Little Labels - Big Sound : Indiana University Press : 9780253214348 : 0253214343 : 22 May 1999 : Now in paperback! Little Labels -Big Sound Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music Rick Kennedy and Randy McNutt Foreword by Al Kooper A wild ride through American popular music. "[T]hese cats had their ears to the ground and cut vinyl that created the hip sounds of the day, sounds that still reverberate today. . . . Little Labels-Big Sound is a great primer into the history of these . . . independent record labels." -Blue Suede News "[L]ike the labels it celebrates and the 45s and the 78s those labels put out . . . full of exciting and vital content." -San Francisco Chronicle "In this straightforward and engaging collection of histories and profiles, the authors present a brisk overview of important indies and a look at several distinctive companies and the men who ran them . . ." -Billboard "Show me a man today who could stand up to a Syd Nathan or a Don Robey, and I