| The Beatles Literary Anthology Contributor(s): Evans, Mike (Author), Hunter, Stephen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0859653153 ISBN-13: 9780859653152 Publisher: Plexus Publishing OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2004 Annotation: Spanning 40 years, The Beatles Literary Anthology compiles accounts of the Beatles by mainstream reporters, rock journalists, cultural commentators, acquaintances, and friends, including Greil Marcus and Geroge Melly. This extensive collection recounts the groups rise from the Merseybeat music scene; the British invasion that made them icons in the U.S.; their experimentation with song structure and sound-recording technique that redefined pop music; their embracing of psychedelic drugs and pacifism; and the separate paths band members followed after their acrimonious breakup. The Beatles influence on the baby boom generation is also acknowledged in essays by writers on both sides of the pop-culture divide. Conveying the excitement of youth culture during the great social changes of the 1960s, the writers underscore the extremes of a career virtually unparalleled in mass-media history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Rock - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.58" H x 6.54" W x 9.32" (1.89 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Compiles accounts of the Beatles by mainstream reporters, rock journalists, cultural commentators, acquaintances, and friends to trace the group's rise to stardom, unique song structure and recording techniques, embrace of psychedelic drugs and pacifism, and much more. |