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The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs
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This book is ideal for fans of the Magnetic Fields, music historians, and readers interested in the cultural impact of groundbreaking albums. It also suits those who enjoy detailed, insider accounts of artistic creation within the indie and alternative music scenes.
A fully illustrated oral history of the Magnetic Fields' 1999 triple album, 69 Love Songs
A fully illustrated oral history of the Magnetic Fields' 1999 triple album, 69 Love Songs
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A fully illustrated oral history of the Magnetic Fields' 1999 triple album, 69 Love Songs – an album that was afforded "classic" status by many almost as soon as it was released. LD Beghtol's book is chatty, incestuous, funny, dark, digressive, sexy, maddening, and delightful in equal measures. It documents a vital and influential scene from the inside, involving ukuleles and tears, citations and footnotes, analogue drum machines, and floods of cognac. Oh, and a crossword puzzle too.
The centre of the book is the secret history of these tuneful, acerbic, and sometimes heartbreaking songs of old love, new love, lost love, punk rock love, gay love, straight love, experimental music love, true love, blue love, and the utter lack of love that fill the album – as told by participants, fans, imitators, naysayers, and others.
Also included are a lexicon of words culled from the album's lyrics, recording details, performance notes from the full album shows in New York, Boston and London, plus rare and unpublished images, personal memorabilia, and much much more.
Series: 33 1/3
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Record Collector praises the book as a lovingly written and detailed account that perfectly matches the spirit of the Magnetic Fields' concise pop songs. Pop Matters highlights the book's fun, passionate, and wonderfully peculiar dissection of the album, appealing to readers regardless of prior appreciation of the music.
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ISBN: 9780826419255
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 January 2007
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Illustration: 45
Audience: General / adult
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Weight: 154g
Pages: 176
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About the Author
LD Beghtol wrote extensively about pop music, books, and the visual arts in Time Out New York, The Advocate, and the Village Voice. He released half a dozen albums under several guises, and was a performer on 69 Love Songs.
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