Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties by Ian MacDonald (En

Description: Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This extraordinary work of popular criticism provides the story behind every single Beatles song ever recorded. Unprecedented and unparalleled.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 and Blur. 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. Notes The story behind every single Beatles song. Author Biography 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 Peoples Music and The Beatles at No. 1.He died in 2003. Review His essays are a brilliant summation of the cultural sea change that the Beatles benefitted from and helped to create, and it also contains a clear-headed and unsentimental review of every song they recorded. -- Paul Hanley * The Big Issue *The finest piece of fabs scholarship ever published * Mojo * The masterpiece The Beatles deserved -- Max Bell * Vox *The most sustained brilliant piece of pop criticism and scholarship for years. An astonishing achievement -- Stuart Maconie * Q * No book has ever taken us closer to the actual music of The Beatles...A brilliant piece of work -- Tony Parsons * Daily Telegraph * Promotional This extraordinary work of popular criticism provides the story behind every single Beatles song ever recorded. Unprecedented and unparalleled. Review Text His essays are a brilliant summation of the cultural sea change that the Beatles benefitted from and helped to create, and it also contains a clear-headed and unsentimental review of every song they recorded. Review Quote "MacDonalds 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 Promotional "Headline" This extraordinary work of popular criticism provides the story behind every single Beatles song ever recorded. Unprecedented and unparalleled. Details ISBN0099526794 Author Ian MacDonald Pages 544 Year 2008 ISBN-10 0099526794 ISBN-13 9780099526797 Format Paperback Publication Date 2008-12-04 Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 782.421660922 Media Book Language English Publisher Vintage Publishing Subtitle The Beatles Records and the Sixties Short Title Revolution in the Head Edition 2nd UK Release Date 2008-12-04 AU Release Date 2008-12-04 NZ Release Date 2008-12-04 Translator Olga Meerson Birth 1969 Affiliation Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, India Position UN Under-Secretary General and Rector Qualifications QC Alternative 9781448163854 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:20613459;

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