The Mansion on the Hill Dylan, Young, Geffen, Springsteen, and the Head-on Collision of Rock and Commerce

Rock music-from social pariah to powerful engine of industry.1964, on the brink of the British Invasion, the music business in America shunned rock and roll. There was no rock press, no such thing as artist management -- literally no rock-and-roll business. Rock's cultural influence & business potential have been grasped by a rare assortment of ambitious, farsighted musicians, businessmen. Jon Landau took calls from legendary producer Jerry Wexler in his Brandeis dorm room, going on to orchestrate Bruce Springsteen's career. Albert Grossman's cold-eyed assessment of the financial power at his clients' fingertips - first rock manager to blaze the trail - David Geffen transformed into a superhighway. Dylan's uncanny ability to keep his manipulation of the business separate from his art, reputation prefigured the savvy -- increasingly cynical -- professionalism of groups like the Eagles.Today the industry will gross over $20 billion. How did this change happen? --- The Mansion on the Hill: Dylan, Young, Geffen, Springsteen, and the Head-On Collision of Rock and Commerce Author Fred Goodman-Ed.-illustrated, reprint-Publisher-Vintage Books, 1998, over sized soft cover-about 5.1 x 1.2 x 8 in-- ISBN 0679743774, 9780679743774 --431 pages - Subjects- Music / Business Aspects / Genres & Styles / Rock / History & Criticism -Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- see pictures maybe this will do it! -At least you know what you're getting into- City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it in - transit.-The Mansion on the Hill 4249 Music 3