# Ack!!! The Beatles Anthology goes on sale **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2000, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754 "2000-10-05T12:01:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/1 "2000-10-05T12:01:11Z")
Don’t get me wrong. I like the Beatles. Really. But how much more Fab Four dreck can they possibly hawk? Obla-di obla-da life goes on… ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/2 "2000-10-05T12:25:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChiefScott \* > **But how much more Fab Four dreck can they possibly hawk?** “As much as the Beatles fans will buy–maybe a little more,” says the redhead who encouraged her SO to just go ahead and get it. ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/3 "2000-10-05T12:26:56Z")
“It” being the new Anthology, of course. Didn’t want to confuse and/or excite Chief by leaving them ambiguous. [evil smilies omitted] ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/4 "2000-10-05T13:37:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Peta Tzunami \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by ChiefScott \* > > **But how much more Fab Four dreck can they possibly hawk?** > > “As much as the Beatles fans will buy–maybe a little more,” says the redhead who encouraged her SO to just go ahead and get it. > > \*\* And he did. 🙂 It shipped this morning, 3-7 business days. Woohoo! It shall be placed in an honored position next to the Lewisohn “Studio Sessions” book. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/5 "2000-10-05T13:52:32Z")
> [@](#): > > But how much more Fab Four dreck can they possibly hawk? Given that this is the most definitive history of the Beatles, chronicled comprehensively by the Fab Four, with hundreds of previously unpublished photos, I’d say most everything leading up to this was dreck, but this is the real deal. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/6 "2000-10-05T14:05:18Z")
Wooohoooo!!! I’m so excited. I have been waiting for this for years! They promised a book when they released the first Anthology album. How long was that? 4 or 5 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/7 "2000-10-05T15:05:25Z")
If Jesus Christ came down from the heavens and had a news conference saying, “Here’s a new Bible, personally endorsed by me,” do you think Christians would line up for it? Hell yeah, they would. Count me in as a Beatle Fanatic. I don’t think there’s a book about them I haven’t read. I’ll read this one too. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/8 "2000-10-05T22:00:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChiefScott \* > \*\* But how much more Fab Four dreck can they possibly hawk? > \*\* I’m getting my copy this weekend. It’ll go great next to my copies of Bruce Spizer’s guides to their VeeJay & Capitol recordings! ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/9 "2000-10-22T10:58:56Z")
I’ve gotten thru 100 pages. The little autobiographies in the front were easy to read, and do sound more authentic in the first person. Later, they talk about their instruments with quite a lot of detail. Touring in a small van, some amusing incidents are told. Paul and George wanted to drive. One had the keys, and the other the keys. So they just sat there for quite a while. I don’t plan to buy other Beatle books. Unless one has more on the Hamburg days. Paul comments on Backbeat, the movie. I’d like to see apicture of Bruno Koschmider, club owner and former circus performer… At 7 pounds, you can’t read it in bed. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/10 "2000-10-22T16:36:14Z")
I bought the book, but so far I have been too busy to read it, just look at the pictures. And there are a lot of good pictures. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/11 "2000-10-22T21:04:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sunbear \* > **Touring in a small van, some amusing incidents are told. Paul and George wanted to drive. One had the keys, and the other the keys. So they just sat there for quite a while.** 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/12 "2000-10-22T21:06:35Z")
I had some $15 coupon thingie online, and I found it half-off (yes, **half** -off!) at [buy.com](http://buy.com), so all said and done, I had it for $25 or so. I’m still reading the autobiographies in the beginning, though. Sorry, **pldennison** , but the complete Beatles scores book I was admiring last night is much cooler. It’s about the music, not the people. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/13 "2000-10-22T23:51:23Z")
Sorry, one had the keys and the other occupied the driver’s seat…neither would give up… ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/14 "2000-10-23T00:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ArchiveGuy \* > \*\* > Given that this is the most definitive history of the Beatles, chronicled comprehensively by the Fab Four, with hundreds of previously unpublished photos, I’d say most everything leading up to this was dreck, but this is the real deal. > > \*\* Hey, “The Love You Make” by Peter Brown is an outstanding account of the Fab Four…you take that back. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/15 "2000-10-23T01:04:29Z")
I second MonkeyLucifer. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/16 "2000-10-23T07:34:29Z")
…although I suppose it _was_ some type of quasi-sweeping generalization. Sorry. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-the-beatles-anthology-goes-on-sale/35754/17 "2000-10-28T18:11:35Z")
[http://www.rollingstone.com/sections/magazine/text/FeatureGeneral.asp?afl=&lngFeatureID=103](http://www.rollingstone.com/sections/magazine/text/FeatureGeneral.asp?afl=&lngFeatureID=103) There’s also an interesting interview with Phil Spector (where we learn, among other things, that the album _Imagine_ was done in seven days) and a good piece by David Fricke on Lennon’s “legacy”