"Containing ample quotes from his reviews, the book details performances and performers; most of them world-famous; others obscure but deserving of greater fame. Some, the author admires deeply; a few, not so much. These are not just verbal descriptions. Epstein provides URLs of videos and audio recordings that enable you to click along to see and hear what he saw and heard. Going back in real time to as far as his elementary school days and the pop music of that era, he even tells you about that period in time-about ...
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"Containing ample quotes from his reviews, the book details performances and performers; most of them world-famous; others obscure but deserving of greater fame. Some, the author admires deeply; a few, not so much. These are not just verbal descriptions. Epstein provides URLs of videos and audio recordings that enable you to click along to see and hear what he saw and heard. Going back in real time to as far as his elementary school days and the pop music of that era, he even tells you about that period in time-about Captain Video and Captain Kangaroo on TV and about Tarzan serials at Saturday morning movie-theater kiddie shows"--
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