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The Lost Album of The Beatles
What if the Beatles hadn't split up?
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This is an essential read for Beatles fans, music historians, and aficionados interested in the cultural and artistic impact of one of the most celebrated bands in history, as well as those curious about alternative narratives in popular music.
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See moreAn award-winning music author takes a serious look at a playful question of pop history: what if the Beatles had created one more album?
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Daniel Rachel imagines what the next Beatles album might have been like, with painstaking detail and great stories – David Hepworth, The Guardian
A fantastical journey through what might have been... Exciting and compelling. – Chris Hawkins, BBC 6 Music
Daniel Rachel's forensic investigation makes a strong case for looking afresh at the evidence... a fascinating detailed read – Mojo
In this meticulously crafted book, Rachel offers an extraordinary peek behind the curtain of one of the most celebrated music groups in history... a must-read for any music aficionado – Music Devotee
A detailed researcher and writer... Ingenious. – Record Collector
Full of enthralling details about the highs and lows of the band's last year... it's like the DNA in a crime scene. – David Hepworth, Word in Your Ear
A book that is religiously detailed and yet manages to create tantalising glimpses of what might have been – Louder Than War
This is the story of the great lost Beatles album.
The end of the Beatles wasn't inevitable. It came through miscommunication, misunderstandings and missed opportunities to reconcile.
But what if it didn't end? What if just one of those chances was taken, and the Beatles carried on? What if they made one last, great album?
In The Lost Album of The Beatles, Daniel Rachel – winner of the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize – looks at what could have been. Drawing on impeccable research, Rachel examines the Fab Four's untimely demise – and from the ashes compiles a track list for an imagined final album, pulling together unfinished demos, forgotten B-sides, hit solo songs, and arguing that together they form the basis of a lost Beatles masterpiece.
Compelling and convincing, The Lost Album of The Beatles is a daring re-write of the group's history, and a tantalising glimpse of what might have been.
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Praised for its painstaking detail and compelling storytelling, The Guardian commends Daniel Rachel for imagining the Beatles' next album with great stories. Louder Than War highlights the book's religious attention to detail while teasing glimpses of what might have been. Mojo calls it a fascinating and detailed forensic investigation that encourages a fresh look at the band's history.
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ISBN: 9781788403221
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 May 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cassell
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 368
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Daniel Rachel is a musician turned award-winning author. His previous books include NME and Guardian Book of the Year Isle of Noises, Evening Standard Book of the Year Don't Look Back in Anger, and Walls Come Tumbling Down, which was described as 'triumphant' by the Guardian and 'superlative...brilliant' by Q magazine, and was awarded the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize in 2017.
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