Albin J. Zak III is Professor of Music at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the editor of The Velvet Underground Companion and the author of The Poetics of Rock: Cutting Tracks, Making Records, a groundbreaking study of rock music production. Zak is also a record producer, songwriter, singer, and guitarist.
"Mr. Zak brings a record hound's passion and expertise to his study
. . . For aficionados of American popular music, this is an
engrossing work of scholarship full of fresh insights."
--Wall Street Journal--Eddie Dean "Wall Street Journal" (12/18/2010
12:00:00 AM)
Winner: Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) 2011
Certificate of Merit for Best Research in Recorded Rock or Popular
Music -- "ARSC Certificate of Merit" (1/9/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"Students and scholars of popular music will find this an
enlightening, thought-provoking book."
--Choice, D Arnold, University of North Texas --D Arnold "CHOICE"
(12/22/2010 12:00:00 AM)
"This research should serve as a catalyst for a critical
reevaluation of the current narratives of postwar American popular
music history and will likely exert an influence on the field for
many years to come."
--Travis D. Stimeling, American Music--Travis D. Stimeling
"American Music" (2/26/2013 12:00:00 AM)
Winner: American Musicological Society (AMS) 2011 Music in American
Culture Award-- "AMS Music in American Culture Award" (11/22/2011
12:00:00 AM)
"Students and scholars of popular music will find this an
enlightening, thought-provoking book."--Choice, D Arnold,
University of North Texas
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