Painting of a shelf of about thirty plain book spines, their colour running from gold on the left to deep blue on the right

Thirty-one volumes  ·  1917 to the 2020s

The whole shelf.

In chronological order of ignition, which is the order they are numbered and the order they are meant to be read — though every one of them is a complete answer on its own.

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Showing all thirty-one volumes.

Cover of BLUES, volume 1 of Origin StoryVolume 1BLUES1920–1955
Cover of COUNTRY, volume 2 of Origin StoryVolume 2COUNTRY1927–1955
Cover of JAZZ, volume 3 of Origin StoryVolume 3JAZZ1917–1949
Cover of RHYTHM & BLUES, volume 4 of Origin StoryVolume 4RHYTHM & BLUES1945–1955
Cover of ROCK 'N' ROLL, volume 5 of Origin StoryVolume 5ROCK 'N' ROLL1954–1959
Cover of DOO-WOP, volume 6 of Origin StoryVolume 6DOO-WOP1948–1962
Cover of SOUL, volume 7 of Origin StoryVolume 7SOUL1959–1972
Cover of THE BRITISH INVASION, volume 8 of Origin StoryVolume 8THE BRITISH INVASION1962–1967
Cover of FOLK REVIVAL, volume 9 of Origin StoryVolume 9FOLK REVIVAL1958–1975
Cover of PSYCHEDELIA, volume 10 of Origin StoryVolume 10PSYCHEDELIA1965–1970
Cover of REGGAE, volume 11 of Origin StoryVolume 11REGGAE1962–1978
Cover of HEAVY METAL, volume 12 of Origin StoryVolume 12HEAVY METAL1968–1983
Cover of PROGRESSIVE ROCK, volume 13 of Origin StoryVolume 13PROGRESSIVE ROCK1969–1977
Cover of GLAM, volume 14 of Origin StoryVolume 14GLAM1971–1975
Cover of FUNK, volume 15 of Origin StoryVolume 15FUNK1967–1979
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
Cover of HIP-HOP, volume 19 of Origin StoryVolume 19HIP-HOP1973–1988
Cover of SYNTH-POP, volume 20 of Origin StoryVolume 20SYNTH-POP1979–1989
Cover of HOUSE & TECHNO, volume 21 of Origin StoryVolume 21HOUSE & TECHNO1984–1992
Cover of RAVE & JUNGLE, volume 22 of Origin StoryVolume 22RAVE & JUNGLE1988–1997
Cover of GANGSTA RAP, volume 23 of Origin StoryVolume 23GANGSTA RAP1988–1997
Cover of NEW JACK SWING, volume 24 of Origin StoryVolume 24NEW JACK SWING1987–1999
Cover of GRUNGE & ALTERNATIVE, volume 25 of Origin StoryVolume 25GRUNGE & ALTERNATIVE1988–1996
Cover of BRITPOP, volume 26 of Origin StoryVolume 26BRITPOP1993–1997
Cover of TEEN POP, volume 27 of Origin StoryVolume 27TEEN POP1996–2003
Cover of EMO & NU-METAL, volume 28 of Origin StoryVolume 28EMO & NU-METAL1997–2007
Cover of INDIE & THE BLOG YEARS, volume 29 of Origin StoryVolume 29INDIE & THE BLOG YEARS2001–2011
Cover of TRAP, volume 30 of Origin StoryVolume 30TRAP1995–2020
Cover of GLOBAL POP, volume 31 of Origin StoryVolume 31GLOBAL POP1990s–2020s

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192019401960198020002020
Cover of PUNKVolume 17 · 1974–1980PUNKEighteen Months That Rewired the Record Business, 1974–1980