The Virgin encyclopedia of Seventies Music

The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music is a complete handbook of information and opinion about the history of the most reappraised, most revived decade in the history of popular music. Here are 1000 entries on the bands, musicians, songwriters, producers and record labels Â? everyone who had a significant impact on the development of rock and pop music in those ten years, from the stars who survived the sixties only to be dubbed dinosaurs, to the angry reactions of punk and new wave, to the enduringly good-time sounds of glam rock and disco.

As well as all the giants of the period the encyclopedia has the range and depth to include artists who flourished briefly and yet were quintessential to the decade. A perfect mix of fact and informed opinion contained in one single volume, distilled from the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, universally acclaimed as the worldÂ?s leading source of reference on rock and pop history.

Informed, infatuating and invaluable.

- Fully Updated
- Covers the essential elements - dates, career facts, discography album ratings plus a sense of context for each artist
- Authoritative and accessible