Astral weeks
Subtitle: a secret history of 1968
By: Ryan H. Walsh
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780735221345
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Rock music; History and criticism; Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D.; History
Description: Documents the story of the creation of Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks" album against a backdrop of the political and cultural turmoil of 1968 Boston, examining how other artists raised awareness about key historical events and issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-344), discography (pages 344-346) , and index.

General Adult.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: in the beginning; title: Against electricity; title: God's underground newspaper; title: The silver age of television; title: Paul Revere is shamed: being a brief history of the Bosstown sound; title: The white light underground; title: Scenes from the real world; title: I saw you coming from the cape; title: A little more light into the darkness of man; title: The noises that roar in the space between the worlds; title: Something in the bricks; title: We have all been astrals many times; title: Epilogue: afterwards.