Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties - Softcover

Ian MacDonald

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9781844138289: Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844138283 ISBN 13: 9781844138289

Publisher: PIMLICO (RAND), 2005

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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.

Updated with material from The Beatles Live at the BBC and the Anthology series, this acclaimed book gets to the heart of The Beatles — their records. It draws on the author’s unique 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. With this engrossing classic of popular criticism, Ian MacDonald shows exactly why the extraordinary songs of the Beatles remain a central and continually surprising presence.

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About the Author:

Ian MacDonald was born in 1948. He was Assistant Editor of the New Musical Express from 1972-75. He 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.

Review:

“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

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