Amazon.com description: Product Description: EPMOW lives music. Put it another way, it does for popular music what Grove has done for classical- David Brackett, Faculty of Music, McGill University, Montreal Highly recommended - Choice This is an extraordinary achievement - Lawrence Grossberg, Morris Davis Professor of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill This is a fabulous book. It will be indispensable to students of popular music not only as the ultimate work of reference, but also as a good read. Start browsing and it is almost impossible to stopl - Simon Frith, Department of Film and Media, University of Stirling In conjunction with the publication of EPMOW: Locations (0-8264-74536-5, 5 volume set), Continuum has made available, for the first time, Volume I and Volume II as a set. First published in 2003, together these volumes form the Part 1 of EPMOW: Volume I - Media, Industry and Society This volume contains two major sections: 'Social and Cultural Dimensions' and 'The Industry'. Volume II Performance and Production This volume is subdivided into four principal parts: 'Performers and Performing', 'Musical Production and Transmission', 'Musical Instruments' and 'Musical Form and Practise'. Entries in both volumes are 'encyclopeidc' - documented and authoritative - and include extensive bibliographies, discographical references, discographies, sheet music listings, visual recordings, film scores, stage shows, television shows/music. Both volumes include an index.