Revolution in the Head
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'The masterpiece The Beatles deserved' Vox
'The finest piece of Fabs scholarship ever published' MOJO
Revolution in the Headgoes to the heart of The Beatles - their records. Drawing on his unique knowledge and experience to 'read' their tracks, Ian MacDonald offers a detailed examination of the 241 tracks the Fab Four wrote, placing them in their musical, cultural and social context and creating an engrossing classic of popular criticism.
Fully updated to include material from The Beatles Live at the BBC and the Anthology series.
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Ian Macdonald is a writer with an interest in and encyclopedic knowledge of many kinds of music. A former Assistant Editor of the NME, he has also worked as a songwriter and record producer. He is also the author of THE NEW SHOSTAKOVICH (Fourth Estate, 1990).