Richie Unterberger



Welcome to the website of Richie Unterberger, author of books on music history and travel, and reviewer of too many albums to count for various books, publications, and databases. Whether you've found my address in my latest books, arrived here via a link from another site, or just typed in my name for the heck of it hoping to find me on the Internet, I'm glad you're checking it out.

My books include The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film; a two-volume history of 1960s folk-rock, Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution and its sequel, Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock ; Unknown Legends of Rock'n'Roll , profiles of sixty of the most interesting cult rock acts of all time; its sequel Urban Spacemen & Wayfaring Strangers: Overlooked Innovators and Eccentric Visionaries of '60s Rock ; and Music USA , a guide to the regional popular music of the United States. I have also written thousands of album reviews and artist biographies for the All Music Guide. For more about my work, go to the About the Author section of this site; for more details about each specific book, click on the appropriate icons.

If you've looked up my Web page, the odds are you're heavily into music, alternative/independent travel, or some combination of the two. This site offers updates on my various books and projects, but also some nifty extras that won't be found in my printed work. Those include complete transcripts of interviews of cult rockers and folk-rockers big and small that I've spoken with while researching my books; otherwise unavailable lists and album reviews for those hungering for even more information along the same lines; and links to like-minded sites where you can find out more about the musicians, albums, and travel destinations I've covered. Click on the book titles on this page for excerpts, lists, interviews, and more info about each one.

My most recent book, published by Backbeat Books in 2006, is The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film, a mammoth 400-page, 300,000-word guide to the incredible wealth of music the Beatles recorded that they did not release, as well as musical footage of the group that hasn't been made commercially available. The 8 1/2" X 11"-sized, illustrated book examines all unreleased studio outtakes, BBC radio recordings from 1962-65, live concert performances, home demos, private tapes, fan club Christmas recordings, and other informal recordings done outside of EMI studios that have escaped into circulation. Chronologically sequenced entries for all the Beatles' unreleased recordings of note from 1957 to 1970 are here, as well as all the unreleased Beatles musical video footage of note from 1961 to 1970. Also included are overviews of songs composed by the Beatles that were never recorded by the group, but given away to other artists; recordings known or rumored to have been made by the group that haven't yet circulated; Beatles compositions never recorded by anyone; coverage of music the group didn't release while active, but later put out on albums such as The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, Live! At the Star-Club, Live at the BBC, Let It Be...Naked, and the Anthology volumes; and a history of Beatles bootlegs. It's written with critical, descriptive analysis emphasizing the music and its most human, artistic qualities—and not just where and when the recordings were made.  Click here for excerpts from the book, a table of contents, and various Beatle-rarity-related lists of items covered in the volume.

Also just out is The Rough Guide to Shopping with a Conscience, co-authored by myself and Duncan Clark. It covers options for ethical food and drink consumption, socially responsible investment and finances, no-sweat clothes, animal-free cosmetics, green energy household and travel alternatives, fair trade goods, consumer boycotts, and much more. Click here for excerpts from the book.

So take a look around, enjoy, and feel free to e-mail me with any questions or feedback.
The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film

Turn! Turn! Turn! Eight Miles High  Urban Spacemen & Wayfaring Strangers Unknown Legends of Rock'n'Roll Music  USA


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