SOURCE: "The Beatles as Artists: A Meditation for December Ninth," in Michigan Quarterly Review, Vol. XXIII, No. 1, Winter, 1984, pp. 1-20.
In the following essay, Winn traces the developing complexity of the Beatles' music, arguing that their withdrawal from the concert scene to focus on making albums allowed them to more fully realize their collaborative potential.
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