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'No book has taken us closer to the music of the Beatles' Tony Parsons 'Consistently brilliant' SUNDAY TIMES 'Essential' Q The Beatles achievement was so dazzling, so extraordinary, that few have questioned it. Agreement that they were far and away the best pop group ever is all but universal. And nowhere is the spirit of the Sixties - both in its soaring optimism and its drug-spirited introspection - more perfectly expressed than in the Beatles' music. Taking all the elements which combined to create each song as it was captured on vinyl - the songwriting process, the stimuli of contemporary pop hits and events, the evolving input from each of the Four, the brilliant innovations pulled off in the studio and, ultimately, the twisting grip of psychedelic drugs - the Beatles are pinpointed, record by record, in precise and fascinating detail against the backdrop of that vibrant era.
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Revolution in the Head, Ian McDonald
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- Released
- 1995
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- Title
- Revolution in the Head
- Subtitle
- The Beatles' Records and the Sixties
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ian McDonald
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 388
- ISBN10
- 0712662081
- ISBN13
- 9780712662086
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, History, Art, Music, 1960s, Music Bands, The Beatles, John Lennon, 1940-1980, Paul McCartney, 1942, George Harrison, 1943-2001, Ringo Starr, 1940
- First published
- 1994
- Original title
- Revolution in the Head
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
- Description
- 'No book has taken us closer to the music of the Beatles' Tony Parsons 'Consistently brilliant' SUNDAY TIMES 'Essential' Q The Beatles achievement was so dazzling, so extraordinary, that few have questioned it. Agreement that they were far and away the best pop group ever is all but universal. And nowhere is the spirit of the Sixties - both in its soaring optimism and its drug-spirited introspection - more perfectly expressed than in the Beatles' music. Taking all the elements which combined to create each song as it was captured on vinyl - the songwriting process, the stimuli of contemporary pop hits and events, the evolving input from each of the Four, the brilliant innovations pulled off in the studio and, ultimately, the twisting grip of psychedelic drugs - the Beatles are pinpointed, record by record, in precise and fascinating detail against the backdrop of that vibrant era.