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English

MYSTERY TRAIN

Greil Marcus

Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music

MYSTERY TRAIN is the best book ever written about being alive. (Dwight Garner, The New York Times, 3 September 2015)

In 1975, Greil Marcus's Mystery Train changed the way readers thought about rock 'n' roll and continues to be sought out today by music fans and anyone interested in pop culture. Looking at recordings by six key artistsRobert Johnson, Harmonica Frank, Randy Newman, the Band, Sly Stone, and Elvis PresleyMarcus offers a complex and unprecedented analysis of the relationship between rock n' roll and American culture. In this latest edition, Marcus provides an extensively updated and rewritten Note and Discographies section, exploring the recordings' evolution and continuing impact.

MYSTERY TRAIN
Deutsch von Nikolaus Hansen und Fritz Sschneider.
[HC: Rogner & Bernhard, 03/1992; TB: Ullstein]

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Book Published 1975-05-11 by Dutton

Comments

Listed 26th on TIME's list of All-TIME 100 Nonfiction Books

Gets as close to the heart and soul of America and American music as the best of rock 'n' roll. Bruce Springsteen

Probably the most astute critic of American popular culture since Edmund Wilson. D.D. Guttenplan

Greil Marcus developed an ability to discern an art movement, or an entire country, lurking inside a song.

Anecdotally, I'm aware that MYSTERY TRAIN has meant a lot to many people. Less anecdotally, I'm aware that most critics and serious listeners think it's almost certainly the best book yet written about American music in general, and about rock in particular. (...) This may seem like only moderate praise until you consider that for some, myself included, that's not so far from remarking that MYSTERY TRAIN is the best book ever written about being alive. (Dwight Garner)