Reveals the story behind the making of Sgt. Pepper -- how the concept was realised, the stories behind each of the songs, detailed recording information, the genesis of the legendary album cover art, unreleased Pepper songs, personal reminiscences of recording engineers, friends, artists and The Bea[...]

One of the first books in this new series, this pocket guide looks at the Beatles, one of the most influential, innovative, and respected bands of all time. It covers every aspect of the Fab Four, including their music, lyrics, movies, and solo careers.[...]

Språk: Engelska

Beatles karriär i bild och text. Över 220 sidor med klassiska och unika bilder på "the fab four", från karriärens start till sista spelningen tillsammans på taket till Apple records. Nu ingår en CD med Beatles-låtar av bl a Tina Turner och Marvin Gaye.[...]

Critical opinion on The Beatles (aka the 'White Album') in 1968 varies, the record being seen as something of a comedown after the exhilaration of the group's somewhat over-rated predecessor, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In addition, conventional wisdom holds that The Beatles marks the beg[...]

Not too many people know that John Lennon met Paul McCartney while at a church function, or that John was a choirboy. Nor do they know that at the height of their fame in 1965, all four Beatles professed to be atheists. Yet in 1980 John had moved from proudly stating that they were more popular than[...]

En omsorgsfull sammanställd krönika och diskografi om The Beatles' inspelningar mellan åren 1957 och 1962. Hans Olof Gottfridsson har kartlagt den legendariska perioden av The Beatles tidig karriär, med hjälp av många outgivna tapes, olika dokument och intervjuer med nyckelpersoner. För al[...]

Given the phenomenal fame and commercial success that the Beatles knew for the entire course of their familiar career, their music per se has received surprisingly little detailed attention. Not all of their cultural influence can be traced to long hair and flashy clothing; the Beatles had numerous [...]

"There are no definitive histories," writes Elijah Wald, in this provocative reassessment of American popular music, "because the past keeps looking different as the present changes." Earlier musical styles sound different to us today because we hear them through the musical filter of other styles t[...]

Overthrowing the conventional pieties of mainstream jazz and rock history, Elijah Wald traces the evolution of popular music through developing tastes, trends and technologies-including the role of records, radio, jukeboxes and television-to give a fuller, more balanced account of the broad variety [...]