One Two Three Four a great book about the Fab Four

This was such a joy to listen to. In fact I've listened to it three times!

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Tour De Force

As a lifelong Beatles fan having grown up in the sixties I thought I knew everything about the subject.
However this book revealed much that I didn’t know and the chosen format of things happening in their ‘time’ in each chapter contextualises this ,sometimes by going backwards from late sixties to early to show developments in areas such as the relationship with Brian Epstein is interesting.
Using the ‘voices’ of fans and others closely associated with the group works well and the use of three narrators with Brown himself telling more recent developments and the other two adopting the accents and persona of a huge variety of protagonists is a novel idea.
If you thought there was nothing else to say about The Beatles this book proves you wrong.
Highly Recommended.

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Fabulous

A refreshing retelling of a well known story. A series of vignettes, anecdotes and recollections charting the rise and rise and eventual disintegration of The Beatles from schoolboy wannabe rockers to cultural icons. At times funny, at times poignant, always informative.

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Beatles Magic

I absolutely loved that. I'm quite emotional having just finished it. A great telling of one of the great stories of all time. The magic Beatles world lives on.

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Love Love Love (yeah yeah yeah)!

This book is a feast-

Getting Kate Robbins to do the female characters was a touch. I double took realising that it wasn’t actually recordings of Margaret Thatcher and Marianne Faithful. Amazing!

This book is such fun; we all know so much about the Beatles already that it didn’t revise my preconceptions of Their individual characters and contribution to music greatly; but Learning about his upbringing has given me more sympathy for John (who I always considered a bit of a pompous t**t).

I love the personal tales of fans and family- so insightful- and I learnt heaps about the history and culture of the time- but in a gossipy, fun, playful way. Like a cosy chat in the pub with your cool uncle who’s met everyone back in the day but is cool and urbane enough to tease back some of the more interesting stories and drop at the right time for maximum impact.

More please! Thanks 🙏

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A must for fans of Beatles trivia

Amazing catalogue of Beatles facts. Not so much on George Martin but a fair bit on Brian Epstein. Well read. It was a bit of a suprise when the book ended. The narrative isn't always linear.

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Riveting

Absolutely Fabulous. The true story, narrated in inimitible style by Craig Bown. Much more fun than Anthology. Endearingl, committed narration. It often sounds like John, Paul, George and Ringo themselves. Didn't realise till the end, that it was Craig Brown as himself.
Ms. Robbins too, imitates female voices to a tee eg. M. Thatcher, Cilla and the very spacey Yoko Ono.{oh no!}
Thoroughly recommended, by me, who thought he already knew everything about the Beatles.

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interesting anecdotes

lots of good curious backstage connected stories. a note on voice impressions were so-so ok.

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An immersive read

This audio book is brilliantly narrated by Mark McGann, Kate Robins and Graig Brown, the voices are so spot on that I find it hard to believe that there was only three narrators.

The book is the best biography of the Beatles I have read. I got lost in the world of the Fab Four in this immersive read.

I’d recommend this book to all Beatles fanatics as much as I would to those who have never read a Beatles biography before.

Just brilliant. Five stars across the board

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Everything you didn't know about The Beatles

There are so many books about The Beatles. You can read them all and become something of an expert about The Fabs. But this one is different - it deals with things you probably rarely or never thought about. A few of them:
- the account of a Hamburg club owner where they played
- taking a tour of Lennon's and McCartney's childhood homes
- what was the story behind the policeman who knocked down and killed Lennon's mum?
- the FULL story of the Ed Sullivan TV show, including the story of other artists who appeared on it
- what is the story - before, during, after - of Jimmie Nicol who replaced Ringo when he had tonsilitis?
- fan accounts of their obsession with one or all of The Beatles
- Aunt Mimi's story
Loosely following the narrative of the emergence, growth, stardom, and end of the group, and taken from contemporary or later accounts and interviews, this is a never less than entertaining passage through some of the more oblique aspects associated with the most famous musicians in pop history.

There are three narrators, and their imitations of the characters involved range from acceptable (George and Ringo) to quite good (Paul). However, I would like to tell one of the three that John's Aunt Mimi is "Me-Me" not "Mimmy"!! but it's a minor irritation. One of the most enjoyable (because unpredictable) Beatle books you'll find.

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