* explores the creative dialogue between John Lennon and Paul McCartney
* employs the author's own 'Songscape' analysis, a multi-layered approach designed to engage a recorded work on its own terms, that does not require any specialist knowledge.
* discusses the move towards more intimate sound spaces made possible by the recording process itself.
*draws together evidence that Lennon and McCartney's uniquely eclectic approach, which came to encompass music, recording, film, literature, theatre, and painting, can be traced back to the Liverpool College of Art.
