The Beatles

The Biography

By: Bob Spitz

Narrated by: Alfred Molina

2007 Audie Award Winner for Non-Fiction, Abridged

Even before the Beatles hit the big time, a myth was created. This version of the Beatles legend smoothed the rough edges and filled in the fault lines, and for more than forty years this manicured version of the Beatles story has sustained as truth -- until now.
The product of almost a decade of research, hundreds of unprecedented interviews, and the discovery of scores of never-before-revealed documents, Bob Spitz's The Beatles is the biography fans have been waiting for.
Never before has a biography of musicians been so immersive and textured. We are there in the McCartney living room when Paul and John learn to write songs together; backstage the night Ringo takes over on drums; in seedy German strip clubs where George lies about his age so the band can perform; and at the Ed Sullivan Show as America discovers the joy and the madness. From Shea to San Francisco, through the London night, on to India, through marmalade skies, across the universe-all the way to a rooftop concert and one last moment of laughter and music.
It is all here, the highs and the lows, the love and the rivalry, the drugs, the tears, the thrill, the magic never again to be repeated. Bob Spitz's masterpiece is, at long last, the biography the Beatles deserve.©2005 Bob Spitz; (P)2005 Simon & Schuster Inc. All rights reserved.

O-bla-dee;O-bla-dah... Life goes on...

This audio was very well done. This audible tells a version of the Beatles' story which explains the genesis, the genius and the genocide of the group and the interpersonal dynamics. If you idolized John as your favorite Beatle, this account may have you reconsider. I thoroughly enjoyed this one and highly recommend it.

insightful

Book was fact filled and provided a good amount of insight on what made these guys click add a group.

also showed how they were manipulated and taken advantage by the sharks of the music business.

An insightful account of the greatest band in rock & roll history

Bob Spitz takes us on a journey that we thought we knew. Filled with anecdotes that show the Beatles’ humanity as well as their human failings, we are on board their remarkable journey from its beginnings until its end. But of course there is no end as the Beatles’ music lives forever.

Good but not quite enough

Good overall survey. A few more details along the way would be nice. Just not quite enough.

My

Loved it all. Great retrospective of a great band. The legend lives on. Long live the Beatles.