 the encyclopedia of australian rock and pop or rock and pop by australian music journalist ian mcfarlane is a guide to australian popular music from the 1950s to the late 1990s. the encyclopedia was described in australian music guide as "the most exhaustive and wide-ranging encyclopedia of australian music from the 1950s onwards". the encyclopedia is out of print, but was for a time available on the whammo.com.au online record store, and is still in the internet archive. ==reviews== publishers, allen & unwin describe mcfarlane's encyclopedia as containing over 870 entries and is an "essential reference to the bands and artists who molded the shape of australian popular music [...] in an a-to-z encyclopedia format complete with biographical and historical details. each entry also includes listings of original band lineups and subsequent changes, record releases, career highlights, and cross-references with related bands and artists." united states barnes & noble reviewer, david turkalo, found that although it was written solidly and had "a surprising number of australian-american connections", it was too specialised for general american library patrons.{{cite web|url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?r=1&ean=9781864487688&afsrc=1|title=the encyclopedia of australian rock and pop, ian mcfarlane
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