There are a few books on the Beatles recording sessions. I have The Beatles Recording Sessions which is an excellent day to day account of every session they did. It's a large, white coffee table type book that came out around 1989 and has original song titles, who was in the studio each day, how many takes, techniques, on and on. It focuses a lot on ideas they had and how they accomplished or invented gear or methods to get sounds they wanted. Great story on how John wanted to be suspended from the ceiling to be spun around a mic to get a rotating sound on a vocal. (They found an easier way!). Great read and lots of amazing pics. Not sure if it's still in print but well worth finding!
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