{"product_id":"a-fabulous-creation-9781784162085","title":"A Fabulous Creation","description":"The era of the LP began in 1967, with 'Sgt Pepper'; The Beatles didn't just collect together a bunch of songs, they Made An Album. Henceforth, everybody else wanted to Make An Album. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The end came only fifteen years later, coinciding with the release of Michael Jackson's \u003ci\u003eThriller\u003c\/i\u003e. By then the Walkman had taken music out of the home and into the streets and the record business had begun trying to reverse-engineer the creative process in order to make big money. Nobody would play music or listen to it in quite the same way ever again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It was a short but transformative time. Musicians became 'artists' and we, the people, patrons of the arts. The LP itself had been a mark of sophistication, a measure of wealth, an instrument of education, a poster saying things you dare not say yourself, a means of attracting the opposite sex, and, for many, the single most desirable object in their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the story of that time; it takes us from recording studios where musicians were doing things that had never been done before to the sparsely furnished apartments where their efforts would be received like visitations from a higher power. This is the story of how LPs saved our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Swan Books, Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784162085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.95d","brand":"David Hepworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51474200920245,"sku":"9781784162085","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7b1c02f2-2358-4271-adcd-7e727a32dbb3.jpg?v=1754405201","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-fabulous-creation-9781784162085","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}