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The Beatles: Get Back Hardcover – Illustrated, October 12, 2021

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The most anticipated book in more than a decade by the legendary band, The Beatles: Get Back is the official account of the creation of their final album, Let It Be, told in The Beatles’ own words, illustrated with hundreds of previously unpublished images, including photos by Ethan A. Russell and Linda McCartney. Half a century after the 1970 Let It Be album and film, this milestone book coincides with the global release of Peter Jackson’s documentary feature film, The Beatles: Get Back.

The book opens in January 1969, the beginning of The Beatles’ last year as a band. The BEATLES (The White Album) is at number one in the charts and the foursome gather in London for a new project. Over 21 days, first at Twickenham Film Studios and then at their own brand-new Apple Studios, with cameras and tape recorders documenting every day’s work and conversations, the band rehearse a huge number of songs, culminating in their final concert, which famously takes place on the rooftop of their own office building, bringing central London to a halt.

The Beatles: Get Back tells the story of those sessions through transcripts of the band’s candid conversations. Drawing on over 120 hours of sound recordings, leading music writer John Harris edits the richly captivating text to give us a fly-on-the-wall experience of being there in the studios. These sessions come vividly to life through hundreds of unpublished, extraordinary images by two photographers who had special access to their sessions—Ethan A. Russell and Linda Eastman (who married Paul McCartney two months later). Also included are many unseen high-resolution film-frames, selected from the 55 hours of restored footage from which Peter Jackson’s documentary is also drawn.

Legend has it that these sessions were a grim time for a band falling apart. However, as acclaimed novelist Hanif Kureishi writes in his introduction, “In fact this was a productive time for them, when they created some of their best work. And it is here that we have the privilege of witnessing their early drafts, the mistakes, the drift and digressions, the boredom, the excitement, joyous jamming and sudden breakthroughs that led to the work we now know and admire." Half a century after their final performance, this book completes the story of the creative genius, timeless music, and inspiring legacy of The Beatles.

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    9.85 x 1.5 x 11.88 inches
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"The book has Russell and McCartney photos, text from Peter Jackson and Hanif Kureishi, but best of all, verbatim transcripts from the sessions, which read on the page almost like Samuel Beckett dialogue." —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone

"It's remarkable how much of Get Back reads like it could be adaptable into an off-Broadway play, full of dark comedy and rich insight about what can and can't emerge out of ego and compromise among longtime partners approaching a crossroads." —Chris Wilman, Variety

The Get Back book is curiously fascinating, even (especially?) at its most mundane, like a full page of the band debating their lunch orders." —Alan Light, Vanity Fair

"Get Back will prove to be thoroughly absorbing for most Beatles followers, since it does loosely tell a story — not to mention the fact that John Lennon and Paul McCartney are just damned funny fellows, left to their own jocular devices as unwitting dialogue writers." —Chris Wilman, Variety

"Most of all, they found joy in the music again, something they’d been missing for a while. Despite how the story is often told, the songs of Let It Be weren’t about a band falling apart, but a group of old friends discovering that they still liked making music together." —Eric Spitznagel, New York Post

"Lavishly illustrated with photos and film stills, this ultra-specialized volume from editor Harris transcribes the studio banter among the Beatles in January 1969 as they created the Let It Be album and the Get Back documentary." —David P. Szatmary, Library Journal

"So there is tension and conflict in these transcripts, but there is also a lot of love. That balance is what might make the book The Beatles: Get Back the ultimate document of the Get Back sessions" —Mike Segretto, Psychobabble

"The book, beautifully produced by Callaway, is nothing like the rushed job that accompanied Let It Be." —Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Air Mail

"It would be fair to say that today Let it Be symbolizes the breaking-up of The Beatles. That’s the mythology, the truth is somewhat different. The real story of Let It Be has been locked in the vaults of Apple Corps for the last 50 years." —Peter Jackson

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THE BEATLES are the bestselling music act of all time. Between 1962 and 1970 John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr released thirteen albums as a band, made five films together, and topped the charts all over the world. Until 1966 they toured the world to unprecedented mass acclaim, inspiring the phenomenon of Beatlemania. Their creativity stretched the possibilities of popular music and ― working with their producer George Martin ― they revolutionized studio recording processes. They had an unrivalled impact on the music industry, fashion, popular culture and society in the 1960s and beyond, and their influence persists today.

PETER JACKSON is an Academy Award winning director, producer and screenwriter. His films include The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies as well as the BAFTA nominated World War One documentary They Shall Not Grow Old. In 2018 he began work on a new documentary about The Beatles' 1969 Let It Be sessions, making use of the 55 hours of footage that have never been seen.

HANIF KUREISHI is the author of The Buddha of Suburbia, which won the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel, The Black Album, Intimacy, The Last Word, The Nothing, and What Happened? His screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. Kureishi has been awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the PEN Pinter Prize, and is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His work has been translated into thirty-six languages.

JOHN HARRIS writes for The Guardian and Mojo magazine. His books include The Last Party, about the culture of the 1990s, and the definitive account of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon. In 2018, he contributed an essay to the 50th anniversary edition of The Beatles’ White Album.

ETHAN A. RUSSELL is a multiple Grammy®-nominated photographer, director and author of four books. He is the only photographer to have shot covers for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who. He was invited by The Beatles to photograph the band’s recording sessions in January 1969 and his images adorn the sleeve of the Let It Be album.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Callaway Arts & Entertainment; Illustrated edition (October 12, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0935112960
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0935112962
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.37 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.85 x 1.5 x 11.88 inches
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El souvenir coleccionable perfecto para la película
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El souvenir coleccionable perfecto para la película
Muchas ilustraciones, gran diagramación y las historias (aún no termino de leerlas todas) están geniales. El souvenir coleccionable perfecto para la película de Peter Jackson que saldrá dentro de un par de días.
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Jackie Mehler
5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive
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This book is spectacular. It offers the dialogue from the latest incarnation of the Let It Be sessions plus incredible photographs. It's a true necessity for all Beatles fans, and a true insight into their creative process for all music lovers.
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Jacob Van Antwerp
5.0 out of 5 stars Makes for a perfect Christmas gift!
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Last year I ordered this for my mom as a Christmas present! She's a huge fan of the Beatles, so she really loves it!
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Susy
5.0 out of 5 stars bello y de excelente calidad
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2024
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mi novio es fanatico y esta encantado con su regalo , me encanto
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Rick
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Beatles Book
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2021
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Yes, this WAS worth waiting for! Callaway have done a superb production job with this book, it's not a cheap "any-old-thing-will-do" book, it will grace any bookshelf.

The content is just fine, including the essays that were not necessary for the 1969 edition! The transcripts are slightly different too, a little more sweary, but that's a true portrait. Some of the original text has been omitted too.

The pictures are fab. Others say blurry, I'd say grainy, just as they were originally.

The price is reasonable too, especially those of us who pre-ordered!

So glad to have this beautiful book to compliment my original Get Back book which fell to pieces years ago. This one won't suffer the same fate.
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Michele S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2022
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I purchased this hardcover book for my husbands 77th birthday mainly because he likes the Beatles and he watched the tv special by the same title. This book is nicely illustrated and includes the dialog and great photos from that tv special. At 240 pages long its the official account of the creation of their final album LET IT BE told in the Beatles’ own words and illustrated with hundreds of photos never seen before. The book opens in January 1969, the beginning of their last year as a band. If you’re a Beatles fan you HAVE to get this book! It will also make a great coffee table book and great conversation starter.
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Mark K
5.0 out of 5 stars Great item for all Beatles fans
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2023
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Highly recommended for all Beatles fans!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect gift
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Shipping was fast and was extremely well packaged, I was very impressed and will recommend this seller. This is a perfect gift for any Beatles lover!
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John Yeara
5.0 out of 5 stars The Beatles aren't back; they never went away!
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What's to say other than it's the Beatles! It's great to have some insight into the let it be album. Every
family has there moments, but it was nice to see you that it wasn't all gloom, like the movie 'Let it Be'. I saw the documentary that goes with the book and I don't recall any of them raising their voices to each other so how bad could it really be. Love the insights on how they worked and how the lyrics the songs evolved just by everybody throwing stuff out there. I have done some songwriting and one of the things that's always the toughest for me is the lyrics... But I never had three other guys that through lines at me until I found someone to fit. I love when John Lennon was trying to help George with the song Something, "something in the way she moves attracts me like a pomegranate". Hilarious!
There's a reason that they are the Beatles and we are all everybody else.
Greatest musical group of all time hands down!
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Claude Couillard
5.0 out of 5 stars very good fot beatles history
Reviewed in Canada on November 24, 2023
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to learn for beatles history
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5.0 out of 5 stars Padrão Beatles de qualidade
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A Amazon cumpre o que promete e traz o impecável livro Get Back em inglês,capa dura e páginas com material de altissima qualidade.
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Ubaldo Cortes
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente libro, mal empaquetado.
Reviewed in Mexico on December 24, 2021
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Como fan de toda mi corta vida, no tengo nada que decir aparte que el libro es genial.

El empaquetado es otra historia, creo que podrían invertir 5 pesos más en papel burbuja para que los libros que uno espera tener, lleguen en buenas condiciones, en este caso de nuevo existe un poco de deformación en una esquina del libro que no afecta su integridad ni me molesta mucho pero dejo de ser perfecto.
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5.0 out of 5 stars EXTRORDINARIO
Reviewed in Spain on November 2, 2023
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Los libros son sagrados. Y caros.
Éste ha sido un regalo a ese precio.
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archie
5.0 out of 5 stars Il libro dei Beatles in originale
Reviewed in Italy on January 21, 2023
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Una fantastica offerta di Amazon dedicata a tutti i fans dei Beatles: l'acquisto del loro libro Get Back a prezzo scontato e nella versione originale in inglese. Il volume è sontuoso, in carta spessa e con foto rare e o iconiche tratte dal documentario TV . Per gli appassionati più pignoli ci sono pure le trascrizioni fedeli dei dialoghi dei musicisti registrati durante le sedute di registrazione del loro album Let It Be.
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