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101 essential rock records : the golden age of vinyl from the Beatles to the Sex Pistols / Jeff Gold.

by Gold, Jeff, 1956-

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Berkeley, CA : Gingko Press ; Los Angeles, CA : In association with Kill Your Idols, c2012.

Rock music -- 1961-1970 -- Discography.

Rock music -- 1971-1980 -- Discography.

Rock music -- 1961-1970 -- History and criticism.

Rock music -- 1971-1980 -- History and criticism.

259 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.

Essays. The record obsession / Jeff Gold -- Dreams of vinyl / Jac Holzman -- On the Beatles: Please please me and Joni Mitchell: Blue / Graham Nash -- On Them: The angry young Them and the Mothers of Invention: Freak out / Iggy Pop -- On Pink Floyd: The piper at the gates of dawn ; Bob Dylan: Highway 61 revisited and the Beatles: Revolver / Robyn Hitchcock -- On The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are you experience and Electric Ladyland / Nels Cline -- On the Velvet Underground & Nico: The Velvet Underground & Nico / David Bowie -- On the Beatles: The Beatles (White album) and Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen / Suzanne Vega -- Jimi Hendrix: record collector / Jeff Gold -- On Moby Grape: Moby Grape and Love: forever changes / Jon Savage -- On Davy Graham: Folk, blues & beyond ; Alexander Spence: Our and Vashti Bunyan: Just another diamond day / Devendra Banhart -- On album cover design / Mick Haggerty -- On the Incredible String Band & Nick Drake / Joe Boyd -- On Iggy and the Stooges: Raw power / Johnny Marr -- On Patti Smith: Horses and record collecting / Peter Buck -- Censored! -- The vinyl mystique / Ken Barnes --

The albums. The Beatles: Please please me -- Bob Dylan: The freewheelin' Bob Dylan -- The Rolling Stones: The Rolling Stones -- Bob Dylan: Another side of Bob Dylan -- Davy Graham: Folk blues & beyond... -- Them: The angry young Them -- The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man -- Bob Dylan: Highway 61 revisited -- The Who: My generation -- Simon & Garfunkel: Sounds of silence -- The Rolling Stones: Aftermath -- The Beach Boys: Pet sounds -- Bob Dylan: Blonde on blonde -- The Mothers of Invention: Freak out! -- Yardbirds: Yardbirds --

Essays by Gene Sculatti. John Mayall with Eric Clapton: Blues breakers -- The Butterfield Blues Band: East-West -- The Beatles: Revolver -- Jefferson Airplane: Jefferson Airplane takes off -- The Kinks: Face to Face -- The 13th Floor Elevators: The psychedelic sounds of -- Laura Nyro: More than a new discovery -- The Doors: The Doors -- Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic pillow -- The Velvet Underground & Nico: The Velvet Underground & Nico -- Grateful Dead: Grateful Dead -- The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are you experienced? -- The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- Moby Grape: Moby Grape -- Tim Buckley: Goodbye and hello -- Pink Floyd: The piper at the gates of dawn -- Buffalo Springfield: Again -- Love: Forever changes -- Cream: Disraeli gears -- Traffic: Mr. Fantasy -- The Who: The Who sell out -- Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen -- The Velvet Underground: White light/white heat -- Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac -- The Incredible String Band: The hangman's beautiful daughter -- The Zombies: Odessey & Oracle -- Small Faces: Ogden's nut gone flake -- The Band: Music from Big Pink -- Grateful Dead: Anthem of the sun -- Jeff Beck: Truth --

More albums. Big Brother & The Holding Company: Cheap thrills -- The Byrds: Sweetheart of the rodeo -- The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland -- Van Morrison: Astral weeks -- The Beatles: The Beatles (White album) -- The Pretty Things: S.F. sorrow -- The Pentangle: Sweet child -- The Soft Machine: The Soft Machine -- Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou country -- Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin -- The Flying Burrito Bros.: The gilded palace of sin -- MC5: Kick out the jams -- Sly And The Family Stone: Stand! -- Neil Young with Crazy Horse. Everybody knows this is nowhere -- Alexander Spence: Oar -- The Who: Tommy -- Crosby, Stills & Nash: Crosby, Stills & Nash -- Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band: Trout mask replica -- Blind Faith: Blind Faith -- Jethro Tull: Stand Up -- The Stooges: The Stooges -- Nick Drake: Five leaves left -- King Crimson: In the court of the Crimson King -- Fairport Convention: Liege & leaf -- Vashti Bunyan: Just another diamond day -- The Move: Shazam -- James Taylor: Sweet baby James -- Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath -- Emerson Lake & Palmer: Emerson Lake & Palmer -- David Bowie: The man who sold the world -- Cat Stevens: Tea for the tillerman -- Carole King: Tapestry -- Can: Tago mago -- Yes: The Yes album -- Joni Mitchell: Blue -- The Allman Brothers Band: At Fillmore East -- Genesis: Nursery cryme -- Faust: Faust -- Big Star: #1 Record -- The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St. -- David Bowie: The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars -- Iggy and The Stooges: Raw power -- Pink Floyd: The dark side of the moon -- Roxy Music: For your pleasure -- New York Dolls: New York Dolls -- Kraftwerk: Autobahn -- Bruce Springsteen: Born to run -- Patti Smith: Horses -- Ramones: Ramones -- The Modern Lovers: The Modern Lovers -- AC/DC: Dirty deeds done cheap -- Fleetwood Mac: Rumors -- The Damned: The Damned -- The Clash: The Clash -- Talking Heads: Talking Heads: 77 -- Sex Pistols: Never mind the bollocks here's The Sex Pistols.

A tribute to the vinyl album, celebrating 101 of rock's most influential records 1963 to 1977. An essay on each album accompanies reproductions of the original vinyl cover artwork, with rare variations from around the world. Included are thought-provoking interviews with musicians who discuss the albums and artists who changed their lives.

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