There are a number of songbooks released in the 70s by Warner Brothers, but most have few or no pictures of the Beatles and not as collectible as original 60s books. One of the oddities that’s included is the the copyright for Don't Pass Me By which is listed as published by Apple Publishing as it originally was instead of the updated Startling Music. I have been playing the guitar for decades, but had only learned a few Beatles songs, because they have this reputation for having challenging chords. On the careless end, the transcribed version of The Fool on the Hill is not the Beatles' version but the Sergio Mendes and the Brazil 66 version. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

RAY CONNOLLY has written several novels, including SHADOWS ON A WALL, LOVE OUT OF SEASON and SUNDAY MORNING, the movies and novels THAT'LL BE THE DAY and STARDUST and the television series LYTTON'S DIARY and PERFECT SCOUNDRELS.I thought I knew all songs by The Beatles, but I'm surprised to find some titles I've never heard about. The contents are also transcribed by 4 different arrangers and all are not equal in their attention to detail.

Some songbooks under the title of "concise" follow the same premise but these usually include more than sheet music). We have over 30 years experience in providing musical instruments, music accessories and sheet music. The white album songbooks came with a separate poster that had all four Beatle pictures on one side and the lyrics to the songs on the other, with the album poster pictures printed on the first inside pages of the book itself. I didn't realize that until recently, but many of the songs in those books have been transcribed to piano keys.A complete sheet music/book collection would comprise over 400 pieces, not including countless reissues and variations. And it is here that we have the privilege of witnessing their early drafts, the mistakes, the drift and digressions, the boredom, the excitement, joyous jamming and sudden breakthroughs that led to the work we now know and admire. Hey Jude · I Want to Hold Your Hand · Let It Be · Magical Mystery Tour · Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da · Please Please Me · Ticket to Ride · Twist and Shout · and more. The Beatles: Get Back tells the story of those sessions through transcripts of the band’s candid conversations.

Some books also have outer wraps and these are quite highly sought-after, both because it usually means a well-kept book, especially the back page which was often fully covered, but also because the information on the wrap is unique to that book. Group 1969-1970 joint compositions such as Dig It and the Beatles arrangement of Maggie Mae, while copyrighted to Northern Songs, Harrisongs and Startling Music, were controlled in the USA by Maclen/ATV, hence their appearance in this book.One should note about most "Beatles Complete" songbooks (notable exception, Cherry Lane's "Compleat Beatles") is the song sequence. There are a few unusual (sneaky) chords here in some of the songs, but not any more than a Christmas carol, really, and they are clearly laid out in the chord diagrams. The next sheet is another black cardboard sheet with a green apple similar to the apple in the Magical Mystery Tour Album booklet. It’s available for purchase as CD or Cassette in limited quantity at some point today but also only ships to the UK. I thought I knew every Beatles song intimately, but it turned out there were quite a few I didn't know.

Interesting note- the arrangement of I Me Mine inside this songbook is NOT the version from the album but the movie version. As one of the greatest lyricists of the 20th century and front man of globally loved pop trip, The Walker Brothers, Walker commands huge devotion. Below is a list of all known songbooks from collector sources as well as from the advertisements on the back of some of the books.These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy.