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Title: 45 RPM: The History, Heroes, and Villains of a Pop Music Revolution by Jim Dawson, Steve Propes ISBN: 0-87930-757-9 Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not as good as it might have been
Comment: Perhaps I was expecting too much here, but as someone who has been collecting 45's for nearly 40 years I found this book to be a bit disappointing. The first half of the book, covering the early history of this format, was somewhat long winded and poorly written. Many of the sentences seemed to just ramble on and on. Things seemed to pick up a bit in the second half of the book, however, and I was able to glean a lot more information from the latter chapters. The book is liberally sprinkled with photos of rare and interesting 45 rpm labels and picture sleeves. As a collector, I saw many items I had never come across before. The authors also provide us with any number of fascinating stories about individual releases and the unscrupulous practices of some of the record companies. For the reader who is too young to remember what all the fuss was about during the heyday of the 45, this book would certainly be a good place to start. For the serious collector, this is not a bad book to add to your library but I would not consider it essential. I did not learn as much from it as I had hoped. At the halfway point in the book, I was prepared to rate the book just 2 stars. But as I stated earlier, the authors seemed to hit their stride later on and thus the three star rating.
Rating: 5
Summary: Almost Too Much Information, But Very Compelling!
Comment: I never thought that anyone could write an entire book about the 45 record, but these guys have pulled it off. Some of the detail about how RCA got this record format off the ground is almost exhaustive to the point of overkill, and yet there's a narrative drive to it that kept me going. The rock 'n' roll chapters, especially about independent record companies and the economics of B-sides, shed new light on rock history for me, and the chapters about the most valuable 45s of all time and the oddest 45s ever made were great fun to read. These guys seem to know what they're talking about and how to make it interesting. Rock 'n' roll books generally suck, but I'd definitely recommend this one.
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Title: Burn, Baby! Burn!: The Autobiography of Magnificent Montague (Music in American Life) by Magnificent Montague, Bob Baker ISBN: 0252028732 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues by Elijah Wald ISBN: 0060524235 Publisher: Amistad Press Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Vinyl Junkies : Adventures in Record Collecting by Brett Milano ISBN: 0312304277 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 10 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios by William Clark, Jim Cogan, Quincy Jones ISBN: 0811833941 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: 45 RPM by Spencer Drate, Charles L. Granata ISBN: 1568983581 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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