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.
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 *
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 *
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 People's Music and The Beatles at No. 1.He died in 2003.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099526797 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099526794 |
| Title | Revolution in the Head |
| Author | Ian Macdonald |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2008-12-04 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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