Beatles ’66
Audio only

Beatles ’66

The Revolutionary YearBy Steve TurnerNarrated by Simon Vance
Length12h 13m

About this audiobook

A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture. They started off as hysteria-inducing pop stars playing to audiences of screaming teenage fans and ended up as musical sages considered responsible for ushering in a new era. The year that changed everything for the Beatles was 1966—the year of their last concert and of Revolver, their first album created to be listened to rather than performed. This was the year the Beatles risked their popularity by retiring from live performances, recording songs that explored alternative states of consciousness, experimenting with avant-garde ideas, and speaking their minds on issues of politics, war, and religion. It was the year their records were burned in America after John’s explosive claim that the group was “more popular than Jesus,” the year they were hounded out of the Philippines for “snubbing” its First Lady, the year John met Yoko Ono, and the year Paul conceived the idea for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Music journalist and Beatles expert Steve Turner investigates in detail the enormous changes that took place in the Beatles’ lives and work during 1966. He looks at the historical events that had an impact on the group, the music they made that in turn profoundly affected the culture around them, and the vision that allowed four young men from Liverpool to transform popular music and serve as pioneers for artists from Coldplay to David Bowie, Jay-Z to U2. By talking to those close to the group and by drawing on his past interviews with key figures such as George Martin, Timothy Leary, and Ravi Shankar—and the Beatles themselves—Turner gives us the compelling, definitive account of the twelve months that contained everything the Beatles had been and anticipated everything they would still become.

Audiobook details

GenreBiography and Memoir, Other
Length12 hrs 13 mins
Narrated bySimon Vance
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMar 6, 2018
LanguageEnglish
The Book of Proverbs (2020 Edition)
The Book of Proverbs (2020 Edition)Brian Simmons4h 48m1 (1)$10 · $0.00
The Holy Bible - 1 Samuel
The Holy Bible - 1 SamuelKing James2h 13m$3 · $0.00
KJV Holy Bible
KJV Holy BibleBroadStreet Publishing Group LLC96h 16m$10 · $0.00
Book of Colossians
Book of ColossiansUnknown Author16m$8
The American Standard Bible — The Gospel of Matthew
The American Standard Bible — The Gospel of MatthewMatthew3h 56m$2 · $0.00
Everyday Chanakya | Time Management S01E08
Everyday Chanakya | Time Management S01E08Radhakrishnan Pillai42m$4
Bad Fat Black Girl
Bad Fat Black GirlSesali Bowen6h 32m$24 · $0.00
The King James Audio Bible New Testament Complete
The King James Audio Bible New Testament CompleteChristopher Glyn20h 2m5 (1)$12 · $0.00
Faiths Checkbook
Faiths CheckbookCharles Spurgeon12h 44m$11 · $0.00
Be Wild Be Free
Be Wild Be FreeAmber Fossey26m$7 · $0.00
My Favorite Husband, Vol. 1
My Favorite Husband, Vol. 1Hollywood 360, CBS Radio5h 40m$14
Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
Designing Terry Pratchett’s DiscworldPaul Kidby3h 52m$20 · $0.00
The Chosen Book One
The Chosen Book OneAmanda Jenkins, Kristen Hendricks, Dallas Jenkins3h 8m$10 · $0.00
The Lives of Brian
The Lives of BrianBrian Johnson9h 45m$29 · $0.00
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseCharlie Mackesy58m$11 · $0.00
Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke
Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of LukeJ.C. Ryle27h 13m$18 · $0.00
Crossroads
CrossroadsKaleb Dahlgren7h 56m$26 · $0.00
Across the River
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m$29 · $0.00
Brain Training for Riders
Brain Training for RidersAndrea Monsarrat Waldo5h 56m$19 · $0.00
My Effin' Life
My Effin' LifeGeddy Lee17h 11m5 (1)$40 · $0.00

You may also like

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManJames Joyce9h 16m$20
My Life
My LifeHavelock Ellis25h 38m$2 · $0.00
Screen Saver
Screen SaverNat Segaloff7h 26m$17
India: A Million Mutinies Now
India: A Million Mutinies NowV. S. Naipaul24h 46m$30
Arrowsmith
ArrowsmithSinclair Lewis20h 43m$2 · $0.00
My American Diary
My American DiaryClare Sheridan7h 19m$2 · $0.00
Modern Foundations of Ethics and Reason – 6 Classic Moral Philosophy Essays
Modern Foundations of Ethics and Reason – 6 Classic Moral Philosophy EssaysBenedictus de Spinoza, Adam Smith, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche66h 55m$1
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry AdamsHenry Adams21h 45m$32
Love for Sale
Love for SaleDavid Hajdu8h 10m$20 · $0.00
Modern Painting (Illustrated Edition)
Modern Painting (Illustrated Edition)S.S. Van Dine, Willard Huntington Wright10h 39m$1 · $0.00
Shelley at Oxford
Shelley at OxfordThomas Jefferson Hogg5h 15m$1 · $0.00
Seeing Like an Artist
Seeing Like an ArtistLincoln Perry6h 51m$17
Student-teachers' identity construction and its connection with student-centered approaches:
Student-teachers' identity construction and its connection with student-centered approaches:Bertha Ramos Holguín, Jahir Aguirre Morales, Nancy María Torres Cepeda2h 48m$5 · $0.00
Japanese Plays and Playfellows
Japanese Plays and PlayfellowsOsman Edwards8h 54m$2 · $0.00
The New Spirit
The New SpiritHavelock Ellis6h 55m$2 · $0.00
The World According to Joan Didion
The World According to Joan DidionEvelyn McDonnell7h 23m$24 · $0.00
The Jefferson Bible
The Jefferson BiblePeter Manseau5h 27m$18 · $0.00
Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley
Memoirs of Dr. Joseph PriestleyJoseph Priestley7h 54m$1 · $0.00
Curepedia
CurepediaSimon Price33h 40m$53 · $0.00
Die Hot With a Vengeance
Die Hot With a VengeanceSable Yong7h 37m$26 · $0.00