{"product_id":"long-and-winding-roads-paperback","title":"Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth Womack\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLong and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles, \u003c\/i\u003eKenneth Womack brings the band's story vividly to life-from their salad days as a Liverpool Skiffle group and their apprenticeship in the nightclubs and mean streets of Hamburg through their early triumphs at the legendary Cavern Club and the massive onslaught of Beatlemania itself. By mapping the group's development as an artistic fusion, Womack traces the Beatles' creative arc from their first, primitive recordings through \u003ci\u003eAbbey Road\u003c\/i\u003e and the twilight of their career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn order to communicate the nature and power of the band's remarkable achievement, Womack examines the Beatles' body of work as an evolving art object. He investigates the origins and creation of the group's compositions, as well as the songwriting and recording practices that brought them to fruition. Womack's analysis of the Beatles' albums transports readers on a journey through the Beatles' heyday as recording artists between 1962 and 1969, when the band enjoyed a staggering musical and lyrical leap that took them from their first album \u003ci\u003ePlease Please Me, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich they recorded in the space of a single day, to \u003ci\u003eSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWhite Album\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAbbey Road\u003c\/i\u003e-albums that collectively required literally thousands of hours to produce. In addition to considering the band's increasing self-consciousness about the overall production, design, and presentation of their art, Womack explores the Beatles' albums as a collection of musical and lyrical impressions that finds them working towards a sense of aesthetic unity. In \u003ci\u003eLong and Winding Roads\u003c\/i\u003e, Womack reveals the ways in which the Beatles gave life to a musical synthesis that would change the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth Womack is Professor of English and Head of the Division of Arts and Humanities at Penn State University's Altoona College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130156683399,"sku":"9780826417466","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/62b1bb8ba6254cd172a3520da8cbfe57.webp?v=1732608778","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/long-and-winding-roads-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}