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The first part of the definitive three-volume biography of the Beatles

Now in paperback, Tune In is the New York Times bestseller by the world's leading Beatles authority - the first volume in a groundbreaking trilogy about the band that revolutionized music. The Beatles have been in our lives for half a century and surely always will be. Still, somehow, their music excites, their influence resonates, their fame sustains. New generations find and love them, and while many other great artists come and go, the Beatles are beyond eclipse. So . . . who really were these people, and just how did it all happen? 'The Beatles story' is everywhere. Told wrong from early on, rehashed in every possible way and routinely robbed of its context, this is a phenomenon in urgent need of a bright new approach. In his series All These Years, Mark Lewisohn - the world-recognized Beatles historian - presses the Refresh button to relate the entire story as it's never been told or known before. Here is a full and accurate biography at last. It is certain to become the lasting word. Tune In is book one of three, exploring and explaining a period that is by very definition lesser-known: the formative pre-fame years, the teenage years, the Liverpool and Hamburg years - in many ways the most absorbing and incredible period of them all. The Beatles come together here in all their originality, attitude, style, speed, charisma, appeal, daring and honesty, the tools with which they're about to reshape the world. It's the Beatles in their own time, an amazing story of the ultimate rock band, a focused and colorful telling that builds and builds to leave four sharp lads from Liverpool on the very brink of a whole new kind of fame. Using impeccable research and resources, Tune In is a magisterial work, an independent biography that combines energy, clarity, objectivity, authority and insight. The text is anti-myth, tight and commanding - just like the Beatles themselves. Here is the Beatles story as it really was. Throw away what you think you know and start afresh.

'Mark Lewisohn knows the Fab Four better than they knew themselves' The GuardianThis extended special edition of Mark Lewisohn's magisterial book Tune In is a true collector's item, featuring hundreds of thousands of words of extra material, as well as many extra photographs. It is the complete, uncut and definitive biography of the Beatles' early years, from their family backgrounds through to the moment they're on the cusp of their immense breakthrough at the end of 1962.Designed, printed and bound in Great Britain, this high-quality edition consists of two beautifully produced individual hardbacks printed on New Langely Antique Wove woodfree paper, with red-and-white head and tail bands and red ribbon marker. The two books will sit within a specially designed box and lid featuring soft touch and varnish finishes. The whole product comes shrinkwrapped for extra protection. Mark Lewisohn's biography is the first true and accurate account of the Beatles, a contextual history built upon impeccable research and written with energy, style, objectivity and insight. This extended special edition is for anyone who wishes to own the complete story in all its stunning and extraordinary detail. This is genuinely, and without question, the lasting word from the world-acknowledged authority.'Mark Lewisohn is the world's leading Beatles historian and writer' Nothing is Real - A Beatles Podcast 'An absorbing and enthralling account of the lives of all the leading players, written with integrity and honesty' thecavernclub.com

* First part of the definitive three-volume biography of The Beatles

Bind 1 af den endegyldige Beatles-biografi, Alle disse år, af verdens førende Beatles-ekspert, Mark Lewisohn.Alle disse år er et livsværk. Efter at have arbejdet tredive år som professionel historiker og researcher med og for The Beatles gik Mark Lewisohn i gang med at skrive den biografi og historie, han selv gerne ville læse. Ti år efter foreligger første del, Tune In. Den fører historien frem til nytårsaften 1962 og udforsker de formative år, de mindre synlige år, årene inden Beatlemania. Vi ser John, Paul, George og Ringo blive formet med al deres originalitet, attitude, stil og personlighed af familie, venner, samtiden, kulturen og ikke mindst deres by, Liverpool, som dette også er historien om. I Alle disse år efterprøver Lewisohn alle oplysninger, så de ikke er et resultat af retouchering, forskønnelse eller gætværk. Han følger alt, der blev sagt af The Beatles (og deres nærmeste) til enhver anden på et hvilket som helst tidspunkt. Han inddrager hundredvis af hidtil oversete, ærlige og afslørende interviews og har selv opsporet og talt med yderligere hundredvis af pålidelige vidner. Ikke mindst inddrager hans imponerende forskning alle tænkelige former for dokumenter på private eller offentlige hænder, for historien om verdens største rockband har et vidunderligt væld af skriftlige kilder.Alle disse år er historien om The Beatles, som den virkelig var. Glem alt, du troede at vide, og begynd her.Tune In, første del af Alle disse år, udkommer på dansk i tre bind i den uforkortede udgave, der på engelsk fik titlen The Extended Special Edition. Nærværende bog er således første bind af planlagte ni og går frem til nytårsaften 1959 – på tærsklen til 60’erne.Mark Lewisohn (f. 1958) er anerkendt som verdens førende Beatles-ekspert. Han har skrevet de encyklopædiske værker om gruppens live-optrædener og studieoptagelser, The Beatles Live!, The Beatles’ Recording Sessions og The Complete ­Beatles Chronicles og arbejdede på alle dele af The ­Beatles' Anthology: som konsulent og researcher på tv-serien, som producer George Martins højre hånd på de tre dobbelt-cd’er og som skrivende redaktør på bogen.