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An edition of Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary (Vintage Books) (1988)

Tell me why

a Beatles commentary

1st ed.

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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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Knopf, Distributed by Random House
Language
English
Pages
423

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Subjects
Beatles, Discography, History and criticism, Rock music, New York Times reviewed, Beatles, discography
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Great Britain
Times
1961-1970, 1971-1980

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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
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Cover of: Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary (Vintage Books)
Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary (Vintage Books)
1989, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
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Cover of: Tell me why
Tell me why: a Beatles commentary
1988, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
in English - 1st ed.
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Tell Me Why
July 1988, The Bodley Head Ltd, Knopf
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Edition Notes

Discography: p. [xi]-xxiv.
Bibliography: p. [389]-397.
Includes index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
789.9/136454/00922
Library of Congress
ML421.B4 R54 1988

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiv, 423 p. ;
Number of pages
423

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OL2407127M
Internet Archive
tellmewhybeatles00rile_1
ISBN 10
0394550617
LCCN
87040492
Library Thing
308263
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2036034

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