Folio Society Published Works Number 3496
Marcus, Greil - Mystery Train Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music
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Marcus, Greil - Mystery Train Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music (Published in by The Folio Society in 2020. In this newly updated Folio edition, Greil Marcus's masterful history of rock 'n' roll and American culture, Mystery Train, is beautifully illustrated with archive photography and full-colour album covers, introduced by the author. Bound in screen-printed textured paper. Set in Benton Modern with Bureau Grot Condensed as display. 552 pages. 59 integrated black & white images, and 8 pages of colour images including 1 double-page spread. Blocked slipcase. 9.5" x 6.25". On its publication in 1975, Mystery Train was hailed as a revolutionary book about popular music. It has proved inspirational to critics and musicians alike: Bruce Springsteen, Nick Cave, Elvis Costello and David Bowie (who counted it as one of his 100 favourite books) are among the many to have expressed their admiration. Taking its title from one of Elvis Presley's greatest singles, the book chronicles the growth of rock 'n' roll from its roots in the blues, gospel and country music of the Deep South. Greil Marcus profiles six pioneering artists, finding in their stories a way to 'deal with rock 'n' roll not as youth culture, or counterculture, but simply as American culture'. In their lives and music, he finds echoes of Abraham Lincoln, Huckleberry Finn, Moby-Dick and countless other icons of the United States. The Folio edition adds wholly new and exclusive material to Marcus's legendary Notes and Discographies section, bringing it right up to date. )
