Gareth Murphy

I got about three-quarters of the way through before checking the index to see when I was going to read about Pink Floyd. But alas! Only two mentions, both of which were so brief that I glanced to the page number thinking that it couldn't be the reference mentioned. That's a sad, since there was so much content about the Beatles and the Stones. (In saying that, I've read enough books on Pink Floyd and zero on either of the others, so maybe it's time.)

The first half of this was the most valuable. It was so intriguing hearing about the creation of the first sound reproducers--I had never known music was sold on cylinders! The evolution of music in general was also fascinating there, and I wish there had been more of that in the second half. The latter part I was more invested in (give me my 80s music!) but it did feel like an explosion of name, name, big sale, name, band, big sale, and I'm not sure how much I'll retain from that.… (mehr)