An edition of Waiting for the sun: strange days, weird scenes, and the sound of Los Angeles
(1996)
Waiting for the sun
a rock 'n' roll history of Los Angeles
by Barney Hoskyns
- 7 Want to read
- 1 Have read
Share
×Close
Last edited by Scott365Bot
March 29, 2024 | History
British rock historian Barney Hoskyns (Hotel California, Across the Great Divide: The Band in America) examines the long and twisted rock 'n' roll history of Los Angeles in its glamorous and debauched glory. The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, the Doors, Little Feat, the Eagles, Steely Dan, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell, and others (from Charlie Parker right up to Black Flag, the Minutemen, Jane's Addiction, Ice Cube, and Guns N' Roses) populate the pages of this comprehensive and extensively illustrated book [Publisher description].
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Rock music, History, Popular music, History and criticism, Popular music, history and criticism, Music, american, Rock music, history and criticism, Los angeles (calif.), social life and customs, Popular music -- California -- Los Angeles -- History, Rock music -- California -- Los Angeles -- History, Popular music History, California, Sound recording industry, California, social life and customs, Music, social aspects, Fiction, generalPlaces
California, Los Angeles| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
Waiting for the sun: a rock 'n' roll history of Los Angeles
2009, Backbeat Books
in English
0879309431 9780879309435
|
aaaa
|
2
Waiting for the Sun
July 7, 2003, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Paperback
- Re-issue edition
074756180X 9780747561804
|
zzzz
|
3
Waiting for the sun: strange days, weird scenes, and the sound of Los Angeles
1999, St. Martin's Griffin
in English
- 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
0312170564 9780312170561
|
zzzz
|
4
Waiting for the sun: strange days, weird scenes, and the sound of Los Angeles
1999, St. Martin's Griffin
in English
- 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
0312200854 9780312200855
|
zzzz
|
5
Waiting for the Sun
November 6, 1997, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Paperback
- New Ed edition
0747537860 9780747537861
|
zzzz
|
6
Waiting for the sun: the story of the Los Angeles music scene
1996, Viking
in English
0670850217 9780670850211
|
cccc
|
7
Waiting for the sun: strange days, weird scenes, and the sound of Los Angeles
1996, St. Martin's Press
in English
- 1st U.S. ed.
031214444X 9780312144449
|
cccc
|
Book Details
Table of Contents
Intro : After the goldrush, or, Los Angeles without a star map
On the avenue : West Coast cool, California crazy
Boys of summer
Sunset nights, jingle-jangle mornings
Maybe the people would be the times, or, Between Doheny and La Cienega
Strange daze, weird sins
Ladies and gentlemen of the canyon
Crawling down Cahuenga on a broken pair of legs, or, What were once vices are now habits
The decline of the west
Rituals of the habitual
Epilogue : Slipping into darkness
Postscript : Mongrel Hollywood : Mixmaster Beck
In the city of the angels
Appendix : Los Angeles in song.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
Edition Identifiers
Work Identifiers
Source records
Library of Congress MARC recordLibrary of Congress MARC record
Library of Congress MARC record
Library of Congress MARC record
Library of Congress MARC record
Better World Books record
marc_nuls MARC record
Promise Item
harvard_bibliographic_metadata record
Work Description
xiii,356,[14]p. : 25cm
Community Reviews (0)
Lists
See All
History
- Created February 18, 2009
- 15 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
| March 29, 2024 | Edited by Scott365Bot | Linking back to Internet Archive. |
| November 30, 2023 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| May 20, 2023 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| March 8, 2023 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| February 18, 2009 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from Library of Congress MARC record |