This item is from my home collection. The contents are in very good condition, but the cover shows signs of aging due to its age. We appreciate your understanding. For us, rock was something to be "read" while listening. A grand history of rock, tracing the transitions of Japanese rock magazines while also depicting the history of Japanese rock. A history of the rise and fall of Japanese rock magazines. Rumiko Hoshika and "Music Life." Music chronology. Yoichi Shibuya's history of arguments. "Takarajima" special feature list. Captain Records release list. Akira AGI, a catalog of all his legendary work. URC Records and "Folk Report." Magazine media that supported punk. The business of "Oricon." Table of Contents Prologue: A Requiem for Rock Magazines Chapter 1: The First Rock Magazine in Japan, Born from the Beatles - Rumiko Hoshika and "Music Life" Chapter 2: The Origin of Japanese Rock Journalism - Toyo Nakamura and "New Music Magazine" Chapter 3: Underground Folk as the Origin of Japanese Rock - URC Records and "Folk Report" Chapter 4: "Rocking On," the Rock-like Rise to Success Chapter 5: The Band Boom and the Hot Days of Guerrilla Magazines - Makoto Sekikawa and "Takarajima" Chapter 6: From Kansai, the Legendary Cult Magazine - Akira AGI and "Rock Magazine" People Appearing Nobuyasu Okabayashi, Jacks, Yoshio Hayakawa, Wataru Takada Folk Crusaders, Yoichi Shibuya, Haruomi Hosono Takashi Matsumoto, Morio Agata, Kenji Ren The Beatles, The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, Epstein, Presley Kazumi Yasui, Masahiro Kuwana, Ryuichi Sakamoto The Ramones, Lou Reed, Kyozo Nishioka, Ika-Ten LÄ-PPISCH, Angie, Laughin' Nose JUN SKY WALKER(S), The Blue Hearts Michiro Endo, The Stalin, Shinya Ooe Shigeru Izumiya, Happy End, RC Succession Keisuke Kuwata, Kenji Sawada, Akiko Yano, The Mods The Rockers, The Boosters, Kiyoshiro Imawano YMO, Yoshihiro Kai, Yoshitaka Osawa, Tatsuro Yamashita Motoharu Sano, Setsuko Karasuma, The Yardbirds Masataka Matsutoya, The Animals, Elton John Neil Young, Machida Machizo, Yukihiro Takahashi, Keiichi Suzuki Talking Heads, Roxy Music Masato Tomobe, Kenji Endo, Yutaka Ozaki, BOOWY Tomoyasu Hotei, Keralino, King Crimson Yumi Matsutoya, Led Zeppelin, Yosui Inoue Takuro Yoshida, Garo, Masato Tomobe, Hiroshi Mikami, Ryo Kagawa Carol, Downtown Boogie Woogie Band Ryudo Uzaki, Eikichi Yazawa, Eiichi Ohtaki, Yuya Uchida Kazuhiko Kato, Bob Dylan and many others