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# 50+ years of Beatles insights Original handwritten lyric scraps Next day UK dispatch The Beatles Lyrics: The Unseen Story Behind Their Music

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## Summary

> 🎸 Unlock the unseen stories behind the Beatles' greatest hits!

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## Key Features

- • **Fast UK Delivery:** Get your copy dispatched from the UK warehouse the very next working day.
- • **See the Lyrics Evolve:** Original handwritten notes and scribbles reveal the creative process behind iconic songs.
- • **Perfect Companion Read:** Pairs seamlessly with other Beatles biographies for a richer fan experience.
- • **Dive Deep into Beatles Lore:** Explore 50+ years of exclusive, behind-the-scenes stories from an authorized Beatles biographer.
- • **Social & Music History in One:** A compelling narrative that captures the cultural impact of the Beatles era.

## Overview

‘The Beatles Lyrics: The Unseen Story Behind Their Music’ by Hunter Davies offers an authoritative, richly detailed exploration of the Beatles' songwriting process, featuring original lyric drafts and personal anecdotes from decades of research. A must-have for serious fans and music history enthusiasts, this book delivers exclusive insights with fast UK dispatch.

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Review: Interesting Beatles facts. - Great for serious Beatles fans. Easy reading and can be read in s,mall doses.
Review: Compelling slice and f social and popular music history. Excellent read - Hunter Davies is an authority on the Beatles. He's written numerous books, including an authorised biography and he spent a lot of time with them, both on tour and in recording studios. I recently read Philip Norman's excellent bio of Paul and this is an excellent companion read to that biography. Davies has, over some 50 years, acquired a large number of original bits of ephemera. Scraps the f paper with jottings, squiggles and amendments, showing the development of many memorable songs. In the recording studios, he retrieved ( with permission) bits of ciggie packets, notepaper etc on which early working notes were made. He's also trawled the world for access to other known written records, so this is a truly comprehensive insight. Combined with his personal knowledge of the Beatles, it's an authoritative and informed account. There are numerous pictures of the scribblings; some not so easy to read on a kindle, but clearer on a tablet. Some of the originals were faded before being reproduced. Davies goes through the Beatles recordings in order, placing each disc in context with some background info. The lyrics and how they sometimes changed make fascinating reading and this is a book I've really enjoyed. A must for any Beatles fan, but also a compelling slice of social and popular music history.

## Features

- Orders are despatched from our UK warehouse next working day.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 33,143 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 10 in Lyrics in Music 11 in Specific Artist Songbooks 12 in Popular Songbooks |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,741 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting Beatles facts.
*by K***L on 3 December 2025*

Great for serious Beatles fans. Easy reading and can be read in s,mall doses.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Compelling slice and f social and popular music history. Excellent read
*by V***A on 21 October 2018*

Hunter Davies is an authority on the Beatles. He's written numerous books, including an authorised biography and he spent a lot of time with them, both on tour and in recording studios. I recently read Philip Norman's excellent bio of Paul and this is an excellent companion read to that biography. Davies has, over some 50 years, acquired a large number of original bits of ephemera. Scraps the f paper with jottings, squiggles and amendments, showing the development of many memorable songs. In the recording studios, he retrieved ( with permission) bits of ciggie packets, notepaper etc on which early working notes were made. He's also trawled the world for access to other known written records, so this is a truly comprehensive insight. Combined with his personal knowledge of the Beatles, it's an authoritative and informed account. There are numerous pictures of the scribblings; some not so easy to read on a kindle, but clearer on a tablet. Some of the originals were faded before being reproduced. Davies goes through the Beatles recordings in order, placing each disc in context with some background info. The lyrics and how they sometimes changed make fascinating reading and this is a book I've really enjoyed. A must for any Beatles fan, but also a compelling slice of social and popular music history.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not as informative as I expected...
*by S***T on 1 April 2022*

I bought this volume on the strength of the Hunter Davies name. I read his brilliant biography of the Beatles years ago I had high expectations of a similar-level volume this time around. Unfortunately, I felt extremely let down by the content. Davies was 'there' when a lot of the songs were composed or in the process of being put together, yet his insights suffer from either a poor memory - his or the relevant Beatle - or lack of corroborative information from other sources more times than I was happy with. However, in saying all that, it IS an interesting read, nonetheless. As a Beatles fan you'll probably want to add it to your Beatles memorabilia collection. I can certainly recommend it that far as that's what I have done :-)

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