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Mystery train:

images of America in rock 'n' roll music
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35 Reviews
Plume, 1997 - Fiction - 320 pages
When it was first published, critic after critic called this brilliant study of rock 'n' roll and American culture the best book on the subject. Now, firmly established as a classic, the fourth edition features a completely new introduction as well as an entirely updated discography that includes CDs for the first time.

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Some sections are better than others. Some of Marcus' analysis shows great insight.

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Technically this book should not be in my finished llist since I did not finish it. Full of overblown self-important vapid blatherings about American character and American music that made me want to ... Read full review

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Greil Marcus: Mystery Train
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Seattle Arts & Lectures -Greil Marcus
In 1975, Marcus released his first book, Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock ‘n’ Roll Music, which is widely regarded as one of the finest and most ...
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Greil Marcus is author of Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock'n'Roll Music, Lipstick Traces, Dead Elvis, Invisible Republic, The Dustbin of History, ...
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Jeff Schwartz - Review Essay: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll? (Review of ...
Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music . New York: Plume, 1975. mcclary, Susan. Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality . ...
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Articles, interviews and reviews from Greil Marcus: Rocks Backpages.
Greil Marcus is author of Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock'n'Roll Music (1975; most recent English language edition from Faber & Faber, 2000), ...
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Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan
... especially Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music (1975) and Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes (1997). ...
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Portfolio at NYU
Greil Marcus, Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'N' Roll Music (ep Dutton, 1975) Reissued by Plume in paperback in 1997. A music reviewer, editor, ...
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Popular Music and Society: The best books on popular music since ...
Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music. New York: Dutton, 1976. Marsh, Dave. Louie, Louie. New York: Hyperion, 1993. Rosenberg, Neil. ...
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Interview with Greil Marcus
Marcus's other famous work--1975's Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music--has been called the best book ever written on rock music. ...
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About the author (1997)

Greil Marcus is the author of "Invisible Republic," "Dead Elvis," "Lipstick Traces," & "Mystery Train." His pieces have appeared in a wide range of publications, including "Artforum," "Interview," "The New Yorker," "The New York Times," & "Esquire." He will be teaching at Princeton & Berkeley in fall 2000.

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TitleMystery train: images of America in rock 'n' roll music
A Plume book
AuthorGreil Marcus
Edition4, illustrated
PublisherPlume, 1997
ISBN0452278368, 9780452278363
Length320 pages
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Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Music / Genres & Styles / Rock
Popular culture
Popular culture - United States
Popular culture/ United States
Rock music
Rock music - United States - History and criticism
Rock music/ United States/ History and criticism
Rock musicians
Rock musicians - United States - Biography
Rock musicians/ United States/ Biography
  
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