대중음악 백과사전

2006년에 출간한 4판의 모습 **대중음악 백과사전**(인사이클로피디아 오브 포퓰러 뮤직)은 1989년 콜린 라킨이 출판한 백과사전이다. 라킨은 아첨하는 듯한 말로 현대판 《The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians》라고 묘사하였다. 타임스는 이 책을 "다른 모든 사람들이 평가받아야 하는 스탠더드"라고 표현했다.
# 책
대중음악 백과사전은 1900년대 초반부터 현재까지 민속 음악, 블루스, 컨트리 음악, 리듬 앤 블루스, 재즈, 록, 헤비 메탈, 레게, 전자 음악, 힙합 음악을 포함한 광범위한 대중음악에 대해 소개하고 있다. 기네스 퍼블리싱, 버진 퍼블리싱, 옴니버스 프레스가 각 주제에 관한 스핀오프 책을 제작했고, 라킨의 《역대 최고의 음반 1000장》(올 타임 톱 1000 앨범스)은 동반으로 제작됐다. 현재 축약판은 5판까지 인쇄되었다.*The Encyclopedia of Popular Music*, concise 5th edition, pub. *Omnibus Press* July 2007. 1992년부터 65만 권 이상이 판매되었다. 2011년 5월, 옴니버스 프레스는 아마존 킨들 버전의 대중음악 백과사전을 출시하였다.access-date=28 December 2019
# 판
* Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (1st Edition, 4 Vols), Guinness Publishing 1992, ed. Larkin Colin. * Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (2nd Edition, 6 Vols), Guinness Publishing 1995 (UK), ed. Larkin, Colin. * The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (3rd Edition, 8 Vols), Macmillan (UK/USA) 1999, ed. Larkin, Colin. * The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th Edition, 10 Vols), Oxford University Press (UK/USA) 2006, ed. Larkin, Colin.
## 축약판
* Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music Concise Edition, Guinness Publishing 1993, ed. Larkin, Colin. * The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Concise Edition, Virgin Books (UK), 1997, ed. Larkin, Colin. * The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Concise (3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 1999, ed. Larkin, Colin. * The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Concise (4th Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2002, ed. Larkin, Colin. * The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Concise (5th Edition), Omnibus Press 2007, ed. Larkin, Colin
# 스핀오프
* Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Jazz*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1992. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Sixties Music*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1992. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Indie And New Wave Music*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1992. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1992. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Seventies Music*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1993. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Folk Music*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1993. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Soul Music*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1993. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Blues*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1993. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Fifties Music*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1993. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Country Music*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1993. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Stage Musicals*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1994. * Larkin, Colin, *All Time Top 1000 Albums*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1994. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Rap, Dance & Techno*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1994. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Film Musicals & Musical Films*, Guinness Publishing 1994 * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Reggae*, Guinness Publishing (UK), 1994. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Jazz* (2nd Edition), Guinness Publishing (UK), 1995. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Indie And New Wave* (2nd Edition), Guinness Publishing 1995. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Blues* (2nd Edition), Guinness Publishing (UK), 1995. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal* (2nd Edition), Guinness Publishing (UK), 1995. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music*, Concise Edition, Virgin Books (UK), 1997. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music*, Virgin Books (UK), 1997. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music,* Virgin Books (UK), 1997. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music*, Virgin Books (UK), 1997. * Larkin, Colin, (ed) *The Virgin Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock*, Virgin Books (UK), 1998. * (also published in the US as *The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock*. US 1998) * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music*, Virgin Books (UK), 1998. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave*, Virgin Books (UK), 1998. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B; And Soul*, Virgin Books (UK), 1998. * Larkin, Colin, *The Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums* (2nd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 1998. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music*, Virgin Books (UK), 1998. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae*, Virgin Books (UK), 1998. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Stage & Film Musicals*, Virgin Books (UK), 1999. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock*, Virgin Books (UK), 1999. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz* (3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 1999. * Larkin, Colin, *The Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums* (Pocket Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 1999. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music*, Virgin Books (UK), 1999. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Stage & Film Musicals*, Virgin Books (UK), 1999. * Larkin, Colin, *All-Time Top 1000 Albums* (3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2000. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music*, Virgin Books (UK), 2000. * Larkin, Colin, (ed) *The Virgin Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pop & Rock*, Virgin Books (UK), 2002,(also published in the US as *The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pop & Rock* (US 2002). * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of 60s Music*,(3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2002. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of 50s Music*, (3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2002. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music*, (3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2002. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music*, Concise (4th Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2002. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music*, (3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2003. * Larkin, Colin (ed.), *Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz* (4th Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2004.