Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Part of Everything: The Beatles through a Glass Onion / Mark Osteen
Part I. Umbrella: Pretexts and Contexts
1. ". . . Out/In . . .": The Beatles' Image in Transition during the "Year of the Barricades" / Michael R. Frontani
2. Children of Nature: Origins of the Beatles' Tabula Rasa / Walter Everett
3. Beatles Unplugged: The White Album in the Shadow of Rishikesh / John Kimsey
4. Producing an Enigma for the Ages: George Martin within (and without) The Beatles / Kenneth Womack
5. "Where Everything Flows": The Beatles and the Fruits of Psychedelia / Russell Reising
Part II. Songs for Everyone: Music, Lyrics, Performances
6. I Call Your Name: Introducing the Cast of the White Album / Ian Inglis
7. The Colors That Made the White Album: The Beatles' Mastery of Orchestration and Arranging / Anthony D. Villa
8. Blisters on His Fingers: Ringo Starr's Performance on The Beatles / Steve Hamelman
9. George Harrison, Songwriter / John Covach
Appendix: George Harrison's Songs
10. You Say You Want a Revolution: John Lennon's Contributions to The Beatles / Stephen Valdez
11. "That Was Me" in "Vintage Clothes": Intertextuality and the White Album Songs of Paul McCartney / Vincent P. Benitez
Part III. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill: Adapting the White Album
12. Loaded with Meaning: Adaptations of "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" by U2 and Tori Amos / Alyssa Woods and Lori Burns
13. White, Black, and Grey / Adam Bradley
Afterword / John Covach
References
Contributors
Index