The sound of the city : the rise of rock and roll

Charlie Gillett, a British journalist, loves the music, and his passion is evident throughout The Sound of the City . Yet the greatest strength of the book is the way Gillett tracks the resistance of the music industry to early rock-and-roll, which was followed (needless to say) by a frantic rush to engulf and devour it. When first published 'The Sound of the City' was hailed as "has never been bettered as the definitive history of rock" (The Guardian'). Now the classic history of rock and roll, has been revised and updated with over 75 historic archive photos. The text has been substantially revised to include newly discovered information and it is now "the one essential work about the history of rock n' roll" (Jon Landau in 'Rolling Stone').

Charlie Gillett, a British journalist, loves the music, and his passion is evident throughout The Sound of the City. Yet the greatest strength of the book is the way Gillett tracks the resistance of the music industry to early rock-and-roll, which was followed (needless to say) by a frantic rush to engulf and devour it.
When first published The Sound of the City was hailed as having 'never been bettered as the definitive history of rock' ( Guardian ). Now the classic history of rock and roll, has been revised and updated with over 75 historic archive photos. The text has been substantially revised to include newly discovered information and it is now 'the one essential work about the history of rock n' roll' (Jon Landau in Rolling Stone ).

In tracing the history of rock and roll, it is useful to distinguish rock 'n' roll-the particular kind of music to which the term was first applied-both from rock and roll-the music that has been classified as such since rock 'n' roll petered out around 1958-and from rock, which describes post-1964 derivations of rock 'n' roll. "This comprehensive study of the rise of rock and roll from 1954 to 1971 has now been expanded with close to 100 illustrations as well as a new introduction, recommended listening section, and bibliography."--BOOK JACKET.