Book Review: The Unreleased Beatles by Richie Unterberger
Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Their must be more books that have been written about the Beatles then about any other pop band in the history of rock and roll. There are books detailing their tours, their recording techniques, their lyrics, their musical equipment, their personal lives, their business affairs, their effect on culture and it goes on and on. With that in mind, there are certain Beatles books that I actually want to read and no, not another book on the influence of Yoko!
Richie Unterberger is a well known and widely respected rock writer who has written a mamouth, 288 page tome that analyses all the unreleased Beatles music and film out there in amazing detail. Want to know about “Carnival of Light?” It’s all in here. How about the infamous 27 minute version of “Helter Skelter?” Ditto. Everything unreleased, whether on film or on recording tape is covered in such detail that it will take you weeks to sift through it all but it is an amazing read and a fascinating story, especially as it delves into things like the individual Beatles’ home recordings and experiments.
All in all, I’d say you don’t even have to be a Beatles nut to pick up this book. This is rock and roll history and as such it is a treasure trove of information than no self respecting rock and roll fan would want to miss. A fine read.
Later.
Their must be more books that have been written about the Beatles then about any other pop band in the history of rock and roll. There are books detailing their tours, their recording techniques, their lyrics, their musical equipment, their personal lives, their business affairs, their effect on culture and it goes on and on. With that in mind, there are certain Beatles books that I actually want to read and no, not another book on the influence of Yoko! 
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While sitting on the tarmac in Toronto waiting for my plane to be de-iced I did the only thing any bored airline traveler could do in the situation except for screaming at the top their lungs, I grabbed one of the books I had packed for my business trip and hunkered down to read a chapter or 2. Luckily I had dragged along with me a book that has sat neglected for some time but seemed perfectly appropriate for the situation. “Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung” is an anthology of writings by Lester Bangs edited by Greil Marcus and collects a number of his prolific writings on rock and roll, life on the edge and the need for a revolution now. How does he hold up in these days of blogs, podcasts and instant microwaveable pop? Pretty damn good in my humble opinion. 
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It was inevitable that the music industry should feature prominently in the reality TV genre. Whether it be "Rebel Billionaire" with Richard Branson where contestants had to pick and promote a band to be featured at that year’s V Festival, or the various episodes of the Apprentice where the teams had to work with Jessica Simpson (!) and other "hot" musical acts, music is often fertile grounds for reality TV drama. Of course the various "Idol" shows as well as the "Rockstar" franchise go to show that people just can’t seem to get enough of that long hard slog over, ahem, 6 weeks to make it to rock and roll super stardom. I suppose then that it was inevitable that MTV, that corporate music whore and Rolling Stone, the legendary music and culture mag should get together and try and spin a little bit of reality TV magic their way. The result is "
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For anybody that reads this site regularly, they will know that my tastes tend to run towards power pop and garage type rock with regular excursions to harder rockin’ territory once in awhile. 
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Attention all Cars fans! Forget that sham that is the "new Cars." I have something that will give you your fair share of quirky, synth soaked power pop fun that will have you pumped up and looking for your skinny ties in the attic. May I present to you "Oink" by