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Everything's Coming Up Profits
Steve Young
The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals
Blast Books
October 2013
On Sale: October 15, 2013
252 pages
ISBN: 0922233446
EAN: 9780922233441
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
From the 1950s to the 1980s, American corporations
commissioned a vast array of lavish, Broadway-style musical
shows that were only for the eyes and ears of employees.
These improbable productions were meant to educate and
motivate the sales force to sell cars, appliances, tractors,
soda, and a thousand other products. Though most of these
shows were lost to the universe, some were recorded and
distributed to convention attendees via souvenir vinyl
records. The little-known world of industrial shows is
reconstructed through the record collection of author Steve
Young, who has spent twenty years finding the extremely rare
souvenir albums as well as tracking down and interviewing
the writers and performers. Through the records themselves
as well as behind-the-scenes stories, a new perspective on
American history, culture, and business emerges. Eye-popping
visuals, samples of confounding and hilarious lyrics, and
witty commentary by Young and co-author Sport Murphy (who
also contributes original artwork) bring the topic to vivid,
astonishing life. A companion website will offer streaming
audio of the songs which seem too crazy to be real—but not
only are they real, they're often a revelation.
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