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Rock's Golden Year
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*THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*
As seen on Apple TV - 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
The Sixties ended a year late - on New Year's Eve 1970, when Paul McCartney initiated proceedings to wind up The Beatles.
The story of the year that rock music exploded, featuring almost every star who defined the decade
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The story of the year that rock music exploded, featuring almost every star who defined the decade.
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
As seen on Apple TV - 1971- The Year That Music Changed Everything
The Sixties ended a year late - on New Year's Eve 1970, when Paul McCartney initiated proceedings to wind up The Beatles. Music would never be the same again.
The next day would see the dawning of a new era. 1971 saw the release of more monumental albums than any year before or since and the establishment of a pantheon of stars to dominate the next forty years - Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Marvin Gaye, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Rod Stewart, the solo Beatles, and more.
January that year fired the gun on an unrepeatable surge of creativity, technological innovation, blissful ignorance, naked ambition, and outrageous good fortune. By December, rock had exploded into the mainstream.
How did it happen? This book tells you how.
It's the story of 1971, rock's golden year.
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David Hepworth's 1971 - Never a Dull Moment is widely regarded as a love letter to a pivotal year in music history. Reviews highlight his infectious enthusiasm, pithy style, and sharp eye for anecdotes, making the book both clever and entertaining. Hepworth's argument that 1971 was a uniquely creative year is delivered with an engaging and independent perspective. Overall, the book is described as thoroughly absorbing, offering a mix of entertainment and insight without falling into nostalgic traps.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781784162061
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 February 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Black Swan
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 325g
Pages: 432
About the Author
David Hepworth has been writing about, broadcasting about and speaking about music since the 70s. He was involved in the launch and/or editing of magazines like Smash Hits, Q, Mojo and The Word among many others. He was one of the presenters of the BBC rock music programme Whistle Test and one of the anchors of the Corporation's coverage of Live Aid in 1985. He has won the Editor of the Year and Writer of the Year awards from the Professional Publishers Association and the Mark Boxer Award from the British Society of Magazine Editors. He is a director of the independent company Development Hell and divides his time between writing for a variety of magazines and newspapers, speaking at events, broadcasting work and blogging. He lives in London. 'I was born in 1950,' he says, 'which means that in terms of music I have the winning ticket in the lottery of life'.
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