Please Please Me Sixties British Pop, Inside Out |
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| Author:
| Thompson, Gordon |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-533318-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $238.18AUD $371.00 |
Book Description:
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Please Please Me offers an insider's view of the British pop-music recording industry from 1956 to 1968, based on personal recollections, contemporary accounts, and data that situate this scene in the economic, political, and social context of postwar Britain. Thompson weaves issues of class, age, gender, and ethnicity into his narrative, beginning with the rise of British beat groups and the emergence of teenagers as consumers, and moving into the competition between performers and...
More DescriptionPlease Please Me offers an insider's view of the British pop-music recording industry from 1956 to 1968, based on personal recollections, contemporary accounts, and data that situate this scene in the economic, political, and social context of postwar Britain. Thompson weaves issues of class, age, gender, and ethnicity into his narrative, beginning with the rise of British beat groups and the emergence of teenagers as consumers, and moving into the competition between performers and the recording industry for control over the music. He interviews musicians, songwriters, music directors, and producers and engineers who worked with the best-known performers.