Books : The Fillmore East: Recollections of Rock Theater
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by: Richard Kostelanetz
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.66097471
EAN: 9780028718477
ISBN: 002871847X
Label: Schirmer Books
Manufacturer: Schirmer Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 212
Publication Date: 1996-01
Publisher: Schirmer Books
Sales Rank: 703852
Studio: Schirmer Books
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From 1968-1971, New York's Fillmore East was the greatest rock palace in the world. Kostelanetz, who attended the Fillmore religiously, has assembled a collection of his original program notes and memories on the performances and performers, including The Who, Grateful Dead, The Byrds, and Janis Joplin, to create this definitive history.
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Rating:  - lousy, pretentious, uninformed....
as the previous reviewer noted, the book has some great photos. that's about all there is in terms of recommending this work. this guy really knows very little about the bands and performers of the era, most of whom he trashes. his voice is arrogant throughout. there is one passage where he claims to have a crush on the female sax player from sly and the family stone's band, who i'm sure if she knew that would have decked this uninformed, delusional braggart...buy some other, better book on the ... Read More
Rating: - Great Pics Abound But Author Is Out To Lunch
Would rate highly for the many great pics and from a general historical sense.As for the authors take on many of the shows,all credibility is lost when he spews the likes of this: "Hendrix guitar playing is so full of wrong notes that I suspect he is less than musical or the amplitude of his sound has made his ear stone deaf".In writing about many other shows and great groups,some of which I saw myself he shows a profound lack of knowledge of the music coupled with an inherent lack of respect,appreciation ... Read More
Rating:  - A window into a by-gone era of Americana
The 1960's were a time of experimentations in the areas of music as well as spirituality and collective consciousness,One of the forefronts of the music end of this phenomenon was New York Cities Filmore East (Rescued from its fate of a second run movie house by the late-great Bill Graham as his East coast version of his Fillmore West of San Francisco), located on the corner of Second Avenue and East 6th Street,Almost every night of the week had performances by the soon to be legendary musicians of that era ... Read More
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