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Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie
Paperback,
15/06/2017,
£8.99
A poignant memoir by the last surviving member of David Bowie's The Spiders from Mars, drummer Woody Woodmansey.
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
Paperback,
03/08/2017,
£20.00
New York, 2001. 9/11 plunges the US into a state of war and political volatility - and heralds the rebirth of the city's rock scene. As the old-guard music industry crumbles, a group of bands suddenly become the voice of a generation desperately in need of an anthem. The author charts New York's musical transformation in the early 2000s.
Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains
Hardback,
13/05/2017,
£40.00
Published to accompany the V&A's major summer exhibition, Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains, celebrates 50 years of one of the greatest bands of all time.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
Paperback,
07/04/2008,
£9.99
When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind a rich catalog of dark, witty rock 'n' roll classics, including "Lawyers, Guns and Money," "Excitable Boy," and the immortal "Werewolves of London."
Testimony
Paperback,
31/07/2017,
£9.99
Robbie Robertson's singular contributions to popular music have made him one of the most beloved songwriters and guitarists of his time. Above all, it's the moving story of the profound friendship among five young men who together created a new kind of popular music.
Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
Paperback,
26/02/2009,
£10.99
An autobiography that presents the author's take on the ups and downs of a band as notorious for its in-house fighting as for its great music; and on a life that has endured prison in America, drugs, bankruptcy, divorce, and the often bleak results of a legendary thirst.
John Lennon: pocket GIANTS
Paperback,
07/07/2016,
£6.99
John Lennon is a giant of popular music and culture. His reviews, features and regular columns have appeared in The Independent, Time Out, Mojo and BBC Music. His books include The 100 Greatest Cover Versions (McNidder & Grace 2012) and, as co-author, The Rough Guide to the Best Music You've Never Heard (Penguin 2008).
As Time Goes By
Paperback,
05/04/2018,
£9.99
Derek Taylor's iconic memoir is a rare opportunity to be immersed in one of the most whirlwind music sensations in history: Beatlemania. Whether watching the debut performance of 'Hey Jude' in a country pub or hearing first-hand gossip about a star-studded cast of characters, Taylor's unique narrative voice forges an autobiography like no other.
Billy Bragg: Still Suitable for Miners
Paperback,
24/05/2018,
£9.99
He is Billy Bragg, passionate protest folk singer and tireless promoter of political and humanitarian causes around the world.Still Suitable for Miners is the official Billy Bragg story, tracing his life, family and career at close range from Barking to the present day.
Ricochet: David Bowie 1983: An Intimate Portrait
Hardback,
01/11/2018,
£40.00
"First published by Moonlight Books 2018"--Colophon.
How To Be Invisible
Hardback,
06/12/2018,
£14.99
Selected and arranged by the author, with an expansive introduction by the novelist David Mitchell, How To Be Invisible presents the lyrics of Kate Bush for the first time in a beautiful cloth-bound Faber edition.
Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits
Paperback,
07/02/2019,
£6.99
A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century.
Spanning Tom Waits' extraordinary 40-year career, from Closing Time to Orphans, Lowside of the Road is Barney Hoskyns' unique take on one of rock's great enigmas.
Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie, 1976-2016
Paperback,
12/02/2019,
£20.00
From the ultimate David Bowie expert comes an exploration of the final four decades of his musical career, covering every song he wrote, performed or produced.
Awfully Big Adventure: Michael Jackson in the Afterlife
Hardback,
07/03/2019,
£10.00
Paul Morley's short biographical portrait of Michael Jackson looks at how we turned the most outrageous child star talent of the late 20th century into a monster; This is a rare piece of pop cultural alchemy that cuts through the myth in a way that only a writer as great as Paul Morley could do.
To Throw Away Unopened
Paperback,
04/04/2019,
£8.99
To Throw Away Unopened is a fearless dissection of one woman's obsession with the truth - the truth about family, power, and her identity as a rebel and outsider.
Last Train To Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
Paperback,
01/11/1995,
£13.99
The definitive biography of Elvis and an excellent slice of social history.
It's a London Thing: How Rare Groove, Acid House and Jungle Remapped the City
Paperback,
21/11/2019,
£15.99
This book tells the history of the London black music culture that emerged in post-colonial London at the end of the twentieth century; the people who made it, the racial and spatial politics of its development and change, and the part it played in founding London's precious, embattled multiculture. -- .
End-Of-The-Century Party: Youth, Pop and the Rise of Madchester
Paperback,
27/06/2019,
£12.99
This is the definitive account of the shift in popular music and youth culture that took place in the 1980s. It draws on interviews with DJs, record company bosses, musicians, producers and fans to outline a transition in pop thinking from the obsession with style and packaging to content, socially conscious lyrics and a new authenticity. -- .
Crossroads: In Search of the Moments that Changed Music
Hardback,
05/09/2019,
£16.99
A personal reflection on the crucial turning points in the history of music, from BBC broadcaster and musician Mark Radcliffe
Daphne Oram - an Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics
Hardback,
23/11/2016,
£20.00
Daphne Oram (1925-2003) was one of the central figures in the development of British experimental electronic music. Having declined a place at the Royal College of Music to become a music balancer at the BBC, she went on to become the co-founder and first director of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. In 1972, she authored her only book, 'An Individual
Morning Glory on the Vine: Early Songs and Drawings
Hardback,
22/10/2019,
£30.00
Originally handcrafted in 1971 as a gift for friends, this edition of Joni Mitchell's best-loved poems, illustrations, watercolours and hand-lettered song lyrics is now publicly available for the first time
Kinks: Songs of the Semi-detached
Paperback,
16/03/2020,
£9.95
An illuminating study of the relationship between the Kinks and their city, London.
Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head
Paperback,
05/03/2020,
£8.99
Rob Chapman's book is the first authoritative and exhaustively researched biography of Syd Barrett that fully celebrates his life and legacy as a musician, lyricist and artist, and which highlights the influence that he continues to have over contemporary bands and music fans alike.
Coltrane: The Story of a Sound
Paperback,
05/03/2020,
£8.99
A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century.
No other jazz musician has proved so inspirational and so fascinating as John Coltrane.
Lit Up Inside: Selected Lyrics
Hardback,
02/10/2014,
£16.99
Contains the lyrics of about one third of the songs.
DJ Shadow Entroducing
Paperback,
01/10/2005,
£9.99
Talks about Josh Davis's (DJ Shadow) early years in California, the friends and mentors who helped him along the way, his relationship with Mo'Wax and James Lavelle, and the genesis and creation of his masterpiece, "Endtroducing" (released in 1996). This book includes several long conversations with him.
In His Own Write
Hardback,
08/12/2014,
£12.99
Features a book of stories, drawings and poems that was first published in 1964 to great critical acclaim and became a phenomenon, selling over 600,000 copies in the UK alone and revealing a hitherto unseen side to author's artistic output and talent.
Man Who Sold The World: David Bowie And 1970s
Paperback,
04/10/2012,
£8.99
Explores the rich heritage of Bowie's productive and inspired decade, and traces the way in which his music reflected and influenced the world around him. This book examines in detail Bowie's audacious creation of an 'alien' rock star, Ziggy Stardust, and his increasingly perilous explorations of the nature of identity and the meaning of fame.
I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
Paperback,
06/06/2013,
£12.99
A biography that contains exclusive material and interviews on Leonard Cohen - singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist. It explores various facets of Cohen's life.
Prince (Updated Edition)
Paperback,
07/11/2013,
£12.99
Legendarily reticent, perverse and misleading, Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars who still, perhaps, remains unexplained. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon, where such classics as 'Purple Rain', 'Sign o' the Times' and 'Parade' regularly feature in Best Ever Album polls, Prince is still, as he ever was, an enigma.
Mother, Brother, Lover
Paperback,
04/10/2012,
£9.99
Jarvis Cocker is regarded as one of the most original and memorable lyricists and performers. This title includes a selection of sixty-six lyrics, presented with commentary. It includes such classics "Common People", "Disco 2000", "Babies", "This is Hardcore" and "Do You Remember the First Time?".
Chronicles: Bob Dylan
Paperback,
19/09/2005,
£9.99
An unprecedented publishing event - the first volume in a series of memoirs by one of the most important and influential musicians and songwriters of our time.
Wyatt at the Coyote Palace
Hardback,
28/10/2016,
£14.99
The full studio album on CD. Photographs and artwork by Dave Narcizo and Kristin Hersh. Lyrics for each song, stories and essays by Kristin Hersh to accompany each track.
Song Machine: How to Make a Hit
Paperback,
20/10/2016,
£9.99
How do you make a song a global smash hit that is guaranteed to make $millions? In this book, the author dissects the workings of this machine, travelling the world to reveal its hidden formulas, and interview its geniuses - 'the hitmakers' - at the centre of it all.
Porcelain: A memoir
Hardback,
02/02/2017,
£9.99
In the late eighties and early nineties, Moby, then an underground DJ and musician, was scraping out a living in New York City. In a scene popular chiefly among working-class African-Americans and Latinos, Moby - a poor, skinny, white Christian, vegan and teetotaller - looked like he would never make it. This is his memoir.
What Happened, Miss Simone?: A Biography
Paperback,
02/03/2017,
£9.99
Inspired by the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary, What Happened, Miss Simone? is an intimate and vivid portrait of the twentieth-century icon Nina Simone.
Importance of Music to Girls
Paperback,
30/03/2017,
£8.99
If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as if I had gone through all that anyway. This book tells the story of the adventures that music leads us into: getting drunk, falling in love, dying of boredom, cutting our hair, terrifying our parents, wanting to change the world.
Set the Boy Free
Paperback,
01/06/2017,
£9.99
Few groups have had a bigger impact than The Smiths and few musicians are as celebrated as Johnny Marr. He is an icon who defined an era and influenced a generation of guitarists. He joined The Pretenders, The The, Modest Mouse and The Cribs and has collaborated with Hans Zimmer. In this book, he tells his own side of the story.
Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World
Hardback,
01/06/2017,
£20.00
Explains how skiffle sparked a revolution that shaped pop music as we have come to know it. This is a story of jazz pilgrims and blues blowers, Teddy Boys and beatnik girls. It traces how the guitar came to the forefront of music in the UK and led directly to the British Invasion of the US charts in the 1960s.
1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year
Paperback,
23/02/2017,
£9.99
The Sixties ended a year late - on New Year's Eve 1970, when Paul McCartney initiated proceedings to wind up The Beatles. Music would never be the same again. By December rock had exploded into the mainstream. How did it happen? This book tells you how. It is the story of 1971, rock's golden year.
Just Kids
Paperback,
04/01/2011,
£9.99
Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe
Rose That Grew from Concrete
Paperback,
02/09/2006,
£8.99
For the first time in paperback from Simon & Schuster, a stunning collection of poems from one of the world's most revered rap artists, the late Tupac Shakur.
David Bowie is
Hardback,
23/03/2013,
£35.00
This is the first book produced with access to the David Bowie archive of performance costume, ephemera and original artwork by the artist, which is brought together to present a completely new perspective on his creative work and collaborations.
Kinks' The Village Green Preservation Society
Paperback,
30/10/2003,
£9.99
Andy Miller traces the circumstances surrounding "The Village Green Preservation Society" released in November 1968, and celebrates the songs pieced together by a band who were on the verge of disintegration and who refused to follow fashion.
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