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Hit Men
Power Brokers & Fast Money Inside the Music Business.
by Fredric Dannen
ISBN: 0679730613
ISBN-13: 9780679730613
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Vintage Books
Published date: 1991
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.85 pounds
Pages: 407
Publisher's Notes
Hit Men is the shocking, highly controversial expose of the venality, greed, and corruption of many of the assorted kingpins and hustlers who rule over the music industry. "A sobering, blunt, and unusually well-observed depiction of the sometimes sordid inner workings of the music business."--Billboard. 4 pages of photographs.
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Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
Dannen, Fredric
New York: Vintage. July 2, 1991. Paperback. Very Good+. A nauseatingly honest and therefore controversial expose of the base beings that inhabit the higher levels of the music industry. Filled with horror s tories that will confirm your worst suspicions about the toxicity of what m y friends and I call "Planet CD Wood." From Publishers Weekly English rock group Pink Floyd was one of the hottest bands in 1980, with an LP shooting up the charts and a concert tour that sold out within hours. But the group was unable to get airplay for its latest single, at least not without engaging the services of a nascent breed of freelance promoters whose practices ushered in a new era of payola. These promotors, dubbed "indies," used illegal methods and had suspected mob connections. That the recording industry not only tolerated but embraced the indies is indicative of the questionable tactics now employed in this high-stakes arena, charges Dannen in a sharply critical study. At its center is industry leader CBS records, whose president Walter Yetnikoff is depicted as a bully of Machiavellian proportions whose style set the tone throughout the business in the '80s. Dannen, a reporter for Institutional Investor , mixes the skills of an investigative journalist with the gifts of an expert storyteller in an expose that will intrigue and appall readers with its disclosures. ( more information) Offered by Infinity Books Japan (Japan)
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Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
Dannen, Fredric
Vintage. PAPERBACK. 0679730613 Great condition Soft Cover book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, light edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save with us at kjcactusbooks! . Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Kjcactusbooks (United States)
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Hit Men
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NY: Random/Vintage, 1991. (7th printing). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! "the highly controversial portrait of the pop music industry in all its wild, ruthless glory." ISBN: 0679730613. ( more information) Offered by Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (United States)
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Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
Dannen, Fredric
Vintage. PAPERBACK. 0679730613 Good to Very Good Condition - Vintage Books - 1991 printing - some wear to cover with lightly bumped corners - name written in upper left corner of inside front cover - pages are lightly tanned (Music - 5) . Good. ( more information) Offered by Ceres-Snow Enterprises (United States)
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Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
Dannen, Fredric
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1991. New York, NY, U.S.A. Vintage Books. 1991. Trade Paperback. First Vintage Books Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 407pp., index, notes, illustrated. Very Good/No Jacket. Black pictorial card covers, light edgewear, lightly bumped corner, a clean and tight copy. " Hit Men is the shocking, highly controversial expose of the venality, greed, and corruption of many of the assorted kingpins and hustlers who rule over the music industry. "A sobering, blunt, and unusually well-observed depiction of the sometimes sordid inner workings of the music business".. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by The Bookpile (United States)
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Hit Men : Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
Dannen, Fredric
New York: Vintage Books, 1991. Very Good + in softcover. 21 by 14 cm. 407 pages. Trade size. Contains section of black and white illustrations from photographs. Light bending to corners. Bright, clean.. ISBN: 0679730613. ROCK MUSIC UNITED STATES SOUND, Non-fiction. ( more information) Offered by Laird Books (Canada)
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