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Follow The Music
The Life And High Times Of Elektra Records In The Great Years Of American Pop Culture
Jac Holzman and Gavan Daws
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Book/CD
468 pages
ISBN: 978-0-966122-10-7
$18.95
October 2000 |
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| Follow The Music tells the story of one of the finest and most respected record labels of the golden age of pop and rock music from the perspective of the man who founded the company and nurtured its stars. It follows Holzman on his journey from overseeing limited pressings of obscure folk artists to signing international stars such as Jim Morrison, right up to his sale of the company and beyond. Since its initial publication in 1998, the book has been described as "a must-read addition to the best chronicles of popular music in this over-stimulated century" by Timothy White, Editor in Chief at Billboard magazine, and an "extraordinary history ... funny, enlightening, and entertaining" by the All Music Guide. This edition includes a 26-track CD of recordings by Elektra's pre-rock artists.
Jac Holzman is the founder of Elektra Records, the label that brought the world The Doors, Love, Tim Buckley, The Stooges, and many more seminal acts of the 1960s and 1970s. He and Gavan Daws have been friends for more than 25 years. Daws is the author of ten previous books including Shoal Of Time, a bestselling history of Hawaii, and Prisoners Of The Japanese, an in depth study of those held by Japan during the Second World War. He lives in Honolulu. | | |
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