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Book SynopsisThe Beatles as Musicians is a comprehensive, chronologically ordered study of every aspect of the group's musical life--composition, performance, recording and reception histories--in its transcendent late period, from 1966 to 1970. Richly authoritative interpretations are interwoven through a documentary study of many thousands of audio and other sources.
Trade ReviewThe Beatles As Musicians is a well-researched, serious-minded scholarly work that stands easily as the best volume of its genre. Students enrolled in music education programs at the university level will benefit tremendously from many of professor Everett's astute observations and advanced theories concerning the music of The Beatles. As a college-level textbook, this book rates an A+. * Goldmine *
Table of ContentsMap: The Beatles in London PRELUDE: One-Way Ticket, Yeah ONE: Another Kind of Mind There: The Meaning of Within (1966) INTERLUDE: I Know When It's a Dream TWO: Yellow Matter Custard, Green Slop Pie (1967) THREE: So Let It Out and Let It In (1968) FOUR: Let It Be (1969-1970) POSTLUDE: Whatever Happened To...? APPENDIX A: Instruments Played by the Late-Period Beatles APPENDIX B: Musical Friends of the Late-Period Beatles Table of Chord Functions Glossary of Terms Notes References Index of Names and Song Titles Index
