How the Beatles Destroyed Rock n Roll

How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll is an alternative history of American music that, instead of recycling the familiar clichés of jazz and rock, looks at what people were playing, hearing and dancing to throughout the course of the 20th century, using a wealth of original research, curious quotations, and an irreverent fascination with the oft-despised commercial mainstream.

(Oxford)

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Martin James, Times Higher Education Wald's argument is built through 16 chapters of well-researched and brilliantly argued historical contextualising.

Charles Spencer, Sunday Telegraph Fascinating new book...This is one of those rare books one wishes were longer.

Charles Spencer, Sunday Telegraph One of the many pleasures of this meticulously researched, lucidly written, and sometimes startling book is that it makes you want to argue with it.

Jon Dennis, The Guardian The reader is left in suspense while Wald explores the preceding 80 years of popular music, from the earliest days of recorded sound, deftly navigating the evolving complexities of American race relations and the social and economic upheavals of the last century. It's a tour de force.

Terry Saunton, Record Collector Its both thrilling and provocative.

John Dennis, The Guardian Wald explores...80 years of popular music,...deftly navigating the evolving complexities of ...the last century.

John Dennis, The Guardian It's a tour de force.

M. Goldsmith, Choice this appealing book...will be particularly useful to those interested in the intersection of popular music and social climate

Brian Boyd, The Irish Independent Blasphemy? Maybe. A spirited and informed polemic? Definitely.

(Oxford)