Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop, Inside Out

by Gordon Thompson

Book Overview

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Who, and numerous other groups put Britain at the center of the modern musical map. Please Please Me offers an insider's view of the British pop-music recording industry during the seminal period of 1956 to 1968, based on personal recollections, contemporary accounts, and all relevant data that situate this scene in the economic, political, and social context of postwar Britain. Author Gordon Thompson...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019533325X
• ISBN13: 9780195333251
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.2"