Like Some Forgotten Dream: What if the Beatles hadn't split up?
Aug 2021 · Hachette UK
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This is the story of the great lost Beatles album.
The 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?
In Like Some Forgotten Dream, Daniel Rachel - winner of the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize - looks at what could have been. Drawing on impeccable research, Rachel examines the 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 they form the basis of a lost Beatles masterpiece.
Compelling and convincing, Like Some Forgotten Dream is a daring re-write of Beatles history, and a tantalising glimpse of what might have been.
Praise for Daniel Rachel:
Walls Come Tumbling Down:
'Superlative...brilliant' - Q Magazine
'Triumphant' - The Guardian
'Brilliant' - Mojo
Isle of Noises:
'In depth, scholarly' - Q Magazine
'Fascinating' - The Guardian / NME
'Fantastic, insightful interviews' - Noel Gallagher
Don't Look Back in Anger:
'A-grade, A-list' - The Sunday Times
'A rollicking read' - Mail on Sunday
'Remarkable' - Art Review
'Book of the Week' - The Guardian
This is the story of the great lost Beatles album.
The 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?
In Like Some Forgotten Dream, Daniel Rachel - winner of the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize - looks at what could have been. Drawing on impeccable research, Rachel examines the 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 they form the basis of a lost Beatles masterpiece.
Compelling and convincing, Like Some Forgotten Dream is a daring re-write of Beatles history, and a tantalising glimpse of what might have been.
Praise for Daniel Rachel:
Walls Come Tumbling Down:
'Superlative...brilliant' - Q Magazine
'Triumphant' - The Guardian
'Brilliant' - Mojo
Isle of Noises:
'In depth, scholarly' - Q Magazine
'Fascinating' - The Guardian / NME
'Fantastic, insightful interviews' - Noel Gallagher
Don't Look Back in Anger:
'A-grade, A-list' - The Sunday Times
'A rollicking read' - Mail on Sunday
'Remarkable' - Art Review
'Book of the Week' - The Guardian
About the author
Daniel Rachel is a musician turned award-winning author. His previous books include NME and Guardian Book of the Year Isle of Noises, Evening Standard Book of the Year Don't Look Back in Anger, and Walls Come Tumbling Down, which was described as 'triumphant' by the Guardian and 'superlative...brilliant' by Q magazine, and was awarded the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize in 2017.
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