[From The Rolling Stone Record Guide (1st ed., 1979), edited by Dave Marsh and John Swenson. Review by Dave "The Hater" Marsh. Four years later, in the next edition, the "seminal" album receives five stars.]
Posted by: willenvelope | November 24, 2008
Rubbish reviews, part 2
Posted in Rubbish Reviews | Tags: Richard Hell, Tom Verlaine
So are these two separate Rolling Stone Guides? The edition used in the first entry is marked 1983, and this one is marked 1979. Just curious.
By: mizalmond on November 25, 2008
at 11:46 am
Yes, the first one (The Rolling Stone Record Guide) came out in 1979. The second edition (The New Rolling Stone Record Guide) came out in 1983, with updated entries as well as a lot of repeated material. Both of those were edited by Dave Marsh and John Swenson, old Rolling Stone regulars.
Then in 1992, Anthony DeCurtis edited The Rolling Stone Album Guide, and everything was rewritten.
The two Television albums received 3 stars apiece in the ‘79 book and were downgraded to 2 each in the ‘83 book; in ‘92, Marquee Moon got 5 stars (all-time classic) and Adventure, I believe, got 3 1/2. The Hell album got panned in ‘79, with 2 stars, but was a five-star classic by ‘83.
I’ve spent a lot of time with these books over the years.
By: willenvelope on November 25, 2008
at 3:43 pm