Ribbons Of Rust: The Beatles' Recording History In Context: Volume 1 - July 1954 Through January 1963

By Jerry Hammack and Robert Rodríguez

The story of The Beatles has been covered literally thousands of times in books, memoirs, discographies and academic tomes. And yet, many of these works focus on their history with little regard to how they experienced their own times. The artistic entity comprised of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, in collaboration with their producer George Martin, did not operate in a bubble: they were inspired and challenged by the sounds of the day going on around them. And the world they lived in has never been presented before in such an immersive way, taking the reader into the sights and sounds they experienced as they set forth on their road to producing enduring art. Ribbons of Rust: The Beatles' Recording Career In Context seeks to present their story in a way that's never been done before, with the sounds of the music they listened to (and created) made accessible to the reader along with the times they inhabited (via the British Pathé News archive). Richly illustrated with period ephemera throughout, this first volume of Ribbons of Rust takes the reader along with the four individuals who became The Beatles, from the first inspiring sounds they heard to their earliest instruments and then, those nascent original compositions and covers they committed to recording tape (literally, "ribbons of rust").

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 098925559X
• ISBN13: 9780989255592
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Bemis Publishing Group
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 8.5"