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Rock 'n' Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip Anniversary Edition

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The 1967 Sunset Strip exploded with rock culture as giant hand-painted billboards became temporary monuments to music's coming of age--visual celebrations beginning with The Doors that captured the revolutionary spirit of an era. The Sunset Strip, circa 1967. Buffalo Springfield called it right: "There's something happening here...what it is ain't exactly clear." What was happening then is now absolutely clear. Rock 'n' roll and the kids who lived it were coming of age--right there on The Strip. And, as if to define the era, a few independent minds in the music industry posted giant, temporary monuments that said it all. Billboards. Bigger than life. Hand-painted homages to rock. The Doors led the way. It seemed that billboards would chronicle rock forever. In Rock 'n' Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip, author/photographer Robert Landau showcases these signs of the time, a time when rock was the most important music ever recorded, when youth, politics, and art merged to turn counterculture into mainstream culture.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781626401365
  • ISBN-10: 1626401365
  • Publisher: Angel City Press
  • Publish Date: May 2027
  • Shipping Weight: 0.06 pounds
  • Page Count: 160

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