Product Description: From mid-1970 to early 1974 The Who undertook an amazing and peculiar journey in which they struggled to follow up ÊTommyÊ with a yet bigger and better rock opera. One of those projects ÊLifehouseÊ was never completed though many of its songs formed the bulk of the classic 1971 album ÊWho's NextÊ...read more

Product Description: In 1967, British photographer Gered Mankowitz had the opportunity to photograph the Jimi Hendrix Experience in two sessions at Mankowitz's legendary Masons Yard studio. As a testimony to their enduring quality, Mankowitz's images were selected as the covers for all of Jimi Hendrix's classic recordings...read more

INTRODUCTION The sparkling waterside city of Seattle is one of America’s newest, and most attractive, metropolises. Laced with parks and lakes, the "Emerald City" is almost perfectly sited between rugged mountains and sylvan islands, at the northwest corner of the contiguous "lower 48" states. One of America’s most livable cities, Seattle is packed with scenic hills and winding streets, with an appealing array of public artworks and outdoor markets. Its central core, narrowly saved from the wrecking ball by popular outcry, has been converted into a series of colorful historic districts, which also hold the city’s best arts, shopping, and nightlife. Before the rise of the high-tech economy, Seattle’s years as a thriving port, relying on the timber industry for its well-being, did little for its national image; neither did its role as home to the enormous University of Washington, or hosting a world’s fair – even one which left Seattle with its most prominent icon, the Space Needle. The city did not really make headlines until the early 1990s, when a few key companies like Starbucks and Microsoft, along with the subcultures they generated, made Seattle a household name. Perhaps equally important was the advent of grunge music, with Seattle as its nominal birthplace, which led to the meteoric rise of seminal bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Buoyed by the go-go late-1990s economy, it seemed that the good times might never end, and that this once-obscure city in the Pacific Northwest might finally rival the likes of San Francisco and LA in West Coast prominence. Unfortunately, the main thing Seattle turned out to have in common with those Californian giants was its propensity for earthquakes, which manifested itself most recently in February of 2001, when a tremor shook the town to its core. More importantly, the bursting of the dot-com bubble, and national recession, hit Seattle like a tsunami, and the city’s economic fortunes increasingly began to resemble its winter weather: dark and dreary. Even so, the countless museums, shops, cafés, and hotels that were built on the wave of the 1990s remain in place – and they’re increasingly affordable for visitors, since the local recession put the brakes on price hikes. For all its arriviste character, Seattle is neither overly dynamic nor a 24-hour party zone, and those expecting the throbbing pulse of a New York or Tokyo will definitely be underwhelmed. While its museums are reasonable, its theater scene vibrant, and its café culture unmatched in the US – offering social centers where coffee-drinking, avant-garde decor, and lively performances meld in one artsy pot – the overall mood of the city is decidedly low-key, requiring time to fully appreciate. In fact, Seattle is best experienced on an itinerary that puts as much emphasis on nature hikes, neighborhood strolls and ferry rides as it does on traditional sightseeing and untamed nightlife.

Product Description: The Rough Guide to Jimi Hendrix is a thorough reference book about the life and music of the greatest rock guitarist of all time. It covers all the key events throughout his metamorphosis; from a misfit youngster growing up in poverty to his rise to international stardom, and from his days as a starving backup musician in the early 1960s to his triumphant appearances at the Monterey Pop and Woodstock rock festivals, not to mention his mysterious and sordid death in 1970...read more

Product Description: Backbeat Books White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground Day By Day

Addressing the impact of one's daily shopping habits on the planet, a thought-provoking resource examines the goods that we buy and use everyday--including clothing, cosmetics, food, energy, and imported goods--in terms of company policies and practices, fair trade, working conditions, free market globalization, and more. Original.

A survey of the significant body of recorded works by the Beatles that were not released includes discussions on an array of live concert performances, home demo recordings, studio outtakes, and more, in a chronologically arranged volume that includes coverage of unreleased video footage. Original.

Product Description: Eight Miles High documents the evolution of the folk-rock movement from mid-1966 through the end of the decade. This much-anticipated sequel to Turn! Turn! Turn!(00330946) - the acclaimed history of folk-rock's early years - portrays the mutation of the genre into psychedelia via California bands like the Byrds and Jefferson Airplane; the maturation of folk-rock composers in the singer-songwriter movement; the re-emergence of Bob Dylan and the creation of country-rock; the rise of folk-rock's first supergroup, CSN&Y; the origination of British folk-rock; and the growing importance of major festivals from Newport to Woodstock...read more

A portrait of folk rock cites its role as a vehicle for musical and social change, chronicling its evolution in the 1960s while profiling its major contributors and milestones, such as Bob Dylan, the Byrds, Simon and Garfunkel, the Newport Folk Festival, and Woodstock. Original.

Book Description: INTRODUCTION Hip Seattle, commercial and cultural star of the Pacific Northwest, is one of America’s most liveable cities – and looking around it’s not hard to see why. Surrounded by water, densely packed with scenic hills and tree-lined streets, and with snow-capped mountains visible in almost every direction, it’s a rare urban environment, in which outdoor-style living has not been sacrificed for cosmopolitan culture...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book explores the evolution of 19 intriguing artists bred by the unique 1960s music scene, and traces the musical and cultural threads that gave birth to their electrifying innovations. From folk-rockers to blue- and brown-eyed soulsters to rock satirists and beyond, acclaimed rock author Unterberger uncovers the lives and music of the key visionaries in a mesmerizing decade, including: The Pretty Things, Tim Buckley, Arthur Brown, The Fugs, Bobby Fuller, The Bonzo Dog Band, Fred Neil, The Beau Brummels and many more...read more

Describes the musical heritage of the United States and the development of styles such as jazz, rock, pop, country, folk, and blues

Profiles rock musicians from the 1950s to the 1990s who never made it big, including the Collins Kids, Graham Bond, Duffy Powder, the Remains, Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, Martin Newell, and the Free Spirits (view table of contents)

Lists, rates, and reviews over 11,000 recordings and profiles over 1,800 musicians (view table of contents)

A voluminous and entertaining guide features complete album discographies--including 'bootleg' recordings, out-of-print records, and imports--for artists in all varieties of rock music, along with profiles of performers, record reviews, and more. Original. 20,000 first printing. IP.

Product Description: Setting the scene with America's traditional folk of the early '60s, this book describes the sea of change that began in 1964 when the social consciousness of folk met the energy of rock. It concentrates on 1964-66, when the best, most popular, and most controversial folk-rock was created...read more