tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359336481995177519.post8373646596346530952..comments2008-07-21T19:52:33.603-04:00mister muleboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359336481995177519.post-79867958756662795762008-07-21T19:52:00.000-04:002008-07-21T19:52:00.000-04:00Oh, and to your original point about "Within You Without You" - Illustrated Record just dismisses it as a lame remake of "Love You To" and says it's inferior Bollywood fare. I don't know about you, but to my ears today it's probably more musically sophisticated and emotionally compelling than anything on SGT PEPPER except perhaps "A Day in the Life."<BR/><BR/>I really love the outlook in the lyrics and am eternally amazed by the "East-meets-West" marriage of George Martin's string section with the classical Indian instrumentation.<BR/><BR/>OK I'll shut up now.The Jestaplerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767728164957616364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359336481995177519.post-81958197254060937162008-07-21T19:36:00.000-04:002008-07-21T19:36:00.000-04:00Wow, I had no idea how prevalent this was. ILLUSTRATED RECORD was the Bible. For me, for Circus Guy, and our other childhood BeatleFanCompatriot Matt-who-just-played-Galaxy-Hut. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if my extreme fondness for George's solo work might have its roots in the appallingly unfair treatment he received in that book.<BR/><BR/>That damned book is so ingrained in my psyche I wonder if I actually learned in part how to express myself through total immersion in it.<BR/><BR/>I have two copies. I bought an updated one (goes through 33 1/3, WINGS OVER AMERICA, and RINGO IV!) at a rummage sale in Harlem circa 1994.The Jestaplerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767728164957616364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359336481995177519.post-57500686851832304792008-07-21T17:58:00.000-04:002008-07-21T17:58:00.000-04:00well, Beatles-chick, this means that our life-long friendships may have sprung from this under-discussed well. <BR/><BR/>I lived that book from '75-76 on, and a recent discussion with misterparker revealed he was just outside Nashville doing the same thing.<BR/><BR/>If it's any consolation: any inspection of my <I>corpus</I> reveals unequivocally that <B><I>my</I></B> binding disintegrated completely too . . . .Sir George Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08305650865266725372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359336481995177519.post-75169247270297220132008-07-21T17:23:00.000-04:002008-07-21T17:23:00.000-04:00Wow. This inspired me to seek out my own copy of Illustrated Record, so I could see how many well-worn pieces it was left in. Only to find that the binding disintegrated completely . . . It was like our Beatles' Bible in 1975-76, there just wasn't a wealth of material at that time -- Anne, Chris and I used to go to the public library and seek out old photos and articles in the periodicals for information.<BR/><BR/>Will have to make a point to read thru the IR again. <BR/>And then maybe "Growing up with the Beatles' . . . :)lupnernoreply@blogger.com