![]() A detailed dissection of how the different divisions of record labels are bound together in a complex relationship of tension and mutual dependency. The academic dissection of popular music had, by the 1980s, drifted into Cultural Studies and textual analysis, but Negus brought it back to its sociological roots with this book which remains (rightly so) required reading on all music business courses. Producing Pop: Culture & Conflict In The Popular Music Industry The subject matter – the record business freewheeling out of control during its most indulgent decades – is ripe for the picking and salacious tabloidisation but Dannen’s eye for detail takes it to a much more intellectual level. Towering over every music industry book that has followed it, this is investigative journalism at its finest (the flashpoint being around the payola scandals of the 1970s and 1980s). ![]() Hit Men: Power Brokers & Fast Money Inside The Music Business Are there others you would like to have seen on the list? Add your suggestions in the comments section below. Here they are (presented in chronological order of publication). As an appendix to the feature, we listed the 15 books about the music industry you need to read. ![]() ![]() ![]() In last week’s Music Ally Report, we spoke to Stephen Witt, author of How Music Got Free. ![]()
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