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The Birth of Rock ''n'' Roll: The Illustrated Story of Sun Records and the 70 Recordings That Changed the World

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By (author): Colin Escott Peter Guralnick

THE ILLUSTRATED STORY OF SUN RECORDS AND THE 70 RECORDINGS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Sun Records: the company that launched Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins. This is where Rock 'n Roll was born. Written by two of the most acclaimed music writers of our time, The Birth of Rock n' Roll: 70 Years of Sun Records looks at this history of this legendary label through the lens of 70 of its most iconic recordings. Accompanying the recordings is the label's origin story and a look at the mission of the label today, as well as fascinating dives into subjects such as the legendary Million Dollar Quartet, and how the song Harper Valley, PTA funded the purchase of the label. Featuring hundreds of rare images from the Sun archives as well as a foreword by music legend Jerry Lee Lewis, this is a one-of-a-kind book for anyone who wants to know where it all started. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 241 x 304mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Nov 2022
  • Publisher: Omnibus Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781913172947

About Colin EscottPeter Guralnick

Award-winning and best-selling author Peter Guralnick is widely regarded as the nation's preeminent writer on twentieth-century American popular music. His books include the two-volume biography of Elvis Presley Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love; and the biography of Sun records founder Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll. He is a Grammy award winner and an inductee in the Blues Hall of Fame. Colin Escott is the foremost authority on Sun Records. He wrote the company's history in 1975 and has revised and expanded it several times since. He has published several other volumes on the early days of country music has won a Grammy for his work on Mercury Records' The Complete Hank Williams and received a Tony nomination for the book for Million Dollar Quartet in 2010.

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