http://glorioustrash.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-soul-hit.html I learned about this obscure novel thanks to the&nbsp;Rolling Stone&nbsp;Cover To Cover CD-ROM. I was doing a search on “rock novels” (which is how I discovered&nbsp;Death Rock&nbsp;several
 years ago) and came upon a somewhat-positive review of the book. The 
review also mentioned that co-writer Charlie Haas had been responsible 
for the “hip” liner notes to be found in Warner Bros records at the 
time. However looking up The Soul Hit online it would 
appear the novel didn’t resonate much, as info is scant and there 
doesn’t even appear to have been a paperback edition – which is exactly 
what the book needed, as it’s already around the length of an average 
PBO of the day.&nbsp; So
 it only came out in hardcover, the back cover of which informs us that 
co-writers Hunter and Haas were buddies in college, both now live in Los
 Angeles, and both are in some degree involved with the entertainment 
industry. They make a fine writing team; it’s hard to detect two people
 wrote the book, so in that regard it reminded me of&nbsp;The Headhunters.
 I did notice that some chapters would open with elaborate 
scene-setting, usually detailing one-off or supporting characters, with 
the main plot being concerned with the investigation of a retired FBI 
agent into a music biz killing, so perhaps that was the line of 
delineation. At any rate the writing here is very good – very much 
in-line with your typical private eye yarn, but gussied up with a bit of
 a “literary” vibe at times. And definitely aware of the inner 
machinations of the record and radio business.&nbsp; The
 novel takes place in 1976 and opens in an AM radio station in San Luis 
Obispo, CA; the authors are already aware of how radio has changed so 
drastically, with the young jock, Barry Marsh, unable to voice too much 
“personality” and just sticking to the hits.

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