The Beatles 1 - Recorded Version Guitar [Paperback] Review

The previous reviews shown here have nothing to do with this book. They appear to be for "The Beatles Paperback Songbook", which does look to be small and not necessarily accurate.
"The Beatles 1 - Recorded Version Guitar" appears to be exactly what it says: transriptions of the recorded versions. My guitar teacher has spent a couple of sessions breaking down "Day Tripper" off of the CD for me. What this professional musician came up with for this song is almost verbatim what is published in this book. So now I have it written out in a form that I can actually read (and correct as needed). It is a full-size (8.5x11) music book and I look forward to working my way through it.

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Product Description:
No band on earth but The Beatles could have a greatest hits compilation top the charts more than 30 years after breaking up! In a few short months, the CD 1 - featuring The Beatles' 27 British and American Number One singles - has sold more than 20 million copies and is well on its way to becoming the best-selling album of all time.We are very proud to present these matching songbooks to this landmark release. Songs include: All You Need Is Love * The Ballad of John and Yoko * Can't Buy Me Love * Come Together * Day Tripper * Eight Days a Week * Eleanor Rigby * From Me to You * Get Back * A Hard Day's Night * Hello, Goodbye * Help! * Hey Jude * I Feel Fine * I Want to Hold Your Hand * Lady Madonna * Let It Be * The Long and Winding Road * Love Me Do * Paperback Writer * Penny Lane * She Loves You * Something * Ticket to Ride * We Can Work It Out * Yellow Submarine * Yesterday.

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The Beatles Keyboard Book (Keyboard Recorded Versions) [Paperback] Review

Excellent for piano players in that it shows the exact keyboard transcriptions for a number of Beatles songs. However, there's more than a couple that shouldn't even be in here (like All You Need is Love). Songs like Come Together and Get Back are there just so we can be shown the keyboard solos, the rest of the song (guitar and bass arranged for piano) can be ignored.

Also, there's a number of good piano-based Beatles songs that are absent, most notably Hey Bulldog. Others that should have been included are Sexy Sadie, Honey Pie, and Lovely Rita. Personally, I would have also liked to see Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight. But it's great to have some lesser known songs like Martha My Dear, which have great piano parts.

The book also provides the lyrics and the right key for the vocals above the piano parts if you want to sing along as well. The Beatles weren't fantastic piano players, so the songs in here are quite easy (except maybe the ones Billy Preston plays on) but still a lot of fun. Well worth your money, especially for songs like Hey Jude, Let It Be, and You Never Give Me Your Money.

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Exact keyboard transcriptions for 23 Beatles favorites, including: Back in the U.S.S.R. * Birthday * Hey Jude * Let It Be * Revolution * With a Little Help from My Friends * and more.

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