The Great Rock Discography - Hardcover

Martin C. Strong

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9781841955513: The Great Rock Discography

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841955515 ISBN 13: 9781841955513

Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd, 2004

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Here is the tome that tells you everything you want to know about everyone you need to know about: with thousands of hits from the likes of the B52s, L7 and U2 to the Four Tops, Sevendust and 10cc. You can check out a whole spectrum of info on Living Colour and Rainbow; as well as Pink, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Deep Purple, Blue Nile and Green Day. Gorge yourself on Jam and Bread, Meat Loaf and Vanilla Fudge. From one hit wonders to mega stars it doesn't matter the size: you'll find Big Audio Dynamite, Big Black and Big Country - and given equal weighting are Little Angels, Little Feat and Little Richard. It's all here. An essential purchase for music lovers.

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Review:

It took Strong 10 years to compile this discography, and the rock music world is in his debt. More accurate and comprehensive than other books attempting to accomplish the same ends, more readable and better organized, The Great Rock Discography title may toot its own horn, while Strong calls his opus "the ultimate rock book of all time," but it's entirely merited.

It starts at A with ABBA and spends over a page on them (and these are rather large pages, with very small print), describing the history of the band and their albums, then compulsively listing their every recorded musical output from October '73 until October '96, including a jungle of code notations (you can refer back to the formats-and-abbreviations page whenever needed) with catalog number and recording label, whether the A- or B-sides differ in their U.K. and U.S. versions, which are essential to your collection, and whether the vinyl was a long player, a double-long player, a colored long player, or a mini-long player. Covering Adam & the Ants, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Tom Petty, Linda Rondstadt, and Muddy Waters on up through the Zombies and ZZ Top, Strong lists every track by more than 1,000 groups. --Stephanie Gold

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st compulsively readable rock 'n' roll reference book ever published, The Great Rock Discography offers:

  Complete discographies listing every track by more than 1,000 groups

  Comprehensive band histories, lineup changes, career milestones

  Catalog numbers for ordering recordings and evaluating your collection

  Top U.S. and U.K. chart positions

  Recommendations of must-have recordings and essential listening

  Biographies and band histories

Detailed artist profiles

  Name changes, breakups, solo albums

For less than the price of three CDs, fans can own a fabulous reference tool and a great read.  Everyone from casual rock scholars to the most zealous gatherers of music trivia will crave this essential volume, now in its fourth revised and updated edition.

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