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Hi all,
The book’s now a few days away from being published in the US, so if you’re interested, here are some links:
1) The publisher’s official site
http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=136484&SntUrl=152475
2) The series blog (with an excerpt from the book, see entry for June 1)
http://www.33third.blogspot.com/
3) The Amazon.com page
It’ll be great to hear what you think!
Cheers,
Nick
Hi all,
I’m the author of the book being discussed in this thread, and so I thought I’d give you some more info on it.
The 33 1/3 books do have a wide variety of approaches – and that’s what’s cool about them, in my opinion.
My approach is a history of the band (including Deep Wound) and the recording of You’re Living All Over Me, and then a collection of what might be called “interpretations” of, or responses to, the songs (music & lyrics) on it, with broad reference to other Dinosaur records and other music around at the time.I should stress that the book is not about me or my life or how the record has changed my life (or anything like that). It’s inevitably true that the interpretations, being subjective things, come from me – but ultimately they’re guided by information I got from J and others. Hopefully they’ll be thought-provoking, not self-indulgent.
The book includes forewords from each of the band members, plus numerous quotes from my own (new) interviews with the band and some people around them and the record: Wharton Tiers, Dave Pine, Jon Fetler, Maura Jasper. There are a few citations from classic interviews and reviews, too, and a great photo – taken by Joe Henderson – from a Dinosaur show in Hollywood in 1987.
You’ll see various dates of publication online, but I’m reliably informed that June 20 (in the US) and July 25 (in the UK) are near enough the days on which it will appear.
Hoping you get to see a copy, and I’ll be very interested to hear what you think,
Nick
