Letter: The Beatles and pop music's continuum

Ian Jack's anecdotal impression of the importance of the Beatles' music (The music that brushed away repression, 19 December) recognises no continuum in popular music, but merely reinforces the old saw of a socially inevitable 60s step change in sound which sluiced all else away.The dance tune culture of the inter-war years (as recorded on Mr Jack's grandparents' Regal Zonophone label, among others) worthless to hear, despite the fact that the Beatles thought it worthy of gentle parody in Hone...

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