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ISBN10: 1784162086, ISBN13: 9781784162085, [publisher: Transworld 2020-04-02, London] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2020]

Paperback / softback. New. _________ 'Hepworth's knowledge and understanding of rock history is prodigious ... [a] hugely entertaining study of the LP's golden age' The Times _________ The era of the LP began in 1967, with 'Sgt Pepper'; ISBN 1784162086 9781784162085 [GB]

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ISBN10: 1784162086, ISBN13: 9781784162085, [publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd, London] Softcover Paperback. The unparalleled David Hepworth celebrates the reign - and the return - of the LP (from 'Sgt Pepper' to 'Thriller'), how vinyl changed the music, the music industry and the way we listen._________'Hepworth's knowledge and understanding of rock history is prodigious . a hugely entertaining study of the LP's golden age' The Times_________The era of the LP began in 1967, with 'Sgt Pepper'; The Beatles didn't just collect together a bunch of songs, they Made An Album. Henceforth, everybody else wanted to Make An Album.The end came only fifteen years later, coinciding with the release of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'. By then the Walkman had taken music out of the home and into the streets and the record business had begun trying to reverse-engineer the creative process in order to make big money. Nobody would play music or listen to it in quite the same way ever again.It was a short but transformative time. Musicians became 'artists' and we, the people, patrons of the arts. The LP itself had been a mark of sophistication, a measure of wealth, an instrument of education, a poster saying things you dare not say yourself, a means of attracting the opposite sex, and, for many, the single most desirable object in their lives.This is the story of that time; it takes us from recording ...

ISBN10: 1784162086, ISBN13: 9781784162085, [publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd, London] Softcover Paperback. The unparalleled David Hepworth celebrates the reign - and the return - of the LP (from 'Sgt Pepper' to 'Thriller'), how vinyl changed the music, the music industry and the way we listen._________'Hepworth's knowledge and understanding of rock history is prodigious . a hugely entertaining study of the LP's golden age' The Times_________The era of the LP began in 1967, with 'Sgt Pepper'; The Beatles didn't just collect together a bunch of songs, they Made An Album. Henceforth, everybody else wanted to Make An Album.The end came only fifteen years later, coinciding with the release of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'. By then the Walkman had taken music out of the home and into the streets and the record business had begun trying to reverse-engineer the creative process in order to make big money. Nobody would play music or listen to it in quite the same way ever again.It was a short but transformative time. Musicians became 'artists' and we, the people, patrons of the arts. The LP itself had been a mark of sophistication, a measure of wealth, an instrument of education, a poster saying things you dare not say yourself, a means of attracting the opposite sex, and, for many, the single most desirable object in their lives.This is the story of that time; it takes us from recording ...