| Shoot Out the Lights Contributor(s): Childs, Hayden (Author) |
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ISBN: 082642791X ISBN-13: 9780826427915 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2008 Annotation: Shoot Out The Lights puts the album--from the personal history driving the songs, to the recording difficulties they encountered and the subsequent fall-out--in context. This is a brilliant, emotional book about a brilliant, emotional album. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Rock - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 782.421 |
| LCCN: 2008016031 |
| Series: 33 1/3 |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 4.97" W x 6.77" (0.26 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the fall of 1980 Richard and Linda Thompson (of Fairport Convention fame) had recently been dumped from their record label and were on the verge of divorce. Somehow they overcame these miserable circumstances and managed to make an album considered by many to be a masterpiece. Shoot Out The Lights puts the album-from the personal history driving the songs, to the recording difficulties they encountered and the subsequent fall-out-in context. This is a brilliant, emotional book about a brilliant, emotional album. |