The Beatles: An Illustrated Record
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The Beatles: An Illustrated Record is a 1975
book by music journalists Roy Carr
and Tony Tyler
, published by Harmony Books
. Updated editions were published in 1978
and 1981
.
The book contains an extensive discography
of record releases by The Beatles
, with critic
al review
s of each release by Tyler and Carr. Sidebar
s give a concurrent history of the band, with press clippings, quotes, and photos from each phase of the Beatles's career, including their later solo years.
The book mainly follows the British
releases of the Beatles's records. The final section of the book includes a United States
discography, and notable foreign releases. The first edition also included a list of bootleg
Beatles recordings. Later editions deleted this portion, stating only that they were of generally poor sound quality, and of interest "only to the most die-hard Beatlemaniacs."
The 1981 edition included a tribute section to John Lennon
, who had died only months earlier. Also included was a copy of Lennon's own correction to a passage in the first edition, with a copy of an early news clipping to back it up. "Set the 'Illustrated Record' straight!" Lennon wrote.
1975 in music
-January–April:*January 2 - New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case....
book by music journalists Roy Carr
Roy Carr
Roy Carr is an English music journalist. He joined the New Musical Express in the late 1960s and has edited NME, VOX and Melody Maker magazines...
and Tony Tyler
Tony Tyler
James Edward Anthony Tyler was a British writer who authored several books and wrote for the New Musical Express, Macworld, MacUser, PC Pro and Computer Shopper....
, published by Harmony Books
Harmony Books
Harmony Books is an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, itself part of publisher Random House. It focusses on topics such as religion, the occult, the paranormal and other pseudoscientific material...
. Updated editions were published in 1978
1978 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978.-January–April:*January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom....
and 1981
1981 in music
See also:* Timeline of musical eventsThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1981.-January–April:*January 10 – A revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadway's Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith.*January 24 –...
.
The book contains an extensive discography
Discography
Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...
of record releases by The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, with critic
Critic
A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
al review
Review
A review is an evaluation of a publication, a product or a service, such as a movie , video game, musical composition , book ; a piece of hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer; or an event or performance, such as a live music concert, a play, musical theater show or dance show...
s of each release by Tyler and Carr. Sidebar
Sidebar (publishing)
In publishing, sidebar is a term for information placed adjacent to an article in a printed or Web publication, graphically separate but with contextual connection.The term has long been used in newspaper and magazine layout...
s give a concurrent history of the band, with press clippings, quotes, and photos from each phase of the Beatles's career, including their later solo years.
The book mainly follows the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
releases of the Beatles's records. The final section of the book includes a United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
discography, and notable foreign releases. The first edition also included a list of bootleg
Bootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
Beatles recordings. Later editions deleted this portion, stating only that they were of generally poor sound quality, and of interest "only to the most die-hard Beatlemaniacs."
The 1981 edition included a tribute section to John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, who had died only months earlier. Also included was a copy of Lennon's own correction to a passage in the first edition, with a copy of an early news clipping to back it up. "Set the 'Illustrated Record' straight!" Lennon wrote.