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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
David Hepworth, an ardent music fan and well regarded critic, was twenty-one in '71, the same age as many of the legendary artists who arrived on the scene. Taking us on a tour of the major moments, the events and songs of this remarkable year, he shows how musicians came together to form the perfect storm of rock and roll greatness, starting a musical era that would last longer than anyone predicted. Those who joined bands to escape things that lasted...
12) Summer of love: the inside story of LSD, rock & roll, free love, and high times in the wild West
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Show That Never Ends is the definitive story of the extraordinary rise and fall of progressive ("prog") rock. Epitomized by such classic, chart-topping bands as Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, and Emerson Lake & Palmer, along with such successors as Rush, Marillion, Asia, Styx, and Porcupine Tree, prog sold hundreds of millions of records. It brought into the mainstream concept albums, spaced-out cover art, crazy time signatures, multitrack...
14) 1970's pop
Author
Series
Publisher
Peter Bedrick Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Highlights the influence of some of the important performers on the popular music scene in the 1970s, including the Bee Gees, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, the Eagles, and the Sex Pistols.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A fascinating account of the music and epic social change of 1973, a defining year for David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Eagles, Elvis Presley, and the former members of The Beatles. 1973 was the year rock hit its peak while splintering-just like the rest of the world. Ziggy Stardust travelled to America in David Bowie's Aladdin Sane. The Dark Side of the Moon began its epic run on the Billboard charts, inspired...
Author
Publisher
Jawbone Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Just what is 'yacht rock', you ask? Perhaps the easiest description is: music that would not sound out of place being played while carousing aboard a yacht back in the good old days. But these songs were also some of the top pop gems of the 70s and 80s. And while some associate yacht rock's biggest songs with one-hit wonder artists, several of rock's most renowned artists fall under this category, too including Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, The Doobie...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Alan Paul's in-depth narrative look at the Allman Brothers' most successful album, and a portrait of an era in rock and roll and American history. The Allman Brothers Band's Brothers and Sisters was not only the band's best-selling album, at over seven million copies sold, but it was also a powerfully influential release, both musically and culturally, one whose influence continues to be profoundly felt. Celebrating...
Series
Publisher
Rhino Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Describes the making of Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album, Rumours, through archival performance footage and interviews with band members and producers Richard Dashut and Ken Caillat. Features newly recorded versions of Christine McVie's Songbird and Lindsey Buckingham's acoustic version of Never going back again.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Personally compiled and curated by Yoko Ono, this beautiful and definitive volume reveals the complete inside story of the making of the critically acclaimed album, and all that surrounded it, at the home, Tittenhurst Park, and in London and New York during 1971. With a message as pertinent today as it was when the album was written, this landmark book is a tribute to one of the most important creative collaborations of the twentieth century."--Back...
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