About this title: Arthur Kempton's magisterial survey of modern soul music is split into three parts: the genesis of the form in the gospel songs of Thomas A. Dorsey and its emergence in the angelic voice of Sam Cooke; the golden years of the Detroit and Memphis sounds; and its later evolution into funk and hip-hop. Emerging from the fields of Mississippi, blues singers provided the music's bedrock foundation (Kempton calls the legendary singer Charley Patton "the Snoop Dogg of his day"), but gospel's secularization, with its power to move congregations and audiences, provided its soul, and the musical ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 06/2003
ISBN-13:9780375406126ISBN:0375406123
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 512 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2003-06-03
ISBN-13:9780375406126ISBN:0375406123
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2003-06-03
ISBN-13:9780375406126ISBN:0375406123
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2003-06-03
ISBN-13:9780375406126ISBN:0375406123
Description: Good. Minimal damage to the cover, dust jacket not necessarily included minimal wear to binding, majority of pages undamaged, minimal to no highlighting/underlining of text, no missing p. read more
Description: Good. 0375406123 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN-13:9780472030873ISBN:0472030876
Description: Very Good. 0472030876 A little shelf wear/scratching/smudge on outer covers. Small dent/tiny cut in base of spine. Spine and pages appear okay. Perfect otherwise. Free bookmarks with all orders and all orders ship same or next business day! 8-2-242. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780375406126ISBN:0375406123
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Pages tight and clean. X-Library with usual markings. All books have issued dustcovers unless otherwise noted. Pictures always available upon request. All books wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard container. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780375406126ISBN:0375406123
Description: Very Good in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xiv, 498 pp. First printing. The upper fore-corners of the covers are very slightly bumped. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780375406126ISBN:0375406123
Description: Near Fine in Near FIne jacket. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket; minor wear. No previous owner's marks. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780375406126ISBN:0375406123
Description: Very good in fine dust jacket. Remainder dot on bottom, small stain on 3 pgs, tiny dent & tear on dj, else fine. 1st edition 1st printing w full # line. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 512 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780375406126ISBN:0375406123
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. An excellent hardcover copy, unread and like new. The binding is solid and square. The book's brown exterior shows virtually no wear. The illustrated text is clean and unmarked. The dustjacket is also excellent, with minimal signs of handling. 498 pages. read more
Description: Good in good dust jacket. ex library. pages very good with no marks on text. no bent pages. mylar covered dustjacket. library marks. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 512 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: New. A Brand New Copy. Never Read. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 30 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
Description: Very good. Publishers Overstock. A Very Good copy with a Remainder Mark and wear to the extremities. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 25 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780375421723ISBN:0375421726
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Ex-Library Stated First Edition; some ex-library markings, otherwise clean and tight, very light wear to the dust jacket. read more
"I have almost nothing good to say about this book and I read the whole thing. I recommend reading anything else about soul music before you ever even consider reading this. His tone is dismissive and often times insulting. Pair that with completely spotty coverage, only passing reference to Ray Charles, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield and a million others and you have yourself a pretty curious read for a book that purports to be about soul music. If I could give it less than one star I would."
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