101 Essential Rock Records by Jeff Gold!

101 ESSENTIAL ROCK RECORDS:
THE GOLDEN AGE OF VINYL FROMTHE BEATLES TO THE SEX PISTOLS

by JEFF GOLD

101 Essential Rock Records: The Golden Age of Vinyl From The Beatles to The Sex Pistols is an overview of rock’s most seminal albums. This highly visual celebration of long-playing vinyl by music industry veteran (and proprietor of Recordmecca.com) Jeff Gold features contributions from musicians Devendra Banhart, David Bowie, Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Nels Cline (Wilco), Robyn Hitchcock, Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Graham Nash, Iggy Pop, and Suzanne Vega.

The book shines a light on one hundred and one rock albums - from the well known to the obscure - that changed music forever. From The Beatles' 1963 UK debut Please Please Me through the Sex Pistols' 1977 classic Never Mind The Bollocks, its focus is vinyl’s “Golden Age”; beginning with the explosion of album sales brought on by Beatlemania, and ending in the late seventies with the advent of Sony’s Walkman - and the cassette overtaking the LP as the dominant music format.

Already featured in the pages of Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and SPIN, this awesome compendium of rock 'n' roll scholarship is a must-have for any music fan, and the perfect holiday gift. Come celebrate with our longtime friend (and Lee's colleague at Rhino Records oh-so-many years ago) Jeff Gold, contributor Gene Sculatti, guest DJ Zach Cowie (spinning albums featured in the book) and any number of familiar faces this Sunday!