First published in 1972, Ian Whitcomb's After the Ball is an exuberant account of the origins and explosion of popular music, informed by the author's store of experience in the field as a pop sensation of The Sixties. 'Brash, learned, funny and perspicacious.... The author of this free-wheeling, diverting history was a student at Trinity College, Dublin, when he created a rock hit 'You Turn Me On,' and experienced a brief, bewildering season as a touring rock celebrity. This book... is his effort to explain that experience ... Read More
First published in 1972, Ian Whitcomb's After the Ball is an exuberant account of the origins and explosion of popular music, informed by the author's store of experience in the field as a pop sensation of The Sixties. 'Brash, learned, funny and perspicacious.... The author of this free-wheeling, diverting history was a student at Trinity College, Dublin, when he created a rock hit 'You Turn Me On,' and experienced a brief, bewildering season as a touring rock celebrity. This book... is his effort to explain that experience to himself, and, well-educated man that he is, he goes all the way back to the first pop bestseller (in sheet music, of course), 'After The Ball,' and all the way forward to the 1960s.' New Yorker 'One of the best books on popular music to come along in the last few years.... Whitcomb's own involvement with music constantly surfaces to make the book both revealing and highly enjoyable.' Seattle Times Read Less
Add this copy of After the Ball: Pop Music From Rag to Rock (Limelight) to cart. $14.03, good condition, Sold by Phatpocket Limited rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waltham Abbey, ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2004 by Limelight.
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Add this copy of After the Ball: Pop Music from Rag to Rock to cart. $19.20, like new condition, Sold by GreatBookPricesUK5 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castle Donington, DERBYSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2004 by Limelight.
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Add this copy of After the Ball to cart. $28.25, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1972 by Allen Lane.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 0713903082.
Add this copy of After the Ball to cart. $28.43, poor condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1972 by Allen Lane.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 0713903082.
Add this copy of After the Ball to cart. $17.35, good condition, Sold by Orion Tech rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Arlington, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Simon & Schuster.
Add this copy of After the Ball: Pop Music From Rag to Rock to cart. $17.87, good condition, Sold by Vashon Island Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vashon, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Simon and Schuster.
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Good in J Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" First edition / Second printing. Ex-library-good in very good dust jacket. Book: name stamps on top & bottom fore-edge of pages, slight marring to outer edges of inside front & rear cover where brodart was glued down, pocket removed from front endpaper, several stamps on back of title-page. 14.5 x 21. hard cover. 312pp.
Add this copy of After the Ball: Pop Music from Rag to Rock to cart. $25.86, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2004 by Limelight.
Add this copy of After the Ball: Pop Music From Rag to Rock to cart. $27.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Simon and Schuster.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First American edition. 312pp. Faint foxing on the page edges and wear on the board edges thus very good in a very good dust jacket with some fading on the spine, slight creasing, and edgewear.
Add this copy of After the Ball: Pop Music From Rag to Rock (Limelight) to cart. $12.56, fair condition, Sold by BooksRun rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Philadelphia, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by LIMELIGHT EDITIONS.
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Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.
Add this copy of After the Ball: Pop Music From Rag to Rock (Limelight) to cart. $15.99, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Ruby rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Limelight.
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