Beatles; Editor: Hunter, Stephen; Hardback; Book

Editor: Hunter, Stephen
Hardback; Book
576 pages
Published: November 2002
Plexus Publishing
ISBN: 0859653153

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 changesA unique volume, containing a comprehensive selection of interviews, articles, reviews and essays, ranging from accounts of the group's mercurial rise in 1962, to analyses of their cultural legacy. A unique volume, containing a comprehensive selection of interviews, articles, reviews and essays, ranging from accounts of the group's mercurial rise in 1962, to analyses of their cultural legacy.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.