The Beatles Covered: A Pictorial Journey Through Beatles Record Sleeves From Around The World
by Joachim Noske

The definitive encyclopaedia of Fabs cover art

This massive book is a) impossible to hold in one hand because it’s so heavy, b) limited to 500 signed and numbered copies, and c) available at a wallet-threatening price from www. ajonobook.com – or at least it will be for a short while after you read this, because a gazillion Beatles fans worldwide will be snapping it up.

This is exactly as it should be, as The Beatles Covered represents the zenith of over a decade of effort by compiler, and Beatles authority, Joachim Noske. It’s luxuriously bound and slipcased, printed throughout its 800 pages in full colour and contains over 14,000 scans of singles, EPs, LPs, box sets and other related material from all over the world. And we do mean “all over”: each continent gets its own section, and Noske delves deeply into remote territories such as Panama, Taiwan, Angola and everywhere that the tendrils of Parlophone, EMI, Capitol and the various export issues could reach. There’s even a section dedicated to Beatles discography books and related magazines, with RC getting its own page. Unbeatable.

ISBN 9783000265266, 800 pages

Reviewed by Joel McIver
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