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A New Day Yesterday - UK Progressive Rock & the 1970s (Paperback)
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A New Day Yesterday - UK Progressive Rock & the 1970s (Paperback)
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Progressive rock - a genre formed out of a creative surge in the
late Sixties and throughout the Seventies - originated and flowered
most spectacularly in the UK. Made by young musicians for a young
audience, prog music looked towards new horizons by synthesising
rock, jazz, folk, classical and other styles. While prog has always
divided critical opinion, in its heyday it had a large and devoted
fanbase, and the era's biggest acts - from Pink Floyd to Genesis -
went on to enjoy long-lasting international and commercial success.
Although the scene fragmented in the late Seventies, new
generations of young listeners continue to discover the unique
sounds of prog today. Examining the myths and misconceptions
surrounding the genre, music journalist Mike Barnes (MOJO, The
Wire, Prog, and author of the acclaimed biography Captain
Beefheart) paints a vivid, colourful picture of the Seventies based
on his own interviews with the musicians, music business insiders,
journalists and DJs, and the personal testimonies of fans of that
extraordinary decade. Offering something new for even the keenest
of prog enthusiasts, A New Day Yesterday is an entertaining and
in-depth study of both the music itself and the cultural conditions
and attitudes that fed into, and were affected by, this remarkable
musical phenomenon.
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