One for the globetrotters amongst you, Paul Rigby takes a gander at the world’s music festivals Title: A Music Lover’s Guide to the Festivals You Need To Know Author: Oliver Keens…
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Price: £15 Pages: 96 Publisher: Omnibus “I’ve got a bike, you can ride it if you like/ It’s got a basket, a bell that rings and things to make it look…
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Subtitle: The Gay Men Who Ran The Swinging Sixties Author: Darryl W. Bullock Pages: 348 Despite the rather alarmist and over-the-top book title, this is an intriguing book and a new…
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Where Hardcore, Punk and Metal Collide Author: Alexandros Anesiadis Publisher: Cherry Red Books Price: £16.99 Since I initially reviewed this book elsewhere, it’s now pretty tough to find. Most of the…
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Just posted on my Patreon page, this exclusive video features a full review of this new tome It’s odd to realise but this is my very first video-based book review. I…
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Author: Dave Lewis & Mike Tremaglio Publisher: Omnibus Price: launch price £40 (hardback). Currently out of print but you can pre-order a new printing of the book from Amazon to be…
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Author: Barry Miles Publisher: Rocket 88 Price: £35 or £60 (but see below) In The Sixties, strictly speaking, is not new but it was out of print. This latest edition has…
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Author: Edgar Froese Publisher: [email protected] Music & Arts Price: €69.90 (originally, seen at the publication of this review, on eBay for £91) An incredibly influential electronic music, krautrock band that has touched…
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A POTPOURI OF MELODIES AND MAYHEM: LATIN AMERICAN AND CANADIAN ROCK, POP, BEAT, R&B, FOLK, GARAGE, PSYCH AND PROG 1963-1976 Author: Vernon Joynson Price: £55 Joynson is back with another magnificent…
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Author: Wayne Hussey Publisher: Omnibus Price: £16.99 Associated with a wide variety of bands such as Dead Or Alive, Sisters of Mercy and The Mission, Paul Rigby reviews Wayne Hussey’s autobiography…
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All Around A Hole – The Vinyl Collector’s Notebook Author: Paolo Verda Price: €75 You may remember my review of Verda’s first tome that was based upon British artists’ LPs featuring…
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Author: Robert Haagsma Price: €32.50 (prices may vary…wildly) Blimey this review is (very) late so I apologise if anyone was waiting for it. I originally looked at Part I of Passion…
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Title: The Bill Haley Story, Crazy Man Crazy Publisher: Omnibus Price: £20 Bill Haley was a weak man and serial absent father who constantly and consistently shirked his responsibilities and ran…
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Title: Worldwide Discography & Price Guide Authors: Ulrich Klatte & Marcel Koopman Price: €35 Vertigo was an imprint of the Philips/Phonogram record label started in 1969 by Olav Wyper, covering both…
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Title: Fanzine Culture From the Mod Revival Authors: Eddie Piller & Steve Rowland Publisher: Omnibus Price: £16.99 I was around 14 and 15 and the school yard was full of talk…
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Authors: Jordon Mooney & Cathi Unsworth Publisher: Omnibus Press Price: £20 Mooney highlighted the essence of her own journey after a meeting with noted artist, Andy Warhol, “…take someone like myself:…
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Title: Selling the Pig Author: Eamonn Forde Publisher: Omnibus Press I’ve been waiting for a book like this to appear for months now. Finally, here it is and it’s been written…
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Title: Going Deaf For A Living Publisher: Omnibus Press Price: £15 Known as ‘Lammo’ by John Peel, Lamacq himself would admit that his long established stint at BBC Radio 1’s The…
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Author: Tony Drayton Publisher: Ecstatic Peace Library Pages: 326 Price: £25 Spanning 326 pages, this book…isn’t. At least, not in the classic sense. It’s more of a bound compilation from the…
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Author: Richard Morton Jack (Editor) Publisher: (Privately Published) Pages: 916 Price: £100 …although you will also see contributions from Simon Crisp, Richard Falk, Giles Hamilton, Tony Higgins, Patrick Lundborg, Austin Matthews, Aaron…
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Author: Matt Everitt Publisher: Laurence King Pages: 336 Price: £19.99 Originally, a semi-regular documentary series on BBC Radio 6 Music, also hosted by Matt Everitt, within this new book release, Everitt interviews…
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Author: Ian Hunter Publisher: Omnibus Pages: 205 Price: £18.99 [Hardcover] Ian Hunter was famously the lead singer and songwriter for the UK rock group, Mott the Hoople. Back in 1974, his…
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Title: A Vibration Measuring Machine Authors: Bill Philpot, Paul Messenger & Roy Gandy Publisher: Rega Research Ltd Arriving as a large format hard back, priced at £39.50 and spanning 311 pages,…
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Title: Lucky Man, The Autobiography Publisher: Constable Greg Lake spent time in a host of small time bands before his big break as co-founder of the legendary prog outfit, King Crimson,…
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Publisher: Borderline Productions Price: £49.95 …and subtitled Australian, New Zealand, African, Turkish And Middle Eastern Rock, Pop, Beat, R&B, Folk, Psych And Prog 1963-1976. With a book name like that, it can…
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Author: Paolo Verda Price: €90 All Around A Hole is aimed at vinyl fans of British progressive, psychedelic, folk, blues and jazz LPs issued in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s.…