Eagles and Hotel California

<DIV><B>Take a stunning visual and narrative journey down the “dark desert highway” to explore the creation, legacy, and lasting cultural power of one of rock’s most iconic albums.<br><br></B>A milestone celebration of rock history and myth, <I>Eagles and Hotel California: 50 Years</I> offers fans and scholars a richly illustrated and deeply reported look at the Eagles and their landmark 1976 album <I>Hotel California</I>. Alongside <B>200+ photos and images</B>, including rare studio, stage, and on-the-road photography and band memorabilia, veteran rock historian Sean Egan delivers a fresh analysis, explorin<br><br><ul><li><B>The tumultuous recording sessions</B> at the Record Plant (LA) and Criteria Studios (Miami) that gave birth to the album.</li><li><B>The songs that became generational anthems</B>—“New Kid in Town,” “Life in the Fast Lane,” and the title track with its now-famous guitar duel—and their cultural resonance across rock radio and beyond. </li><li><B>The casualties, the excesses, and the contradictions</B> of the L.A./desert-state rock scene: the band’s internal fractures, the golden age of studios, the paparazzi glare, and the trade-off between art and commerce.</li><li><B>How the album’s 50th-year legacy plays out today</B>, and how the myth of the “Hotel” gets repurposed for new generations of fans.</li></ul><br>Presented in a giftable slipcased hardcover format, <I>Eagles and Hotel California: 50 Years</I> is a must-own book for enthusiasts of 1970s rock, delivering an in-depth glimpse into one of the most revered albums of all time and a reading experience that fuses music history with pop-culture myth-making.<br><br><P><B>The Great Albums series</B> presents authoritative explorations of rock’s most revered records, beautifully packaged for fans to treasure. Delve into even more groundbreaking releases with: <I>Pink Floyd and The Dark Side of the Moon</I>, <I>Bruce Springsteen and Born to Run</I>, <I>Prince and Purple Rain</I>, <I>Queen & A Night at the Opera</I>, <I>Run-DMC and Raising Hell</I>, <I>The Who & Quadrophenia</I>, <I>Beastie Boys and Licensed to Ill</I>, and <I>Fleetwood Mac and Rumours</I> … with more to come!</P></DIV>