Rock Atlas: 700 Great Music Locations and the Fascinating Stories Behind Them: United Kingdom and Ireland Edition - Couverture souple

Roberts, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1905959249 ISBN 13 : 9781905959242

Editeur : Clarksdale, 2011

Synopsis

Rare Book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Rock Atlas features more than 700 great music locations throughout the UK and Ireland and the stories behind them. * Featuring landmark album cover locations, gravestones, plaques, recording locations, statues and sites of famous and infamous gigs. * Covering artists as diverse as The Beatles, Stones, The Who, Bowie, Bolan, New Order, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Queen, AC/DC, Michael Jackson, Sex Pistols, The Stranglers, Depeche Mode, Oasis, Arctic Monkeys, Adele, Kaiser Chiefs and Mumford & Sons. * Hundreds of rare and unseen pics including The Beatles, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, The Beach Boys, The Grateful Dead and many more! * Works on two levels: * A great book of short, amusing, ironic, insightful and entertaining stories. * A guide for those who want to seek out the spiritual experience of visiting rock s seminal sites including the one-hour stop on British soil by Elvis, the real Penny Lane or the statue of Jimi Hendrix and any number of iconic album cover shoot locations.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Author and compiler David Roberts was formerly managing editor of the Guinness range of music books including British Hit Singles, Rockopedia and The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. His pop knowledge expanded hugely during his lengthy spell at Guinness where he had the good fortune to work alongside Tim Rice, Jo Rice and Paul Gambaccini. He is an author and contributor to music books and recently acted as writer for the British Music Experience visitor attraction at London s O2.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Clarksdale
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1905959249
• ISBN 13: 9781905959242
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 303