No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, two folded page corners and no bumping to corners. 395pp. This study covers the entire span of recorded music in Jamaica - from the 1950s mento and R&B through to dancehall and ragga, charting the music's evolution, including ska, rocksteady, roots, dub, toasting, and lovers' rock, as well as reggae's offshoots in Brtain, the US and Africa. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.25 x 6.5 inches.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Reggae : The Rough Guide

Publisher

Rough Guides Ltd, London

Publication Date

1997

Language

English

ISBN 10

1858282470

ISBN 13

9781858282473

Binding

Soft Cover

Condition

Near Fine

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Performing Arts - Music

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Synopsis

The complete guide to one of the most influential forms of music in the world, The Rough Guide to Reggae leaves no stone unturned when it comes to profiling such stars as Buju Banton, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and, of course, Bob Marley. From Ragga to Dub to Ska, all forms of the genre are covered.

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This is an inexpensive yet near-comprehensive way to educate oneself about reggae music. Incorporating the same let's-cut-to-the-chase style that has characterized the Rough Guide travel books, as well as other music guides on rock, opera, and classical music, this guide to the hugely popular Jamaican music is profusely illustrated and well indexed. The authors have been involved in reggae for over 20 years and are able to survey the genre's many aspects succinctly. They consider such subgenre categories as mento, ska, rude-boy music, and rocksteady and devote chapters to African reggae, reggae in Britain, and reggae in America. Most important is the direction that the guide gives to the best CD or vinyl sources of reggae. Great photos and album covers (all in black and white) liberally pepper the text. If a library feels compelled to stock only one title on reggae, one would be hard pressed to beat the price or content of this book.?David M. Turkalo, Suffolk Univ. Law Sch. Lib., Boston
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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