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Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs: A Field Guide (33 1/3)
Ld Beghtol
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Description for Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs: A Field Guide (33 1/3)
Paperback. Presents an illustrated oral history of the Magnetic Fields' 1999 triple album, "69 Love Songs" - an album that was afforded "classic" status - as told by participants, fans and others. It also includes studio anecdotes, performance notes from the album shows in New York and London, rare and unpublished images, personal memorabilia, and others. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages, 45 illustrations (b & w). BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 104 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166. Series: 33 1/3. 160 pages, 45 illustrations (b & w). Presents an illustrated oral history of the Magnetic Fields' 1999 triple album, "69 Love Songs" - an album that was afforded "classic" status - as told by participants, fans and others. It also includes studio anecdotes, performance notes from the album shows in New York and London, rare and unpublished images, personal memorabilia, and others. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP. Dimension: 157 x 104 x 11. Weight: 164.
This is a fully illustrated oral history of the Magnetic Fields' 1999 triple album, "69 Love Songs" - an album that was afforded "classic" status by many almost as soon as it was released. LD Beghtol's book is chatty, incestuous, funny, dark, digressive, sexy, maddening, and delightful in equal measures. It documents a vital and influential scene from the inside, involving ukuleles and tears, citations and footnotes, analogue drum machines, floods of cognac, and a family tree, and, oh, a crossword puzzle too. The centre of the book is the secret history of these tuneful, acerbic, and sometimes heartbreaking songs ... Read more
This is a fully illustrated oral history of the Magnetic Fields' 1999 triple album, "69 Love Songs" - an album that was afforded "classic" status by many almost as soon as it was released. LD Beghtol's book is chatty, incestuous, funny, dark, digressive, sexy, maddening, and delightful in equal measures. It documents a vital and influential scene from the inside, involving ukuleles and tears, citations and footnotes, analogue drum machines, floods of cognac, and a family tree, and, oh, a crossword puzzle too. The centre of the book is the secret history of these tuneful, acerbic, and sometimes heartbreaking songs ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
33 1/3
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780826419255
SKU
V9780826419255
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About Ld Beghtol
LD Beghtol has written extensively about pop music, books, and the visual arts in Time Out New York, The Advocate, and the Village Voice. He has released half a dozen albums under several guises, and was a performer on 69 Love Songs.
Reviews for Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs: A Field Guide (33 1/3)
LD Beghtol's 69 Love Songs provides a lovingly written account of the wonderful Magnetic Fields and their magnum opus. Beghol utilises an obsession to succint detail over 158 pages, which fits perfectly with the ethic of the group's two-and-a-half-minute pop masterpieces.
Andrew Free
Record Collector
Regardless of your appreciation for the music, LD Beghtol's book is ... Read more
Andrew Free
Record Collector
Regardless of your appreciation for the music, LD Beghtol's book is ... Read more