The spine of the series

What hands off
to what.

Movement Five of every volume names what the next one picks up. Three of those hand-offs are the argument of the whole series, and they are the only sets sold here — the curation is the product, not a discount. Three copies price at the three-copy tier, like any other three.

Three volumes that hand off

The Reaction

Disco is not punk’s opposite. It is punk’s cause. Read the three in order and the reaction stops looking like an accident.

Cover of DISCO, volume 16 of Origin StoryVolume 16DISCO1973–1980
Cover of PUNK, volume 17 of Origin StoryVolume 17PUNK1974–1980
Cover of POST-PUNK & NEW WAVE, volume 18 of Origin StoryVolume 18POST-PUNK & NEW WAVE1978–1984
Not yet for sale.

Three volumes that hand off

The Survival

The same parent going the other way: what disco became in Chicago and Detroit after America was told to hate it, and what that became in a field outside London.

Cover of DISCO, volume 16 of Origin StoryVolume 16DISCO1973–1980
Cover of HOUSE & TECHNO, volume 21 of Origin StoryVolume 21HOUSE & TECHNO1984–1992
Cover of RAVE & JUNGLE, volume 22 of Origin StoryVolume 22RAVE & JUNGLE1988–1997
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Three volumes that hand off

The Raw Material

Funk was not an influence on hip-hop. It was the physical stock it was cut from, and then it was a lawsuit.

Cover of FUNK, volume 15 of Origin StoryVolume 15FUNK1967–1979
Cover of HIP-HOP, volume 19 of Origin StoryVolume 19HIP-HOP1973–1988
Cover of GANGSTA RAP, volume 23 of Origin StoryVolume 23GANGSTA RAP1988–1997
Not yet for sale.

Not yet for sale.