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An edition of Astral weeks (2018)

Astral weeks

a secret history of 1968

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Documents the story of the creation of Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks" album against a backdrop of the political and cultural turmoil of 1968 Boston, examining how other artists raised awareness about key historical events and issues.

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English
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357

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Subjects

Rock music, History and criticism, Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D., History, Rock music, history and criticism, Twentieth century, Boston (mass.), history, Morrison, van, 1945-, New York Times reviewed

People

Van Morrison (1945-)

Places

Boston (Mass.)

Times

20th century, 1961-1970

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Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968
Mar 05, 2019, Penguin Books
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Table of Contents

Prologue: in the beginning
Against electricity
God's underground newspaper
The silver age of television
Paul Revere is shamed: being a brief history of the Bosstown sound
The white light underground
Scenes from the real world
I saw you coming from the cape
A little more light into the darkness of man
The noises that roar in the space between the worlds
Something in the bricks
We have all been astrals many times
Epilogue: afterwards.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-344), discography (pages 344-346) , and index.

General Adult.

Copyright Date
2018

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
782.42166092
Library of Congress
ML420.M63 W35 2018, ML420.M63W35 2018

The Physical Object

Pagination
357 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
357

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26885258M
ISBN 10
0735221340
ISBN 13
9780735221345
LCCN
2017568259

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