Can You Pick Just 101?
This book’ll get you thinking, and debating.
I’m sure you’ve written your own version of Jeff Gold’s
101 Essential Rock Records – The Golden Age of Vinyl from The Beatles to the Sex Pistols
It’s got album covers and gatefolds, for the visual and tactile reminder of the record, and comments and writings by a few folks who know something about music:
Devendra Banhart / David Bowie / Peter Buck
Nels Cline / Robyn Hitchcock
Johnny Marr
Graham Nash / Iggy Pop / Susanne Vega
and more…
Quick, list your top 101:
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