Waiting for the Sun by Barney Hoskyns

Waiting for the Sun by Barney Hoskyns

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Summary

This is a history of Los Angeles as "rock 'n' roll" Babylon - a damned paradise of sun and surf, drugs and disease. The author focuses his attention on the uneasy symbiotic relationship between the movie business and music, from the early record companies in the 1940s and 1930s.

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Waiting for the Sun by Barney Hoskyns

This is a history of Los Angeles as rock 'n' roll Babylon - a damned paradise of sun and surf, drugs and disease. The author focuses his attention on the uneasy symbiotic relationship between the movie business and music, from the early record companies and studios in the 1940s and 1930s and goes on to examine the multiplicity of styles to have evolved from the West Coast.
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ISBN 13 9780670850211
ISBN 10 0670850217
Title Waiting for the Sun
Author Barney Hoskyns
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1996-06-06
Number of pages 384
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