{"product_id":"33-1-3-revolutions-per-minute-a-critical-trip-through-the-rock-lp-era-1955-1999","title":"33 1\/3 Revolutions Per Minute: A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955-1999","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhether you're a lifelong collector or have only just gotten hip to the vinyl revival, navigating the vast landscape of rock albums can be a daunting prospect. Enter Mike Segretto and his mammoth \u003ci\u003e33 1\/3 Revolutions Per Minute\u003c\/i\u003e, a history of the rock LP era told through a very personal selection of nearly 700 albums. Beginning with the birth of rock and roll in the 1950s, Segretto moves through the explosive innovations of the 1960s, the classic rock and punk albums of the 1970s, the new wave classics of the 1980s, and the alternative revolution of the 1990s, always with an eye to both the iconic and the ephemeral, the failed experiments and the brilliant trailblazers. It's all here: everything from the classics (\u003ci\u003eSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePurple Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNevermind\u003c\/i\u003e, and countless other usual suspects) to such oddities as albums by Johnny \"Guitar\" Watson, P. P. Arnold, The Dentists, and Holly Golightly. Throughout, Segretto reveals the perpetual evolution of a modern art form, tracing the rock album's journey from a vehicle for singles and filler sold to kids, through its maturation into a legitimate, self-contained medium of expression by 1967, and onward to its dominance in the '70s, '80s, and '90s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you read it from cover to cover, seek out specific albums, or just dip in at random and let the needle fall where it may, \u003ci\u003e33 1\/3 Revolutions Per Minute \u003c\/i\u003eis a fun, informative, and unapologetically opinionated read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Segretto is a freelance writer. He has been running and writing the retro pop culture blog Psychobabble (psychobabble200.blogspot.com) since 2008, and he published the critically acclaimed book \u003ci\u003eThe Who FAQ: All That's Left to Know about Fifty Years of Maximum R\u0026amp;B\u003c\/i\u003e in 2014. He currently lives in Jersey City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Backbeat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50862370816274,"sku":"9781493064595","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ee8670ab-06d4-4978-bdf5-0dd64c86625d.jpg?v=1737621965","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/33-1-3-revolutions-per-minute-a-critical-trip-through-the-rock-lp-era-1955-1999","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}