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Reviews for Please Please Me - The Album Guide
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must read for music lovers
March 24, 2012
By The Kindle Book Review -
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: The Beatles: Please Please Me - The Album Guide (Kindle Edition)
Few people would be able to successfully argue against the impact of The Beatles and their music on rock 'n' roll.
Starting with`Please, Please Me; The Album Guide', Dinosaur Album Guides trace the work of the rock band that set the bar for all those who came after.
Well researched and covering each song's history, style, and delivery. Not content to dissect the lyrics, the guide looks at the engineering and production details, guest musicians and if at times he seems to be examining every drop of sweat that went into each and every note, it's easily forgiven by his obvious passion for the music.
Rodgers' writing style is easy to read and informative and never boring.
Please, Please Me is an informative, interesting and fun book that is must have for every music lover's bookshelf
by Angelique Jurd for The Kindle Book Review
5.0 out of 5 stars
Slick and informative!
January 11, 2012
By Matt B - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Beatles: Please Please Me - The Album Guide (Kindle Edition)
The presentation and attention to detail is astounding! Everything is covered such as the technical recording aspects (as well as the evolution of songs between takes and such, my favorite part), the origins of songs, music theory, colorful well-written descriptions of how songs were performed, as well as intriguing quotes from The Beatles themselves that I've never come across.
Definitely enjoy this! Looking forward to more!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very pleasing!
January 7, 2012
By N. Connor "Polythene P" (Seattle)
This review is from: The Beatles: Please Please Me - The Album Guide (Kindle Edition)
A very enjoyable guide about the Beatles first album. I have often overlooked Please Please Me in favour of the more obvious popular albums, but since I got this guide on my iphone I play it a lot more. It has given me a better appreciation for songs I maybe thought of as throwaway pop before (its easy to see this early Beatles stuff as less than their later richer work).. brilliant insights and lots of detail. I have read many Beatles books and this is definitely something new. I tend to dip into it when certain songs are playing and always get lost in the stories, jumping around the album and replaying songs as I read. Very handy having both the guide and the album on my iphone! Musicians might appreciate some of the chord and instrument detail more than mere fans like me, but there is lots here for every kind of fan. Love the analysis and impact sections.
More please!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely brilliant!
18 Dec 2011
By Amazon Customer (France) -
This review is from: The Beatles: Please Please Me - The Album Guide (Kindle Edition)
If you have ever listened to popular music (of any description) you MUST get this album guide. Going into incredible depths of detail about absolutely every aspect of the Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, this guide not only explores the music, the artists themselves and the many influences and circumstances that brought this album into being, but also examines the social, political and historical back story that in reality marks the birth of popular music as we know it today.
You don't need a kindle or iPad to read this - download a free eviewer and read it on your computer - but whatever you do, buy it - and share it - as this wonderful guide deserves to make history too. Looking forward to the next editions!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Please Please Me - The Album Guide
5 Mar 2012
By S Riaz "S Riaz" (England) - See all my reviews
(TOP 50 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE)
This review is from: The Beatles: Please Please Me - The Album Guide (Kindle Edition)
Recorded mostly during one all day session, this book looks at the making of The Beatles first album in exhaustive detail. It includes an introduction about the impact of the album, rush recorded to cash in on a hit single, which remained top of the charts for thirty weeks and was only superseded by the band's second LP. George Martin was keen to capture the group in a live setting, but the Cavern was not considered suitable (although a live album with other Merseybeat groups was eventually made there) and so "Please Please Me" is the closest recording to capture the Beatles in their raw and untamed state, before Beatlemania limited their live output. It is noticably different from anything else released in that era, although McCartney notes that the process of recording and then allowing the studio total control over the mixing and release was similar to "putting a film in the chemists..." Like much else in music, it was something the Beatles would change in the years ahead.
The two earlier sessions for the singles "Love Me Do" and "Please Please Me" are also discussed, resulting in Pete Best's drumming coming under scrutiny and the possible deciding factor in him being ousted from the band in favour of Ringo. There is also the band's dislike of "How do you do it" which George Martin insisted they record (anyone who has heard this less than exuberant take will realise their heart was not in it). His comment that the band had nothing better must have caused Lennon and McCartney great distress and resulted in a new production of "Love Me Do" which did manage to chart ("How do you do it" made number one for Gerry and the Pacemakers). The mere fact that a new and untried band managed to write and record their own song was revolutionary in a time when tin pan alley was in control of hit-making. Again, something the Beatles would change, along with the way albums were eventually viewed as more than a group of filler songs to showcase a hit single.
Each song has it's background, recording, analysis, impact and release and version history listed and explained, along with details of which instruments were used and which take/takes were used. I really hope there will be a book, like this, for each of the Beatles albums - and when they are done, there are excellent solo albums to consider... A must read for Beatles fans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
From iTunes Store
by Alexander Hendler
The author, Joe Rodgers, brings a historian's discipline to his subject matter, providing a clear, concise, thoroughly researched - and ultimately - entertaining account of the historic recording of the Beatles' first LP - which they did over the course of a single day. I believe Rodgers is also a musician because of the way he deconstructs each song and breaks down the contribution of each of the four musicians' parts and how their individual contributions created the whole. Given who the Beatles were - and were to become - it's like reading and learning about each of the ingredients that goes into a dish prepared by Ferran Adrią.
The writing is powerful and the design of the app is exquisite, with not only some great early shots of the Beatles but also some nice little period details of the primitive musical equipment they were using and the advertising and other graphic elements present c. 1963. The only thing one could wish for in this app is the presence of the actual songs - and perhaps the originals of some of the covers they did on this album like "Twist & Shout" and "Anna" - but I'm sure that would've been too difficult to pull off. (For example, look how long it took iTunes to get the Beatles' catalog.)
This is a good app for the most ardent Beatles fans, who even if they think they know everything (as I did) will still learn something new - and for the non-Beatles fans who wish to learn more about the history of pop music or what goes into the making of a memorable pop song.
This guide is the first of what the author promises to be a complete series of the entire Beatles oeuvre. It should be an outstanding series. I personally anxiously await the guide to "Revolver."
5.0 out of 5 stars
From iTunes Store
by Alexander Hendler
The author, Joe Rodgers, brings a historian's discipline to his subject matter, providing a clear, concise, thoroughly researched - and ultimately - entertaining account of the historic recording of the Beatles' first LP - which they did over the course of a single day. I believe Rodgers is also a musician because of the way he deconstructs each song and breaks down the contribution of each of the four musicians' parts and how their individual contributions created the whole. Given who the Beatles were - and were to become - it's like reading and learning about each of the ingredients that goes into a dish prepared by Ferran Adrią.
The writing is powerful and the design of the app is exquisite, with not only some great early shots of the Beatles but also some nice little period details of the primitive musical equipment they were using and the advertising and other graphic elements present c. 1963. The only thing one could wish for in this app is the presence of the actual songs - and perhaps the originals of some of the covers they did on this album like "Twist & Shout" and "Anna" - but I'm sure that would've been too difficult to pull off. (For example, look how long it took iTunes to get the Beatles' catalog.)
This is a good app for the most ardent Beatles fans, who even if they think they know everything (as I did) will still learn something new - and for the non-Beatles fans who wish to learn more about the history of pop music or what goes into the making of a memorable pop song.
This guide is the first of what the author promises to be a complete series of the entire Beatles oeuvre. It should be an outstanding series. I personally anxiously await the guide to "Revolver."