Tell me why
a Beatles commentary
by Tim Riley
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"Album by album, song by song, Tell Me Why gives us a new, deeper understanding of the Beatles by focusing on what's most important: the music. This completely revised and updated edition provides a comprehensive study of the Beatles' musical legacy - from their first releases in the early sixties to the material, both written and recorded, that's been released just in the last decade.
In an extensive new epilogue, Tim Riley dissects the Anthology CDs and videos, the Live at the BBC sessions, and the global smash 1, and also reflects on both Paul McCartney's biography Many Years from Now and the death of George Harrison."--BOOK JACKET.
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Beatles, Discography, History and criticism, Rock music, New York Times reviewed, Beatles, discographyPlaces
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Tell me why: a Beatles commentary
2002, Da Capo Press, Eurospan
in English
- Rev. and updated, 1st Da Capo Press ed
0306811200 9780306811203
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Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary (Vintage Books)
1989, Vintage Books
in English
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
0679721983 9780679721987
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Tell me why: a Beatles commentary
1988, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
in English
- 1st ed.
0394550617 9780394550619
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"Album by album, song by song, the sixties and after"--Cover
Discography: p. [xi]-xxiv
Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-431) and index
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Perhaps the first serious analysis of the Beatles' work and its impact on popular music, Tell Me Why is meticulous in its purpose and long overdue....Of the hundreds of books written about [the Beatles] none bring the musical knowledge and the familiarity with the period that Riley offers here."
-- Cleveland Plain Dealer
Album by album, song by song, Tim Riley gives us a new, deeper understanding of the Beatles. Outdistancing the countless tell-all biographies that have been written, Riley's study of the Beatles' music is as rigorous as it is soulful. He explores the entire Beatles catalogue, making clear that the legendary four were not simply teen idols -- that they were, in fact, brilliant musical innovators who created timeless songs and virtually invented the album-as-art
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