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Author:

Marcus, Greil.

Title:

The history of rock 'n' roll in ten songs / Greil Marcus.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

[xii], 307 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Rock music--History and criticism.
Rock music.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes discography, bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Shake some action: 1976 -- Transmission: 2007/1979/2010 -- In the still of the nite: 1956/1959/2010 -- All I could do was cry: 2013/1960/ 2008 -- Crying, waiting, hoping: 1959/1969 -- Another history of rock 'n' roll -- Money (that's what I want): 1959/1963 and Money changes everything: 1978/1983/2008/2005 -- This magic moment: 2007/1959 -- Guitar drag: 2006/2000 -- To know him is to love him: 1958/2006.

Summary:

Selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 that embody rock and roll as a thing in itself--in the story each song tells, inhabits, and creates in its legacy.

ISBN:

0300187378 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780300187373 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)865543986

LCCN:

2013049423

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)