Jin Ge (A Brief History of Disco)

Author: (American) Andrew L. Andrew, translated by Guo Xiangming
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book introduces the historical evolution of disco as a musical form, elaborates on its vitality and specific cultural significance. Through the study and interpretation of a wealth of materials and data, readers can gain insights into the various phenomena in the historical process of disco's brief brilliance, rapid decline, and subsequent revival through nostalgia: the reactions of different social strata, changes in the audience base, sales figures, listening rates, various disco and anti-disco movements, speculative methods, business strategies, and of course, the dazzling artists of the disco sky and their hit songs.