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On Bowie
Paperback,
12/01/2017,
£8.99
£8.09
A love letter to David Bowie, and a celebration of his life and his music from a lifelong fan and Rolling Stone magazine columnist.
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
Paperback,
03/08/2017,
£20.00
£18.00
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.
Memoirs of a Geezer: Autobiography of Jah Wobble
Paperback,
05/08/2010,
£8.99
£8.09
Presents an account of a Geezer's life in the music business.
Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains
Hardback,
13/05/2017,
£40.00
£36.00
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
£8.99
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."
Mayor of Macdougal Street, The
Paperback,
06/04/2006,
£8.99
£8.09
A colorful and engaging feast for anyone interested in the music, politics, and spirit of a revolutionary period in American culture, the early 1960s.
Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie
Paperback,
15/06/2017,
£8.99
£8.09
A poignant memoir by the last surviving member of David Bowie's The Spiders from Mars, drummer Woody Woodmansey.
Complete David Bowie
Paperback,
25/10/2016,
£19.99
£17.99
The Complete David Bowie is widely recognized as the foremost source of analysis and information on every facet of Bowie's career. From the 11-year-old's skiffle performance at a Scouts' Summer Camp in 1958, to the surprise 2011 appearance of the last album Toy and beyond, to his passing in January 2016.
How To Be Invisible
Hardback,
06/12/2018,
£14.99
£13.49
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.
White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s
Paperback,
03/08/2017,
£8.99
£8.09
More than any previous '60s music autobiography, Boyd offers the real story of what it was like to be there
John Lennon Letters
Paperback,
26/09/2013,
£16.99
£8.99
The first-ever collection of the letters of John Lennon, a must-have for all fans of The Beatles.
Awfully Big Adventure: Michael Jackson in the Afterlife
Hardback,
07/03/2019,
£10.00
£9.00
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.
Light That Never Goes Out
Hardback,
06/09/2012,
£20.00
£18.00
The Smiths - Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce - were four working-class youths who came together, by fate or chance, in Manchester in the early 1980s. Their sound was both traditional and radically different, a music that spoke to a generation, and defied the dark socio-economic mood of the Thatcher years.
Last Train To Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
Paperback,
01/11/1995,
£13.99
£12.59
The definitive biography of Elvis and an excellent slice of social history.
Chapter and Verse - Divided Joy - New Order, Joy Division and Me)
Hardback,
18/09/2014,
£20.00
£18.00
Founding member and guitarist of Joy Division and the lead singer of New Order, the author has been famous over the years for his reticence. This book includes an account of his Salford childhood, the early days of Joy Division, the band's enormous critical and popular success, and the subsequent tragic death of Ian Curtis.
This Land Is Your Land
Hardback,
29/03/2012,
£15.99
£14.39
"This Land Is Your Land" is an iconic folk song in American history, and the masterwork of one of the country's greatest singer/song-writers, Woody Guthrie. Written in 1940 and first recorded in 1944, the song became an instant hit, and then a point of controversy, and finally a cross-generational anthem. This title tells the story of the song.
Testimony
Paperback,
31/07/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
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.
So This is Permanence
Hardback,
16/10/2014,
£27.00
£24.30
The songs of Joy Division, infused with the energy of punk but steeped in a resigned longing, were born of Manchester in the late seventies. They were the songs too of Ian Curtis' inner tragedies, as he battled depression, epilepsy and debilitating stage fright. Ian Curtis committed suicide in 1980. This book tells his story.
Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
Paperback,
26/02/2009,
£10.99
£9.89
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.
Smiths' Meat is Murder
Paperback,
30/10/2003,
£6.99
£6.29
This title is one of many in a series of books which focus on epic albums of our time. Here, Joe Pernice looks at The Smith's album "Meat is Murder".
Neil Young's Harvest
Paperback,
30/10/2003,
£6.99
£6.29
Neil Young's "Harvest" is one of those strange albums that has achieved lasting success without ever winning the full approval of rock critics or hardcore fans. Inglis here explores the creation of the album and its lasting appeal.
Why Dylan Matters
Hardback,
16/11/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
`At last an expert classicist gets to grips with Bob Dylan' Mary Beard
John Lennon: pocket GIANTS
Paperback,
07/07/2016,
£6.99
£6.29
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).
RAW: My Journey into the Wu-Tang
Paperback,
01/03/2018,
£14.99
£13.49
Part social history, part confessional memoir, U-God's intimate portrait of his life - and those of his Wu-Tang brothers - is a brave and unfiltered account of escaping poverty to transform the New York hip-hop scene forever.
Bill Bruford: The Autobiography
Paperback,
06/03/2009,
£14.95
£13.46
Bill Bruford - once called 'the godfather of progressive-rock drumming' - has been at the top of his profession for four decades, playing with Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, and Earthworks. This book presents the memoir of life at the heart of prog rock, art rock, and modern jazz.
Abba Gold
Paperback,
31/03/2004,
£9.99
£8.99
33 1/3 is a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. Focusing on one album rather than an artist's entire output, the books dispense with the standard biographical background that fans know already, and cut to the heart of the music on each album.
As Time Goes By
Paperback,
05/04/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
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.
All Gates Open: The Story of Can
Hardback,
03/05/2018,
£25.00
£22.50
All Gates Open presents the definitive story of arguably the most influential and revered avant-garde band of the late twentieth century: CAN.
Book Two, Can Kiosk, has been assembled by Irmin Schmidt, founding member and guiding spirit of the band, as a 'collage - a technique long associated with CAN's approach to recording.
Woody Guthrie: And the Dust Bowl Ballads
Hardback,
01/09/2014,
£20.00
£15.00
Forged in the Dustbowl of the 1930s, in an America crippled by the Great World Recession, this humble man found solace in song, and soon those songs became the voice of the People - men and women who had seen their lives deracinated and destroyed by the vicissitudes of global economic forces beyond their control.
Rise Up: The #Merky Story So Far
Hardback,
01/11/2018,
£16.99
£15.29
*A 2018 BOOK OF THE YEAR*`An inspirational must-read.' Evening Standard`A very important book.' Will Gompertz, BBC`A motivational, inspirational oral history.' Nikesh Shukla, iNews`Don't sleep on it...
Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
Paperback,
07/02/2019,
£6.99
£6.29
In this, the first book to take a big-picture view of the entire post punk period, acclaimed author and music journalist Simon Reynolds recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music.
Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie, 1976-2016
Paperback,
12/02/2019,
£20.00
£18.00
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.
To Throw Away Unopened
Paperback,
04/04/2019,
£8.99
£8.09
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.
Waging Heavy Peace
Hardback,
04/10/2012,
£25.00
£22.50
The author is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In this title, the author tells his story.
Billy Bragg: Still Suitable for Miners
Paperback,
24/05/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
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.
This searing light, the sun and everything else: Joy Division: The Oral History
Hardback,
04/04/2019,
£20.00
£18.00
Jon Savage's oral history of Joy Division is the last word on the band that ended with the suicide of Ian Curtis in Macclesfield on 18 May, 1980.
Great Lost Albums
Hardback,
25/09/2014,
£12.99
£11.69
The 50 Greatest Lost Albums in Music. Thrilling. Legendary. Made Up.
Time Out of Mind: The lives of Bob Dylan
Paperback,
05/06/2014,
£9.99
£8.99
By the middle of the 1970s, Bob Dylan's position as the pre-eminent artist of his generation was assured. The 1975 album Blood on the Tracks seemed to prove, finally, that an uncertain age had found its poet. This book tells his story.
Here She Comes Now: Women in Music who have Changed our Lives
Paperback,
07/04/2016,
£14.99
£13.49
A glittering collection of essays on outstanding women in rock and pop
Dig If You Will the Picture: Funk, Sex and God in the Music of Prince
Hardback,
04/05/2017,
£17.99
£16.19
A year after Prince's death at the age of 57, acclaimed writer brilliantly anatomizes the star's dramatic career and an aesthetic that at times seemed otherworldly. In thematically structured chapters that blend critical consideration of Prince's art with the author's personal connection to the music.
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