Geoff Emerick’s Here, There, and Everywhere is maybe my favorite Beatles related book. Why is that? Because it gives such a fascinating and lifelike perspective on the recording of The Beatles classic albums such as 1967’s Magical Mystery Tour.

I love that the book is concentrated on what was going on within the studio instead of what the guys were doing personally as far as who they were dating and all of that kind of stuff. In comparison other such books are way too targeted on the biography of The Beatles and not enough on the music that made them famous. It’s because of their albums that anyone is interested in their biography in the first place!

The book is not entirely concerning The Beatles, it’s more of a Geoff Emerick biography (with an obvious focus on his time working with The Beatles) but if you’re thinking that that may make it not as interesting, I really don’t think that it does. I really believe it helps make his interactions with The Beatles seem more “real.”

The book’s “realness” is one of the best things about it. I’ve read a heap of books on the band however most of them appear kind of clinical in comparison. They’re often like a bunch of trivia strung together. With this book I really felt like I was there at the studio in the 1960s. Sort of like a fly on the wall, taking it all in.

This book provides a great look into The Beatles as musicians. We get a glimpse at McCartney working tirelessly to get his bass parts perfect and we see George significantly improve his guitar playing skills through the decade.

Geoff Emerick was a very necessary part of the band’s sound throughout their most creative period in the mid ’60s. Incredibly on his first full day as lead engineer he came up with concepts that helped make “Tomorrow Never Knows” sound so incredible.

If you’re interested in shopping for this book you aren’t stuck with buying it on old fashioned paper, you’ll also buy it for your Kindle. If you don’t have a Kindle yet then I recommend shopping for the 9.7″ Kindle DX because of it’s larger size, it makes it far more easy to read. If you live outside of the US, you’ll need to buy a Global Wireless Kindle.