Dave Marsh - Publications

Publications

• Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story, (Doubleday) 1979
• The Book of Rock Lists, (Dell) 1980
• Elvis, (Times Books) 1982
• Rocktopicon: Unlikely questions and their surprising answers, (Contemporary) 1982
• Before I Get Old: The Story of the Who, (St. Martin's Press) 1983
• Fortunate Son (Random House) 1983. A collection of his journalism and criticism.
• The First Rock and Roll Confidential Report: Inside the Real World of Rock and Roll, 1984. Compilation.
• Sun City: The Making of the Record ,(Penguin) 1985
• Trapped: Michael Jackson and the Crossover Dream, (Bantam) 1986
• The Rolling Stone Record Guide: Reviews and Ratings of Almost 10,000 Currently Available Rock, Pop, Soul, Country, Blues, Jazz, and Gospel Albums (first and second editions 1979, 1983)
• Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s, 1987. A sequel to Born to Run.
• The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made, (NAL) 1989
• Heaven Is Under Our Feet: A Book for Walden Woods, co-editor with Don Henley, (Longmeadow Press, 1991)
• 50 Ways to Fight Censorship: And Important Facts to Know About the Censors (Thunder's Mouth Press), 1991
• Louie Louie: The History and Mythology of the World's Most Famous Rock'n'Roll song; Including the Full Details of Its Torture and Persecution at the Hands of the Kingsmen, J. Edgar Hoover's F.B.I., and a Cast of Millions; and Introducing, for the First Time Anywhere, the Actual Dirty Lyrics, (Hyperion), 1992.
• Merry Christmas Baby: Holiday Music from Bing to Sting, (Little Brown) 1992.
• Pastures of Plenty: A Self-Portrait with Harold Levanthal and featuring the writings of Woody Guthrie (Perennial) 1992
• The New Book of Rock Lists with James Bernard, (Fireside) 1994
• Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude (Viking) 1994
• Sam and Dave (For the Record series), (Harper Perennial) 1998
• Sly and the Family Stone: An Oral History (For the Record series), (Quill) 1998
• George Clinton & P-Funkadelic (For the Record series), (Harper Perennial) 1998
• Bruce Springsteen: Two Hearts : The Definitive Biography, 1972-2003, (Routledge) 2003. Combines earlier two works about Bruce and adds a new chapter.
• Forever Young: Photographs of Bob Dylan with Douglas R. Gilbert (Da Capo Press) 2005
• Bruce Springsteen on Tour : 1968-2005 (Bloomsbury USA) 2006
• The Beatles' Second Album (Rodale Books) 2007