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List Price: $22.95 | | Publisher: Backbeat Books
Salesrank: 104181
Released: October 1, 2006 |
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| Media: Paperback |
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Editorial Review:
This indispensable guide offers full transcriptions (including tablature and chord names) of ten of Paul McCartney’s most revered bass parts: "You Won’t See Me," "Drive My Car," "The Word," and "In My Life" from Rubber Soul; the classic b-side, "Rain," as well as "Taxman" and "I’m Only Sleeping" from Revolver; "Lovely Rita" from Sgt. Pepper; "Dear Prudence" from The White Album; and "Something" from Abbey Road. Each of these key tracks is analyzed and explained in detail to show today’s bassists how much they can still learn from McCartney’s remarkable skill and imagination.
Paul McCartney - Bass Master - Playing the Great Beatles Basslines (Softcover/Tab) (Book) Reviews:
Paul McCartney Always Deliver & This Book Does Too 
2009-04-12 - This is a great book. It wont give you every McCartney bassline, but its a great read. If you want to know more about the "Guvnor," well this is a great place to start. If you're looking for a book full of tabs/scores, then check out other books. However, if what you want is a historical overview from a musicians point of view, then this will work out nicely. I rate these type books by whether I walked away learning something from the subject and this book delivers in a big way. I read this along with Beatles Gear and its a great top level analysis of the man behind some of the most beautiful basslines in pop music.
Better Stuff Out There 
2008-11-04 - Great book if you are looking for info on one of the most influencial bass players of the last century. However, if you interested in learning his basslines, you would be better off with with "The Beatles 67-70 Bass Recorded Versions", and "The Beatles 62-66 Bass Recorded Versions".
Real Musicianship
2008-09-01 - This is a fascinating book, because it's more musucally aware than 99% of the hundreds of books on music I've read. It's not just anecdotes and instruments, but some very detailed discussion of what choices were made, what technical elements went into the effect, and how the bassline shapes the song. It's not just helpful transcription, but intelligent analysis. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
Finally, McCartney's bass-playing gets its due 
2008-05-19 - Written with wit and verve, this book finally gives McCartney's extraordinary bass-playing its due. By analyzing each Beatles album through the lens of McCartney's bass lines, Bacon and Morgan give us a chance to hear these extraodinary recordings with fresh ears. My only quibble is with their choice of "Something" as "the best piece of bass playing he's evr committed to record." Better than "Rain"? Better than "The Word?" Better than "Taxman"? Better than "It's Getting Better All the Time"? C'mon, guys!
A must-have. The best music book I've ever read
2007-11-27 - The transcriptions are fine, but most of all: this book is brilliantly well written, a delicious reading, and it's clear and deep analysis of Paul's bass lines (along with a lot of background information about recordings, instruments etc) will open your ears for one of the most important features in the never-ending beauty of The Beatles' music. Great job!
