Presents a decade-by-decade view of the career of the distinctive American musical group, describes a typical concert, and discusses the way of life and world view of the musicians and their loyal followers

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Product Description: IBreaking Records gives a narrative history of American popular music and the pop music industry. Organised by decade, each chapter gives an overview of the major developments, technologically, commercially, and musically, for all types of popular music making...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)