CREEMEDIA
Disregard the sheer pomposity and egotism responsible for this book’s publication. Consider it only as the editors intended it, a permanent reference work that, as Dave Marsh has it, is “designed at least as much for the general reader as for the rock cultist.”
CREEMEDIA
Gala History Rewrite!
THE ROLLING STONE RECORD GUIDE
Edited by Dave Marsh with John Swenson (Random House/Rolling Stone Press)
Disregard the sheer pomposity and egotism responsible for this book’s publication. Consider it only as the editors intended it, a permanent reference work that, as Dave Marsh has it, is “designed at least as much for the general reader as for the rock cultist.”
Take a look at this $8.95 masterwork and, if possible, ignore the back cover blurbs. All of them. Even: “The Guide is true to the spirit of Rolling Stone, the world’s most authoritative rock magazine: witty, opinionated and, above all, knowledgeable. ”
Take it all at face value. This is a catalog of contemporary records, mostofthem still in print, each of the almost 10,000 assigned one to five stars. Great idea, right? Best of afl, almost five pages of five-star LPs are listed in the back. Just clip them out , take a few thousand bucks to any well-stocked record store and you too can walk away with an indispensable, comprehensive collection that would, by definition, rival Dave Marsh’s.