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Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers de John Broven

Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers: Music in American Life

Autor John Broven
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 mar 2009

Imaginați-vă un studio improvizat în Memphis-ul anilor '50, unde Sam Phillips reglează butoanele unui magnetofon, în timp ce un tânăr pe nume Elvis Presley se pregătește să schimbe cursul istoriei. Aceasta nu este doar o scenă de film, ci punctul de plecare pentru a înțelege cum micile case de discuri independente au construit fundamentul culturii pop moderne. Putem afirma că fără acești pionieri, „record men” care au pariat pe sunete considerate atunci marginale — de la rhythm and blues la hillbilly — peisajul muzical de astăzi ar fi fost de nerecunoscut.

În Record Makers and Breakers, descoperim o cronică monumentală a industriei care a îndrăznit să sfideze marile corporații. John Broven nu se limitează la o simplă enumerare cronologică; el folosește o structură narativă bogată, susținută de mărturii directe ale unor titani precum Jerry Wexler sau Ahmet Ertegun. Ca și Little Labels Big Sound de Rick Kennedy, această biografie transformă documentele de arhivă și tabelele tehnice într-o narațiune vibrantă despre curaj comercial și intuiție artistică. Diferența majoră rezidă în profunzimea academică a lui Broven, care, prin cele aproape 100 de fotografii și hărți, oferă o rigoare documentară rar întâlnită în lucrările de gen.

Remarcăm cum această lucrare sintetizează temele explorate anterior de autor în Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans, extinzând însă perspectiva de la nivel regional la cel național. Stilul este analitic dar accesibil, reușind să surprindă atât entuziasmul începuturilor brute din anii '40, cât și complexitatea declinului din anii '60. Este o experiență de lectură care onorează vocea celor care, din birouri ticsite de discuri de vinil, au dictat ritmul unei generații.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780252032905
ISBN-10: 025203290X
Pagini: 640
Ilustrații: 97 photographs, 2 maps, 4 tables
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 53 mm
Greutate: 1.42 kg
Editura: University of Illinois Press
Colecția University of Illinois Press
Seria Music in American Life

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cercetătorilor și pasionaților de istorie muzicală care doresc să înțeleagă mecanismele din spatele succesului rock 'n' roll-ului. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă privilegiată asupra modului în care afacerile independente au modelat gustul public, primind acces la interviuri rare și detalii tehnice despre funcționarea caselor de discuri iconice precum Sun, Chess sau Atlantic Records. Este, în esență, manualul definitiv despre geneza independenței artistice.

Despre autor

John Broven este un istoric al muzicii și scriitor de renume, colaborator constant al revistei britanice Blues Unlimited. Pasiunea sa de peste două decenii pentru sunetele din Louisiana i-a adus titlul de membru onorific al Louisiana Music Commission, o recunoaștere a eforturilor sale de a documenta patrimoniul cultural regional. Printre lucrările sale de referință se numără Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans și New York City Blues, volume care au consolidat reputația sa de expert în evoluția genurilor blues și R&B în context urban și social american.

Descriere scurtă

This volume is an engaging and exceptional history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s with R & B and hillbilly music through its peak in the 1950s and decline in the 1960s. John Broven combines narrative history with extensive oral history material from numerous recording pioneers including Joe Bihari of Modern Records; Marshall Chess of Chess Records; Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun, and Miriam Bienstock of Atlantic Records; Sam Phillips of Sun Records; Art Rupe of Specialty Records; and many more.

Recenzii

Awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) for Best Research in Recorded Rock and Popular Music, 2010.

"Broven ... keeps the text moving right along, his fill-in facts and explanations welcome, his segues from interviewees' words to his own smooth and easy.  The author clearly loves the music and holds the achievements of the record people in high regard, but he stays level-headed and avoids overpraising his heroes."--Downbeat

"A fascinating new book about the early independent labels of rock 'n' roll underscores again the central role that radio played in turning rock 'n' roll into the musical language of modern American popular culture. Record Makers and Breakers ... is a rich and engaging history of those early years, largely told through the words of the smart guys, hustlers and Runyonesque characters who shaped them". --New York Daily News

"Broven has put together a detailed and engrossing study of the independent record labels of the 1940s-70s. . . . An outstanding and important study that goes well beyond comparable predecessors; highly recommended."--Library Journal (starred review)




"4 stars. Welcome to a world filled with payola, the mob and jukebox sounds."--MOJO

"Covering the convoluted history of the recording industry from the 1940s to the 1960s, [Broven] combines in-depth archival research with fascinating anecdotes about chart-toppers, shady characters and label owners. . . . The impact of conniving entrepreneurs on the musicians and the layering of rich details and digressive detours as Broven traces the transition from R&B to rock make this equal to Roger D. Kinkle’s massive, four-volume Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz.--Publishers Weekly

"The depth of factual details is incredible, but it's presented in the style of a rich oral history . . . so as not to lose any of the flavour of their anecdotes. . . . It's a chronicle of the entrepreneurial American spirit, liberally punctuated by the creation of some of the most exciting and innovative music of all time."--Record Collector

“Broven is masterful, making Record Makers an essential book for anyone interested in not only American musical culture but American culture, period."--American Songwriter
"This is by far the most complete picture painted to date of the independent recording industry and it has the added advantage of illuminating many of the personalities who helped make that tick."--Blue Suede News

"A remarkable, carefully documented oral history written as an approachable narrative. . . . Recommended."--Choice

"An invaluable addition to understanding American music and indispensable for those into pop music history."--Jazz & Blues Report

"Record Makers and Breakers is a big train of a book that follows the rise of blues, R&B, soul and early rock 'n' roll through the lives behind the independent labels. Long though it is, the ride is rich for anyone curious about the business dynamics of popular culture."--New Orleans Magazine "A treasure. John Broven has given the academic world a good dose of old-fashioned shoe leather journalism. This book will be invaluable to scholars studying the music industry and particularly the rock 'n' roll era."--Don Cusic, author of Johnny Cash: The Songs

"Record Makers and Breakers is replete with groundbreaking research that more than any other single book explains how the popular music industry worked. A must read about the record industry."--Robert Pruter, author of Doowop: The Chicago Scene and Chicago Soul

Notă biografică

John Broven is a respected expert on the rock 'n' roll era and has served as a consultant at Ace Records in the United Kingdom. A one-time coeditor of Blues Unlimited and cofounder of Juke Blues Magazine, he is the author ofRhythm and Blues in New Orleans and South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous. He lives on Long Island, New York.