PAPERBACK EDITION
THE LOST ALBUM OF THE BEATLES
What if the Beatles hadn’t split up?
DANIEL RACHEL
Publishing 4the May 20231 | Cassell | £10
The end of the Beatles wasn’t inevitable. It came through miscommunication, misunderstandings and missed opportunities to reconcile. But what if it hadn’t ended? What if just one of those chances had been taken, and The Beatles had carried on? What if they had just made one last, great album?
In The Lost Album of the Beatles, Daniel Rachel – winner of the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize – 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, Four Sides of the Beatles pulling together unfinished demos, forgotten B-sides and hit solo songs, arguing that together they form the basis of a lost Beatles masterpiece.
Compelling and convincing, The Lost Album of the Beatles is a daring re-write of Beatles history that offers a tantalizing glimpse of what might have been.
This is the story of the lost Beatles album.
PRAISE FOR THE LOST ALBUM OF THE BEATLES
Painstaking detail and great stories’ David Hepworth, Guardian / Book of the day
‘A fantastical journey through what might have been… exciting and compelling.’ Chris Hawkins, BBC 6 Music
‘A fascinating detailed read’ Matt Snow, Mojo
‘Ingenious.’ Record Collector
‘a meticulously researched study of the reasons for The Beatles’ demise, told with surgical precision and layers of fresh perspective and insight’ Shindig!
‘Full of enthralling details about the highs and lows of the band’s last year… it’s like the DNA in a crime scene.’ Word in Your Ear
‘A book that is religiously detailed and yet manages to create tantalising glimpses of what might have been’ Louder Than War
‘It’s not as bonkers an idea as it might sound…’ The Oldie
‘An extraordinary peek behind the curtain of one of the most celebrated music groups in history…a must-read for any music aficionado’ Music Devotee
‘A triumph! Such an inspired idea and written with a wonderful balance of genuine fandom, qualified intelligence and bloody good fun!’ Ian Ramage, BMG
‘Impeccably researched and lucidly written, this is a must-read for Beatles lovers’ Yorkshire Post
HARDBACK EDITION
LIKE SOME FORGOTTEN DREAM
What if the Beatles hadn’t split up?
DANIEL RACHEL
Publishing 26th August 2021 | Cassell | £20
In Like Some Forgotten Dream, Daniel Rachel – winner of the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize – looks at the last, lost Beatles album. 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: Four Sides of the Beatles. Formed of unfinished demos, forgotten B-sides, hit solo songs and more besides, it is the blueprint of a lost Beatles masterpiece – the album that never was. Compelling and convincing, Like Some Forgotten Dream is a daring re-write of Beatles history that offers a tantalizing glimpse of what might have been.
The books publishes to coincide with the release of Get Back, a major, official Beatles documentary looking at the final months of the band, directed by Peter Jackson. Beatlemania will grip the nation again!