| The Beatles are the ultimate band - the most popular, the most respected, the most influential. The Rough Guide to the Beatles 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. All you need is this! |
What The Press Say
Impeccably researched…packed with enough compelling information and minutiae to entertain any reader. - Friday Morning Quarterback: Rock Report Everything you wanted to know about the Fab Four - The Independent A little book that makes a big impression. . .one of the best and most useful books on the band I have ever read .. .the perfect distillation of all the other Beatle books. Highly recommended. - Manchester Evening News There are hundreds of Fab Four books and a lot of them are absolute dross. Ingham’s work, however, is excellent. . . tells the story of the best and most influential band the world has ever seen. . . packed with trivia and little-known facts. - South Wales Argus Ingham has a clear eye for details and an attitude devoid of the self-conscious cynicism that taints so many Beatles books.. . In a world where so many Beatles books are scissors and paste jobs, this tidy little tome could not be more welcome. - Worcester Evening News |