The book showcases a lot of the albums you'd expect to see: Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde or Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run, for example.

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Recording followed a tour of the US hinterlands, with Exile On Main Street and Blonde On Blonde playing on the van between gigs, which helps explain the album's traditional country rock flavour.

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Then, as if by magic, the comeback single appeared, White On Blonde shifted copies like it was going out of fashion and Texas were embraced back into the arms of popular music.

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