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Author:	Richie Unterberger
Title:	The Unreleased Beatles
Publisher:	Backbeat
Country:	UK
Date:	22 Nov 2006
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Music, Biography
ISBN-10:	0879308923
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	3 Own
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JPGR&B SUBS 30th Jul 2023		The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film is a mammoth 350,000-word guide to the incredible wealth of music the Beatles recorded that they did not release, as well as musical footage of the group that hasn't been made commercially available. The revised and expanded ebook edition adds about 30,000 words to the print edition, including coverage of all known material by the group that has gone into circulation since the book's original 2006 release. There is also updated information about the music and film detailed in the original edition, including the appearance of some previously unissued recordings on official releases. The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film examines all of their unreleased studio outtakes, BBC radio recordings from 1962-65, live concert performances, home demos, private tapes, fan club Christmas recordings, and other informal recordings done outside of EMI studios that have escaped into circulation. Chronologically sequenced entries for all the Beatles' unreleased recordings of note from 1957 to 1970 are here, as well as all the unreleased Beatles musical video footage of note from 1961 to 1970. Also included are overviews of songs composed by the Beatles that were never recorded by the group, but given away to other artists; recordings known or rumored to have been made by the group that haven't yet circulated; Beatles compositions never recorded by anyone; coverage of music the group didn't release while active, but later put out on albums such as The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, Live! At the Star-Club, Live at the BBC Vol. 1 & 2, Let It Be...Naked, and the Anthology volumes; and a history of Beatles bootlegs. The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film is written with lively critical, descriptive analysis emphasizing the music and its most human, artistic qualities - and not just where and when the recordings were made. The book won a 2007 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research in the "Best Discography" division of the "Best Research in Recorded Rock Music" category. Available here.



JPGR&B SUBS 5th Nov 2022		Review Annotation: Richie Unterberger is an excellent popular music researcher and all his works require serious attention from the popular music scholar. He does not write in an 'academic' way, as such, but his research is undoubtedly of academic quality. For example, here, an enormous amount of material has been examined by Unterberger: from unreleased studio outtakes, BBC radio recordings from 1962-1965, live concert performances, home demo recordings, fan club Christmas recordings, and other informal demos partially-completed away from EMI studios. The work also includes chronological entries for all Beatles' unreleased recordings of note from 1957-1970, as well as all thus far unreleased video footage from 1961-1970 together with information concerning outtakes from 1990s interviews filmed for the Anthology. Furthermore Unterberger provides a general overview of Beatles bootlegs, Beatles songs recorded by other artists in the 1960s, and never-recorded material. This is therefore an excellent example of a piece of quality Unterberger research. As far as bootlegs, go, perhaps Doug Sulpy provides the 'final word' on such issues; nevertheless we have here a highly detailed look at the songs in a mature fashion. Unlike many Beatles-related discographies, this is not just a dry list of what is (or might be) available. Each track or session is reviewed on its merits. There are details of the way in which certain recordings differ from their EMI counterparts, which versions of BBC recordings have good, bad, or indifferent guitar solos, and which concerts are listenable or dire. Reference tables including songs performed at BBC and Get Back sessions, a list of alternate mixes, and a short and essential list of live recordings which are of great use. Information on sound quality of recordings will be of especial use to collectors. Also, at the end of the book, is a list of the songs the Beatles gave away. This information is a welcome addition to our knowledge of the subject. In addition, the author dispels some myths along the way by discounting rumours of the existence of certain songs. As with all Unterberger volumes (Beatles or otherwise), this is highly recommended. Michael Brocken Source: The Beatles Bibliography: A New Guide To The Literature - Michael Brocken and Melissa Davis (The Beatle Works Ltd., 2012), with acknowledgement, and used here with permission from the authors for educational and historical purposes only. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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