cover image Rock 'n' Roll People: The Pioneers of Pop in Their Own Words

Rock 'n' Roll People: The Pioneers of Pop in Their Own Words

. Hamlyn (UK), $29.95 (176pp) ISBN 978-0-600-59911-1

Focusing on 15 of the most outstanding rockers of all time, Rock `N' Roll People: The Pioneers of Pop in Their Own Voices is a great retrospective and a great read. Consultant editor David Sandison culled interviews with leading lights like Bowie, Dylan, Lennon, the Sex Pistols the usual suspects from the archives of Melody Maker, the U.K.'s longstanding authority on all things pop-musical. With glossy photographs on every page and lengthy, behind-the-scenes interviews (many of them from the 1970s), this tribute to rock's elite will have broad appeal. ( Mar.)