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Faber & Faber, Date: 1996. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1996. Faber & Faber ISBN 0571198813 9780571198818 [US]
ISBN10: 0571198813, ISBN13: 9780571198818, [publisher: Faber & Faber] Softcover Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. [Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 1996]
ISBN10: 0571198813, ISBN13: 9780571198818, [publisher: Faber & Faber] Softcover Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. [Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 1996]
ISBN10: 0571198813, ISBN13: 9780571198818, [publisher: Faber & Faber] Softcover First Edition First paperback Faber & Faber edition 1995. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "A remarkable literary feat."---Los Angeles Reader. "IT CAME FROM MEMPHIS is that rare music book that illuminates the culture, that sees the music as more than just records and concerts but as integral to discussions about race, economics and how people live. Like Greil Marcus's Mystery Train and the writings of Peter Guralnick on Southern soul and blues, Gordon gives the reader more than just rock criticism, but an alternative way of looking at the world."---Chicago Tribune. "Delta bluesmen, a peanut vendor, a matinee cowboy, a professional wrestler, a manic deejay---these were the intersections where cultures collided in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1950s. IT CAME FROM MEMPHIS documents through firsthand accounts how an audience of white teenagers, caught in the middle of this extraordinary confluence of music, entrepreneurship, and eccentricity, broke through the walls of racism and helped usher in a new musical form called rock and roll. IT CAME FROM MEMPHIS is a rollicking tale of street-corner jug bands, shady West Memphis nightclubs, outdoor music festivals, first bands and first hits, and of learning the ropes of the music biz as the ropes were strung. Unlike other books about Memphis, this one does not focus on Elvis ...
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