The Day John Met Paul: An Hour-By-Hour Account of How the Beatles Began

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Summary: The ghosts of yesterday...
Review: This is a beautifully atmospheric tale. The writing is so skilled you forget that you're reading; it's like someone is whispering in your ear. You can practically smell the beer on young John Lennon's breath. This is a wonderfully detailed, lovingly told and quite original addition to the Beatles collection of any serious fan. Few rock bios actually touch your heart; few even try. This one does. It's absolutely haunting.

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Summary: BEST OF THE BEATLES
Review: This is a remarkable book, a minor work of art and possibly the best encapsulation of the anthropological forces at work in the creation of the Beatles. All of which may sound portentous but ... It seems almost inconceivable that two average middle-class teens, untrained and ill-disciplined, temperamentally dissimiliar and equally egocentric could come together amidst the smoky huddle of postwar seaport Liverpool and reinvent the wheel. But that is how it was, and this is how it happened. Jim O'Donnell writes as a poet - his style dances into musical refrain - and captures Lennon and McCartney, and Liverpool life, with the precision of a lepidopterist. 'Truth' leaps from these pages. In the origin of things we find their meaning, says the adage. In recreating 24 hours of Liverpudlian life in July 1957 O'Donnell comprehensively and finally explains the Beatles. It is unlikely there will ever be a better book on Lennon-McCartney.

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Summary: One Of The Best Beatles Books Out There
Review: Through descriptions only, the author traces the events that led to Lennon and McCartny's first meeting. The descriptions are amamzing. You get a very clear picture of the day. Also the book gives insight into the personalities of John and Paul. He also uses words from the time and place to set the mood. This book was amazing. He really did his research, and it shows. This is worth reading for any Beatles fan.

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Summary: For Beatlemaniacs only
Review: Well, I'll throw a little water on all these gushing reviews. As I waded through all the minutia details in this book, it struck me that were I not a hard core Beatle devotee I would be bored to tears. But, for all you true Beatlemaniacs out there this book has real value as an addition to your collection. I was especially interested in the few pages at toward the end where Paul plays in front of the Quarrymen and makes such an impression on John.