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Author:

Walsh, Ryan H., (Journalist) author.

Title:

Astral weeks : a secret history of 1968 / Ryan H. Walsh.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

357 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Morrison, Van,--1945---Astral weeks.
Rock music--1961-1970--History and criticism.
Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D.
Boston (Mass.)--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-344), discography (pages 344-346), and index.

Contents:

Prologue: in the beginning -- Against electricity -- God's underground newspaper -- The silver age of television -- Paul Revere is shamed: being a brief history of the Bosstown sound -- The white light underground -- Scenes from the real world -- I saw you coming from the cape -- A little more light into the darkness of man -- The noises that roar in the space between the worlds -- Something in the bricks -- We have all been astrals many times -- Epilogue: afterwards.

Summary:

Documents the story of the creation of Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks" album against a backdrop of the political and cultural turmoil of 1968 Boston, examining how other artists raised awareness about key historical events and issues.

ISBN:

0735221340
9780735221345

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1024082202

LCCN:

bl2018000571

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YXPB162 -- Clarence Public Library (Edna Zybell Memorial Library) (Clarence)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

SEPC074 -- Hawkins Memorial Library (La Porte City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)