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  • Atomic Tunes

    The Cold War in American and British Popular Music

    What is the soundtrack for a nuclear war?During the Cold War, over 500 songs were written about nuclear weapons, fear of the Soviet Union, civil defense, bomb shelters, McCarthyism, uranium mining, the space race, espionage, the Berlin Wall, and glasnost. This music uncovers aspects of these world-changing events that documentaries and history books cannot. In Atomic Tunes, Tim and Joanna Smolko ... Read more

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  • Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play

    Inside Two Long Songs

    by Tim Smolko ...
    Series series Profiles in Popular Music
    Since the 1960s, British progressive rock band Jethro Tull has pushed the technical and compositional boundaries of rock music by infusing its musical output with traditions drawn from classical, folk, jazz, and world music. The release of Thick as a Brick (1972) and A Passion Play (1973) won the group legions of new followers and topped the Billboard charts in the United States, among the most ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Atomic Tunes

    The Cold War in American and British Popular Music

    Narrated by Tanya Eby ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 46 min

    What is the soundtrack for a nuclear war?During the Cold War, over 500 songs were written about nuclear weapons, fear of the Soviet Union, civil defense, bomb shelters, McCarthyism, uranium mining, the space race, espionage, the Berlin Wall, and glasnost. This music uncovers aspects of these world-changing events that documentaries and history books cannot. In Atomic Tunes, Tim and Joanna Smolko ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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