The Beatles: A Musical Journey Through Life with My Recordings of Here, There and Everywhere

Biscuit: A must for the musician who loves to dissect how The Beatles recordings were made. There are the usual personal reflections on working with the Fab Four which kept it real and engaging. I loved the book.

United States on Mar 06, 2024

Simon: A fantastic and new insight into the world of the Beatles. Only marred by me not realising (or being told) it was the US version so it contains horrible Americanisms throughout e.g. "gotten", "math", rewrites of many English terms for an US audience (as well as, what appears, rewriting stories to reinforce American "history").
As other reviewers have said, the George bashing gets tiresome and unwelcome in its repetitiveness.

United Kingdom on Mar 06, 2024

Robert: Interesting story

Canada on Aug 19, 2023

Cliente Amazon: Ogni ammiratore dei Beatles - e chiunque voglia approcciarsi ad essi - dovrebbe possedere questo libro, in quanto scritto da una delle pochissime persone che "erano lì" mentre le cose accadevano: il tecnico del suono Geoff Emerick che, diciamolo subito, era un uomo geniale, responsabile di una parte importante delle innovazioni sonore del gruppo.
Una testimonianza in prima persona in un contesto in cui pochi ottimi lavori (come quello di Lewisohn sulle sessioni di registrazione, il più rimarchevole tra i lavori di chi "non era lì") sono affiancati da tonnellate di carta stampata piena di errori e libere interpretazioni più simili a racconti e testi per fiction televisive che a resoconti sul lavoro del gruppo musicale più creativo di sempre; sono state scritte più sciocchezze sui Beatles che su qualsiasi altro argomento, cosa che sta in parte continuando su Wikipedia e internet. In un contesto del genere, le testimonianze dirette sono il meglio che abbiamo per capire sia la musica dei quattro che la situazione degli equilibri fra loro.
Se vi interessa sapere come realmente i Beatles registravano il loro materiale, come Paul creò in casa i primi effetti in loop nella...

Italy on Aug 05, 2022

Luis: I have enjoyed it very much.

Spain on Apr 12, 2021

Alex: Dos temas en uno: por un lado, la creatividad beatle y por otro, la creatividad en la consola del hombre que supo traducir las peticiones de los músicos que tuvo a su cargo. Atrevido, pero sobre todo, detallista, el autor nos lleva de la mano para conocer el proceso creativo de las melodías que han marcado nuestra vida. Un libro infaltable para aquellos que aman y disfrutan cada nota y detalle en el sonido de Los Beatles

Mexico on Mar 09, 2020

Crabby Apple Mick Lee: At the very end of the Gospel of John, the Evangelist remarks that Jesus did many other things than what the Bible tells and that if every one of them were written down the whole world could not have room for all the books that could be written. Of course, The Beatles cannot be compared to the timeless influence of the Messiah; but, for their time and likely a long time after, they were earthshaking and (not the least) much beloved.

There has been a steady, growing library of books about The Beatles. Some are by people who knew them intimately and were witnesses to actual events. Others may tell The Beatles story second or third hand. Still others write specifically about the music itself with some focusing on the specific musical instruments each Beatle used on this and that recording. As with anything, some Beatle books are good and some are god-awful. Some books are openly hostile and disparaging to the music and The Beatles themselves as people. All this requires some tempering.

As great and endearing each of the Beatles were, each in their time could be complete jerks. They also could be open and generous to a fault. It is obvious they had no business sense in...

United States on Apr 14, 2010

Mitchell Cassman: When it comes to books about The Beatles, they usually fall in one of two categories: "memoirs" and "archives" (including timelines, analysis, photos, recording info, etc). Now Geoff Emerick has joined the throe of Beatles authors by publishing his account that actually falls in between the memoir/archive genre. His new book "HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE-My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles" is no "cash in", but a valuable insight to the workings of the group. While there are no real "Beatles revelations" contained other than those that true Beatle aficionados already know, such as the working title of the "White Album", John's accidental acid trip on the rooftop of EMI etc), the true value of this book is the first hand observances of the Beatles in their most important environment: the recording studio!

Some people are lucky enough to realize their "calling" early in life - and Geoff Emerick was one of those lucky few. An early love of music caused a natural fascination with the mechanics behind recording. His experiments with tape recording and his persistence led him to a job at EMI! While Geoff Emerick wasn't the Beatles recording engineer during their early years...

United States on Mar 26, 2006