I love the Beatles. I purchased this book about 10 years ago, I removed the spine, took it to Office Max and had them cover and bind it so that the book would lay open when I was using it. It did not cost that much and was well worth it. I have worn this book out over the years. I left it in my gazebo this past summer and it got wet when it rained hard one day. My wife tried to dry it out with a hair dryer but that just caused it to blow up to twice it's size and pull the pages out of the binding. I was devastated. My beloved Beatles book, gone.
Here I am, 10 years later, just bought it again, and will do the same thing, take it to Office Max and have them re-bind it and cover it (bout 5-10 bucks)(why don't the publishers realize that as players we need it to lay flat!?) Anyway, as almost everyone else say's here, this book is spot on. EXACTLY as the Beatles played it, in the right key's. The people here who say the song's are sometimes not in the right key are wrong. Sure the Beatles used varispeed technology sometimes on their recordings so you may have to tune down or up a semi-tone or use a capo to get it exact, welcome to the real world,(read Geoff Emmerick's book on how the Beatles recorded and experimented) but this book gets it right for a guitarist learning and playing the songs with or without a band,and 99% of the time playing along with the song, the right chords placed perfectly over the words.
I do not read music or tab. This is a CHORD book. No music notation to get in the way, no tab numbers, just chord names with chord pictures where your fingers are placed and the position on the neck. This book has the chords for each song pictured at the top of the page for that song to reference while playing or learning. Every song is laid out so that when you open to a new page laid out flat the whole song fits into those 2 pages that you are looking at, starting on the left page and ending on the right page. No page turning when playing! Perfect! Well thought out practical book for a guitarist. If you like the Beatles and play guitar you have to have this book. It has every song Lennon & McCartney wrote during the Beatles period that they recorded as the Beatles, and every song that George Harrison recorded with the Beatles. It is THE definitive one to have.
Update: The book arrived a few days ago. I got it for $16 (list is $25 which I paid when it came out over 10 years ago) I took it to Office Max last night. It cost me $1.09 for them to cut the binding off and $3.19 to put a new spiral binding on it for a total of $4.65!(including tax) Just over 20 bucks total and I have THE PERFECT Beatles book. They had 2 bindings to choose from, the spiral wire looking binding, and a thicker half inch long type of binding. Go with the thick one. The book lays open perfect now, easy to turn the pages. Get a capo, you will need one to make this book work sometimes, the voicing are great with a capo on and exactly what the record is doing. For those of you criticizing the book read the introductory part in the beginning to explain what the approach was. It is a perfectly logical approach.
I flung the book open last night and George's "Here Comes the Sun" was there, never tried it. Must admit I never thought he was a great player, good but not great. I musta been missin' somthin', cause that song ain't easy! The way the book is written it gives me a path to doing as little or as much as I want with it. The capo @ the 7th fret is a great voicing/tone for the song. Exactly goes along with what was originally done. Get the book. Hope this was helpful. Enjoy!
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'Professional Musician Edition - The Spine Of This Book is Spiral Bound (plastic comb) - This Allows You To Lay The Book Flat -
This book is beyond acurate. I am not going to repeat what everyone says about the accuracy of this book, I am rather going to comment on the binding. For a 400 page book – I can see how everyone would have a hard time keeping it open while youre learning a song. I was lucky. I noticed in the options that there was a collectable for 19.99. When I checked it out, this is what it reads: 'Professional Musician Edition - The Spine Of This Book is Spiral Bound (plastic comb) - This Allows You To Lay The Book Flat - Great For Teachers, Skilled Musicians & Students etc...-' i am so glad I saw this. I ordered the 'collectable' and I am very happy that I clicked the link! The book will lay flat, will stand on a music stand etc. i recommend purchasing the one with the spiral binding. The seller (imagine-this) protected the book with cardboard and double packed it in bubble wrap envelopes. It arrived as if I picked out the best one on the shelf that was untouched. I included a couple pictures so you can see with the plastic spine looks like and how big the book is. I hope this helps – I highly recommend buying the collectible version. One reason I love Amazon.com is that they give you options – so far I have not been let down by them – thanks Amazon and Imagine-This! This is an unbiased opinion – I was not offered anything in return for this review – I just felt future purchasers of this book would like this information.
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