Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers by Broven, John

Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780252032905)

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Format: Hardcover
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Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers by Broven, John

Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers

$125.00
Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers by Broven, John

Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers

$125.00
Format: Hardcover
Description
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This volume is an engaging and exceptional history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s with R & B and hillbilly music through its peak in the 1950s and decline in the 1960s. John Broven combines narrative history with extensive oral history material from numerous recording pioneers including Joe Bihari of Modern Records; Marshall Chess of Chess Records; Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun, and Miriam Bienstock of Atlantic Records; Sam Phillips of Sun Records; Art Rupe of Specialty Records; and many more.

Author: John Broven
ISBN-10: 025203290X
ISBN-13: 9780252032905
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2009
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.00lbs
Size: 10.20h x 7.30w x 2.00d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/17/2008 pg. 52
Library Journal 01/15/2009 pg. 91
Choice 08/01/2009
By John Broven
By John Broven
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John Broven is a respected expert on the rock 'n' roll era and has served as a consultant at Ace Records in the United Kingdom. A one-time coeditor of Blues Unlimited and cofounder of Juke Blues Magazine, he is the author ofRhythm and Blues in New Orleans and South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous. He lives on Long Island, New York.

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