Rock and Roll Year By Year | 
 enlarge | Authors: Luke Crampton, Dafydd Rees
Publisher: DK ADULT
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 119924
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 600
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.9
Dimensions (in): 11.7 x 9.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 0756613345
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.6609
EAN: 9780756613341
ASIN: 0756613345
Publication Date: August 29, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Soft cover, some cover wear, corners of cover slightly bent, cover ripped, no writing or highlighting. Incudes USPS delivery confirmation.
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Product Description
Tracing the development of cinema from the first experiments of Edison to the global film industry of the 21st century, this bestselling annual is the definitive chronology of the movies. Packed with key events and facts from the history of film, Cinema Year by Year is an informative and fascinating reference for movie lovers.
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Great book March 31, 2008
I knew what I was getting before I purchased this online. Easy and fun book to read. Item was shipped quickly, too.
Great illustrated chronology February 28, 2008
It's big, it's heavy, full-colored, with a good quality paper, great pictures and complete informaton. It couldn't be better.
Nothing Else is Worth Knowing January 9, 2005
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I just got this book and let me just say that the words inside are some of the finest ever put between two covers. It's all so informative. So much so that one may think that it is perhaps, too informative, but I doubt it. It's perfect. You'll find some of the most obscure and some of the most well-known facts, on the same page. Incredible.
The main thing I like about this book, is that it's much different from these types of timeline books. Rather than saying "this happened, then this happened", it does that and provides much more information by giving background stories of many of the artists, and also providing a lot about the impact the person or band had. Also, it's great how the devotes entire pages to show the significance of some important events in rock history. This does a lot to show why some of the greatest bands of all time are considered some of the greatest band of all time. So after reading this, you'll never wonder why again. The bold type really helps out too, if you're looking for someone imparticular. Also if you're a Beatles fan, the only thing you're not likely to find out is how many times they went to the bathroom each week. So, in short this is the rock n' roll book I've seen and I highly recommend it. Anything not in here probably isn't worth knowing.
An Ultimate Music Box November 20, 2004
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I fell in love with this book from the very first time that i put my eyes on this page of amazon, but, on that time it had a limited edition and it was sould out. I`ve waited more than 3 months for him to arrive but then it was impossible... One day, by hazard i found it on Fnac in Portugal, it was the only one of it`s kind so i bought it imediately and must tell you that it is really music to your ears to read this amazing book. It is the best book i`ve ever seen about music and i have more than five encyclopedias about the subject so believe it when i say that this book really entertains you with the good and consistent information, the beautiful pictures about the artists, the design, the uk and us charts and much more... From Elvis to Abba, from Eminen to Norah Jones, from Sinead O`Connor to Alanis, from Celine to Mariah, from The Who to Nirvana, from Notorious BIG to Massive Attack, from The Ronnettes to Take That, from Brenda Lee and Janis Joplin to Britney Spears and Christina it really has it all !!!
 Valiant effort but not perfect. February 23, 2004
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is probably the best book of its type to date. But it is not without it's problems. The first is that both of its authors are British. Hence it skews to the right of the Atlantic. Not that I don't feel myself, that British Rock has produced some of the best acts of all time, but for instance there are more entries on and photos of Gary Glitter than Alice Cooper. Gary Glitter? This is just one example. Some one in a review here mentioned the happy inclusion of Yes. If you look through the entries for that band you'll find at least Two mistakes saying that Fragile was their third album, (it was the fourth) and that Owner of a Lonely Heart is from Big Generator (it wasn't). This may seem like nitpicking but these are just the equivalent of what might be found on one page. It makes one wonder how many more of the presented "facts" are not trustworthy? You expect more from music critics on the voting board of the Rock & roll Hall of Fame. In the end though it's a valiant effort they undertook, and I'm glad I bought the book. It could/should have been a five star book though.
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