlemania first broke on these American shores in early 1964, and in my life probably the only thing I’ve done more than read about The Beatles is listen to The Beatles.
So who can keep up with all the books about The Beatles? Not me, obviously.
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