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Condition
Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ...
ISBN
9780826429179
Book Title
Van Dyke Parks' Song Cycle
Item Length
7.9in
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication Year
2010
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.3in
Author
Richard Henderson
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music
Topic
History & Criticism, Composers & Musicians, General, Genres & Styles / Rock
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
4.7 Oz
Number of Pages
144 Pages

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Posing more riddles than the average sphinx, with its decipherable answers pointing somewhere dark, Song Cycle was anything but passive. I had already witnessed hippie bands playing with their backs to the hall, so the thought of late '60s musicians being interested in their audience struck me as a concept bordering on revolutionary. The debut album from songwriter and pianist Van Dyke Parks, Song Cycle first appeared in 1968 on Warner Brothers Records. Its twelve songs led listeners through Joycean wordplay and sound collages to reveal messages of dissent and personal loss, at odds with Parks' buoyant, riotously eclectic music. Monumentally ambitious and equally expensive, Song Cycle resembled a film - possibly Citizen Kane - more than the pop music of its day; like Kane, Parks' masterwork was adored by critics yet all but ignored by paying customers. In his efforts to plumb the mysteries of this quixotic record and its subsequent fate, Richard Henderson interviews several of the key figures involved with Song Cycle, notably Parks himself and producer Lenny Waronker.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
0826429173
ISBN-13
9780826429179
eBay Product ID (ePID)
64067826

Product Key Features

Book Title
Van Dyke Parks' Song Cycle
Author
Richard Henderson
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History & Criticism, Composers & Musicians, General, Genres & Styles / Rock
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music
Number of Pages
144 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
7.9in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
4.7 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ml420
Reviews
" Song Cycle is an animated mash-up of parlor pop, calypso folk, movie scores, and anything else that struck Parks's fancy, and Richard Henderson admits its manic nature makes the collection a hard sell for the uninitiated. But he makes a persuasive case, not only detailing Song Cycle's creation (it was rumored to be the most expensive pop album of its time-which made it the biggest commercial failure of its time) but arguing for it as an unheralded artifact of the psychedelic era." --Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, "Perhaps now is the best time, if you have not already gone for Van Dyke Parks' solo opus, to fully delve into "Song Cycle" the album... and the book." -The New York Examiner, Like The Rest Is Noise author Alex Ross' ability to make dense topics accessible, Richard Henderson excels at embracing the technical innards of music in a universally fascinating manner., "Perhaps now is the best time, if you have not already gone for Van Dyke Parks' solo opus, to fully delve into &"Song Cycle&" the album... and the book." -The New York Examiner, Song Cycle is an animated mash-up of parlor pop, calypso folk, movie scores, and anything else that struck Parks's fancy, and Richard Henderson admits its manic nature makes the collection a hard sell for the uninitiated. But he makes a persuasive case, not only detailing Song Cycle's creation (it was rumored to be the most expensive pop album of its time-which made it the biggest commercial failure of its time) but arguing for it as an unheralded artifact of the psychedelic era.
Table of Content
Introduction 1. I Came Unto West Hollywood 2. Dreams Are Stillborn in Hollywood 3. Let's Assume That We Form a Company 4. Song Cycle 5. Enveloped 6. To Market To Buy 7. Constant Commentary By the Wayside 8. What Is Up the Canyon Will Eventually Come Down 9. Time Is Not the Main Thought 10. That Brought Us Coots to Hoot Bibliography
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2009-053557
Dewey Decimal
782.4216609
Series
33 1/3 Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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