The Beatles as Musicians : Revolver through the Anthology

The Beatles as Musicians : Revolver through the Anthology
Author: Walter Everett Associate Professor of Music in Music Theory University of Michigan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 486
Release: 1999-03-31
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0198029608

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 fresh ideas about melody, harmony, counterpoint, rhythm, form, colors, and textures. Or consider how much new ground was broken by their lyrics alone--both the themes and imagery of the Beatles' poetry are key parts of what made (and still makes) this group so important, so popular, and so imitated. This book is a comprehensive chronological study of every aspect of the Fab Four's musical life--including full examinations of composition, performance practice, recording, and historical context--during their transcendent late period (1966-1970). Rich, authoritative interpretations are interwoven through a documentary study of many thousands of audio, print, and other sources.

The Beatles Literary Anthology

The Beatles Literary Anthology
Author: Mike Evans
Publisher: Plexus Publishing
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

"The Battles Literary Anthology is a unique volume containing over 40 years of interviews, articles, reviews and essays, on subjects ranging from the Fab Four's origins in Liverpool, to their influence on the counterculture of the late 1960s, and beyond to the post-Beatle paths followed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr."--BOOK JACKET.

The Beatles

The Beatles
Author: Hunter Davies
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 548
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780393315714

The worldwide bestseller that defines the band that defined an era.

Still the Greatest

Still the Greatest
Author: Andrew Grant Jackson
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2012-07-20
Genre: Music
ISBN: 081088223X

As recommended by USA Today and excerpted on Rolling Stone.com! More than forty years after breaking up, The Beatles remain the biggest-selling and most influential group in the history of popular music. Fans endlessly replay their songs, craving more, while thousands of cover versions of their songs have been recorded and performed. Band biographies, pop music histories, song books, and academic titles on the Fab Four clutter shelves. But never has there been a definitive guide to the finest songs of The Beatles after they called it quits. Still the Greatest is a love song to the songwriting and recording achievements of Paul, John, George, and Ringo after each struck out on his own. In this creative history, Jackson selects the best songs in each solo career and organizes them into fantasy albums they might have formed had the legendary group stayed together. This romp through the post–Beatles history of each artist delves into the circumstances behind the composition, recording, and reception of each work, offering a refreshing take on how spectacular much of The Beatles’ second act truly is. Jackson assesses the more than seventy albums and nine hundred songs the four collectively released, selecting the crème de la crème of their output. Still the Greatest brims with facts (release dates, writing and performing credits, and information about production techniques) and insightful analyses of the music and lyrics. In telling the stories behind the songs, Jackson recounts the remarkable influence the Post Fab Four continued to have long after the big split. Both a handy reference and an engrossing cover-to-cover read, Still the Greatest is an invaluable companion for those who thought it all ended with the 1970 album Let It Be.

The Beatles Anthology

The Beatles Anthology
Author: The Beatles
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2000-09
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0811826848

Includes primary source material in the form of photographs, transcripts, etc.

The Beatles Lyrics

The Beatles Lyrics
Author: The Beatles
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2010-05-25
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0857123475

The lyrics to all the Beatles' best loved songs. Complete with a full discography, detailing singles, EP's and albums, recording dates and lead singer credits.

The Beatles

The Beatles
Author: Roag Best
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2007-03-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312319267

Profiles the Casbah club and its owner, Mona Best. Looks at the Mersey beat music scene in Liverpool in the late 1950s and 1960s.

The Complete Beatles Chronicle

The Complete Beatles Chronicle
Author: Mark Lewisohn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781569765340

In 1979, Beatles expert Mark Lewisohn set about establishing a complete list of the group’s live appearances from 1957 through 1966, when they stopped giving concerts; the research took seven long years and was published as the book The Beatles Live! Shortly thereafter, EMI Records invited Lewisohn to be the only person outside of the Beatles and their production staff to go into Abbey Road and listen to the entire collection of Beatles session tapes and to interview practically everyone involved in their making. The result was published in 1988 as The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, and sold over 150,000 copies. This book artfully combines and updates all the vital material in Lewisohn’s earlier two books with his definitive account of the Beatles’ work in radio, television, film, and video to create a complete day-by-day summary of the group’s entire oeuvre. First published in 1992, The Complete Beatles Chronicle has become the Beatles Bible, the one book no fan can live without, and a perfect companion to the bestselling Beatles Anthology, which recounted their story in their own words.

The Beatles Book

The Beatles Book
Author: Hunter Davies
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 886
Release: 2016-09-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1473502470

Hunter Davies, the only ever authorised biographer of the group, has produced the essential Beatles guide. Divided into four sections – People, Songs, Places and Broadcast and Cinema – it covers all elements of the band’s history and vividly brings to live every influence that shaped them. Illustrated with material from Hunter's remarkable private collection of artefacts and memorabilia, this is the definitive Beatles treasure.