The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
From its roots in the American South to today's world stage, the journey of the blues has encompassed countless artists and recordings. But how can you find the best of them? The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings is a uniquely informative, insightful and easy-to-use guide through the jungles of the record shop and the online music store. It surveys the recorded work of more than a thousand blues artists, from towering figures of the past like Charley Patton, Bessie Smith and Robert Johnson to stars of the modern era such as B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Stevie Ray Vaughan, providing crisp, expert and witty reviews of almost six thousand CDs. Whether you're a blues aficionado or just starting a collection, this is required reading.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0140513841
ISBN13:9780140513844
Release Date:October 2006
Publisher:Penguin Group
Length:923 Pages
Weight:3.40 lbs.
Dimensions:2.0" x 6.9" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
THE BEST OF ALL THE BLUES GUIDE BOOKS
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Beautifully written by acknowledged experts, this is the one single volume that you can thoroughly trust. The opinions are sound in just about every case, the digest of ancilliary information is extraordinarily helpful, it's often witty - dryly so - and is, without doubt. the most comprehensive and wide ranging volume dedicated to blues criticism. I've been listening since 1963 and I wish I had had something even half this good then. It's the only reference book -outside of the discographies- that you'll ever need.
Sometimes a very tough read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
The British version of this is a beautiful huge oversized book, US version is a standard fat trade paperback. The tone is dry, almost academic, and maybe a little British humor. The listings and research are very good. They cover rural and electric blues, pre war and post war BUT, they don't like most of what they review. Some of the writing is so unclear and dense, it comes across as Alan Greenspan writing/speaking about economics. If you want to know what artist to check out and if a CD/album is good don't come here. This book is not a good first choice, but a great second choice for serious blues fans looking for some challenging reading. This book will supplement the much more reader friendly ALLMUSIC GUIDE TO THE BLUES very nicely.
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