“Classic Rock Revisited From the
Vault: Series I: Stadium Rock” by Jeb

Wright: Classic Rock Revisited has been

bringing re-

laxed, friendly,

sprawling Q&As

with all man-

ner of classic

rockers for ten

years now. In

celebration of

that milestone

— and the

site’s mammoth traffic — head heavy

Jeb Wright has

started bringing back some of the earlier

interviews (long deleted from the site’s

archives), beginning with this abstractly

titled tome (what’s stadium rock?) in a

series he’s calling From The Vault.

Next up is heavy metal, but for now,

we get the likes of Sammy Hagar, Joe

Perry (and Steve Perry), Steve Miller

and Shecky Green — I mean, Dennis

DeYoung, along with a few that Jeb has

actually gotten to be quite close with —

drumming up friendships, promotions

and the like — such as Kansas, Paul

Rodgers, Tom Scholz and Ted Nugent.

It is in some of these chats that you

can watch Jeb put his subjects at ease,

coaxing out details and frankness and

frankincense and mirth, making for

an effortlessly enjoyable trawl through

time, Jeb’s weirdly incredulous “been

there and almost bought the farm”

laugh being his best weapon at lighten-

ing the mood, even if subject matter gets

tough.

In any event, it ain’t much to look

at, but the price is right. Furthermore,

nuggets are found on every page, and

yeah, back to my original gripe. Damn,

I suppose if you add all these dudes up,

of course it’s stadium rock, like being

backstage at Cal Jam II feeling your face

bubble and blister off.

See classicrockrevisited.com for more —

sunscreen not included.

(Paperback, 210 pages, $19.95.

Elliot-Baker Publishing,
www.ClassicRockRevisited.com)

— Martin Popoff

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“Dusty: Queen of the Postmods” by

Annie J. Randall: There’s more to Dusty

Springfield than a gigantic beehive hairdo

and that oh-so-

sultry voice.

Randall evalu-

ates Springfield’s

role in the female

British invasion,

focusing specifi-

cally on the years

1964-1968, when

Springfield re-

corded her biggest international hits and was a staple

on British televi-

sion. Caution: The book reads like and re-

sembles an extended term paper — 54 pages

of the 219-page book are devoted to notes,

a bilbiography and an index. If you can get

past the format, you will be rewarded with

some fun snippets and quite a few photos of

interest, but this book is not geared toward

those looking for a light read or a breezy

autobiography.

(Hardcover, 219 pages, $24.95. Oxford

University Press, www.oup.com/us.com)

—Susan Sliwicki

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“Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop, Inside Out” by Gordon Thompson: Sneak an insider’s peek at the British pop music recording industry from 1956 to 1968 with author

Gordon Thompson, who provides personal recollections, contemporary accounts and information about

the economic, political and social context of postwar Britain. The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones and The Who — they’re all discussed here for your enjoyment. As history books go, this one is more engaging than most.

The selected discography is a nice addition, and a song index (in addition to a general book index) makes it easy to find passages related to your favorite tunes.

(Softcover, 340 pages, $24.95. Oxford
University Press, www.oup.com/us.com)

—Susan Sliwicki

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