{"product_id":"the-lost-album-of-the-beatles-what-if-the-beatles-hadnt-split-up-9781788403221","title":"The Lost Album of the Beatles: What If the Beatles Hadn't Split Up?","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Lost Album of the Beatles: What If the Beatles Hadn't Split Up?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning music author takes a serious look at a playful question of pop history: what if the Beatles had created one more album?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the story of the great lost Beatles album.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe end of the Beatles wasn't inevitable. It came through miscommunication, misunderstandings and missed opportunities to reconcile. But what if it didn't end? What if just one of those chances was taken, and the Beatles carried on? What if they made one last, great album?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLike Some Forgotten Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel Rachel - \u003cb\u003ewinner of the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e - looks at what could have been. Drawing on impeccable research, Rachel examines the Fab Four's untimely demise and from the ashes compiles a track list for an imagined final album, pulling together unfinished demos, forgotten B-sides, hit solo songs, and arguing that together \u003cb\u003ethey form the basis of a lost Beatles masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat Makes This Beatles Book Unique\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis paperback offers a daring re-write of Beatles history through meticulous research and compelling narrative. Rachel doesn't simply speculate - he constructs a convincing argument for what the Beatles' final album could have been, track by track. The book examines unfinished demos, B-sides, and solo material that could have formed a lost masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCompelling and convincing, \u003ci\u003eLike Some Forgotten Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea daring re-write of Beatles history\u003c\/b\u003e, and a tantalizing glimpse of what might have been.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Rachel\u003c\/b\u003e is a musician turned award-winning author. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eNME\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year \u003ci\u003eIsle of Noises\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year \u003ci\u003eDon't Look Back in Anger\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWalls Come Tumbling Down\u003c\/i\u003e, which was described as 'triumphant' by the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and 'superlative...brilliant' by \u003ci\u003eQ magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and was awarded the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cassell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680473190674,"sku":"9781788403221","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lost-album-of-the-beatles-what-if-the-beatles-hadnt-split-up-9781788403221","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}