Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll

I bought this as a thank you gift for my oldest friend who allowed me to stay them in Charleston.

I bought this for my guitar playing husband, who adored the exhibit at the Met. He loves it. He flips through and remembers what he saw at the museum. The book is very well put together and the photos are exquisite.

This book helped me navigate the museum display with ease and knowledge

This is a hefty "coffee table" book, or exhibition catalog, really both._x000D_ It's a beautiful-quality, dramatic and informative walk through some of rock's most iconic instruments on display, from the Met Museum to these pages. Especially guitars but other instruments - and sound equipment (Moog etc.) used by some of the most iconic bands and performers. Beatles, Prince, Lady Gaga (her piano), Emerson's synthesizers, Bo Diddley's square guitar, Hendrix's guitar, drum kits, McCartney's Hofner bass, sitars (classic and electric), show costumes, and more._x000D_ _x000D_ The smaller book (booklet, someone called it, though it's bound and high-quality photo pages) is just a taste, though representative and an economical, smaller-footprint gift. In this catalog book, the collection is more exhaustively presented with more background story and (naturally) "museum quality" descriptions, which - I know, as I took notes and photos of some exhibit signs to recall what I was seeing - offer more information than the summary exhibit placards by the displays. In fact, the exhibit was so jam packed - especially with guitars, and people too - it was easy to miss something there "live", and some instruments were grouped and without some descriptive info, might go unidentified. For aficionados of the greatest bands and instruments and legends throughout the golden years of rock & roll, this is a very nice reference, coffee table talking piece, or gift. Open it up, "put another record on", and Play it Loud!

This book was the perfect gift for a graduating high school male musician. He LOVES it!!!!

This is a great book/catalog - makes me smile when I look at the perfect pictures!

High quality book, would make a nice gift. I've toured the exhibit and saw this book in the gift shop. It is not a piece-by-piece true catalogue of the exhibit, which is what I was hoping for. The most comprehensive info on each exhibit piece is on the museum website.

A gift for our son in-law who is an accomplished rock musician and was not familiar with the exhibit or catalog. He has expressed his gratitude, multiple times and in multiple ways as he has immersed himself in the book.

I could not travel to the exhibit but this catalog is really nice and full of great information and pictures. I would loved to have seen the instrument in person but could not and this catalog helps make up for that. For all Lovers of rock music.

Interesting pictorial and read. Sharp definition photography.