IAN MACDONALD WAS BORN IN 1948.A WRITER OF MANY INTERESTS,HE WAS ASSISTANT EDITOR OF THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS DURING 1972-5.HE ALSO WORKED AS A SONGWRITER AND RECORD PRODUCER,AND IS THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW SHOSTAKOVICH(1990),THE PEOPLES MUSIC(2003) AND THE BEATLES AT NO.1(2003).HE DIED IN AUGUST 2003.
AS DAZZLING AS THE DECADE THEY DOMINATED,THE BEATLES ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLEY CREATED POP MUSIC AS WE KNOW IT.TODAY, THEIR SONGS ARE SITED AS SEMINAL INFLUENCES BY STARS LIKE OASIS AND BLUR. ELOQUENTLY GIVING VOICE TO THEIR TIME,THE BEATLES QUITE SIMPLY CHANGED THE WORLD.FULLY UPDATED TO INCLUDE MATERIAL FROM THE BEATLES LIVE AT THE BBC AND THE ANTHOLOGY SERIES,THIS ACCLAIMED BOOK GOES BACK TO THE HEART OF THE BEATLES-THEIR RECORDS.DRAWING ON A UNIQUE RESOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO READ THEIR 241 TRACKS-CHRONOLOGICALLY FROM THEIR FIRST AMATEUR EFFORTS IN 1957 TO REAL LOVE,THEIR FINAL ENGROSSING CLASSIC OF POPULAR CRITICISM IN WHICH THE EXTRAORDINARY SONGS OF THE BEATLES REMAIN A CENTRAL AND CONTINUALLY SURPRISING PRESENCE.
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