From the Book - First edition.
The sheet music era: the zenith of the popular music craze
The rise of records : whispering
The Cotton Club : jungle nights in Harlem
The charts : make-believe island
Going west : Hollywood barn dance
Rock and roll : they went ca-raaaaazy for it!
The transistor : mine completely
Singers and songwriters : potty about Dylan
The album : a pair of twenty-minute things
Punk versus disco : who needs love?
Hip-hop : beats want to be free
Digitization : the immaterial world
