Rock, Pop, and Roll Rock, Pop, and Roll Turn up the Radio!

T T Music $45.00 U.S. / $50.00 Canada URN URN HARVEY KUBERNIK, a native TURN UP ombining oral and illustrated history TURN UP of Los Angeles, California, with a connective narrative, Turn Up the UP has been a noted music jour- UP CRadio! captures the zeitgeist of the Los nalist for over forty years. Angeles rock and pop music world between the A former West Coast A&R years of 1956 and 1972. T Featuring hundreds of rare and previously director for MCA Records, T Kubernik is the author of five THE RADIO! unpublished photographs and images of memo- books, including This Is Rebel Music, A Perfect THE RADIO! rabilia, this collection highlights dozens of icon- HE Haze: The Illustrated History of the Monterey In- HE ic bands and musicians, including the Doors, ternational Pop Festival (co-authored by Ken- the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, neth Kubernik), and Canyon of Dreams: The CSN, the Monkees, the Rolling Stones, Ike ROCK, POP, AND ROLL Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon. and Tina Turner, Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochran, RADIO RADIO Ritchie Valens, Sam Cooke, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa, Thee Midniters, Barry TOM PEttY is a celebrated American multi- IN LOS ANGELES White, Sonny and Cher, and many others. instrumentalist, songwriter, actor, and lead- But recording artists heard on the AM and er of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Born FM dial are only one part of the rich history of in Gainesville, Florida, he has been a Southern 1956–1972 music in Los Angeles. Turn Up the Radio! digs California resident since the mid-seventies. Tom deep to uncover the studio musicians, back- is also a founding member of the bands Mud- ground vocalists, songwriters, producers, and ! crutch and the Traveling Wilburys. Petty and ! engineers who helped propel the Los Angeles the Heartbreakers have released a slew of criti- rock and pop music scene to such a legend- cally acclaimed albums and have headlined rock ary status. Bones Howe, Barney Kessel, B. J. ’n’ roll shows around the world for five decades Baker, Merry Clayton, Jack Nitzsche, Hal while selling over sixty million records along the Blaine, Jim Keltner, Tommy Boyce, Bobby way. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hart, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Bobby Wom- Hall of Fame during their first year of eligibility. ack, Kim Fowley, Bruce Botnick, Dave Gold, The band was the subject of director Peter Bog- and Stan Ross are just a few of the names rec- danovich’s Runnin’ Down a Dream, which won ognized for their crucial contributions to the the 2009 Grammy for Best Long Form Music music created and produced in the recording Video. Around his active recording and touring studios of Los Angeles. endeavors, Tom hosts a SiriusXM satellite radio Finally, Turn Up the Radio! pays tribute to harvey kubernik harvey kubernik Harvey kubernik show, Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure. the DJs who brought the music of Los Angeles to fans throughout Southern California—and, ultimately, the world—including Art Laboe, ROGER STEFFENS is the author or co-author of Dave Hull, Robert W. Morgan, the Real Don Foreword by TOM PETTY seven books on Bob Marley and reggae history, Steele, Jim Ladd, Dave Diamond, Elliot Mintz, including Bob Marley and the Wailers: The De- and Dick Clark. Their dedication to the mu- Afterword by Roger Steffens finitive Discographyand The Reggae Scrapbook. sic they played at such iconic radio stations as He is also the founder of the award-winning KHJ, KFWB, KRLA, KMET, and KLOS was Reggae Beat radio show with Hank Holmes on critical to the development of popular music. Santa Monica’s NPR affiliate, KCRW. Steffens Packed with exclusive interviews, this one- lives in Los Angeles. of-a-kind keepsake of rock, pop, and roll in the City of Angels is a must-have for any music fan. ISBN-13 978-1-59580-079-4 Featuring Exclusive Interviews with the Classic Bands, Musicians, Vocalists, www.santamonicapress.com Songwriters, Producers, Engineers, and DJs of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s.

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