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Summary: Not a great reference - just the writer's hobby !
Review: This has just come out in UK and is already selling in the remainder bins at less than half price. It is not a good source of reference as there are far too many omissions and the compiler's personal favourites are too easily identified. A good complete discography like Hounsom's work in the 80s would have been welcome. This doesn't come close - a waste of a good idea.l
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Summary: Somebody Had To Do It - Somebody Had To Buy It
Review: This is an amazing work - a telephone book of people you might actually want to call, a lost gnostic text to a doomed civilization's pizza delivery places, a total compendium of where all the effort spent in conquering the world went after the fall of the British Empire. God love them, these British folks are serious about that Rock and Roll music! As for the work itself, it's thorough, fair, and fun to browse through in any time or place. I can become lost for hours, and find myself jonesing for some of the groups Strong knows but about which I've never heard. Some things are a trifle annoying, like which bands are labelled Psychedelic and which are not, but to hell with it; stand back and let the man do his work. I slaver for the second edition of the Pschedelic Discography. When Stong says Great, he means it. The Great Pyramids, the Great War, Great Coats, and Alexander the Great come to mind. Everyone should have one of these in his or her homes. Or a bottle of Xanax. I'll take the great maroon book with a glass of water before meals and bedtimes.
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Summary: great book, but errors
Review: this is probably the best discography/history book of rock/popular music that i've found. not all of the entries are rock, which is good. there are plenty of blues, pop, and other associated genres. unfortunately, the author does point out that there are INTENTIONAL errors, for copywrite reasons. this is the greatest downfall. just in the nine inch nails entry, errors include where the band was founded, a single error (the single for the song 'sin' was not included), and songs that were listed as cover versions ('get down make love', from what i remember, was not listed as being written by queen). all in all, however, this is one solid book, and should be in the library of any major music fan.
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Summary: great book, but errors
Review: this is probably the best discography/history book of rock/popular music that i've found. not all of the entries are rock, which is good. there are plenty of blues, pop, and other associated genres. unfortunately, the author does point out that there are INTENTIONAL errors, for copywrite reasons. this is the greatest downfall. just in the nine inch nails entry, errors include where the band was founded, a single error (the single for the song 'sin' was not included), and songs that were listed as cover versions ('get down make love', from what i remember, was not listed as being written by queen). all in all, however, this is one solid book, and should be in the library of any major music fan.
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Summary: The most comprehensive music reference book
Review: With 100,000 copies now in print, The Great Rock Discography is a proven winner. Containing complete discographies on over 1,000 bands, with band histories, line-up changes, US and UK chart positions and now catalogue numbers, it tells you all you need to know about everyone you need to know about. Reviewers agree with us - the NME said it was a "killer tome", Mojo that it was "more readable than a reference book has any right to be", The Face that it was "an essential tome" and The Guardian that it's "the last word in rock'n'roll trainspotting". This is the ultimate in music reference books.
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Summary: WORTHY OF YOUR BOOKSHELF
Review: You aren't going to find something as comprehensive as this for the price. Sure, he's missing some of my personal favorite bands, and yes, many of his album reviews lack the benefit of repeated listenings, but this book is full of facts, album release dates, band histories and trivia. A must have for the music fan.
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