{"product_id":"solid-state-the-story-of-abbey-road-and-the-end-of-the-beatles-9781501746857","title":"Solid State: The Story of \"abbey Road\" and the End of the Beatles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic writer Womack delivers a fascinating, in-depth look at the creation of \u003ci\u003eAbbey Road\u003c\/i\u003e, the Beatles' penultimate album released 50 years ago.... Womack displays a detailed and insightful analysis that fans will hope he applies to the band's other albums.\u003c\/b\u003e― \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed Beatles historian Kenneth Womack offers the most definitive account yet of the writing, recording, mixing, and reception of \u003ci\u003eAbbey Road\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn February 1969, the Beatles began working on what became their final album together. \u003ci\u003eAbbey Road\u003c\/i\u003e introduced a number of new techniques and technologies to the Beatles' sound, and included \"Come Together,\" \"Something,\" and \"Here Comes the Sun,\" which all emerged as classics. Womack's colorful retelling of how this landmark album was written and recorded is a treat for fans of the Beatles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSolid State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers back to 1969 and into EMI's Abbey Road Studio, which boasted an advanced solid state transistor mixing desk. Womack focuses on the dynamics between John, Paul, George, Ringo, and producer George Martin and his team of engineers, who set aside (for the most part) the tensions and conflicts that had arisen on previous albums to create a work with an innovative (and, among some fans and critics, controversial) studio-bound sound that prominently included the new Moog synthesizer, among other novelties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Womack shows, \u003ci\u003eAbbey Road\u003c\/i\u003e was the culmination of the instrumental skills, recording equipment, and artistic vision that the band and George Martin had developed since their early days in the same studio seven years earlier. A testament to the group's creativity and their producer's ingenuity, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSolid State \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis required reading for all fans of the Beatles and the history of rock 'n' roll.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth Womack's previous books about the Beatles include \u003ci\u003eLong and Winding Roads \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Beatles Encyclopedia.\u003c\/i\u003e He is also the author of the acclaimed two-volume biography of Sir George Martin, \u003ci\u003e Maximum Volume\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSound Pictures.\u003c\/i\u003e Womack is Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University, where he also serves as Professor of English. Follow him on X @KennethAWomack and visit kennethwomack.com for more Beatles history and insight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50676480803090,"sku":"9781501746857","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_26b5ae16-74c1-446d-bf62-0a0d90a205be.jpg?v=1733880258","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/solid-state-the-story-of-abbey-road-and-the-end-of-the-beatles-9781501746857","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}