From: super70s@super70s.invalid   
      
   On 2025-08-02 19:16:20 +0000, Nil said:   
      
   > I have a good collection of Beatles books. One of my favorites is Mark   
   > Lewisohn's "The Beatles Recording Sessions" copyright 1988. I was aware   
   > that he had published an expanded version, so I shopped around and   
   > bought a copy of "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions" off of eBay.   
   > It arrived today - oh, joy! Except it turns out that they are both the   
   > same book - the "Complete" version was published in England and the   
   > non-Complete one is American. The title, cover, and publishing credits   
   > are different, but they're otherwise page-for-page identical. Doh!   
   > Didn't do my research. Fortunately, it wasn't expensive.   
   >   
   > Turns out what I *really* wanted was "The Complete Beatles Chronicle",   
   > which includes updated content from "Recording Sessions" plus entries   
   > about their live performances. I found a copy of that for a few dollars   
   > and I'll have it in a week or two.   
      
   I collected Beatles books pretty avidly in the '70s through the '90s,   
   after a while I gave up because what's the point. Seems like 10 new   
   Beatles books get published every year because publishers know there's   
   a built-in audience.   
      
   I remember the first Beatles book I ever bought though -- well I   
   acquired it for free in a radio station contest in 1975. It's "The   
   Beatles - An Illustrated Record" by Roy Carr and Tony Tyler. It has a   
   sticker on the cover, "Thanks for Listening" and below that "WKDA-FM   
   103.3."   
      
   Used to be the hip local station but sadly it went to a country music   
   format several years ago.   
      
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