- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Collins Design (1 Oct 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061794686
- ISBN-13: 978-0061794681
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 26.1 x 2.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 979,984 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is the most famous rock and roll institution in the world. In 2009, the Hall of Fame celebrates its twenty-fifth year with numerous events in Cleveland and a two-day anniversary concert on October 29 and 30 at Madison Square Garden that will be filmed. A four-hour edited version will appear on HBO in mid-November. While we are not a liberty yet to give out the names of the artists confirmed, you can be assured that the top names in music will appear. Artists that have been approached include Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, U2, The Eagles, Prince, Stevie Wonder, and other artists of this calibre. The event is being produced with Tom Hanks' company Playtone; Tom and award-winning writer and director Cameron Crowe will be involved in the creative. The Hall of Fame is just beginning to reach out to sponsors. The publication of this book is timed to release with the HBO television special and the induction of the 2009 nominees. It is an essential volume that completes every rock lover's bookshelf. Every inductee in the Hall of Fame is included - from musicians to producers - in an engaging visual format that features great vintage and contemporary photography, memorabilia from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first-person quotes and anecdotes, encapsulated biographies, statistics on top-selling records, hits, awards, influences and influencers.
About the Author
Holly George-Warren is an award-winning writer and editor who has contributed to more than 40 books about rock & roll. She is the author of Punk 365, Grateful Dead 365, and Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry.
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Eye-candy from start to finish
21 Oct 2009
Format:Hardcover
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame held its first induction ceremony in 1986, and now, just in time for the upcoming 25th induction ceremony in early 2010, comes this table book, looking back at the first 25 years of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
"The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The First 25 Years" (255 pages) is a beautiful tablebook, oozing with pictures from all of the induction ceremonies, also giving complete information who all (performers and non-performers alike) have been inducted into the Hall. Let's be upfront here: it's about the pictures, more than anything else. The book is subtitled "The definitive chronicle of Rock & Roll as told by the legends", and that is a seriously misleading subtitle. Yes, there are plenty of quotes from artists, but to call that "the definitive chronicle" of rock is simply laughable.
Another shortcoming for me is that there is barely any mention (or history) of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum. There is exactly 1 picture of it towards the end of the book, and a few lines here and there in the book itself (when it was announced in 1987 and when it broke ground in the early 90s). But those minor quibbles aside, this book is simply eye-candy from start to finish. When you look at the pictures from the 1988 induction ceremony (inducting the Beatles, Bob Dylan and the Beach Boys, among others, the best induction year ever for sure), I couldn't help but marvel: "did that really happen?". This book gives proof it did. Highly recommended for any serious fan of rock & roll and its history.
"The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The First 25 Years" (255 pages) is a beautiful tablebook, oozing with pictures from all of the induction ceremonies, also giving complete information who all (performers and non-performers alike) have been inducted into the Hall. Let's be upfront here: it's about the pictures, more than anything else. The book is subtitled "The definitive chronicle of Rock & Roll as told by the legends", and that is a seriously misleading subtitle. Yes, there are plenty of quotes from artists, but to call that "the definitive chronicle" of rock is simply laughable.
Another shortcoming for me is that there is barely any mention (or history) of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum. There is exactly 1 picture of it towards the end of the book, and a few lines here and there in the book itself (when it was announced in 1987 and when it broke ground in the early 90s). But those minor quibbles aside, this book is simply eye-candy from start to finish. When you look at the pictures from the 1988 induction ceremony (inducting the Beatles, Bob Dylan and the Beach Boys, among others, the best induction year ever for sure), I couldn't help but marvel: "did that really happen?". This book gives proof it did. Highly recommended for any serious fan of rock & roll and its history.
A set of magnificent rock & roll events
8 April 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The book comprises the extraordinay history of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame shown in beautiful photographs and fantastic comments and descriptions of events. I just love it!
Great gift!
9 Mar 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this book as a keepsake to remember our trip to the Rock Hall this year. There just wasn't enough time to read everything while we were at the Rock Hall, so this provided a nice way to actually read more. Great coffee table book.
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