Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock (Paperback)

from WilliamMelden

Nik Cohn originally published a shorter version of this book, entitled "Rock — from the Beginning" in 1969, at the tender age of 23. I greatly enjoyed it at the time, because Cohn tended to concentrate quite a bit on the English scene, being a Londoner himself, and of course the British Invasion ...

from JohnPhelan

One of the few heirlooms in my family is a set of books about the First World War by Frank R. Cana. They were dashed out as soon as the war ended so include some factual errors, such as that Samsonov was killed by a German shell at Tannenberg, when, in fact, he committed suicide. There are simila...

from lightparade

Nik Cohn got in early with his history of rock and roll, published in 1969 (I think), although the artform survived until about 1984 before it choked on its own vomit. Enough old man's grumblings, Awopbop is stunning on the impact of the early rockers on England - his chapters on Little Richard a...

from lightparade

Nik Cohn got in early with his history of rock and roll, published in 1969 (I think), although the artform survived until about 1984 before it choked on its own vomit. Enough old man's grumblings, Awopbop is stunning on the impact of the early rockers on England - his chapters on Little Richard a...