Back for a second helping, I have more music-flavoured items for you this week covering vinyl news, a book review and vinyl reviews VINYL NEWS BIG NIGHT An original motion picture…
A (hopefully) regular new music feature for you is this week’s Music Magazine. Featuring Vinyl News, a book review and something CD or vinyl flavoured in review terms. Hope you like…
Taking a turn for the reference, Paul Rigby looks at information-brimming tomes, this month READY STEADY GO! Title: Ready Steady Go! Author: Andy Neil Publisher: BMG Price: £39.99 Pages: 267 Contact:…
Author: Stefan Grandos Publisher: Cherry Red Price: £16.99 (soft back) Pages: 357 Apple. It was glorious. It was a revolution. It was a triumph of art and truth over corporate greed…
Author: Simon Spence Publisher: Omnibus Price: £20 A fascinating book about a fascinating man. A man of talent but, you know what? He was complex. I still admire his talent but,…
Author: David Hepworth Publisher: Bantam Price: £20 Pages: 314 Magazine publisher and editor (i.e. Smash Hits, Mojo, etc.) and The Old Grey Whistle Test presenter, Hepworth is a music enthusiast, knows…
Author: Charles Beterams Publisher: Permafrost (direct purchase link HERE) Price: €29.50 Pages: 243 I know Charles Beterams (aka Crazy Diamond) more for his work with his label, Tonefloat. Packed with top artists such…
Title: The Anthology Publisher: Genesis Price: £45 Before we get to the contents, allow me to talk about the book itself. When it originally appeared, this book was limited to 2,500…
Author: Bruce Spizer Publisher: 498 Productions Price: from $20 If you’re reading this in the UK or elsewhere in Europe and you’ve never heard of Bruce Spizer then think of him…
Author: Andreas & Emma Svalander Publisher: Emmagjort Price: £10.95 It could very well be the oddest book I’ve ever reviewed on this site. Why? Because it’s a children’s book. Except that…
Author: Vernon Joynson Publisher: Borderline Productions Price: £75 You know, I’ve been doing the journalism thing for a few decades now. If you asked me to run off 1,000 words or…
Author: David Hollander Publisher: Editions Unusual Sounds is An unusual book about an unusual archive of music that flew underneath the radar of public awarness for many years. Even this book,…
Title: I Just Can’t Stop It: My Life In The Beat Author: Ranking Roger with Daniel Rachel Publisher: Omnibus I don’t know of too many people who were named after actor, Roger…
TITLE: My Life, Note by Note AUTHOR: Booker T. Jones PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company Green Onions. That’s all you really need to say. From those two trigger words you should…
Author: Bruce Spizer Publisher: 498 Productions Bruce Spizer is a respected Beatles historian and author. In fact, to put him into perspective for UK readers, he’s up there with the likes of…
Author: Daniel Cook Johnson Publisher: Jawbone Price: £14.95 I’m playing catch up on a series of book reviews which should have been posted here a while back but were not. So,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…