The Blackwell guide to recorded country music / edited by Bob Allen.
The Blackwell guide to recorded country music / edited by Bob Allen.
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Publisher
Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell, 1994.
Date
1994.
Call Numbers
N781.642016/3
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 411 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Early Years / Charles Wolfe -- 2. Honky-Tonk / Nick Tosches -- 3. Regional Musics: Cajun, Western Swing, and the Bakersfield Sound / Geoffrey Himes -- 4. Western Music: the Songs of the Cowboy / Laurence J. Zwisohn -- 5. Bluegrass / Frank Godbey and Marty Godbey -- 6. The 1950s and 1960s: Hil...
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Publisher
Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell, 1994.
Analytical title
Recorded country music.
Series
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1994.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This is the definitive guide to selecting the finest recordings in country music. Artists such as Garth Brooks and Billy Ray Cyrus outsell established pop and rock giants in the United States, and they are becoming increasingly popular in Europe. Yet this very popularity means that it is now more difficult to define just what 'country music' is.
The Guide looks at the key recordings in ten major areas of the music, selecting a main library of 100 discs - the majority of them currently available CDs, but with a few harder-to-find specialist items - that should form the core of any country collection. In addition, over 300 supplementary albums are listed and described, enriching the coverage...
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Full title
The Blackwell guide to recorded country music / edited by Bob Allen.
Variant title
Recorded country music.
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General note
Blackwell guides.
Blackwell reference.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-365) and index.
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Call Numbers
N781.642016/3
Record Identifier
74VKJZrA84DA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJZrA84DA
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ISBN
0631191062
9780631191063
DDC
016.7816420266
MMS ID
991022056449702626
