Jan 29, 2020
My (returning) guest is Andrew Grant Jackson, author of the
newly-published 1973: Rock at the Crossroads. He makes the
case for this period being a time of tremendous conflict: AM vs FM
– 60s giants vs emerging upstarts – mainstream vs underground, all
achieving levels of success whether at the time or in years later
as influences. Against this backdrop, the four ex-Beatles issued
five all albums of new material in total; all of which made the Top
Ten (while three scored US number one hit singles, two of them
back-to-back).
We discuss where The Beatles as a collective and individually fit
into the picture and how this year set the table for arguably
greater triumphs in the year that followed.
