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James Brown's 'Live at the Apollo' (33 1/3 Series) | [Douglas Wolk]

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2 hrs and 55 mins
RELEASE DATE

07-26-12
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In this remarkable book, Douglas Wolk brings to life an October evening in 1962, at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem - an evening at the height of Cold War tensions. In great detail, Wolk pieces together what took place (and what was recorded) that night, and illustrates beautifully the enduring power of one of James Brown’s - and popular music’s - defining moments: Live at the Apollo.

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