Tracing the development of the Beatles song-by-song, this book places the group in the wider cultural context of the '60s. It considers 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 the bandmembers, the innovations pulled off in the studio and the influence of psychedelic drugs - all set against the backdrop of the era.
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"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
A great critical and commercial success in hardback, this is the ultimate Beatles Book; the ultimate book about the Sixties. 'If you want to know about the Sixties, play the music of the Beatles' Aaron Copland 'The finest piece of Fabs scholarship ever published' MOJO
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