The Beatles in Context

Contents

• Part I . Beatle People and Beatle Places:
• 1. Britain at mid-century and the rise of The Beatles Jude Southerland Kessler;
• 2. The Beatles in Liverpool David Bedford;
• 3. The Beatles on the Reeperbahn Spencer Leigh;
• 4. Brian Epstein, Beatlemania's architect Kenneth Womack;
• 5. Love, love, love: tracing the contours of Tthe Beatles' inner circle Kenneth L. Campbell;
• Part II . The Beatles in Performance:
• 6. The love there that's sleeping: guitars of the early Beatles Walter Everett;
• 7. From dance hall days to stadium tours Chuck Gunderson;
• 8. Beatlemania! Melissa Davis;
• 9. The end of the road David Venturo;
• Part III . The Beatles on TV, Film, and the Internet:
• 10. From Juke-Box Jury to The Ed Sullivan Show Al Sussman;
• 11. Projecting the visuality of The Beatles: 'A Hard Day's Night' and 'Help!' David Melbye;
• 12. Beatletoons: moxie, music, and the media Mitchell Axelrod;
• 13. Documentary, rockumentary: 'Let It Be' and the rooftop concert Steve Matteo;
• 14. The Beatles redux: the Anthology series and the video age Walter J. Podrazik;
• 15. Pop goes the internet Allison J. Boron;
• Part IV . The Beatles' Sound:
• 16. Abbey Road Studios Brian Southall;
• 17. Producing sound pictures with Sir George Martin Kenneth Womack;
• 18. Rock and Roll music!: The Beatles and the rise of the Merseybeat Anthony Robustelli;
• 19. Positively Bob Dylan: The Beatles and the folk movement Kit O'Toole;
• 20. Listen to the colour of your dreams: The Beatles Writ Psychedelic Jason Kruppa;
• 21. Getting back Robert Rodriguez;
• 22. On the record!: (Dis)covering The Beatles Jerry Zolten;
• Part V . The Beatles as Sociocultural and Political Touchstones:
• 23. The Beatles, fashion, and cultural iconography Katie Kapurch;
• 24. The rise of celebrity culture and fanship with The Beatles in the 1960s Jeffrey Roessner;
• 25. Psychedelia, 'swinging London,' and the Summer of Love Kathryn Cox;
• 26. Leaving the West behind: The Beatles and India Steve Hamelman;
• Part VI . The Beatles' Critical Reception and Cultural Legacy:
• 27. Phantom band: The Beatles after the Beatles Jacqueline Edmondson;
• 28. The Beatles, Apple, and the business of music publishing Stuart Rosenberg;
• 29. Rebooting Beatlemania in the digital age Joe Rapolla;
• 30. The Beatles in the new millennium Michael Frontani.