33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1
The writings in this book are extracted from volumes 1 through 20 of our 33 1/3 series - short books about individual albums. In here you'll find a wide variety of authors, albums, and approaches to writing about those albums. So sit back, put on your headphones, cue up your favourite songs, and let our writers transport you to a time when:
Dusty Springfield headed south to Memphis to record a pop/soul classic;
The Kinks almost fell to pieces, and managed to make their best album while doing so;
Joy Division and their mad, brilliant producer created a debut record that still sounds painfully hip today;
James Brown mesmerized a sell-out crowd at the Apollo, in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis;
The Rolling Stones shacked up in the South of France and emerged with one of the best double-albums ever;
The Ramones distilled punk rock into its purest, most enduring essence...

33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1: it's like a compilation album, without the filler.

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33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1
The writings in this book are extracted from volumes 1 through 20 of our 33 1/3 series - short books about individual albums. In here you'll find a wide variety of authors, albums, and approaches to writing about those albums. So sit back, put on your headphones, cue up your favourite songs, and let our writers transport you to a time when:
Dusty Springfield headed south to Memphis to record a pop/soul classic;
The Kinks almost fell to pieces, and managed to make their best album while doing so;
Joy Division and their mad, brilliant producer created a debut record that still sounds painfully hip today;
James Brown mesmerized a sell-out crowd at the Apollo, in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis;
The Rolling Stones shacked up in the South of France and emerged with one of the best double-albums ever;
The Ramones distilled punk rock into its purest, most enduring essence...

33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1: it's like a compilation album, without the filler.

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33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1

33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1

by David Barker
33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1

33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1

by David Barker

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Overview

The writings in this book are extracted from volumes 1 through 20 of our 33 1/3 series - short books about individual albums. In here you'll find a wide variety of authors, albums, and approaches to writing about those albums. So sit back, put on your headphones, cue up your favourite songs, and let our writers transport you to a time when:
Dusty Springfield headed south to Memphis to record a pop/soul classic;
The Kinks almost fell to pieces, and managed to make their best album while doing so;
Joy Division and their mad, brilliant producer created a debut record that still sounds painfully hip today;
James Brown mesmerized a sell-out crowd at the Apollo, in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis;
The Rolling Stones shacked up in the South of France and emerged with one of the best double-albums ever;
The Ramones distilled punk rock into its purest, most enduring essence...

33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1: it's like a compilation album, without the filler.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826419033
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 09/12/2006
Series: 33 1/3 Series
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.57(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Dusty in Memphis
2. Forever Changes
3. Harvest
4. Kinks Village Green
5. Meat is Murder
6. Piper at the Gates of Dawn
7. Abba Gold
8. Electric Ladyland
9. Unknown Pleasures
10. Sign O the Times
11. Velvet Underground and Nico
12. Let It Be
13. Live at the Apollo
14. Aqualung
15. OK Computer
16. Let It Be
17. Led Zeppelin IV
18. Exile on Main St.
19. Pet Sounds
20. Ramones
21. Student Essay Prize Winner

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