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Sun records founder sam phillips relished imperfections. Just cross everything else off of your christmas list and buy these two things for every music lover you know. Nov 06, 2015 in his beautiful and meticulous new biography, sam phillips. The man who brought down racial barriers through music the. Rock n roll was born in rural alabama, 1923, in the form of sam phillips, the youngest son of a large family living in a remote colony called the lovelace community. The man who invented rock n roll, cd, gatefold lp jacket, with booklet, rock, 634457245327. After presley paid to record a couple songs for his mother, the receptionist dogged phillips to listen. With extensive interviews and firsthand personal observations extending over a 25year period with phillips, along with wideranging interviews with nearly all the legendary sun records artists, guralnick gives us an ardent, unrestrained portrait of an american original as compelling in his own right as mark twain, walt whitman, or thomas edison. Va capital gold rock n roll legends 2003 buddy moss. Nov 04, 2015 this is an excerpt from peter guralnicks new book, sam phillips. Nov 18, 2015 sun records founder sam phillips relished imperfections. Sam phillips tells the story of the founder of sun records.
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