Revolution In The Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties

Revolution In The Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties

by IanMacDonald (Author)

Synopsis

As dazzling as the decade they dominated, The Beatles almost single-handedly created pop music as we know it. Today, their songs are cited as seminal influences by stars like Oasis, Blur and Kula Shaker. Eloquently giving voice to their time, The Beatles quite simply changed the world. Fully updated to include material from The Beatles Live at the BBC and the Anthology series, this acclaimed book goes back to the heart of The Beatles - their records. Drawing on a unique resource of knowledge and experience to 'read' their 241 tracks - chronologically from their first amateur efforts in 1957 to 'Real Love', their final 'reunion' recording in 1995 - Ian MacDonald has created an engrossing classic of popular criticism in which the extraordinary songs of The Beatles remain a central and continually surprising presence.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 544
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 02 Jun 2005

ISBN 10: 1844138283
ISBN 13: 9781844138289
Book Overview: Fully updated classic of popular criticism of the world s most popular songs from the world s most popular group The Beatles

Media Reviews
MacDonald's inspired critique has become the work against which all other Beatles books are measured. -- Observer Arguably the most indispensable Beatles book ever published has just become more indispensable. -- Uncut A triumph -- compelling, seductive, delightful. --Nick Hornby
Author Bio
Ian MacDonald was born in 1948. A writer with many interests, he was Assistant Editor of the New Musical Express during 1972-5. He has also worked as a songwriter and record producer, and is the author of The New Shostakovich, The People's Music and The Beatles at No. 1. He died in 2003.