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Ira A. Robbins

Author of The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock

20+ Works 524 Members 2 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the names: Ira Robbins, ed. Ira A. Robbins, Ira A. Robbins (Editor)

Series

Trouser Press Record Guides

Works by Ira A. Robbins

The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock (1997) 163 copies

The Trouser Press Record Guide: Fourth Edition (1991) 153 copies

The New Trouser Press Record Guide: Revised Edition (1989) 105 copies, 1 review

Trouser Press Guide to New Wave Records (1983) 31 copies, 1 review

The New Trouser Press Record Guide (1985) 22 copies

The New Music Record and Tape Guide (1987) 14 copies

Test Your Rock I.Q.: The 70's : 250 Mindbenders from Rock's Lost Decade (1993) 8 copies

Rolling Stone Review 1985 (Rolling Stone Review) (1985) 6 copies

Test Your Rock IQ: The 60's : 250 Mindbenders from Rock's Glory Decade (1993) 5 copies

Zip It Up!: The Best of Trouser Press Magazine 1974 - 1984 3 copies

Music in a Word Volume 2: Fandom and Fascinations (2021) 3 copies

Zip It Up! Too: More of the Best of Trouser Press Magazine 1974-1984 2 copies

Test Your Rock IQ--The 60's and 70's (Time Warner Quick Reads) (1995) 2 copies

Marc Bolan Killed in Crash: A musical novel of the 1970s (2020) 1 copy

Music in a Word: Volume 1 (Learning to Write) (2022) 1 copy

Music in a Word Volume 3: Whippings and Apologies (2022) 1 copy

The Islander issue December 13-26 1982, Todd Rundgren cover Utopia, B-52s, Ramones, Barry Reynolds, record reviews (1982) 1 copy

TROUSER PRESS Magazine #54. September, 1980 (1980) 1 copy

Trouser Press July 1982 Nick Lowe Cover (1964) 1 copy

Kick It Till It Breaks (2009) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Entertainment Weekly Guide to the Greatest Movies Ever Made (1994) — Contributor — 148 copies, 3 reviews

Go Further: More Literary Appreciations of Power Pop (2021) — Contributor — 6 copies

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Common Knowledge

Other names: Ira Robbins
Birthdate: 1954-05-12
Gender: male
Organizations: Trouser Press
Short biography: http://www.folklib.net/graphics/book/... - a scan from page 763 of his 1991, "The Fourth Edition of The New Trouser Press Record Guide"
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Associated Place (for map): New York, USA

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The Trouser Press Guide to New Wave Records by Ira A. Robbins

While not always in line with my tastes, this is the essential guide to the only music that mattered from circa 1975 to 1983.

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The New Trouser Press Record Guide by Ira A. Robbins

Seminal book in influencing my tastes in music.

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Awards

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Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award

The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock (Shortlist – 1997)

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Works: 20
Also by: 2
Members: 524
Popularity: #47,449
Rating: 4.2

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 17

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