101 ESSENTIAL ROCK RECORDS: THE GOLDEN AGE OF VINYL BOOK
PAGES: 260DIMENSIONS: 8.5 x 11 InchesFORMAT: SoftcoverAUTHOR(S): Gene Sculatti and Jeff Gold A passionate tribute to vinyl, spotlighting rocks most influential records from The Beatles 1963 debut Please Please Me, through the Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks (1977) 101 Essential Rock Records celebrates the Golden Age. A thoughtful essay on each album accompanies the original vinyl cover artwork, with rare variations from around the world. Also included are provocative interviews with musicians discussing the albums and artists who changed their lives. David Bowie speaks eloquently about the Velvet Underground's influence, noting his band, Buzz, performed I'm Waiting For The Man at their last gig, and that it was the first time a Velvet song had been covered by anyone, anywhere in the world. Lucky me. Susanne Vega, Peter Buck (REM), Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Nels Cline (Wilco), Devendra Banhart, Robyn Hitchcock and more contribute original texts. Pictorial explorations of Jimi Hendr