Shout: The Beatles in Their Generation

From their primitive first chords to the huge success of the Beatles Anthology, the Beatles have been an integral part of our culture and our consciousness for over thirty-five years. Shout! The Beatles in Their Generation tells the extraordinary story of the rise of four scruffy boys from Liverpool to beings more adored, more influential — and in many ways more troubled --than any in the history of popular entertainment. It is also a penetrating social history of our time, based on an incredible wealth of material — eyewitness accounts, interviews, stories withheld from the press and public — that was available exclusively to the author.

Rich in detail, anecdotes, and background, with 100 stunning photographs, Shout! takes us from the wild, often comical days at the beginning in Liverpool to the life and death of Stu Sutcliffe, the brilliant boy known as the "fifth Beatle"; from the psychedelic triumph of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to the band's embrace of Indian music and spirituality; from the brilliantly unified sounds of Abbey Road to Paul's desperate attempts to form a final comeback concert.

Riveting, Enlightening, Heartbreaking, Shout! Is A True Epic.

THE CLASSIC CHRONICLE OF THE BEATLES — THEIR MUSIC, THEIR LIVES, THEIR TIMES

From their primitive first chords to the huge success of the Beatles Anthology, the Beatles have been an integral part of our culture and our consciousness for over thirty-five years. Shout! The Beatles in Their Generation tells the extraordinary story of the rise of four scruffy boys from Liverpool to beings more adored, more influential — and in many ways more troubled --than any in the history of popular entertainment. It is also a penetrating social history of our time, based on an incredible wealth of material — eyewitness accounts, interviews, stories withheld from the press and public — that was available exclusively to the author.

Rich in detail, anecdotes, and background, with 100 stunning photographs, Shout! takes us from the wild, often comical days at the beginning in Liverpool to the life and death of Stu Sutcliffe, the brilliant boy known as the "fifth Beatle"; from the psychedelic triumph of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to the band's embrace of Indian music and spirituality; from the brilliantly unified sounds of Abbey Road to Paul's desperate attempts to form a final comeback concert.

Riveting, Enlightening, Heartbreaking, Shout! Is A True Epic.

Prologue

PART I: WISHING

1 October 1940: "He was the one I'd waited for."

2 July 1957: "Quarry Men, strong before our birth."

3 July 1958: "If I'd just said a few more words. it might have saved her."

4 May 1960: "The bass drum used to roll away across the stage."

5 August 1960: "The Great Freedom"

6 January 1961: "Hi, all you Cavern-dwellers. Welcome to the best of cellars."

PART II: GETTING

7 November 1961: "What brings Mr. Epstein here?"

8 March 1962: "Elvis's manager calling Brian Epstein in Birkenhead..."

9 October 1962: "Somebody had to pay for those 10.000 records Brian bought."

10 August 1963: "Four frenzied Little Lord Fauntleroys who are earning £5,000 a week..."

11 November 1963: "Even the jelly babies are symbolic."

12 February 1964: "They've got everything over there. What do they want us for?"

PART III: HAVING

13 August 1965: "One more stage, one more limo, one more run for your life..."

14 December 1966: "You stick to your percentages, Brian. We'll look after the music."

15 August 1967: "I don't think there was any hope for him since the day he met the Beatles."

PART IV: WASTING

16 June 1968: "We've got to spend two million or the Taxman will get it."

17 October 1968: "Your finances are in a mess. Apple is in a mess."

18 May 1969: "Am I the way you imagined me?"

19 May 1970: "Everybody had a hard year."

Epilogue

Index

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