Ye Old Metal: 1968-1972 Book. Detailed examination of early 70s and late 60s hard rock albums, many lost to the sands of time, some merely in need of a celebratory re-visit. Primarily through the use of new, exhaustive interviews with the band members who were there - the focus being on one classic album - Martin meticulously pieces together the complete story of each album, lending his respected critical eye to the record, massaging in bucket loads of trivia previously unpublished. The end result is a collection of essays that are variously surprising, funny, revealing, and scholarly. Above all, it is the author's hope that the enclosed "love letters to ancient metal" enrich the serious musicologist's enjoyment of each record so reverently examined.

The Records:
Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum, MC5 - Kick Out The Jams, Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come, Bloodrock - Bloodrock, Warpig - Warpig, Cactus - One Way & Or Another, Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride, Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself, Nitzinger - Nitzinger, Dust - Hard Attack, Humble Pie - Smokin', Buffalo - Dead Forever &, Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond, Trapeze - You Are The Music & We're Just The Band.

The Interrogated:
Dickie Peterson, Paul Whaley, Wayne Kramer, Michael Davis, John Garner, Stevie Hill, Jim Rutledge, Ed Grundy, John Nitzinger, Rick Donmoyer, Terry Hook, Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Jim McCarty, Leslie West, Corky Laing, Ken Hensley, Mick Box, Marc Bell, Kenny Aaronson, Jerry Shirley, Dave Tice, Bobby Caldwell, Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, Glenn Hughes, Tom Galley, plus maybe a dozen others amusingly quotable and fleshing out the terrific tale.