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The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1)
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Price: $30.00
Artist:
Carl Cafarelli
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Carl Cafarelli is the author
of 2023’s “Gabba Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones”. He has
written for Goldmine, DISCoveries, The Syracuse New Times, Feral
House, Routledge, Visible Ink Press, AHOY Comics, and Rhino Records. Since 1998, he has been the co-host
(with Dana Bonn) of the internationally-renowned weekly broadcast and
internet radio show “This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl” and
he is the author of the daily blog “Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do)”. “The Greatest
Record Ever Made! (Volume 1)” is unlike any other rock or pop book
you've ever seen. It mixes history lessons, artist appreciation, and the ways
in which the records we love can deeply affect our personal lives. Our favorite records don't live in isolation.
Each one has a story. Insisting that an
infinite number of tracks can each be THE greatest record ever made (as long as
they take turns), the book ties together threads connecting classic rock, soul,
pop, punk, hip hop, and bubblegum across decades of hits, misses, critics'
darlings, one-hit wonders, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, and complete unknowns.
The result reads like an irresistible mix tape in book form, compelling the
reader to follow its flow from song to song and chapter to chapter as if it
were a novel. As an experienced pop historian
and journalist, Carl knows the importance of recording facts and figures
accurately. But passion is of equal
importance. We don't crank the volume
for fave rave sounds as academics; we listen as fans, as people living
this complicated life with music as not merely its soundtrack, but as
its heartbeat. Records reflect our
hopes, our disappointments, our successes, our mourning, our love, our
bitterness, our fear, and our will to dance in spite of it all. Why did the Monkees go from the top
of the pops in 1967 to seeming has-been status in 1968? How did James Brown respond to the
British Invasion? What minefields of racism, sexism, homophobia, ambition,
frustration, depression, or loss were navigated by Little Richard, Dusty
Springfield, the Go-Go's, Elvis, Sly and the Family Stone, the Kinks, the Beach
Boys, the Supremes, and Material Issue's Jim Ellison? Were the Ramones as much a bubblegum band as
they were a punk band? When does a group
succeed or fail in its quixotic quest to be the next Beatles? And why does listening to pop music sometimes
make us want to cry? And don’t worry folks,
the Power Pop genre is well-represented throughout! And the book is autographed by Carl! EXCELLENT!!
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