LIBERTY RECORDS: A HISTORY OF THE RECORDING CO... Mint

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 Description

This auction is for the book Liberty Records, A History of the Recording Company and Its Stars, 1955-1971 by Michael "Doc Rock" Kelly. This book is in what I would have to call virtually mint condition. There is a little shelf dirt on the page edges but that is the about only thing I can see wrong with this book. The binding and pages are about as tight as new. There are no marks, dirt or dog-ears inside. The cover is in great condition; the corners have not even been bumped. There is no dust cover and I don't think there ever was.

I believe this may be a first edition as there is no mention of previous editions or printings on the copyright page. Frankly, I don't know if there was more than a first edition.

The Table of Contents in this book is:

PART ONE: Anatomy of a Record Label

• Rock 'n Roll Record Labels
• Liberty in the Beginning
• 1955 The Liberty Girl, Julie London
• 1956 The Little Liberty Girls, Patience and Prudence
• 1957 Eddie Cochran, Snuff Garrett, Sharon Sheeley, and Margie Rayburn
• 1958 "Witch Doctor" and the Chipmunks
• 1959 Martin Denny, Bobby Vee, Dolphin Records, the Fleetwoods, The Frantics and Little Blue and the Blue Notes
• 1960 Johnny Burnette, Buddy Knox, Ernie Freeman and The Ventures
• 1961 Avner, Gene McDaniels, Timi Yuto, Vic Dana, Troy Shondell, and Dick and DeeDee
• 1962 The Crickets, Jan & Dean, the Marketts, the Rivingtons, Danny and Gwen, Walter Brennan, Jackie DeShannon, Willie Nelson and Vicki Carr
• 1963 Ricky Nelson, Fats Domino and more from Bobby Vee, Jan & Dean, Jackie DeShannon, the Fleetwoods and the Crickets
• 1964 Matt Monro, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, the Searchers, the Beatles, Irma Thomas, Johnny Rivers, the Swinging Blue Jeans and the Hollies
• 1965 Gary Lewis and the Playboys, P. J. Proby, T. Bones, Hal Blaine, O'Jays, Jimmy McCracklin and Cher
• Liberty Stereo little LPs, EPs, 78s and Pictures Sleeves
• 1966 Bob Lind and Del Shannon
• Liberty Acquisitions, Special Series, and Subsidiaries
• 1967 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Vicki Carr, Hardtimes, Love Generation, Sunshine Company, Classics IV, and the Fifth Dimension
• 1968 Canned Heat and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
• 1969 The Fifth Dimension and the Also-Rans
• 1970 Ike and Tina Turner and Sugarloaf
• 1971 Liberty in the End
  
  Part Two: Making Liberty Hit Records
  
• Music Publishing - Metric Music
• Record Publishing
• Recording Music
• Engineering a Hit
• Picturing Music
• Promoting Music
• Publicity
• Seling Records
• Distributing Records
• Merchandising Records
• Radio Airplay
  
  Part Three: Four : Liberty Superstars
  
• Bobby Vee
• The Ventures
• Jackie DeShannon
• Jan & Dean
  
  Part Four: The End of Liberty
• Selling Liberty ... and selling it and selling it
• Life after Liberty
• Overview
• Epilogue: Where did they go?
  
  Appendixes
  
• #1 Hits
• Artists in the Tip 20
• Liberty, Dolton, Imperial, and Soul City Top Rankings
• The Top Liberty, Dolton and Imperial Hit Makers
• The Top Liberty Family Artists
• Percentage of Success
• Chronological Hit Lists
• Graphs of Hits per Year
• Top 100 Hits by Artists
• Top 100 Hits Listed by Month and Year
• Singles Discography
• Liberty LP and EP Discography
• Liberty Family 45 Sleeves and Labels

I looked this book up on both Am@zon and Alibr!s and could only find two copies of this book. One was listed at $950 and the other was listed at $1000. Even if you buy this book just to resell it, my starting price is one hell of a deal. Frankly though, I hope it goes to a music lover who will appreciate it.

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