[.ca] Abbey Road to Zapple Records: The Beatles Encyclopedia (ISBN 0878332405)

absolutely fabulous:
This book is the most comprehensive book of facts that I have ever read about the Beatles. Anything that you want to know about them is here. All the questions and myths are answered in an easy to read and entertaining format.

GREAT investment for Beatles fans:
My Beatles CDs sound ten times better thanks to this book. In addition to the songwriting, one of the things I love most about the Beatles is how lushly produced their music is. Thanks to this book, I can quickly look up any song title and get "the stories behind the songs". Basically, this is a well-researched, well-written guide laid out in an incredibly useful format. A must.

Entertaining but not always accurate.:
This book is definitely entertaining, I found out some new things about my favorite group. I noticed though, that there are many mistakes in information. Some of them were small, like mistakes in picture captions. Others stuck out like a sore thumb and would surely be noticed by a true Beatles fan. This is a good book for someone that is looking to learn about the Beatles, but it may not be the best choice for someone that already knows a great deal.

Abbey Road to Zapple Records:
This was a great book! All of my Beatles questions were answered. I would definently reccomend this book for any Beatles fan.

Abbey Road to Zapple Records - a review:
With Abbey Road to Zapple Records, Judson Knight presents an encyclopedia of detailed information about the fab four's music. It is an collection of musical moments, in the true tradition of aphoristic thought, about a piece of the mosaic of the Beatles professional career. The rationale for this book by Judson Knight is one formulated by John Cage for any exegesis of music. It is, that "a composer knows his work as a woodsman knows his path he has traced and retraced, while the listener is confronted by the same work as one is in the woods by a plant he has never seen before". Abbey Road to Zapple Records is the woodsmen's novices guide to the genesis if the Beatles' music. In enjoying, listening and studying the Beatles' work, this book is, what the Gilbert is for reading the Ulysses. Anyone who sincerely considers The Beatles' will have to take Knights' book at hand.