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Mark Lewisohn is universally acknowledged as the world's expert on The Beatles. He is the author of six previous Beatles books and has been described by the Independent as the band's 'Emeritus Professor'.
A radical event and a joy to read - Lewisohn tells the tale with
such authoritative command of the evidence and so intimate a grasp
of the Beatles' daily lives that the reader emerges knowing - with
a certainty denied all previous generations - that this is how it
really happened.
Lewisohn's work stands as a monumental triumph, a challenge not
merely to other Beatles biographers but to the discipline of
biography itself. If only all important subjects had their
Lewisohn
*Washington Post*
Lewisohn's work stands as a monumental triumph, a challenge not
merely to other Beatles biographers but to the discipline of
biography itself. If only all important subjects had their
Lewisohn
*Washington Post*
A triumph. Not only an enthralling account of the Beatles' origins,
far superior to anything that has gone before, but also an
essential piece of social history.
Lewisohn has set out to do the Beatles justice and write the
definitive history. I think he is succeeding
*The Times*
Mark Lewisohn raises the biographical bar to stratospheric heights.
This first volume suggests he is on the verge of achieving what was
heretofore considered impossible: blowing the cobwebs off one of
the late 20th century's hoariest cultural myths, scraping away
decades' worth of accumulated crud and revealing detail no one
previously suspected was there
*Literary Review*
An epic unprecedented in rock 'n' roll biography, and a great read
... Does far more than enrich with mind-boggling detail, there's a
surprise on every page ... The detail is sharp and incisive ...
It's the kind of book where want-to-know and need-to-know is
wrapped into a narrative that unfolds brilliantly and, for once,
justifies that 'real story of the Beatles' billing
*Mojo*
Positively a page turner, both for excitement and anticipation -
Lewisohn has enhanced the story as a beautifully flowing factual
tale that reads like a classic novel. Nobody but nobody could begin
to match this work of joy and detail; and reassuringly, nobody ever
will. This is the best work ever produced on the subject of the
Beatles. A five star review is an insult, it merits an unheard of
ten
*Best Things On Earth*
The accomplishments of the Beatles has given rise to a near
deification of them as both people and myth. Lewisohn brings that
story back down into the world of real people.
Tune In clears the air of myth and legend, leaving as much reality
as a biography can offer. Every single page brings the Beatles back
into focus and moves them away from legend. Common myths fall apart
under Mr. Lewisohn's research
*New York Journal of Books*
Presents the Beatles story in a way it's never been seen before:
truthfully and completely. The end result is a herculean effort, a
fast-moving page-turner overflowing with warm humor, passion, and
(of course) music. Likely to become a principle text in
20th-century studies, a sort of Complete Shakespeare with a much
better soundtrack. For anyone who loves music, this book is the
genuine ultimate
*VH1.com*
The saga is clearer and richer here than it's ever been. Lewisohn
writes in novelistic detail and with the obvious conviction that
none of the previous Beatles biographies have ever been good
enough
*Entertainment Weekly*
This is Torah! Huge on a massive scale, the most altruistic thing
anybody's done in the arts since the Beatles, and it needed to be
done. God keep Mark Lewisohn alive to finish what he's started
*US radio writer/producer*
Tune In is brilliant in describing the addictive power of rock and
roll when there was no imaginable alternative in a doomed town.
Mark Lewisohn's achievement lies with the fact that he never tries
to 'explain'. He is not argumentative but turns up the colours in a
world that has faded to grey
*Herald Scotland*
The best book I read all year. I expected data collection. I got
data, but also interpretation at a very high level, obsessive
reporting and high quality music criticism. Lewisohn's a writer as
much or more than an assembler of information. This is a great
book, there's nothing like it in music and damned little anywhere
else (it makes The Power Broker seem superficial)
*Rock & Rap Confidential*
Lewisohn amasses and investigates facts without sacrificing an iota
of the excitement. In its close focus and historical ambition, the
trilogy may be compared to Robert Caro's biography of Lyndon
Johnson, or John Richardson's Life of Picasso; it is unlikely to be
surpassed
*Daily Telegraph*
A game-changing study which raises the bar in a genre characterised
by pap or pretension. A meticulous piece of work - I can't wait for
volume two
*Independent*
I can think of no greater praise for Tune In than to say that it
gives the Beatles the beginnings of the biography they deserve. It
is hard to imagine the subsequent volumes, covering more familiar
ground, matching the gripping quality of this constantly surprising
work
*Financial Times*
With imagination, energy and a gripping plotline, Lewisohn manages
to put flesh and blood on the story as never before
*Sunday Times*
Packed with revelations and demystifications
*The Economist*
A major event in music publishing . . . the definitive account of
the Beatles
*GQ*
I doubt anyone expected to be surprised about the Beatles again,
but the story only needed supersizing. I continued reading with
bewildered pleasure
*Daily Telegraph*
Fills in vital details that had been missing from the existing
Beatles canon and corrects mistakes that have been reprinted for
years. A definitive history of the band
*Wall Street Journal*
The widest possible angle on an extensive and engrossing group
biography built on a well-raked mountain of exacting new research
... expertly controlled and propelling
*New York Times*
Epic in its scope, forensic in its detail, Tune In is like reading
the Beatles' story for the very first time.
Lewisohn's art is to tell the story compellingly: his prose has a
vibrancy that sustains a remarkable page-turning momentum
throughout its entire length. And what a story! Tune In leaves the
reader breathless
*R2/Rock ’n’ Reel*
Lewisohn manages to fill in blanks that no one knew were empty
*New Yorker*
An epic on an unprecedented scale . . . Lewisohn has no serious
rival
*Irish Times*
This is the story told in Proustian detail . . . The first
edited-down volume, is largely a delight, and the story is told so
definitively that, after this, that really should be it. Secondary
sources are comprehensively mined; letters, public records and
business documents have been found in places no one else ever
thought to look . . . Lewisohn is a Beatles oracle
*Guardian*
Lewisohn has done an astonishing job. I can't wait for volume
two
*Independent*
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