Classic Albums: The vinyl that made a generation

Description

In the late 1960s and 1970s, vinyl ruled! Fans showed their love and investment in a particularly rock and roll band by paying about $10 ($75 in today s money) for a dozen songs etched into 40 minutes of a vinyl long play or LP record. Not only did fans receive a collection of great songs, they were presented with a window into another world concept albums, rock operas, progressive rock, acid trips and new worlds packaged in wonderful pieces of pop art called record covers! Classic Albums That Changed My Life chronicles the inside story about the making of a dozen great albums, starting with the Beatles White Album in 1968 to Elton John s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in 1973. In each chapter, the recording process is discussed and the inspiration for each song is investigated but more importantly, the place that both the band and the album now hold in popular culture is fully explored. This is an authoritative but affectionate look back at a time when hair was long, denim ruled and the daggiest guy at school could immediately be cool if turned up to a party with the right record under his arm. Includes wonderfully evocative images of the featured albums.

Alan J. Whiticker is an author and publisher, born in 1958. With more than 50 books to his credit, he is an accomplished writer of sport, history, biography, pop culture and true crime. His books include: The Satin Man (2013), The Way We Were (2013), British Pop Invasion (2014), Retro New York (2015) and Speeches that Defined the World (2016). Classic Albums features those albums that had a big impact on him as a teenager in the late 1960s and early 1970s.