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Long and Winding Roads, Revised Edition
The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles
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This book is ideal for Beatles enthusiasts, music scholars, and students seeking an in-depth, well-researched account of the band’s artistic development. Readers with an interest in music history and cultural studies will also find it rewarding.
"A follow-up to the successful 2007 edition, which, despite numerous Beatles-related books published in the intervening years, still stands alone for its chronological, album-by-album analysis of the band's work"--
A follow-up to the successful 2007 edition, which, despite numerous Beatles-related books published in the intervening years, still stands alone for its chronological, album-by-album analysis of the band’s work.
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In Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles, Revised Edition, Kenneth Womack brings the band’s story vividly to life—from their salad days as a Liverpool Skiffle group and their apprenticeship in the nightclubs and mean streets of Hamburg through their early triumphs at the legendary Cavern Club and the massive onslaught of Beatlemania itself.
By mapping the group’s development as an artistic fusion, Womack traces the Beatles’ creative arc from their first, primitive recordings through Abbey Road and the twilight of their career.
In this revised edition, Womack addresses new insights in Beatles-related scholarship since the original publication of Long and Winding Roads, along with hundreds of the group’s outtakes released in the intervening years. The updated edition also affords attention to the Beatles’ musical debt to Rhythm and Blues, as well as to key recent discoveries that vastly shift our understanding of formative events in the band’s timeless story.
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Praised for its masterful storytelling and scholarly rigour, this revised edition is celebrated as both an engaging narrative and an invaluable resource. Christine Feldman-Barrett commends Womack for capturing the dynamism and poignancy of the Beatles' discography, while Katie Kapurch highlights the meticulous sourcing and readable prose that make it an authoritative text for scholars and students alike.
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ISBN: 9781501387067
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 January 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Edition: 2nd edition
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
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Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 368
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About the Author
Kenneth Womack is one of the world’s foremost writers and thinkers about the Beatles. He is Professor of English and Popular Music at Monmouth University, USA. He also serves as the Music Culture critic for Salon, as well as a contributor to a host of print and web outlets, including Slate, Billboard, Time, Variety, USA Today, The Guardian, Smithsonian Magazine, The Independent, NBC News, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is the author of The Beatles Encyclopedia (2014), Maximum Volume (2017), Sound Pictures (2018), Solid State (2019), and John Lennon 1980 (2020). In October 2020, Rolling Stone magazine published a feature story outlining Womack’s groundbreaking research associated with Lennon’s life and work.
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