Once upon a time, rock ‘n’ roll fanatics had to learn about new album releases
through label advertising in rags like Creem, Trouser Press, Rolling Stone,
Zoo World, Phonograph Record, Bomp! and other music zines of the 1970s and
afterwards. There was no internet and no social media to hype new tunes from
your favorite artists. These ads could be inane, they could be insulting, and
they could be inept but when they were good, they featured a level of artistry
on par with an album's carefully-crafted cover art.
With this third
volume of Fossils, award-winning rock critic and music historian Rev. Keith A.
Gordon peers through the looking glass into the past and these “classic rock
relics,” reconsidering vintage album ads from the 1970s and ‘80s. Offering
insightful and informative commentary on 76 more ads along with images of
each, the “Reverend of Rock ‘n’ Roll” explores this often overlooked creative
aspect of the classic rock era and makes the case for album advertising as art
with its own merits and history.
Rev. Keith A. Gordon has been
writing about rock and blues music for over 50 years for over 100 print
publications and websites worldwide, including Creem magazine, Rock ‘n’ Roll
Globe, High Times, Blurt magazine, Book & Film Globe, the East Village
Eye, Perfect Sound Forever, Blues Music magazine, and The Blues (U.K.).
Fossils v3 is a 164pp 5.5” x 8.5” paperback
with B&W photos and is only available in paperback at $16.95 with shipping
(no eBook version of this one, kids!). Get your copy through the handy
Amazon.com link below or buy an autographed copy direct from Excitable
Press:
Fossils, Relics of the Classic Rock Era, Volume Three
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