Cover to Cover Book: The History of Popular Music

Alastair Agutter

квіт. 2018 р. · Pineapple Blue Media Publications

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Cover to Cover - The History of Popular Music by Best Selling Author of Specialist Books and Musician Alastair R Agutter charts his life from 1958 the Rock and Roll years through to the current day, featuring the Musicians and Artists who made an impact on his life and countless other millions over the decades around the world. In fact how popular music has influenced fashion and politics, for over five decades! The book features the Rock and Roll Years of the 1950's, The Birth of Pop Music in the 1960’s, Soulville the Music of the 1970’s, Intermission the Musical Instruments, In the House Music of the 1980’s, Music of the Naughty 1990’s and lastly, the Millennials Age of Music. The book also refers too, and mentions, the iconic brands of the day, and even the items prices then, making the book a fascinating read. And especially for a new generation of fans wanting to know the roots of popular music, and how it arrived at this place today!

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Alastair R Agutter was born in Farnborough, Kent, England in 1958. He is a Best Selling Author of more than 60 specialist books, and over 120 in different formats (print, digital and audio). He is a Philosopher, Logistician, Theoretical Physicist, Writer, Musician, Publisher, Naturalist, Environmentalist, Marine Biologist, Ichthyologist, Production Engineer, Computer Scientist, Creative Digital Artist and Proud Father of Five Children.

His first specialist book was published in 1989, writing on the South American Marine species the symphysodon that he managed to breed successfully in captivity after a great deal of heartache. In the book introduction over 28 years ago, he wrote about climate change concerns and with warnings. From the age of just 6 years, Alastair took up Gardening, being taught by his Grand Father, William Agutter. At 9 years of age, and as a young boy, Alastair also took up the hobby and past time of Tropical Fish Keeping, and became a very successful Aquarist, breeding countless species of cichlids and other tropical fish over the past 50 plus years. And still today, Alastair remains one of a select few in the world to breed Wild Discus (symphysodon) in captivity, and highly regarded as an authority on the subject of the symphysodon species, and other marine life, as an accomplished author.

As mentioned, Alastair Agutter is one of a select few world-wide to successfully breed Wild Discus (symphysodon) species King of the Aquarium in captivity and an authority on these tropical fish species and others, as an accomplished Best Selling Author of Specialist Books Internationally. He has been a consummate lobbyist for the protection of the environment, seeing first hand the devastation caused by the sinking of the Torrey Canyon in 1967 off of the Cornish Coast, writing a book titled "The Reality of Climate Change" and several other written articles and papers published on the subject, surrounding Marine Life Protection, and the Environment, with reference to Climate Change.

Alastair R Agutter is a full-time Designer, Best Selling Author, Publisher, Musician and Writer, after a 35 year Professional Career in Marketing and Communications, Product Engineering Development and Artificial Intelligence, namely the World Wide Web. Alastair R Agutter became involved with the World Wide Web back in 1995, and soon became a founding Netscape DevEdge Member for the customization and development of the Netscape Browser Software Bundle Suites, for both UK Consumer users and Businesses. A Member of the Microsoft Partner Research Panel, a Google and Amazon Partner. In 1995 Alastair Agutter Founded Pineapple Blue Media one of the world's 1st Digital Electronic Media Design Houses in Great Britain for developing and creating web sites and rich media content, including Live Online Radio, one of the world's first on demand web radio stations.

Alastair Agutter was Acknowledged in 1999 by the Hudson Institute for Contributing and Advancing the Computer Sciences Internationally for Humanity. Acknowledged in 2008 by the American Autobiographical Society, for the advancement of Computer Sciences for Humanity. And Noted in Phillips Who's Who Directory 2001.