David Hepworth
A rollicking look at 1971, rock's golden year, the year that saw the release of the indelible recordings of Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, the Who, Rod Stewart, Carole King, the Rolling Stones, and others. The year that produced more classics than any other year in rock history.
I had read an excerpt of this book, and even used it in Truth Is..., but as interesting as that excerpt was, Hepworth couldn't keep it up for a whole book. In fact, the book seems like a series of magazine articles, rather than a long-form account of a pivotal year. Also "in fact," I realized about halfway through that reading the second half would be just as much of a waste of time as reading the first half was...so I stopped.
First line: On New Year's Eve 1970, Paul McCartney instructed his lawyers to issue a writ at the High Court in London to wind up the Beatles.
Page 56/Line 5: When Led Zeppelin played the University of Kent in Canterbury on March 12, tickets were sixty pence (twelve shillings for those who hadn't yet adjusted to decimal), and they were sold out immediately to the people who queued up outside Eliot College on the appointed day.
Last line: Now it belongs to everybody.
