A New Day Yesterday, Mike Barnes
A New Day Yesterday, Mike Barnes
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A New Day Yesterday
UK Progressive Rock & The 1970s

Author: Mike Barnes

Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Unabridged: 27 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/15/2022

Synopsis

Music journalist Mike Barnes (MOJO, the Wire, Prog, and author of the acclaimed biography Captain Beefheart) goes back to the birth of progressive rock and surveys the cultural conditions and attitudes that fed into, and were in turn affected by, this remarkable musical phenomenon. He examines the myths and misconceptions that have grown up around progressive rock and paints a vivid, colorful picture of the Seventies based on hundreds of hours of his own interviews with musicians, music business insiders, journalists, and DJs, and from the personal testimonies of those who were fans of the music in that extraordinary decade.

About Mike Barnes

Mike Barnes is the author of Captain Beefheart: The Biography, a former contributor to Select magazine, and has work that regularly appears in Mojo and the Wire. He also plays the drums.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andy

When punk rock came out in 1976 more than a few punks snarled about how they were going to put overindulgent progressive rock (read: prog rock) bands out of business, which made me laugh out loud. Prog rock at its best was dark, hard, and was surely the forerunner of goth. The three best examples ar......more

Goodreads review by Alan

Really enjoyable meander through progressive rock in the 1970s. I took my time with this, adding notable tracks to. Spotify playlist and listening along. Mike Barnes is clear that his subject is progressive rock and not Prog, a term which encompasses a particular subset, albeit one that most readers......more

Goodreads review by John

A disappointment. A case of What If? This might have been better if the author had just limited himself to 1968-74 and not got embroiled with the debate about what is 'Progressive Rock'. So....still waiting for the definite book for this classic era. I feel that this review posted by Sentinel on Amaz......more

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