以下建议可以帮助获得更好的阅读体验。
我们用文字，图像以及音效来诉说这个故事。所以我强烈建议您用大屏幕电脑和最好的音效设备来阅读此书。您当然可以选择用手机来看但是—相信我—通过电脑和音箱您绝对会体验更多。
打开书本后，熟悉操作屏幕下方的“仪盘表“。有以下5个按键：
想要获得更好的视角，点击右下方的图标—屏幕会变成全屏视角。
紧挨着全屏图标左边的是音效。所以你一定要打开它！
翻开书页—往前翻或者往后翻—只需要按底部中间的箭头即可。
如果您是喜欢“自动驾驶“风格阅读者，在箭头左方有个图标，它可以帮助您自动翻动书页。
最后一个图标在最左边，它可以帮助您放大任何您喜欢的页面。点击这里
可以直接连接到此书。尽情享受阅读之旅吧！
M. Frank
请在下方留言，谢谢！
Just fab!
Thanks Terry.
Perhaps ‘gear’ too?
M.
A great job done by all and The Beatles weren’t half bad either.
Well produced and easy to navigate clearly a lot of time and thought went into what you put in (and what you left out), I thought the balance in this respect was just right. Too much and therefore too long, you can lose your audience.
However “With The Beatles” you’re hardly likely to lose any audience.
The quotes were an excellent idea. The many American releases, that are less familiar here in the UK, make for an interesting contrast to what I recall from my upbringing in England.
Well done again.
Bill,
A lot of time – nearly 3 years – went into deciding what we put in (and what we left out). A very perceptive observation on your part.
The quotes were our Graphic Designer’s idea. All credit goes to her!
I was really conflicted over how much attention to give to the American releases vs the British ones. The Beatles were very frustrated by the way Capitol Records marketed them in America. They finally wrestled control away from Capitol with ‘Sgt. Pepper’ and kept that control ever after.
Thanks again for your kind words.
M
Michael,
What a marvelous piece of work you and your team have produced – many congratulations. Exceptional in every sense of the word! It brought back fond memories of my time in the 60’s when the world of music was dominated by the Fab 4. Thank you for rekindling those times in such an elaborate and evocative manner.
Really looking forward to the next step in the trilogy.
Ray
Ray,
High praise indeed! I’m touched.
It truly was a team effort. I’m not being humble when I say that I ‘only’ did the writing. The book would never have been finished without our Editor. And most of the positive feedback seems focused on the Graphics & the music.
Thanks also for sharing the book with your fellow ‘muckers.’ I’ve already heard from some of them!
M
I just wanted to comment most positively on your recent publication “Becoming Sgt. Pepper”.
It was a real trip down memory lane for me being of an age to have enjoyed every Beatles’ song as each was released. A few years after they disbanded my pop group The Scales of Justice played practically all the music that they had recorded.
But back to Becoming Sgt. Pepper….I loved the gently authoritative writing style of your publication with the facts rolled out in respect of each song. The book brought to my attention the subtle differences of some of the singles but mainly the content of some of the albums that were released in the States compared with the UK. I’m glad they quickly dropped the disturbing cover on Yesterday and Today! I had also not remembered the PR fiasco of their tour of the Philippines – upsetting Imelda Marcos, not a good idea.
The structure of your publication combining the prose with the associated song was particularly clever
All in all a very creative piece of work
Dave,
I greatly prefer the way Parlophone Records (the Beatles UK label) released the Beatles music – compared to the way Capitol Records handled it in America.
Parlophone was much less aggressive and basically released what the Beatles wanted released. But in America, Capitol was simply trying to release as much material as possible – as fast as possible.
This was a real sore point for the Beatles. And it was only when they re-negotiated their contracts with Capitol that they gained the upper hand and took control of what was released in America. Sgt. Pepper was the first album to contain identical material on both sides of the Atlantic.
Thanks again Dave.
M
I loved it. I had
forgot what really happened to cause the downfall. but the music was the best listening to all the old songs that ring true for today yet.
Hi Sandy. Thanks for your kind words. I completely agree with you: the old songs still sound great today!
M