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The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde 33 1/3 by Andrew Barker
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Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3 | Reading Level: General Adult
As immediately believable as they were cartoonish, as much an inner city cipher as a suburban boys gang, the foursome that made up the Pharcyde were the most relatable MCs to ever pass the mic. On their debut and magnum opus Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, they created a record almost overstuffed with pos ...Show more
The Rolling Stones' Some Girls by Cyrus R. K. Patell
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Category: Special Orders | Series: 33 1/3
This is a fascinating look at the Stones in the late 70s - inspired by a year just spent in the disco/punk cauldron of New York City. It's October 1977, and the Rolling Stones are in a Paris recording studio. They're under siege. Keith Richards' legal troubles after his arrest for heroin possession in C ...Show more
The Shangri-Las' Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las by Ada Wolin
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Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3 Ser.
Of the many girl-groups that came out of the 1960s, none is more idiosyncratic and influential than the Shangri-Las. They were together only five years, but within that time they subverted pop standards and foreshadowed a generation of tough women in music. Critically, they are not lauded in the way of ...Show more
Tom Petty's Southern Accents by Michael Washburn
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Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3 Ser.
By 1985 Tom Petty had already obtained legendary status. He had fame. He had money. But he was restless, hoping to stretch his artistry beyond the confining format of songs like "The Waiting" and "Refugee." Petty's response to his restlessness was Southern Accents. Initially conceived as a concept album ...Show more
Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones 33 1/3 by David Smay
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Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3 S.
Two entwined narratives run through the creation of "Swordfishtrombones" and form the backbone of this book. As the 1970s ended, Waits felt increasingly constrained and trapped by his persona and career. Bitter and desperately unhappy, he moved to New York in 1979 to change his life. It wasn't working. ...Show more
Tribe Called Quests Peoples Intinctive Travels And The Path A 33 1/3 by Taylor Shawn
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Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3 S.
One of the finest hip-hop albums ever made, A Tribe Called Quest's debut record took the idea of the boasting hip-hop male and turned it on its head. This book explores the album's creation as well as the impact it had on the author at that time - a 17-year-old high-school geek who was into hip-hop, pun ...Show more
Trip-Hop (Genre - a '33 1/3' series) by R. J. Wheaton
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Category: Music | Series: Genre: a 33 1/3 Ser.
Trip-hop described some of the 1990s' best music, and it was one of the decade's most revealing bad ideas. The music itself was an intoxication of beats, bass, and voice. It emerged amid the social tensions of the late 1980s, and as part of hip-hop's rise to global dominance. It carried the innovations ...Show more
Wire's Pink Flag Wilson Neate 33 1/3 by Wilson Neate
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Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3
In this book, Wilson Neate gets beneath the surface of a punk band with a difference. In contrast with many of their punk peers, Wire were enigmatic and cerebral, always keeping a distance from the crowd. Although Pink Flag appeared before the end of 1977, it was already a meta-commentary on the punk sc ...Show more