Summary
The very best pieces from the UK’s finest rock journalist.
From the author of the acclaimed Revolution in the Head, Ian MacDonald takes us on a journey through the music of the sixties and seventies. Starting with one of the most important assessments of Bob Dylan to appear in print for many years, these essays range from the psychedelia of the Beatles and the rebellion of the Rolling Stones to the political activism of John Lennon, the ‘dark doings’ of David Bowie and the sp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844130931 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844130932 |
| Author: | Ian MacDonald |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Pimlico |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2003 |
| Weight: | 291g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 20mm |
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“After finishing it, I went out and bought a pile of Beatles CDs and listened to the songs properly for the first time in my life… Quite brilliant.” – Nick Hornby
A triumph - compelling, seductive, delightful * Nick Hornby *
An unprecedented critical feat… The most powerful and enlightening work on British pop since Jon Savage’s England’s Dreaming * Time Out *
No book has ever taken us closer to the actual music of The Beatles… A brilliant piece of work – Tony Parsons
The most sustainedly brilliant piece of pop criticism and scholarship for years. Essential * Q Magazine *
About The Author
Ian MacDonald
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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