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Author MacLeod, Dewar, 1962- author.

Title Making the scene in the Garden State : popular music in New Jersey from Edison to Springsteen and beyond / Dewar MacLeod.

Publication Info. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]

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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : making scenes -- Thomas Edison and the first recording studio -- The Victor Talking Machine company and the scene at home -- Jazz at the Cliffside -- Transylvania bandstand and rockin' with the Cool Ghoul -- The Upstage Club and the Asbury scene -- Rockin' in the Mile Square City -- Conclusion : making the scene in the 21st century.
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Summary Making the Scene in the Garden State explores New Jersey's rich musical heritage through stories about the musicians, listeners and fans who came together to create sounds from across the American popular music spectrum. The book includes chapters on the beginnings of musical recording in Thomas Edison's factories in West Orange; early recording and the invention of the Victrola at Victor Records' Camden complex; Rudy Van Gelder's recording studios (for Blue Note, Prestige, and other jazz labels) in Hackensack and Englewood Cliffs; Zacherley and the afterschool dance television show Disc-o-Teen, broadcast from Newark in the 1960s; Bruce Springsteen's early years on the Jersey Shore at the Upstage Club in Asbury Park; and, the 1980s indie rock scene centered at Maxwell's in Hoboken. Concluding with a foray into the thriving local music scenes of today, the book examines the sounds, sights and textures of the locales where New Jerseyans have gathered to rock, bop, and boogie.
Subject Popular music -- New Jersey -- History and criticism.
Sound recording industry -- New Jersey -- History.
MUSIC -- General.
Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
Sound recording industry. (OCoLC)fst01127019
New Jersey. (OCoLC)fst01208379
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: MacLeod, Dewar, 1962- Making the scene in the Garden State. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020] 9780813574660 (DLC) 2019020423 (OCoLC)1099538395
ISBN 9780813574684 (electronic book)
0813574684 (electronic book)
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