Ribbons of Rust: The Beatles' Recording History in Context is this first installment of a multi-volume series, building out the history of everything The Beatles did in the recording studio to reveal the influences around them and the world they created in. I (Robert Rodriguez)  am the author of or contributor to over half a dozen Beatles books, while Jerry Hammack is the creator of the five-volume Beatles Recording Reference Manual series. Both of us are award-winners as well. 
The book comes in standard mono(chrome) edition, richly illustrated in black and white, as well as the deluxe full colour edition. Both volumes are filed with QR codes, linking readers fo British Pathe newsreels, music and other sights and sounds of the era. The Beatles' times are brought to life thusly for a fully immersive experience. 
To give a proper assessment of this first joint project, we convened: 

• two 1st-gen fans 
• two Brits
• two academics
• two beatles authors
• one woman
• one record producer
• one person who worked with all four ex-Beatles beginning the year of their break-up. 

This all boiled down to three people: 
producer John Leckie (Radiohead - XTC - Stone Roses - Simple Minds - Dukes of Stratosphear - many more) 

Sibbie O'Sullivan (author of My Private Lennon: Explorations for a fan Who Never Screamed)

Richard Mills (author of The Beatles and Fandom and the just-published The Beatles and Black Music) We also included some "civilians" who'd read the book as well. 

Here's what they had to say. For more info (including a "look inside" and book trailer), visit http://www.ribbonsfrust.net 

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