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The Beatles and McLuhan: Understanding the Electric Age Hardcover - 2012

by Thomas MacFarlane


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The Beatles and McLuhan: Understanding the Electric Age examines how the incorporation of electric technology in The Beatles' art would enhance their musical impact. MacFarlane surveys the relationship between McLuhan's ideas on the nature and effects of electric technology and The Beatles own engagement of that technology; offers analyses of key works from The Beatles' studio years; and collates these data to offer stunning conclusions about The Beatles' creative process in the recording studio and its cultural implications.

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  • Title The Beatles and McLuhan: Understanding the Electric Age
  • Author Thomas MacFarlane
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 194
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scarecrow Press
  • Date 2012-10-26
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780810884328 / 0810884321
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 0.7 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Beatles, Rock music - 1961-1970 - Analysis,
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012024354
  • Dewey Decimal Code 782.421

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About the author

Thomas MacFarlane teaches courses in Music Theory and Composition at New York University while also working as a composer and a writer. He is author of The Beatles' Abbey Road Medley: Extended Forms in Popular Music (Scarecrow Press).
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