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Editor:	Mark Osteen
Title:	The Beatles Through A Glass Onion
Subtitle:	Reconsidering The White Album
Publisher:	University Of Michigan Press
Country:	USA
Date:	30 Mar 2019
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN13 / Barcode:	9780472074082
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328 pages. Book dimensions: 15.2 cms x 3 cms x 22.9 cms.

From the publisher's website (www link as at 19 Mar 20):

The Beatles, the 1968 double LP more commonly known as the White Album, has always been viewed as an oddity in the group’s oeuvre. Many have found it to be inconsistent, sprawling, & self-indulgent. The Beatles through a Glass Onion is the first-ever scholarly volume to explore this seminal recording at length, bringing together contributions by some of the most eminent scholars of rock music writing today. It marks a reconsideration of this iconic but under-appreciated recording & reaffirms the White Album’s significance in the Beatles’ career & in rock history.

This volume treats the White Album as a whole, with essays scrutinizing it from a wide range of perspectives. These place the album within the social & political context of a turbulent historical moment; locate it within the Beatles’ lives & careers, taking into consideration the complex personal forces at play during the recording sessions; investigate the musical as well as pharmaceutical influences on the record; reveal how it reflects new developments in the Beatles’ songwriting & arranging; revisit the question of its alleged disunity; & finally, track its legacy & the breadth of its influence on later rock, pop, & hip-hop artists.

The book features the scholarship of Adam Bradley, Vincent Benitez, Lori Burns, John Covach, Walter Everett, Michael Frontani, Steve Hamelman, Ian Inglis, John Kimsey, Mark Osteen, Russell Reising, Stephen Valdez, Anthony D. Villa, Kenneth Womack, & Alyssa Woods. Covach’s Afterword summarizes the album’s lasting impact & value. This book represents a landmark work of rock music scholarship. It will prove to be an essential & enduring contribution to the field.

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