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nightskyman
There's got to be hundreds of possibilities if you're thinking as a Christmas gift. If Dalton's The First 20 Years is available, that would be my suggestion. It combines coffee table style with some legit snippets of contemporary commentary, interviews and reviews.
Plus, the format (as I remember it) is cool and the photos and images too.
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Ross
Nothing says "Christmas" like Altamont!
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Palace Revolution 2000
Nothing says "Christmas" like Altamont!
I have been on IORR since the 90's. This is the best post I have seen in the whole time. Haha..that is f&ckin brilliant.
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oldschool
Just finished Selvin's book and found it very enjoyable. Gave excellent background on all the major players and the lead up to the concert.
Interesting Booth gave it a 1 star review on Amazon saying it was crap but his review disappeared shortly after
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slakka
Just finished Selvin's book and found it very enjoyable. Gave excellent background on all the major players and the lead up to the concert.
Interesting Booth gave it a 1 star review on Amazon saying it was crap but his review disappeared shortly after
Dang!! Thats the review I was waiting for!!
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oldschool
the book was crap and that he was actually at Altamont standing behind Keef's amp while Selvin wasn't..
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swiss
You make it sound as if Stanley Booth mentioned he was behind Keith's amp vs. Joel Selvin's not being behind Keith's amp. Is that the case, or did Stanley indicate that he was at Altamont (and watched everything unfold from the vantage point of behind Keith's amp), as opposed to Joel's not attending Altamont...?
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oldschool
...the book was crap and that he was actually at Altamont standing behind Keef's amp while Selvin wasn't..
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swiss
You make it sound as if Stanley Booth mentioned he was behind Keith's amp vs. Joel Selvin's not being behind Keith's amp.
Is that the case, or did Stanley indicate that he was at Altamont (and watched everything unfold from the vantage point of behind Keith's amp), as opposed to Joel's not attending Altamont...?
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oldschool
From what I remember of the review Booth stated he was behind Keef's amp at Altamont. The review was only one or two sentences so not much more than I already wrote and disappeared a week after I read it.
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swiss
oldschool -- you edited your post prior to this so that it appears that I said Selvin's book was crap. I know Joel Selvin from San Francisco, I have a good idea of what kind of effort went into his crafting this book, and I would never call his book "crap." Please fix that in your post above to reflect that it was you who said that, supposedly paraphrasing Stanley Booth.
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...the book was crap and that he was actually at Altamont standing behind Keef's amp while Selvin wasn't..
You make it sound as if Stanley Booth mentioned he was behind Keith's amp vs. Joel Selvin's not being behind Keith's amp.
Is that the case, or did Stanley indicate that he was at Altamont (and watched everything unfold from the vantage point of behind Keith's amp), as opposed to Joel's not attending Altamont...?
From what I remember of the review Booth stated he was behind Keef's amp at Altamont. The review was only one or two sentences so not much more than I already wrote and disappeared a week after I read it.
My point was your post made it sound like Booth was gloating about being behind Keith's amp, while Selvin wasn't.
What seems more likely is Booth's saying he actually attended Altamont, while Selvin was not at Altamont.
- swiss
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Ross
Nothing says "Christmas" like Altamont!
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oldschool
All I can say is I enjoyed the book. I leave it to the experts on the subject to analyze its possible flaws and inaccuracies they feel it may have.
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swiss
oldschool, The way I see it, if nothing else Joel Selvin's journalistic ability to bash out content quickly under deadline served him exceedingly well. He turned around this book rapidly, and was "first to market" on the topic of Altamont. That in itself is a massive achievement. Others may have projects in the pipeline, conduct dozens of original interviews, do thousands of hours of research, toil for years---but, at the end of the day, cranking out content of Altamont to an audience who has been hungering for it for years is a laudable accomplishment.
-swiss
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oldschool
turns out my crappy free Dell tablet mixes my quotes with anyone I reply to so that is why my quote mixed with yours. will have to keep this in mind when I quote other posters.
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oldschool
Looking forward to Ron S. book as should be some good details related to the business side.
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oldschool
I am rereading Sam Cutler's book and it ties in nicely with Selvin's Altamont book.
Sam really gets into the shady John Jaymes character in depth and how he wormed his way into the tour decision making.
This guy never ceases to amaze me. You’d think a con artist that young would come unglued a bit around a heavyweight like Mel Belli, but Jayme’s didn’t bottle out. I have access to Bellis son these days. I’m gonna try pumping him for any of his dads recollections. Sometimes this methodology works.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2016-12-14 20:37 by slakka.