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THE BEATLES: WHITE ALBUM

ROCK CLASSICS

Opher Goodwin

ISBN 978-1-78952-333-1

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Publication: 29 AUGUST 2024
th
ISBN: 9781789523331
Price: £12.99
Binding: Paperback

Format: 210 x 148 mm
Extent: 104 pp
Illustrated: 16 colour pages
Thema: AVLP Popular Music

Comparative title: 9781789523096 Rolling Stones Let It
Bleed (Rock Classics)

• Seventh book in a brand new series taking deep
dives into classic rock albums
• A controversial album – a hugely diverse double
– lauded and hated in equal measure
• Includes some remarkable and famous material,
yet no UK singles

Arguably the greatest album by the best rock band ever, The
Beatles - also known as The White Album – proved to be a
watershed recording. Coming as it did, after manager Brian
Sonic Bond podcast at http://www.sonicbondbookcast.co.uk/ Epstein’s death; after the disillusionment with the Maharishi;
in the middle of the break-up of long-term relationships and
Opher Goodwin is the author of many books on rock music and following on from the psychedelic masterpiece Sgt Pepper’s
science fiction and taught the first 'History of Rock Music' classes in Lonely Hearts Club Band, it heralded changes of style and the
the UK. He was fortunate to spend the sixties in London, the marked the start of the falling apart of the previously tight-knit
epicentre for the underground explosion of rock music and culture, group. The album’s diversity and creation are analysed and its
where he was able to see everyone from Pink Floyd, Hendrix and background and dynamics revealed. This extraordinary
Cream to The Doors, Captain Beefheart and Roy Harper. He was double album reflects a remarkable time and period. As the
introduced to Captain Beefheart in 1967 and attended that first sixties came to an end, so too did the band. They mirrored the
amazing gig at Middle Earth. He never fully recovered but now lives times they lived in.

happily in East Yorkshire, UK. The album also followed on from their first highly criticised
TV flop Magical Mystery Tour, the success of the first global
satellite triumph of ‘All You Need Is Love’, and the highly
Sales: Star Book Sales LLP ambitious Apple business venture. George Martin ducked out
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E: enquiries@starbooksales.com and ructions broke out between band members. But, among
all the pressures and stress they found time to write and record
Orders: Combined Book Services Ltd. an incredible array of songs; songs that synergised into a
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Phone: 01892 837171 is the tale of every track and every facet of this remarkable
record.
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without notice. 07/03/2024