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My rock & roll novel Sidereal Days<\/em> carries the subtitle The History of Rock and Roll<\/em>. This slightly exaggerates the \u201chistory\u201d content of the book but the text is alert to real rock and roll characters, issues, places and background. \u00a0For example, the birth of the vinyl 45 record as detailed in the book by the record producer Joe Brodie is factually true. \u00a0Shellac records were made from the excretions of the lac insect. \u00a0When the Japanese conquered the sea lanes and islands of the South Pacific in WW2, the supply of shellac was cut off. \u00a0The military used records to send general information to its various commands and a crash program was instituted to find a substitute for shellac. \u00a0Vinyl plastic was the result. \u00a0It was slightly more expensive than shellac but it was much lighter, much sturdier and provided higher fidelity. \u00a0The fortuitous happy result for rock and roll was the 45 single. \u00a0As detailed in the book, kids could carry their indestructible 45 to a party, play their favorite song to all their friends, all their friends could hear the song, like it, buy it, and play it for THEIR friends. \u00a0The making of many a hit. \u00a0And it transformed the music business because that niche market could create a hit and a performer could appeal to that one segment of the population. \u00a0And that particular \u201cpopulation\u201d wanted to hear rock and roll music. \u00a0Voila!<\/p>\n

Also, anytime a specific number is mentioned, a license number, a room number etc. it relates to some specific r&r episode. For example, a hotel room might in fact be the same room that Jerry Lee Lewis stayed in when it was discovered that his wife was a 13 year old relative, or the license number of a vehicle might be the license number of the van the Beatles first travelled toHamburgin. The chauffeur who drives the Sparrows around NYC was in fact the man who drove the Beatles around in February 1964. \u00a0The names given to the production staff of the Ed Sullivan Show are, in fact, the same people who produced the Beatles epic first live appearance on American television.<\/p>\n

There are lots more. All in good time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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