The Beatles' Second Album (Rock of Ages)
DAVE MARSH is America's most widely read rock and roll critic and music historian. He cofoundedCreemmagazine in Detroit and wrote forNewsday, theVillage Voice, andRolling Stone. He edited two editions of theRolling Stone Record Guideand also edited the newsletterRock and Roll Confidential, which morphed intoRock and Rap Confidential. He is the author of more than two dozen music books, including three books on Bruce Springsteen, for whom he is the semiofficial biographer. Marsh lives in New Jersey.