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Tenement Kid
Hardback,
14/10/2021,
£20.00
£18.00
The story, in his own words, of one of the most popular and influential British popstars of the past 30 years
Taylor Swift
Paperback,
16/08/2021,
£16.99
£15.29
Taylor Swift - the story of her life, loves and music
Nina Simone's Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost and Found
Hardback,
02/09/2021,
£20.00
£18.00
From award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story of a piece of chewing gum.
Why Karen Carpenter Matters
Paperback,
04/11/2021,
£8.99
£8.09
A radical, literary and intimate insight into one of the twentieth century's most vital vocalists.
David Bowie: Icon: The Definitive Photographic Collection
Hardback,
28/09/2020,
£55.00
£49.50
The most significant collection of David Bowie images ever assembled.
America Over the Water
Paperback,
26/04/2022,
£14.99
£13.49
A memoir by the English folk singer: 'one of the greatest artists who ever lived' (Stewart Lee) about her journey through America's southern states with Alan Lomax
Denim and Leather: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Hardback,
24/02/2022,
£20.00
£18.00
It's the late 1970s, and across Britain aggressive, young bands are forming. Independent labels are springing up to release their music. But this isn't the story of punk. Forget punk. Punk was a flash in the pan compared to this. This is the story of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, a musical movement that really did change the world.
Frank & Co: Conversations with Frank Zappa, 1977-1993
Paperback,
15/02/2022,
£14.95
£13.46
Through two decades of conversations and correspondence, Frank & Co offers a unique insight into the life and work of the American musician and composer Frank Zappa.
Britpop
Paperback,
24/02/2022,
£15.99
£14.39
Britpop Decades covers the ten-years that witnessed the birth, boom and bust of Britpop - a period in which home-grown indie guitar music from across the UK went mainstream, pop stars were cut from the most unlikely of cloth, and British culture made its voice heard with some incredibly bombastic choruses.
A Cellarful of Noise: With a new introduction by Craig Brown
Paperback,
30/11/2021,
£9.99
£8.99
The iconic life story of Brian Epstein, the 'Fifth Beatle', in his own words - and inevitably the story of the making of the Beatles. Featuring a new introduction by Craig Brown (One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time).
Beeswing: Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice, 1967-75
Paperback,
31/03/2022,
£9.99
£8.99
Beeswing is the autobiography from world-renowned artist Richard Thompson, co-founder of the legendary folk rock group Fairport Convention.
Peter Green: The Definitive Biography
Paperback,
14/07/2022,
£16.99
£15.29
Written by Green's close associate, this fourth edition of the biography first published in 1995 challenges the accepted narrative about why he left Fleetwood Mac and what happened next.
David Bowie: A Life in Music
Paperback,
22/03/2022,
£4.99
£4.49
David Bowie was an immense star whose music and writing transcended generations, and who was one of the most articulate influencers of modern music. This fantastic new, unofficial biography covers his life, music, art and movies.
Charlie's Good Tonight: The Authorised Biography of Charlie Watts
Hardback,
15/09/2022,
£25.00
£22.50
Featuring forewords from bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is the official and fully authorised biography of the world's most revered and celebrated drummer.
The Listening Party Volume 2: Artists, Bands and Fans Reflect on Over 90 Favourite Albums
Hardback,
03/11/2022,
£25.00
£22.50
Running Up That Hill: 50 Visions of Kate Bush
Hardback,
27/10/2022,
£20.00
£18.00
A mosaic biography featuring snapshots, stories, episodes, interviews and insights that will lift the curtain on the real Kate Bush.
How We Used Saint Etienne to Live
Paperback,
13/12/2022,
£10.99
£9.89
The essential guide to veteran British indie favourites Saint Etienne - the story of how they made music out of memories, and how we made memories out of them.
A Year with Swollen Appendices: Brian Eno's Diary
Paperback,
02/03/2023,
£16.99
£15.29
The diary and essays of Brian Eno republished twenty-five years on with a new introduction by the artist in a beautiful hardback edition.
'One of the seminal books about music .
My Rock 'n' Roll Friend
Paperback,
05/05/2022,
£9.99
£8.99
An exploration of female friendship and women in music, from the iconic singer-songwriter and bestselling author of Another Planet and Bedsit Disco Queen
Naked at the Albert Hall: The Inside Story of Singing
Paperback,
03/03/2016,
£9.99
£8.99
Tracey Thorn, musician and author of the bestselling autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, offers a unique insider's take on the art of singing: why and how we sing, and the voice's power to captivate
The Complete John Lennon Songs: All the Songs. All the Stories. All the Lyrics.
Hardback,
12/11/2020,
£25.00
£22.50
This book examines and assesses all of John Lennon's solo work.
The Lyrics of Syd Barrett
Hardback,
18/02/2021,
£14.99
£13.49
The complete lyrics of Syd Barrett - 52 songs written for Pink Floyd and during his subsequent solo career - are presented together for the first time, along with rare photos and artwork, to form this beautifully illustrated book.
The Complete Lyrics: 1978-2013
Paperback,
12/09/2013,
£14.99
£13.49
Switching between the cynical and the sanguine, the defeated and the defiant, this title deals in love, war, beauty, children, romance, rejection, Pethedine, poetry, pants, money, flowers and more...
Stories I Might Regret Telling You
Hardback,
31/03/2022,
£20.00
£18.00
A memoir from internationally renowned singer Martha Wainwright.
Be My Baby
Hardback,
12/05/2022,
£18.99
£17.09
In this incredibly entertaining autobiography, Ronnie Spector takes the reader on a journey through the dazzling highs and devastating lows that have shaped her life.
David Bowie's Low
Paperback,
15/11/2005,
£9.99
£8.99
David Bowie is holed up in his Bel-Air mansion, drifting into paranoia and confusion. Bowie has long been haunted by the emotional work of the Die Brucke movement and the Expressionists. Berlin is their spiritual home, and Bowie adopts this city as his new sanctuary. Immediately he sets to work on "Low", his own expressionist mood-piece.
The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique
Paperback,
01/05/2006,
£9.99
£8.99
Derided as one-hit wonders, estranged from their original producer and record label, and in self-imposed exile in Los Angeles, the Beastie Boys were written off by most observers before even beginning to record their second album. But, "Paul's Boutique" eventually transformed the Beasties from a fratboy novelty to hiphop giants.
The Stone Roses' The Stone Roses
Paperback,
15/05/2006,
£9.99
£8.99
The Stone Roses shows a band sizzling with skill, consumed with drive and aspiration and possessing an almost preternatural mastery of the pop paradigm. This book explores the political and cultural zeitgeist of England in 1989, and attempts to apprehend the magic ingredients that made "The Stone Roses" such a special album.
The Band's Music from Big Pink
Paperback,
01/01/2006,
£9.99
£8.99
A factional novella: a place where fictional characters rub shoulders with real people, and where actual documented events thread their way through the text alongside imagined scenarios. Through the eyes of 23-year-old Greg Keltner, drug dealer, wannabe musician, and hanger-on, here, we witness the gestation and birth of an entertaining album.
Nirvana's In Utero
Paperback,
01/11/2006,
£9.99
£8.99
Though "Nevermind" was Nirvana's most commercially successful album, and the record that broke them - and the grunge phenomenon - internationally, "In Utero" has increasingly become regarded as the band's best album, both by the critics and the band members themselves. This work tells the story behind the creation of "In Utero".
Black Sabbath's Master of Reality
Paperback,
15/06/2008,
£9.99
£8.99
Describes Master of Reality in the voice of a fifteen-year-old boy being held in an adolescent psychiatric centre in southern California in 1985.
Madness' One Step Beyond...
Paperback,
12/10/2009,
£9.99
£8.99
Madness came to prominence in the UK in the wake of the Punk/New Wave explosion and must be seen in the context of Britain in the late 70s, musically, socially and politically. Through interviews with the band, this title tells the inside story of how Madness rose to be the most successful singles band of the 1980s in the UK charts.
Portishead's Dummy
Paperback,
06/10/2011,
£9.99
£8.99
An album which distilled a genre from the musical, cultural, and social ether, Portishead's "Dummy" was such a complete artistic achievement that its ubiquitous successes threatened to exhaust its own potential. The author offers an impressionistic investigation of "Dummy" that imitates the cumulative structure of the album itself.
Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland
Paperback,
01/05/2004,
£9.99
£8.99
In this remarkable and entertaining book, John Perry gets to the heart of Hendrix's unique talent, guiding the reader through each song on the album, writing about his live performances and talking to peers and contemporaries. Part of a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years.
Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV
Paperback,
01/06/2005,
£9.99
£8.99
The author of the cult book "Techgnosis" writes about the big, big Led Zeppelin album. Featuring every heavy metal fan's favourite epic Stairway to Heaven, the huge sound of this album has set the template for rock. Also includes Black Dog and Rock 'n' Roll.
Radiohead's OK Computer
Paperback,
01/10/2004,
£9.99
£8.99
What binds this series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, scholars, and writers - are deeply in love with the album they have chosen.
The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds
Paperback,
01/06/2005,
£9.99
£8.99
The album that Brian Wilson created in an attempt to outdo the Beatles' Rubber Soul album. Worshipped by music lovers for its harmonies it is also regarded as an early demonstration of how to use the recording studio as an instrument. Brian Wilson has recently been touring the album again, playing it to thousands of devoted fans.
Brian Eno's Another Green World
Paperback,
01/01/2010,
£9.99
£8.99
It was the strange and mystical "Another Green World" (1975) that was the cosmic bridge between Old Eno and New Eno, between Rock and Ambient, between the guitar and the synthesizer, between the old world and electronic music as we know it. This book excavates the album's past, and untangles how it was a link to the future of electronic music.
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