What They Heard: How The Beatles, The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan Listened to Each Other and Changed Music Forever

The Beatles. Bob Dylan. The Beach Boys. Using timelines derived from release dates, studio sessions and personal encounters, Play It Hard traces the paths of influence during a 3-year period when these artists cross-pollinated via recordings, rivalry, rumours and drugs - changing music forever. There''s a myth attached to ''A Hard Day''s Night'': the Byrds adopted the 12-string guitar and transformed ''Mr Tambourine Man'', Dylan went electric as a result, and a pattern of intense competition climaxed with the release in quick succession of Blonde on Blonde, Pet Sounds and Sgt Pepper. A closer look tells us something different. Dylan''s electric ''Subterranean Homesick Blues'' preceded the Byrds'' version of ''Mr Tambourine Man'', which owed just as much to the Beach Boys - whose epochal Pet Sounds came out a full year before Sgt Pepper. Using timelines derived from release dates, studio sessions and personal encounters, Play It Hard traces the paths of influence during a 3-year period when artists crosspollinated via recordings, rivalry, rumours and drugs - changing music forever.

• | Author: Luke Meddings
• | Publisher: Weatherglass Books
• | Publication Date: Sep 16, 2021
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781838018146
• | ISBN-10: 183801814X