Episode 245: "All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words" (Book Review)

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2 ай бұрын

It's been a hectic April! New Ringo EP, "One Hand Clapping" announced this past week, RSD and now finally a "new" Beatles related text has been published.
"All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words" is a new book of interview transcripts conducted by long time Beatles associate Peter Brown and his co-author Steven Gaines. These interviews were conducted between 1979 and 1981 with all then surviving members of the Beatles and their entourage which formed the basis for their 1983 controversial "tell all" book "The Love You Make: An Insider's Story on The Beatles."
One of the more significant interviews is the one that Paul gave for the book. Which we think took place sometime in 1980. There are no dates given for the interviews but it was certainly before December 1980 as he refers to John in the present.
Much of the interview questions centered around the breakup and his relationships with Brian, John, Yoko and Linda. We share page extracts here in this episode during some moments.
Have you picked it up yet? Thoughts? Let us know!
Peace
Andy & Tom

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@cesarevighi6420 2 ай бұрын

Good book

@cesarevighi6420 2 ай бұрын

Luca Perasi's book on the album Band on the run , is really good, I hope he writes one for Venus and Mars too

@tedlondon1409 2 ай бұрын

Heard or read that Luca Perasi is doing book on RAM.

@ralphacton 2 ай бұрын

Bought The Love You Make when it came out. Didn't realize that Paul hated it. I'll have to reread it.

@AndreaNYC 2 ай бұрын

I bought this book as soon as it was released. As you say, it’s made up entirely of transcripts of interviews- how many interviews with Maureen Starkey have been seen before? Fascinating stuff, everyone comes off as very candid.

@t221000 2 ай бұрын

Just to be clear, these are interviews that were not in the 83 book ? I was 20 years old when I read the original and then later learned a lot of what I read were lies and myths. I quickly read that Luca book and I absolutely love his fab research that added to my love of the album.

@gkmacca1 2 ай бұрын

I found the book intriguing in a somewhat voyeuristic sense. The transcriptions appear to have been assembled via AI, or at least haven't been proof-read, because there are plenty of glaring errors. Some of the interviews are frustratingly brief and unbalanced (such as the Cynthia Lennon one), while others are just puzzling (David Puttnum, for example, with his weird belief that McCartney probably didn't write much and just helped Lennon out with the odd detail!). On the whole, however, I got more out of it than I'd expected.