Feb 24, 2019
Back in 2000, Chip Madinger
and Mark Easter produced an exhaustive study of every extant
recording of the solo Beatles, up to that very year: studio
sessions, live concerts and broadcasts. Eight Arms To Hold
You was a one-of-a-kind detailed examination of what the
four ex-Beatles did musically, when and with whom. The book went
out of print, but the good news is, it’s back (in PDF form) and
updated with another 20,000 words, further detailing the ground
covered (though it still ends at 2000).
I talked with Mark and Chip about the lay of the land, unreleased recording-wise; what else is out there and what we can make of what we have been given.
Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium (2018 edition) can be found here.
Lennonology: A Scrapbook of Madness, by Chip and Scott
Raile, can be found here.