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The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that contains professional music reviews written and edited by staff members from Rolling Stone magazine. Its first edition was published in 1979 and its last in 2004. The guide can be seen at Rate Your Music,[1] while a list of albums given a five star rating by the guide can be seen at Rocklist.net.[2][3]

The Rolling Stone Record Guide
First edition
AuthorDave Marsh and John Swenson (Editors)
Subject
PublisherRandom House/Rolling Stone Press
Publication date
1979
Media typeHardcover / paperback
Pages631
ISBN0-394-41096-3
OCLC5353861
789.9/136/4
LC ClassML156.4.P6 M37

First edition (1979) edit

The Rolling Stone Record Guide was the first edition of what would later become The Rolling Stone Album Guide. It was edited by Dave Marsh (who wrote a large majority of the reviews) and John Swenson, and included contributions from 34 other music critics. It is divided into sections by musical genre and then lists artists alphabetically within their respective genres. Albums are also listed alphabetically by artist although some of the artists have their careers divided into chronological periods.

Dave Marsh, in his Introduction, cites as precedents Leonard Maltin's book TV movies and Robert Christgau's review column in the Village Voice. He gives Phonolog and Schwann's Records & Tape Guide as raw sources of information.

The first edition included black and white photographs of many of the covers of albums which received five star reviews. These titles are listed together in the Five-Star Records section, which is coincidentally five pages in length.

The edition also included reviews for many comedy artists including Lenny Bruce, Lord Buckley, Bill Cosby, The Firesign Theatre, Spike Jones, and Richard Pryor.

Comedy artists were listed in the catch-all section "Rock, Soul, Country and Pop", which included the genres of folk (Carter Family, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly), bluegrass (Bill Monroe), funk (The Meters, Parliament-Funkadelic), and reggae (Toots & the Maytals, Peter Tosh), as well as comedy. Traditional pop performers were not included (e.g. Andrews Sisters, Tony Bennett, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Rudy Vallee, Lawrence Welk), with the notable exceptions of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. (Dave Marsh justified this decision in his Introduction.)

Included too were some difficult-to-classify artists (e.g. Osibisa, Yma Sumac, Urubamba) who might now be considered as world music. (Ethnic music was the normal term in 1979.)

Big band jazz was handled selectively, with certain band leaders omitted (e.g. Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Paul Whiteman), while others were included (e.g. Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman). Many other styles of jazz did appear in the Jazz section.

The book was notable for the time in the provocative, "in your face" style of many of its reviews. For example, writing about Neil Young's song, "Down by the River", John Swenson described it both as an "FM radio classic" (p. 425), and as a "wimp anthem" (p. 244). His colleague, Dave Marsh, in reviewing the three albums of the jazz fusion group Chase, gave a one-word review: "Flee." Marsh's review of a then-current rock band called Platypus stated simply: "Lays eggs."

Table of contents edit

  • Introduction
  • Rock, Soul, Country and Pop
  • Blues
  • Jazz
  • Gospel
  • Anthologies, Soundtracks and Original Casts
  • Five-Star Records
  • Glossary
  • Selected Bibliography

Rating system edit

The guide employs a five star rating scale with the following descriptions of those ratings:[1]

  •      
    • Indispensable: a record that must be included in any comprehensive collection
  •      
    • Excellent: a record of substantial merit, though flawed in some essential way.
  •      
    • Good: a record of average worth, but one that might possess considerable appeal for fans of a particular style.
  •      
    • Mediocre: a record that is artistically insubstantial, though not truly wretched.
  •      
    • Poor: a record where even technical competence is at question or it was remarkably ill-conceived.
  •      
    • Worthless: a record that need never (or should never) have been created. Reserved for the most bathetic bathwater. (A square bullet (▪) marked this rating, as opposed to stars for the others.)

Reviewers edit

Second edition (1983) edit

The New Rolling Stone Record Guide
 
AuthorDave Marsh and John Swenson (Editors)
SubjectMusic, popular music, discography, sound recording, reviews
PublisherRandom House/Rolling Stone Press
Publication date
1983
Media typePaperback
Pages648
ISBN0-394-72107-1

The New Rolling Stone Record Guide was an update of 1979's The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Like the first edition, it was edited by Marsh and Swenson. It included contributions from 52 music critics and featured chronological album listings under the name of each artist. In many cases, updates from the first edition consist of short, one-sentence verdicts upon an artist's later work.

Instead of having separate sections such as Blues and Gospel, this edition compressed all of the genres it reviewed into one section except for Jazz titles which were removed for this edition and were later expanded and published in 1985 Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (ed. Swenson). Besides adding reviews for many emerging punk and New Wave bands, this edition also added or expanded a significant number of reviews of long-established reggae and ska artists (such as U-Roy, Prince Buster, Ijahman, et al.).

Since the goal of this guide was to review records that were in print at the time of publication, this edition featured a list of artists who were included in the first edition but were not included in the second edition because all of their material was out of print.[2] This edition also dispensed with the album cover photos found in the first edition.

Table of contents edit

  • Introduction to the Second Edition
  • Introduction to the First Edition
  • Ratings
  • Reviewers
  • Record Label Abbreviations
  • Rock, Soul, Blues, Country, Gospel and Pop
  • Anthologies, Soundtracks and Original Cast
  • Index to Artists in the First Edition (omitted in this second edition)

Rating system edit

The second edition uses exactly the same rating system as the first edition, the only difference being that in addition to a rating, the second edition also employs the pilcrow mark (¶) to indicate a title that was out of print at the time the guide was published. Many albums had their rating revised from the first edition; some artists had their ratings lowered (notably The Doors, Yes and Neil Young) as the book now offered a revisionist slant to rock's history, whilst others, such as Little Feat and Richard Hell And The Voidoids, garnered higher ratings from a re-evaluation of their work.[2]

Reviewers edit

  • Dave Marsh
  • John Swenson
  • Billy Altman
  • George Arthur
  • Lester Bangs
  • Bob Blumenthal
  • J.D. Considine
  • Jean-Charles Costa
  • Brian Cullman
  • Dan Doyle
  • Jim Farber
  • Laura Fissinger
  • Chet Flippo
  • David Fricke
  • Aaron Fuchs
  • Steve Futterman
  • Debbie Geller
  • Russell Gersten
  • Mikal Gilmore
  • Alan E. Goodman
  • Randall Grass
  • Malu Halasa
  • Peter Herbst
  • Stephen Holden
  • Martha Hume
  • Scott Isler
  • Gary Kenton
  • Wayne King
  • Kenn Lowy
  • Bruce Malamut
  • Greil Marcus
  • Ira Mayer
  • Joe McEwen
  • David McGee
  • John Milward
  • Teri Morris
  • John Morthland
  • Paul Nelson
  • Alan Niester
  • Rob Patterson
  • Kit Rachlis
  • Ira Robbins
  • Wayne Robbins
  • Frank Rose
  • Michael Rozek
  • Fred Schruers
  • Dave Schulpas
  • Tom Smucker
  • Ariel Swartley
  • Bart Testa
  • Ken Tucker
  • Charley Walters[2]

The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (1985) edit

The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
 
AuthorJohn Swenson (Editor)
SubjectMusic, jazz, discography, sound recording, reviews
PublisherRandom House/Rolling Stone Press
Publication date
1985
Media typePaperback
Pages219
ISBN0-394-72643-X

The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide was published in 1985 and incorporated the jazz listings omitted from The New Rolling Stone Record Guide with additional reviews edited by John Swenson. It included contributions from 16 music critics and featured alphabetical album listings under the name of each artist.

Table of contents edit

  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Ratings
  • Contributors
  • Record Label Abbreviations
  • Reviews
  • Bibliography

Rating system edit

This jazz edition uses the same rating system as the first two editions.

Contributors edit

  • John Swenson
  • Bob Blumenthal
  • Jean-Charles Costa
  • Steve Futterman
  • Russell Gersten
  • Mikal Gilmore
  • Alan E. Goodman
  • Fred Goodman
  • Stephen Holden
  • Ashley Kahn
  • Bruce Malamut
  • Joe McEwen
  • Michael Rozek
  • Andy Rowan
  • Bart Testa
  • Charley Walters

Third edition (1992) edit

The Rolling Stone Album Guide
 
AuthorAnthony DeCurtis and James Henke, with Holly George-Warren(Editors)
SubjectMusic, popular music, discography, sound recording, reviews
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
1992
Media typePaperback
Pages838
ISBN0-679-73729-4

The Rolling Stone Album Guide was a complete rewrite of both 1979's The Rolling Stone Record Guide and 1983's The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. The title change reflects the fact that by the time this edition was published in 1992, records were almost completely replaced by cassettes and CDs. This edition employs three new editors and reduces the number of reviewers from more than 50 as seen in previous editions to a mere four. This edition also included reviews of Jazz albums, which had been removed from the previous edition for the sake of publishing a separate Jazz guide. Unlike both previous editions, this edition did not include comedy artists.

Table of contents edit

  • Introduction
  • Ratings
  • Contributors
  • The Rolling Stone Album Guide
  • Anthologies
  • Soundtracks
  • Acknowledgments

Rating system edit

Similar to the first edition, it employed a five star rating scale (without the "zero stars" (▪) rating), but this edition had new definitions of what the number of stars meant, and employed the use of 1/2 stars in the reviews. The descriptions of the markings used in the third edition of the guide are:

  •      
    • Classic: Albums in this category are essential listening for anyone interested in the artist under discussion or the style of music that artist's work represents.
  •      
    • Excellent: Four star albums represent peak performances in an artist's career. Generally speaking, albums that are granted four or more stars constitute the best introductions to an artist's work for listeners who are curious.
  •      
    • Average to Good: Albums in the three-star range will primarily be of interest to established fans of the artist being discussed. This mid-range, by its very nature, requires the most discretion on the part of the consumer.
  •      
    • Fair to Poor: Albums in the two-star category either fall below an artist's established standard or are, in and of themselves, failures.
  •      
    • Disastrous: Albums in the range of one star or less are wastes of vital resources. Only masochists or completists need apply.

Reviewers edit

  • Mark Coleman
  • J.D. Considine
  • Paul Evans
  • David McGee[3]

Artists omitted from the third edition edit

Some of the artists included in the previous editions but omitted in this edition include:

The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide (1999) edit

The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide was first published by Random House in 1999, with John Swenson as the editor.[4]

Reviewing the book for All About Jazz, C. Michael Bailey regarded it as a consolidation of the 1985 jazz guide and the blues coverage from other Rolling Stone guides. He recommended it to novices, calling it "a worthy addition to any serious jazz/blues collector's library", even though it was not as comprehensive as The Penguin Guide to Jazz or All Music Guide to Jazz, in his opinion.[5]

Fourth edition (2004) edit

The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
 
AuthorNathan Brackett with Christian Hoard (editors)
SubjectMore than 10,000 of the best rock, pop, hip-hop and soul records, reviewed and rated
PublisherFireside
Publication date
2004
Media typePaperback
Pages838
ISBN0-7432-0169-8

Approximately 70 writers contributed to this edition. Text on the back cover of the fourth edition claims that the guide had been "completely updated and revised to include the past decade's artists and sounds", and offered "biographical overviews of key artists' careers, giving readers a look at the personalities behind the music".[3]

Artists omitted from the fourth edition edit

Some of the artists included in the previous guides but omitted in this edition include:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ album guide link
  2. ^ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rs5star_ed1.htm This guide gave 'Aja' from Steely Dan 3.5/5 Stars.5-Star-Albums from the Second Edition (Published in 1983) of "The Rolling Stone Record Guide"
  3. ^ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/rs_guide04.htm 5-Star-Albums from the Fourth Edition
  4. ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. ISBN 9780679768739.
  5. ^ Bailey, C. Michael (March 8, 2004). "The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide". All About Jazz. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

Citations edit

  1. ^ a The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Ed. Dave Marsh and John Swenson. New York: Random House, 1979. (Note 1, see p xiii) (Note 1a, see p xv-xvi)
  2. ^ a b The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Ed. Dave Marsh and John Swenson. New York: Random House, 1983. (Note 2, see p 645-648) (Note 2a, see p xv) (Note 2b, see p xvii-xix)
  3. ^ a The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Ed. Anthony DeCurtis and James Henke with Holly George-Warren. New York: Random House, 1992. (Note 3, see p vii) (Note 3a, see ix)

Further reading edit

  • Hull, Tom. "Working Drafts and Notes For: [The New] Rolling Stone Album Guide". Tom Hull. Entries and drafts for the book by Tom Hull, one of its contributors.

External links edit

Copies of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th editions are available to loan through the Internet Archive and Open Library (registration required):

  • The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st ed. (1979) at the Internet Archive and Open Library
  • The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, 2nd ed. (1983) at the Internet Archive and Open Library
  • The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, 4th ed. (2004) at the Internet Archive and Open Library

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide is a book that contains professional music reviews written and edited by staff members from Rolling Stone magazine Its first edition was published in 1979 and its last in 2004 The guide can be seen at Rate Your Music 1 while a list of albums given a five star rating by the guide can be seen at Rocklist net 2 3 The Rolling Stone Record GuideFirst editionAuthorDave Marsh and John Swenson Editors SubjectMusic Popular music Discography Sound recording ReviewsPublisherRandom House Rolling Stone PressPublication date1979Media typeHardcover paperbackPages631ISBN0 394 41096 3OCLC5353861Dewey Decimal789 9 136 4LC ClassML156 4 P6 M37 Contents 1 First edition 1979 1 1 Table of contents 1 2 Rating system 1 3 Reviewers 2 Second edition 1983 2 1 Table of contents 2 2 Rating system 2 3 Reviewers 3 The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 1985 3 1 Table of contents 3 2 Rating system 3 3 Contributors 4 Third edition 1992 4 1 Table of contents 4 2 Rating system 4 3 Reviewers 4 4 Artists omitted from the third edition 5 The Rolling Stone Jazz amp Blues Album Guide 1999 6 Fourth edition 2004 6 1 Artists omitted from the fourth edition 7 See also 8 References 9 Citations 10 Further reading 11 External linksFirst edition 1979 editThe Rolling Stone Record Guide was the first edition of what would later become The Rolling Stone Album Guide It was edited by Dave Marsh who wrote a large majority of the reviews and John Swenson and included contributions from 34 other music critics It is divided into sections by musical genre and then lists artists alphabetically within their respective genres Albums are also listed alphabetically by artist although some of the artists have their careers divided into chronological periods Dave Marsh in his Introduction cites as precedents Leonard Maltin s book TV movies and Robert Christgau s review column in the Village Voice He gives Phonolog and Schwann s Records amp Tape Guide as raw sources of information The first edition included black and white photographs of many of the covers of albums which received five star reviews These titles are listed together in the Five Star Records section which is coincidentally five pages in length The edition also included reviews for many comedy artists including Lenny Bruce Lord Buckley Bill Cosby The Firesign Theatre Spike Jones and Richard Pryor Comedy artists were listed in the catch all section Rock Soul Country and Pop which included the genres of folk Carter Family Woody Guthrie Leadbelly bluegrass Bill Monroe funk The Meters Parliament Funkadelic and reggae Toots amp the Maytals Peter Tosh as well as comedy Traditional pop performers were not included e g Andrews Sisters Tony Bennett Perry Como Bing Crosby Peggy Lee Rudy Vallee Lawrence Welk with the notable exceptions of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole Dave Marsh justified this decision in his Introduction Included too were some difficult to classify artists e g Osibisa Yma Sumac Urubamba who might now be considered as world music Ethnic music was the normal term in 1979 Big band jazz was handled selectively with certain band leaders omitted e g Tommy Dorsey Glenn Miller Paul Whiteman while others were included e g Count Basie Cab Calloway Duke Ellington Benny Goodman Many other styles of jazz did appear in the Jazz section The book was notable for the time in the provocative in your face style of many of its reviews For example writing about Neil Young s song Down by the River John Swenson described it both as an FM radio classic p 425 and as a wimp anthem p 244 His colleague Dave Marsh in reviewing the three albums of the jazz fusion group Chase gave a one word review Flee Marsh s review of a then current rock band called Platypus stated simply Lays eggs Table of contents edit Introduction Rock Soul Country and Pop Blues Jazz Gospel Anthologies Soundtracks and Original Casts Five Star Records Glossary Selected BibliographyRating system edit The guide employs a five star rating scale with the following descriptions of those ratings 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Indispensable a record that must be included in any comprehensive collection nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Excellent a record of substantial merit though flawed in some essential way nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Good a record of average worth but one that might possess considerable appeal for fans of a particular style nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Mediocre a record that is artistically insubstantial though not truly wretched nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Poor a record where even technical competence is at question or it was remarkably ill conceived nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Worthless a record that need never or should never have been created Reserved for the most bathetic bathwater A square bullet marked this rating as opposed to stars for the others Reviewers edit Dave Marsh John Swenson Billy Altman Bob Blumenthal Georgia Christgau Jean Charles Costa Chet Flippo Russell Gersten Mikal Gilmore Alan E Goodman Peter Herbst Stephen Holden Martha Hume Gary Kenton Bruce Malamut Greil Marcus Ira Mayer Joe McEwen David McGee John Milward Teri Morris John Morthland Paul Nelson Alan Niester Rob Patterson Kit Rachlis Wayne Robbins Frank Rose Michael Rozek Fred Schruers Tom Smucker Ariel Swartley Ken Tucker Charley Walters 1 Second edition 1983 editThe New Rolling Stone Record Guide nbsp AuthorDave Marsh and John Swenson Editors SubjectMusic popular music discography sound recording reviewsPublisherRandom House Rolling Stone PressPublication date1983Media typePaperbackPages648ISBN0 394 72107 1The New Rolling Stone Record Guide was an update of 1979 s The Rolling Stone Record Guide Like the first edition it was edited by Marsh and Swenson It included contributions from 52 music critics and featured chronological album listings under the name of each artist In many cases updates from the first edition consist of short one sentence verdicts upon an artist s later work Instead of having separate sections such as Blues and Gospel this edition compressed all of the genres it reviewed into one section except for Jazz titles which were removed for this edition and were later expanded and published in 1985 Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide ed Swenson Besides adding reviews for many emerging punk and New Wave bands this edition also added or expanded a significant number of reviews of long established reggae and ska artists such as U Roy Prince Buster Ijahman et al Since the goal of this guide was to review records that were in print at the time of publication this edition featured a list of artists who were included in the first edition but were not included in the second edition because all of their material was out of print 2 This edition also dispensed with the album cover photos found in the first edition Table of contents edit Introduction to the Second Edition Introduction to the First Edition Ratings Reviewers Record Label Abbreviations Rock Soul Blues Country Gospel and Pop Anthologies Soundtracks and Original Cast Index to Artists in the First Edition omitted in this second edition Rating system edit The second edition uses exactly the same rating system as the first edition the only difference being that in addition to a rating the second edition also employs the pilcrow mark to indicate a title that was out of print at the time the guide was published Many albums had their rating revised from the first edition some artists had their ratings lowered notably The Doors Yes and Neil Young as the book now offered a revisionist slant to rock s history whilst others such as Little Feat and Richard Hell And The Voidoids garnered higher ratings from a re evaluation of their work 2 Reviewers edit Dave Marsh John Swenson Billy Altman George Arthur Lester Bangs Bob Blumenthal J D Considine Jean Charles Costa Brian Cullman Dan Doyle Jim Farber Laura Fissinger Chet Flippo David Fricke Aaron Fuchs Steve Futterman Debbie Geller Russell Gersten Mikal Gilmore Alan E Goodman Randall Grass Malu Halasa Peter Herbst Stephen Holden Martha Hume Scott Isler Gary Kenton Wayne King Kenn Lowy Bruce Malamut Greil Marcus Ira Mayer Joe McEwen David McGee John Milward Teri Morris John Morthland Paul Nelson Alan Niester Rob Patterson Kit Rachlis Ira Robbins Wayne Robbins Frank Rose Michael Rozek Fred Schruers Dave Schulpas Tom Smucker Ariel Swartley Bart Testa Ken Tucker Charley Walters 2 The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 1985 editThe Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide nbsp AuthorJohn Swenson Editor SubjectMusic jazz discography sound recording reviewsPublisherRandom House Rolling Stone PressPublication date1985Media typePaperbackPages219ISBN0 394 72643 XThe Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide was published in 1985 and incorporated the jazz listings omitted from The New Rolling Stone Record Guide with additional reviews edited by John Swenson It included contributions from 16 music critics and featured alphabetical album listings under the name of each artist Table of contents edit Foreword Preface Ratings Contributors Record Label Abbreviations Reviews BibliographyRating system edit This jazz edition uses the same rating system as the first two editions Contributors edit John Swenson Bob Blumenthal Jean Charles Costa Steve Futterman Russell Gersten Mikal Gilmore Alan E Goodman Fred Goodman Stephen Holden Ashley Kahn Bruce Malamut Joe McEwen Michael Rozek Andy Rowan Bart Testa Charley WaltersThird edition 1992 editThe Rolling Stone Album Guide nbsp AuthorAnthony DeCurtis and James Henke with Holly George Warren Editors SubjectMusic popular music discography sound recording reviewsPublisherRandom HousePublication date1992Media typePaperbackPages838ISBN0 679 73729 4The Rolling Stone Album Guide was a complete rewrite of both 1979 s The Rolling Stone Record Guide and 1983 s The New Rolling Stone Record Guide The title change reflects the fact that by the time this edition was published in 1992 records were almost completely replaced by cassettes and CDs This edition employs three new editors and reduces the number of reviewers from more than 50 as seen in previous editions to a mere four This edition also included reviews of Jazz albums which had been removed from the previous edition for the sake of publishing a separate Jazz guide Unlike both previous editions this edition did not include comedy artists Table of contents edit Introduction Ratings Contributors The Rolling Stone Album Guide Anthologies Soundtracks AcknowledgmentsRating system edit Similar to the first edition it employed a five star rating scale without the zero stars rating but this edition had new definitions of what the number of stars meant and employed the use of 1 2 stars in the reviews The descriptions of the markings used in the third edition of the guide are nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Classic Albums in this category are essential listening for anyone interested in the artist under discussion or the style of music that artist s work represents nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Excellent Four star albums represent peak performances in an artist s career Generally speaking albums that are granted four or more stars constitute the best introductions to an artist s work for listeners who are curious nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Average to Good Albums in the three star range will primarily be of interest to established fans of the artist being discussed This mid range by its very nature requires the most discretion on the part of the consumer nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Fair to Poor Albums in the two star category either fall below an artist s established standard or are in and of themselves failures nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Disastrous Albums in the range of one star or less are wastes of vital resources Only masochists or completists need apply Reviewers edit Mark Coleman J D Considine Paul Evans David McGee 3 Artists omitted from the third edition edit Some of the artists included in the previous editions but omitted in this edition include Kevin Coyne Dexys Midnight Runners Roy Harper Hawkwind Japan Magma Mickey Newbury Olivia Newton John Pearls Before Swine Pere Ubu The Pretty Things The Red Krayola Scorpions Slade Steeleye Span Three Dog Night Van der Graaf Generator John WilliamsThe Rolling Stone Jazz amp Blues Album Guide 1999 editThe Rolling Stone Jazz amp Blues Album Guide was first published by Random House in 1999 with John Swenson as the editor 4 Reviewing the book for All About Jazz C Michael Bailey regarded it as a consolidation of the 1985 jazz guide and the blues coverage from other Rolling Stone guides He recommended it to novices calling it a worthy addition to any serious jazz blues collector s library even though it was not as comprehensive as The Penguin Guide to Jazz or All Music Guide to Jazz in his opinion 5 Fourth edition 2004 editThe New Rolling Stone Album Guide nbsp AuthorNathan Brackett with Christian Hoard editors SubjectMore than 10 000 of the best rock pop hip hop and soul records reviewed and ratedPublisherFiresidePublication date2004Media typePaperbackPages838ISBN0 7432 0169 8Approximately 70 writers contributed to this edition Text on the back cover of the fourth edition claims that the guide had been completely updated and revised to include the past decade s artists and sounds and offered biographical overviews of key artists careers giving readers a look at the personalities behind the music 3 Artists omitted from the fourth edition edit Some of the artists included in the previous guides but omitted in this edition include Joan Armatrading Louis Armstrong Aztec Camera Blake Babies Bread Captain Beefheart Joe Cocker Nat King Cole Crowded House Robert Cray Culture The Damned Deep Purple John Denver The Doobie Brothers Dr Feelgood Duke Ellington Donald Fagen Ella Fitzgerald Emerson Lake and Palmer GTR The Gun Club Janis Ian Incredible String Band Grace Jones Loggins and Messina Robert Johnson Wynton Marsalis Meat Puppets Metallica omitted from first printing but added later Mike and the Mechanics The Alan Parsons Project Pentangle The Raspberries The Saints Soft Machine Sparks Suicide Talk Talk Tears for Fears Thompson Twins Toto Uriah HeepSee also edit nbsp Journalism portal nbsp Rock music portalAlbum era Christgau s Record Guide Rock Albums of the Seventies Christgau s Record Guide The 80s Rockism and poptimism Spin Alternative Record GuideReferences edit album guide link http www rocklistmusic co uk rs5star ed1 htm This guide gave Aja from Steely Dan 3 5 5 Stars 5 Star Albums from the Second Edition Published in 1983 of The Rolling Stone Record Guide http www rocklistmusic co uk steveparker rs guide04 htm 5 Star Albums from the Fourth Edition Swenson John 1999 The Rolling Stone Jazz amp Blues Album Guide Random House ISBN 9780679768739 Bailey C Michael March 8 2004 The Rolling Stone Jazz amp Blues Album Guide All About Jazz Retrieved August 28 2018 Citations edit a The Rolling Stone Record Guide Ed Dave Marsh and John Swenson New York Random House 1979 Note 1 see p xiii Note 1a see p xv xvi a b The New Rolling Stone Record Guide Ed Dave Marsh and John Swenson New York Random House 1983 Note 2 see p 645 648 Note 2a see p xv Note 2b see p xvii xix a The Rolling Stone Album Guide Ed Anthony DeCurtis and James Henke with Holly George Warren New York Random House 1992 Note 3 see p vii Note 3a see ix Further reading editHull Tom Working Drafts and Notes For The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Tom Hull Entries and drafts for the book by Tom Hull one of its contributors External links editCopies of the 1st 2nd and 4th editions are available to loan through the Internet Archive and Open Library registration required The Rolling Stone Record Guide 1st ed 1979 at the Internet Archive and Open Library The New Rolling Stone Record Guide 2nd ed 1983 at the Internet Archive and Open Library The New Rolling Stone Album Guide 4th ed 2004 at the Internet Archive and Open Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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