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Title: Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll by Colin Escott, Martin Hawkins, Sun Records ISBN: 0312081995 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: For the true to heart and those new to great music!
Comment: Coming from an age group that barely remembers the days of Sun Studio's most talented performers and songwriters, this book drives home the importance and impact of the many talents that emerged from this Memphis-based shrine.
This is a must read for anone who loves rock-n-roll, blues, jazz, or just wants to learn more about the hardships, the triumphs and the many lessons learned in the music industry.
Many top idols are present, but what makes the book such a worthwhile reading are the writings on those less known. My hats off to a true tribute for the sounds and artists of the south!
Rating: 5
Summary: The definitive history of the definitive indie label.
Comment: Have you heard the news? Good Rockin' Tonight is the encyclopedia for all fans of Sam C. Phillips' groundbreaking Memphis Recording Service and Sun/Phillips International labels. Colin Escott and Martin Hawkins, whose expert commentaries appear in the liner notes of many Sun CD reissue packages, deliver thorough accounts of the players and events in the Sun story. Full chapters are devoted to Sun's best-known players (Sam Phillips, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley) and the landmark events (the recording of Rocket 88, the arrival of Howlin' Wolf, and the birth of Rockabilly), but the real highlight is the attention to the lesser-known players like Joe Hill Louis, Scotty Moore, Sonny Burgess, Billy Riley, and Roland Janes. They didn't top the charts, but were as important to the creation of the "Sun Sound" as Perkins, Lewis, Cash and Presley were to its export outside the Memphis city limits, and in Good Rockin' Tonight they receive the recognition they deserve. Escott and Hawkins round out the Sun story with a complete discography of all the Sun and Phillips International singles, EPs and LPs released while both labels were active.
Sun was the first powerhouse independent record label of Rock & Roll music. It's catalogue, performed by rough-edged musicians who turned out consistently innovative material and a Top Ten hit here and there, has been exhaustively reissued over the past ten years, much to the delight of Sun connoisseurs. Sadly, the same can't be said of material written about Sun: most of the books (several also written by Escott and Hawkins) are now out of print. Good Rockin' Tonight stands alone as the most comprehensive work dedicated to Sam Phillips and the record label whose influence on popular culture deserves much more.
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Title: Go Cat Go!: Rockabilly Music and Its Makers (Music in American Life) by Craig Morrison ISBN: 0252065387 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Race With the Devil: Gene Vincent's Life in the Fast Lane by Susan Vanhecke ISBN: 0312262221 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Unsung Heroes of Rock 'N' Roll: The Birth of Rock in the Wild Years Before Elvis by Nick Tosches ISBN: 0306808919 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Lost Highway: by Peter Guralnick ISBN: 0316332747 Publisher: Little Brown & Co (Pap) Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Hellfire by Nick Tosches ISBN: 0802135668 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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