Precious and Few: Pop Music of the Early '70s

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Summary: A Look at the First Half of the 70's
Review: Canadian brothers Don & Jeff Breithaupt examine the first five years of the 70's music scene in Precious & Few. Each chapter is broken up to cover a certain type of music like bubblegum or examine a particular group like The Rolling Stones. The chapter heading lists essential songs from the subject. The brothers interject personal accounts into the stories that make for a nice touch. The book is a quick, easy and completely enjoyable read.

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Summary: This book ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I could not put this book down! It is AWESOME!!
The Breithaupt brothers know thier 70's music inside and out.
Each chapter is divided into categories from bubblegum music to disco. The chapter on Self-pity pop kept made me laughing until I cried. I loved this book. I can't wait to read thier second book: Night Moves Pop music in the late '70s.

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Summary: A time trip
Review: Perhaps the teenagers of today perceive the music of the 70's as one, indivisible universe. But for those who were teenagers at the time (like me) there is a clear division between the first and the second half. This book is about the first half. Those were the days before punk rock and fabricated disco music. It was a time of innocence and fun, the years of the first Beatles solo albums, progressive rock, glam rock and silly, harmless, disposable singles. For people like me, this book is a trip down memory lane - I, like the Breithaupt brothers, also discovered my passion for music in 1971. But it also provides invaluable reference about those formative years of what turned out to be a "classic" decade for pop music.