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learn even more when Volume 2 is released next year. Often overlooked is the fact that Mar- tin was only 43 when the Beatles broke up. He would go on to live another 47 years before passing away in 2016. Volume 1 takes us up to Rubber Soul, leaving us anticipating the stories of the incredible albums ahead for the band and how Martin dealt with the increasing drug use and internal conflicts. Womack says the next book also dives into Martin’s work with the band America and other proj- And that’s where The Beatles ects. While Martin will be forev- come in. er tied to his work with The Bea- While music fans are likely to tles his career did not end there. more interested in the Beatles “At a certain level, Martin’s story story than what precedes it, Womack provides a breezy read is the same as the four former that is quite interesting, especial- Beatles in the sense that after they last see each other in Au- ly since most of it will be com- pletely new to the average mu- gust 1969 as a unit - they’re the sic fan. But the book truly takes sum of their parts and none of off once the four lads from Liver- them ever reach those levels of excellence again,” said Womack. pool enter the picture. We will NJ STAGE 2017 - Issue 40 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 67