The Beatles: An Illustrated Record

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The Beatles: An Illustrated Record is a 1975 book by music journalists Roy Carr and Tony Tyler, published by Harmony Books. Updated editions were published in 1978 and 1981.

The book contains an extensive discography of record releases by The Beatles, with critical reviews of each release by Tyler and Carr. Sidebars give a concurrent history of the band, with press clippings, quotes, and photos from each phase of the Beatles's career, including their later solo years.

The book mainly follows the British releases of the Beatles's records. The final section of the book includes a United States discography, and notable foreign releases. The first edition also included a list of bootleg Beatles recordings. Later editions deleted this portion, stating only that they were of generally poor sound quality, and of interest "only to the most die-hard Beatlemaniacs."

The 1981 edition included a tribute section to John Lennon, who had died only months earlier. Also included was a copy of Lennon's own correction to a passage in the first edition, with a copy of an early news clipping to back it up. "Set the 'Illustrated Record' straight!" Lennon wrote.