Route 19 Revisited

Name: Route 19 Revisited
ISBN: 9781593762933

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Twenty-eight years after its original release, The Clash's London Calling was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as a "recording of lasting qualitative or historical significance.

" It topped polls on both sides of the Atlantic for the best album of the.

First published: 2010
Publishers: Counterpoint Press
Subjects: Punk rock music·Rock music·Great britain·Rock musicians·Biography·Rock music·Social aspects·Rock music·History and criticism

London Calling shows the Clash transcending their punk beginnings to create one of the most brilliant and eclectic double albums in rock history. Route 19 Revisited examines the tracks on the album in fascinating, rigorous detail.

It's a big book. It must be chock-full of new information and in-depth interviews with the surviving band members, engineers, and friends, right?

Are rock albums worthy of a 500+-page book? In the case of The Clash's landmark 1979 album, London Calling, Yes!

About Marcus Gray

South African-American music video director, film director, film producer, and screenwriter, born in Johannesburg and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. Currently based in Kensington, Johannesburg from where he heads his own independent production company [l=FIRE-Ent.]...

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