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The rough guide to the Beatles

This volume covers every aspect of the Fab Four, delving deep into the Beatles music, lyrics, movies and the Beatles solo careers. Features include: The Story: from Liverpool clubs to Beatlemania. The Music: incisive reviews of every Beatles and solo album and new Beatle Music from George Martin's son Giles. The Canon: the inside track on the 50 greatest songs. On Screen: the movies, the promos and the TV appearances and new coverage of the upcoming Rock Band-style video game of Beatle music. The Fifth Beatle: George Martin, Yoko Ono, Magic Alex and other contenders as well as the resignation and death of Neil Aspinall. Beatleology: the best books, the weirdest covers, the most obsessive websites, the obscurest trivia. This updated edition includes new material on Cirque Du Soleil 's acclaimed Love Show - the only officially endorsed Beatles theatrical presentation, Paul McCartney's albums Memory Almost Full, Ecce Cor Meum and Electric Arguments and the media circus surrounding the McCartney/ Mills divorce
eBook, English, 2009
Rough Guides, London, 2009
collective biographies
1 online resource (vi, 325 pages) : illustrations
9781405384452, 9781848368583, 9781848366701, 140538445X, 1848368585, 1848366701
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The life : the story and the music (1957-70)
Afterlife : what happened next (1970-2009)
The solo years : being an ex-Beatle
The Beatles on screen : the movies, promos, cartoons & biopics
The Canon : 50 essential songs & the stories behind them
The Beatles as authors & artists : pen-pushing & brush-stroking of the Fab Four
The fifth Beatle : the movers & shakers closest to the Fabs
Beatles country : landmarks of Beatle lore
Beatleology : trivia, rumours, websites, oddball info & curious covers