The Beatles: An Illustrated Record is a 1975 book by music journalists Roy Carr and Tony Tyler, published by Harmony Books (ISBNÃ, 0-517-52045-1). Updated editions were published in 1978 and 1981.
Formed in the same form as the LP records, the fancy book contains an extensive discography of the recording release by The Beatles, with a critical review of every release by Tyler and Carr. Sidebars gives the band history together, with press clippings, quotes, and photos of every phase of the Beatles career, including their post-breakout solo years.
The book mainly follows the English release of the Beatles record, and helps inform American audiences unfamiliar with the sequence. This continued, following the group's split in 1970, by reviewing each solo album and single. The authors are especially direct and unforgiving in their judgment of the former Beatles solo release. In particular, Carr and Tyler generally underestimated George Harrison's early solo work, even the All Things Must Pass triple album, which is generally regarded as one of the best solo releases.
The last part of the book includes US discography, and a famous foreign release. The first edition also includes a list of pirated Beatles recordings.
Illustrative Record is a commercial success, reaching number two on the New York Times Best Seller List for trading novels. Its reported sales of 250,000 copies made it the best-selling Beatles book.
The next edition removes pirated parts, stating only that they have poor sound quality, and draw "only for the toughest Beatlemaniac". The 1981 edition included a tribute to John Lennon, who died just a few months earlier. Also includes a copy of Lennon's own corrections for a section in the first edition, with a copy of the original news clippings to support him. "Set 'Illustrated Recordings' instantly!" Lennon wrote.
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