The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. (33 1/3)
by Bill Janovitz
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Author: Bill JanovitzEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-02-19
ISBN: 082641673X
Number of pages: 174
Publisher: Continuum
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Book Review: the best of the 33 1/3 series
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first of the 33 1/3 series I bought, and after reading a dozen or so, I can say it's easily the best. Most of the series focus on the music from a fairly personal point of view, and Janowitz certainly does this, but he's a knowledgeable musician and he gets what's interesting about each song. It's a very rock kind of approach to what is probably the greatest rock album.
By the way, I'm not much of a Buffalo Tom fan, so Janowitz's own status didn't influence me one way or another.
Yes, there are better books about the band, and even about the making of Exile. But this is the book you want to read while you're listening to the album. It's like having a really cool, knowledgeable rock buddy sitting with you, getting into the music and talking with you about it.
Summary of The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. (33 1/3)
Thirty-Three and a Third is a series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the past 40 years. Over 50,000 copies have been sold! ?Passionate, obsessive, and smart.? ?Nylon ??an inspired new series of short books about beloved works of vinyl.? ?Details Description Tracing the creation of Exile on Main St. from the original songwriting done while touring America through the final editing in Los Angeles, Bill Janovitz explains how an album recorded by a British band in a villa on the French Riviera is pure American rock & roll. Looking at each song individually, Janovitz unveils the innovative recording techniques, personal struggles, and rock & roll mythmaking that culminated in this pivotal album. Excerpt Exile is exactly what rock & roll should sound like: a bunch of musicians playing a bunch of great songs in a room together, playing off of each other, musical communion, sounds bleeding into each other, snare drum rattling away even while not being hit, amps humming, bottles falling, feet shuffling, ghostly voices mumbling on and off-mike, whoops of excitement, shouts of encouragement, performances without a net, masks off, urgency. It is the kind of record that goes beyond the songs themselves to create a monolithic sense of atmosphere. It conveys a sense of time and place and spirit, yet it is timeless. Its influence is still heard today. Keith Richards has said, tongue in cheek, the record ?was the first grunge record.?>Music Books
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