Full name: Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock

Also published as: Rock: from the Beginning

Author: Nik Cohn Year: 1969 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Music Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780802138309 0802138306

Written in 1968 and revised in 1972, Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom was the first book to celebrate the language and the primal essence of rock 'n' roll. But it was much more than that. It was a cogent history of an unruly era, from the rise of Bill Haley to the death of Jimi Hendrix. And while telling outrageous tales, vividly describing the music, and cutting through the hype, Nik Cohn would engender a new literary form: rock criticism. In his book's wake, rock criticism has turned into a veritable industry, and the world of music has never been the same. Now this seminal history of rock 'n' roll's evolution is available once more -- as riotous a spree as any in rock writing. Similar books: Metallica: Back to the Front by Matt Taylor The Jazz Standards by Ted Gioia The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers The Loser by Thomas Bernhard On Playing the Flute by Johann Joachim Quantz Puccini Without Excuses by William Berger Young People's Concerts by Leonard Bernstein The Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson The Joy of Music by Leonard Bernstein Verdi With a Vengeance by William Berger Notations by John Cage Musicking by Christopher Small Meeting Jimmie Rodgers by Barry Mazor Audio Engineering 101 by Tim Dittmar Hardcore California by Peter Belsito Rocking the Classics by Edward Macan The Mastery of Music by Barry Green The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory by Michael Miller Miles Beyond by Paul Tingen Hearing and Writing Music by Ron Gorow