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Book

Stranded : Rock and Roll for a Desert Island

Call Number

  • 780.97 S8972 (CEN)

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Edition

2nd Da Capo Press ed.

Publication Information

New York : Da Capo Press, 2007.

Physical Description

305 p. ; 21 cm.

Notes

Previously published: New York: Knopf, 1979. With new introd.

Contents

  • Sticky fingers (Rolling Stones) / Nick Tosches
  • It's too late to stop now (Van Morrison) / M. Mark
  • Beggars Banquet (Rolling Stones) / Simon Frith
  • Presenting the fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica (Ronettes) / Jim Miller
  • The Wild, the innocent, and the E Street shuffle (Bruce Springsteen) / Ariel Swartley
  • Trout mask replica (Captain Beefheart) / Langdon Winner
  • Velvet Underground (Velvet Underground) / Ellen Willis
  • Desperado (Eagles) / Grace Lichtenstein
  • Little Willie John / Joe McEwen
  • Something else by the Kinks (Kinks) / Janet Maslin
  • Rocket to Russia (The Ramones) / Tom Carson
  • The Pretender (Jackson Browne) / Paul Nelson
  • The Debut of the New York Dolls / Robert Christgau
  • Rock & Roll Revival! (Huey "Piano" Smith) / Jay Cocks
  • Precious Lord (Thomas A. Dorsey) / Tom Smucker
  • Decade (Neil Young) / Kit Rachlis
  • Astral Weeks (Van Morrison) / Lester Bangs
  • Living in the U.S.A. (Linda Ronstadt) / John Rockwell
  • Onan's Greatest Hits / Dave Marsh
  • Dedicated to You ("5" Royales) / Ed Ward.

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