Douglas Wolk Live At The Apollo

As I mentioned, I have been laid up quite a bit recently with sciatica and that has given me chance to catch up on a bit of reading!!!!

One fascinating book I have just finished is Douglas Wolk's Live At The Apollo about one of the most famous live soul albums ever produced - "The Apollo Theatre Presents In Person The James Brown Show". It seemed appropriate, having recently visited the theatre, to read this book about one of the old venue's most inspiring shows.

Wolk's book is in a series looking in depth at albums placing them in context of music, time and space. Wolk's book places the show against a backdrop of what else was happening in the world that October night in 1962 as the human race seemed to be on the eve of extrinction with the Cuban Missle Crisis.

A short but absorbing reading with some extremely insightful breakdowns of each song on the album. Highly recommended for a full understanding of a one of soul's most important evenings.