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.…
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Title: All Gates Open: The Story of Can Authors: Rob Young & Irmin Schmidt In a musical world where soul-lite owes as much to R&B as car-tracked, oil-stained, soot-flecked slush owes…
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Title: Smashing It Up: A Decade of Chaos With Author: Kieron Tyler There are too many people out there who still believe that punk began with the Sex Pistols when, in…
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Book ReviewThe Crack In the Cosmic Egg: Encyclopaedia of Krautrock, Kosmische Musik & Other Progressive, Experimental & Electronic Musics from Germany
Authors: Steven Freeman & Alan Freeman Price: £20 Contact: HERE This book is so large that it cannot be comfortably contained within two card covers. In fact, it has been transferred…
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Authors: John W. Scott, Stu Nixon, Mike Dolgushkin Publisher: DeadBase Too Price: £47.17 [Kindle at Amazon] $90 [Amazon.com or Dead.net] Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack has been published annually in the UK since it…
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Book ReviewSGT. Pepper At Fifty: The Mood, The Look, The Sound, The Legacy of The Beatles’ Great Masterpiece
Authors: Mike McInnerney, Bill DeMain & Gillian G. Gaar Publisher: Omnibus Don’t be fooled into thinking that this book will hit the ground running in terms of the album and the…
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Publisher: Omnibus Press Price: £20 Unlike many other books which have filled this column, this particular publication is not a reference book in the classic sense but a long-form publication to…
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Book ReviewThe Tapestry Of Delights Expanded Two Volume Edition: The Ultimate Guide to UK Rock & Pop Of The Beat, R&B, Psychedelic and Progressive Eras 1963-1976
Author: Vernon Joynson Price: £62 from HERE or £68 from HERE Pages: 2,080 Publisher: Borderline Productions Contact: As above This A4-sized book featuring closely typed text, has been created for the record…
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Author: Patrick Lundborg Price: £30 Pages: 400 Publisher: Lysergia Contact: www.amazon.co.uk As you might have guessed from the title, this book focuses on ‘underground’ or ‘psychedelic’ music. In this case, largely…