HISTORY OF ROCK - COMPLETE TEN VOLUME SET
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This is a rare chance to own a simply massive archive or ROCK (& POP) photos,information,interviews,artist and band history in one fell swoop!This is the COMPLETE ten volume set of Orbis Publishing's 'HISTORY OF ROCK' which is a bound collection of 121 monthly magazines that were printed between 1982 and 1984.From the very early days of ROCK in the 50's right through the 60's & 70's upto the mid 80's every major(& most minor!)act,artist and style is covered here!(And there's loads of background information setting the social scene from which each new style of Rock music grew!)The total rosta of artists featured in these highly detailed magazines is just too long for me to list here but here's an alphabetical selection:AC/DC,ADAM ANT,BOB DYLAN,BLACK SABBATH,BLONDIE,THE BUZZCOCKS,BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN,BOY GEORGE,THE BEACH BOYS,BOB MARLEY,THE BEATLES,MARC BOLAN,THE CLASH,CLIFF RICHARD,CREAM,CAN,CANNED HEAT,DEF LEPPARD,THE DAMNED,THE DOORS,DEEP PURPLE,DAVID BOWIE,THE EAGLES,ELTON JOHN,EARTH,WIND AND FIRE,ELVIS,FLEETWOOD MAC,FREE,ADAM FAITH,GONG,GRATEFUL DEAD,GOLDEN EARRING,GENESIS,HAWKWIND,HOT CHOCOLATE,IRON MAIDEN,IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS,IGGY POP,JOHN LENNON,JOURNEY,JETHRO TULL,JUDAS PRIEST,JOY DIVISION,JIMI HENDRIX,THE JAM,THE JACKSON FIVE,MICHAEL JACKSON,JANIS JOPLIN,TOM JONES,THE KINKS,KISS,KATE BUSH,LED ZEPPELIN,LYNYRD SKYNYRD,LITTLE RICHARD,LINDISFARNE,MADNESS,MOTORHEAD,MARVIN GAYE,MUD,THE MONKEES,GARY NUMAN,NEW YORK DOLLS,NAZARETH,THE OSMONDS,OZZY OSBOURNE,ROY ORBISON,DOLLY PARTON,PAT BOONE,QUEEN,SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES,THE SPECIALS,SUZI QUATRO,DIANA ROSS,THE ROLLING STONES,THE POLICE,PINK FLOYD,THE SEX PISTOLS,SPANDAU BALLET,SIMON AND GARFUNKEL,ROD STEWART,RUSH,THE RAMONES,SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE,TANGERINE DREAM,T-REX,TRAFFIC,THE VELVET UNDERGROUND,THE WHO,XTC,NEIL YOUNG,YES,ZZ TOP!!!And that realy is just a selection of the bands and styles that are featured and virtually every band and genre from the 50's to the mid 80's will be found somewhere here!I have considered cutting up these mags and selling them in themed lots of clippings but as a music fan i just can't break up this amazing collection.The overall condition of these volumes is very good with only some minor wear and marks here and there.The top half inch of the top of the spine on volume 9 is missing but i do have a spare binder if required.All of these magazines have been fixed to their binders with two metal strips carefully threaded through their staples as per the binding instructions.And all but volume ten have had their covers removed which was recommended by the publishers to enable each volume to be read as a complete 'book'.This collection will keep even the most avid of music fans busy reading for many,many weeks so happy bidding!(Overseas bidders please be aware that postage costs will probably be a lot due to the combined weight of these items and Surface Mail will be the cheapest option outside of Europe.)(Key Words:ROCK,ROCK 'N ROLL,FUNK ROCK,SOUL,RHYTHM AND BLUES,THE BLUES,BEAT,FOLK,FOLK ROCK,PSYCHEDELIC,PUNK ROCK,HEAVY METAL,HEAVY ROCK,NEW ROMANTIC,NEW WAVE,SOUTHERN ROCK,SOUTHERN BOOGIE,COUNTRY,GLAM ROCK,POP ROCK,2 TONE,SKA,MOD and probably more!)
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