Product Description: Snare drum backbeat plus electric guitar: the simple formula that launched the rock star, and contemporary teen culture along with it. Today, rock 'n' roll seems to define postwar American culture, especially in its impact abroad...read more

Product Description: Desde los Beatles hasta los años 70. El periodo de esplendor de la cultura rock.Completando el volumen precedente, Historia del rock. El sonido de la ciudad 2 continúa el riguroso y documentado análisis de la historia y la cultura del rock (entre los Beatles y la década de los setenta del siglo XX) y ofrece, además, un apé...read more

Product Description: Gillett examina detalladamente el papel que desempeñó el rock & roll como música popular y, en especial, qué significó para aquéllos que lo escucharon y vivieron inmersos en su espíritu. Siempre al margen de tópicos y de lugares comunes, y poco inclinado a dar una mera opinión personal, Gillett vierte luz sobre las circuns...read more

Product Description: The "Rock File" series was published between 1972 and 1978 by Panther and has been out of print for over 15 years. This volume is an anthology of the five original volumes, reprinted with new introductions. "Rock File" charted the trajectory of popular music in Britain at a critical point in its development, from the people who created the music and the industry that manufactured it to the DJs and record buyers who played it...read more

A history of rock and roll discusses the major groups and performers and offers a look at rhythm and blues, soul music, and the British influence

Product Description: Book by Gillett, Charlie