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Notes 218 pages. Book dimensions: 18.08 cms x 1.45 cms x 25.63 cms. From the publisher's website: In September 1969, the Beatles released their final recorded work, Abbey Road, using a variety of progressive musical ideas that expressed the group's approach to multi-track recording & offering songs that constituted a highpoint in the Beatles' musical corpus. Of particular interest is the concluding sequence of songs (tracks 8-17): seemingly unrelated fragments woven together into a musical form that has thus far defied attempts at categorization. The Beatles' Abbey Road Medley: Extended Forms in Popular Music offers an analysis of these fragments, commonly known as the Abbey Road Medley, in order to understand & explain the emergent musical form & to clarify the relationships between music recording & music composition. Thomas MacFarlane provides an overview of the Beatles - their history & their music - within the context of popular music & culture between 1962 & 1970, paying particular attention to the production of the album Abbey Road & the pivotal role of producer George Martin on the Abbey Road Medley. After explaining his method of analysis, MacFarlane applies it to the recording & transcription of the Abbey Road Medley, examining the implications of the work's structure & demonstrating how the Beatles expanded the parameters of the popular music form by incorporating recording technology directly into the compositional process. Drawing conclusions about musical form & practice in the recording process of the 1970s & beyond, MacFarlane also suggests other examples of rock music that were influenced by Abbey Road. An appendix transcribing the author's interview with the Beatles' de facto manager Peter Brown, a selected discography, a bibliography, & a selection of photos conclude the book. Images ![]() Comments and Reviews Add a Comment or Review about this book See Also ![]() Next by Author ![]() Next by Publisher ![]() Previous by Publisher Lists ![]() This Book: Price Guide : Add Valuation : Add Image : Add Video : Add Missing Info : Make Correction : Add to List : Add See Also : Add Tag : Edit Images : Show Image Data : Credits : BBCode
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