The New Rolling Stone Record Guide

He is not afraid to strongly criticize bands that are considered by most other critics to be untoucable.
The new rolling stone record guide. It included contributions from 52 music critics and featured chronological album listings under the name of each artist. Part of what makes this list so unusual is that the editors only rated items that could actually be purchased new at the time. The rolling stone record guide. Dave marsh has very tough standards for music.
Reviews and ratings of almost 10 000 currently available rock pop soul country blues jazz and gospel albums by dave marsh 1979 12 06 3 8 out of 5 stars 20 paperback. I picked up the original rs album guide used a while ago and found its wisdom often strange or at odds with rym ratings and the professional rock criticism of today. The new guide celebrates rock s diversity and it s constant metamorphoses. For example check out his tough criticism of the doors.
The good the great and the angie a bluffer s guide to the world s greatest rock roll band. Access restricted item true addeddate 2010 03 24 23 00 27 boxid ia112613 camera. The 1983 edition of the new rolling stone record guide is the best book on music ever written. The new rolling stone record guide was an update of 1979 s the rolling stone record guide like the first edition it was edited by marsh and swenson.
The rolling stone record guide. For the first time since 1992 rolling stone s definitive classic returns to the scene completely updated and revised to include the past decade s artists and sounds. Many then out of print albums are mentioned in accompanying reviews but are not included with ratings. Rolling stones album guide.
The new rolling stone record guide was an update of 1979 s the rolling stone record guide like the first edition it was edited by dave marsh and john swenson. When it comes to sorting the truly great from the merely mediocre the enduring from the fleeting the new rolling stone album guide provides music buffs and amateurs alike with authoritative guidance from the best voices in the.