Out of the vinyl deeps : Ellen Willis on rock music / Ellen Willis ; edited by Nona Willis Aronowitz ; foreword by Sasha Frere-Jones ; afterword by Daphne Carr and Evie Nagy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willis, Ellen.

Contributor:

Aronowitz, Nona Willis, 1984-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock music--1961-1970--History and criticism.

Rock music.

Rock music--1971-1980--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

xx, 232 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2011]

Summary:

Ellen Willis was The New Yorker's first popular music critic, hired in 1968 and the contributor of 56 columns to the publication over seven years. This book edited by Aronowitz, contributor to several publications and co-author of Girldrive: Criss-crossing America, Redefining Feminism, compiles Willis' New Yorker columns as well as some of her other works. Being the first successful female pop critic, Willis' work provides an important voice from the socially turbulent late 60s and early 70s. This book appeals to those with an interest in American popular music and feminism. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Before the flood. Dylan (from Cheetah, 1967)

The world-class critic. Two soul albums (November 1968) ; The Who sell (July 1969) ; Songs of innocence and experience (February 1970) ; New morning : Dylan revisited (December 1970) ; Breaking the vinyl barrier (July 1971) ; Morrison live (June 1972) ; Elvis Presley? In person? (July 1972) ; Bowie's limitations (October 1972) ; Frankenstein at the Waldorf (November 1973) ; The Rolling Stones now (December 1973) ; The best of '74 (January 1975) ; Liner notes from Lou Reed's Rock and roll diary, 1967-1980 (1980) ; The Velvet Underground (from Greil Marcus's Stranded, 1979) ; The decade in rock lyrics (from Village voice, January 1980) ; The new talking World War III blues (from Salon.com, October 2001)

The adoring fan. The big ones (February 1969) ; East versus West (July 1971) ; Their generation (August 1971) ; Yesterday's papers (August 1972) ; Creedence as therapy (September 1972) ; Believing Bette Midler, mostly (December 1973) ; Dylan and fans : looking back, going on (February 1974)

The sixties child. Pop ecumenicism (May 1968) ; Randy Newman (August 1971) ; George and John (February 1971) ; Consumer revolt (September 1971) ; My Grand Funk problem... and ours (February 1972) ; Into the seventies, for real (December 1972) ; Roseland nation (October 1973) ; Sympathy for the Stones (July 1975) ; Creedence Clearwater Revival (from Rolling stone illustrated history of rock 'n' roll, 1980) ; Janis Joplin (from Rolling stone illustrated history of rock 'n' roll, 1980) ; Selections from Don't turn your back on love (liner notes to Janis, a Janis Joplin box set, 1993)

The feminist. But now I'm gonna move (October 1971) ; Joni Mitchell : still traveling (March 1973) ; Women's music (June 1974) ; After the flood (April 1975) ; Beginning to see the light (from Village voice, 1977) ; The abyss (from Village voice, June 1979) ; Preface to Barbara O'Dair's Trouble girls : The Rolling stone book of women in rock (1997)

The navigator. Newport : you can't go down home again (August 1968) ; The scene, 1968 (November 1968) ; Summer of love in Queens (July 1969) ; Elvis in Las Vegas (August 1969) ; The cultural revolution saved from drowning (September 1969) ; Stranger in a strange land (December 1969) ; The return of the Dolls (January 1973) ; San Francisco habitat (August 1973)

The sociologist. Pop blues (April 1968) ; The ordeal of Moby Grape (June 1968) ; The star, the sound, and the scene (July 1968) ; Roots (February 1969) ; Dylan's anti-surprise (April 1969) ; Elliott Murphy's white middle class blues (February 1974) ; Mott the Hoople : playing the loser's game (May 1974) ; Springsteen : the wild, the innocent, and the street kid myth (November 1974) ; The importance of Stevie Wonder (December 1974) ; Introduction to Beginning to see the light : sex, hope, and rock 'n' roll (1981).

Notes:

Chiefly essays originally published in The New Yorker magazine, 1968-1975.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780816672820

0816672822

9780816672837

0816672830

OCLC:

687677316